Keneshia Grant, Ph.D.

Author of The Great Migration and the Democratic Party: Black Voters and the Realignment of American Politics in the 20th Century

[Keneshia Grant, Ph.D. @keneshiagrant]

Finally, and crucially, if you are finessing your application 👀 (like, applying to an AP job but you're really IR) please clearly explain why that makes sense. It is easier for me to toss your application than it is for me to figure it out why you are applying outside your field

[Keneshia Grant, Ph.D. @keneshiagrant]

free academic job market advice: please make sure I can find you in a quick internet search. I know scholarly don't use LinkedIn as much as others, but get a LinkedIn, or a website. Then make sure your website settings allow for your results to show in Google.

[Keneshia Grant, Ph.D. @keneshiagrant]

If you have a common name, please add something that helps me find you, in particular. So rather than buying janedoe[dot]com, you might buy janedoeSyracusePhD[dot]com. You can always change your webpage name after you land a job.

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

Going to an HBCU might be better for Black students’ health, according to a recent study

‘At age 62, Black adults who had attended an HBCU had better memory and cognitive function than those who attended a PWI’ https://t.co/09IW1XMERr

[Keneshia Grant, Ph.D. @keneshiagrant]

My guess is
@kenyanmcduffie I think one of the questions is loaded in a way isn't useful, but it was otherwise good. Maybe also add one more detailed voter education question about ranked choice voting. For example, what happens if people don't rank a second choice?

[Keneshia Grant, Ph.D. @keneshiagrant]

Same spam call everyday at 7p
Me: I bet it's a pollster...
Caller: Hello, we are calling to get the opinion DC voters on the DC Primary election this summer.
Me: I figured as much! Yes, please, read all the questions so I can be a nerd and guess your sponsor!

[Keneshia Grant, Ph.D. @keneshiagrant]

Watching a person learn (and demonstrate excellence in) something I taught them never gets old. I don't think students fully understand the kind of pride that comes from watching them win.

[Keneshia Grant, Ph.D. @keneshiagrant]

If you are planning to read 107 days, but haven't started yet, consider reading the afterword first.

[Keneshia Grant, Ph.D. @keneshiagrant]

@UnLearnPhD oohhhhh you are real one for making sure I saw this! Thank you!

[Keneshia Grant, Ph.D. @keneshiagrant]

I'm like one paragraph into a paper for an #APSA2025 panel, and my lil nerd heart is so pleased. I had to put it down because I can already tell it's going to be good and I want to read it when I have time to savor it...

[Keneshia Grant, Ph.D. @keneshiagrant]

I really liked my job today. Both the work and the @HowardU of it all.

[Keneshia Grant, Ph.D. @keneshiagrant]

I was organizing a room on campus for our 1st year orientation tomorrow, and stumbled on this... Didn't we almost have it all?

[Keneshia Grant, Ph.D. @keneshiagrant]

Especially if we are talking about culture.

[nina lee @NinaSerafina]

FAMU is actually who people think Spelman, Morehouse and Howard are.

[Keneshia Grant, Ph.D. @keneshiagrant]

Curiosity about Black folks' movement into the Democratic Party led me to wonder whether anyone had written about migration as part of the change (an idea I got from @kjandersen's work on immigration). I've been down a Great Migration rabbit hole since then LOL!

[Keneshia Grant, Ph.D. @keneshiagrant]

Do you remember when you joined Twitter? (they just reminded me that I'm 15 years in, LOL!) The account was called @ThinkRightVoteLeft because I thought I would be tweeting about how Black people are ideologically conservative, but politically liberal.
#MyTwitterAnniversary

[Keneshia Grant, Ph.D. @keneshiagrant]

I want the record to reflect that the aircraft moving around Washington, DC seems lower and louder over the past five months than it ever was in my previous 11 years living here...

[Keneshia Grant, Ph.D. @keneshiagrant]

@CuervoGold14 oh, most definitely! Best case, bad writing. Worse case, gate keeping -_-

[Keneshia Grant, Ph.D. @keneshiagrant]

There is also Kristi Andersen's gentle guidance that my trying to "sound smart" was actually making me sound dumb.

"The strength of the idea should carry the work," she said. Simple advice from a random day in our writing seminar that is still with me every day.

[Keneshia Grant, Ph.D. @keneshiagrant]

"Is it right? Is it in order? Does it make sense?"
-Jeff Stonecash
(who will be in my head whenever I am writing for the rest of my life)

[Keneshia Grant, Ph.D. @keneshiagrant]

The book has footnotes *and* the author is citing to specific pages in other texts where they got their ideas. Not because they used a direct quote, but because they are a scholar's scholar...