Tamanika Ferguson, PhD

Interdisciplinary abolition scholar. Voices from the Inside (UC Press, Jan 2027). CCWP/The Fire Inside. Gendered punishment + carceral governance.

[Tamanika Ferguson, PhD @wmnstudischolar]

@_tobyblush Harlan Coben. Most of the limited series adapted from his books will have you captivated.

[Tamanika Ferguson, PhD @wmnstudischolar]

@readJerome Absolutely!

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@ThrillaRilla369

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@UMichNCID
https://t.co/8BSLMCrXJF
#DreamingAbolition #Abolition #Reciprocity #CommunityCare #PublicScholarship

[Tamanika Ferguson, PhD @wmnstudischolar]

What does it mean to practice safety, power, and reciprocity now, not later? My new essay, “Dreaming Abolition: Practicing Safety, Power, and Reciprocity Now,”reflects on radical reciprocal learning, non-extractive collaboration, and what abolition asks of us in real time.

[Tamanika Ferguson, PhD @wmnstudischolar]

@Milli0nairePath Yesssssss 🙌🏾

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@kumxem It is not my problem that you lack depth and the capacity to understand me.

[Tamanika Ferguson, PhD @wmnstudischolar]

@itzQmax Absolutely 💯

[Tamanika Ferguson, PhD @wmnstudischolar]

If you're balancing pace and purpose, this is for you. My Fourth Wave piece on presence, alignment, and joy at 50.
#GenX #care #joy #Blackfeminism
https://t.co/ELAO4uXdRY

[Tamanika Ferguson, PhD @wmnstudischolar]

📢 New Publication Alert
"In The Belly of The Beast."
In Feminist Criminology, I argue that inside (prison) testimony is theory and resistance.
#AbolitionFeminism
#CarceralStudies
Share and add it to your assigned class readings.
https://t.co/qax7bWSGki

[Tamanika Ferguson, PhD @wmnstudischolar]

@SSNScholars @Wellesley @truthout Heartfelt thanks to Dominik & Rachel @SSNScholars for the mentoring and steady editorial guidance and pitch assist to @truthout ; honored to work together on this.
#Abolition #FeministScholar #PublicWriting

[Scholars Strategy Network (bsky: @scholars.org) @SSNScholars]

Some states have implemented policies that prohibit or limit paper mail within prisons. In this op-ed, @wmnstudischolar (@Wellesley) explains why protecting physical mail is essential for dignity, organizing, and collective learning.

Read in @truthout: https://t.co/CuUD5HXrJS

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[Tamanika Ferguson, PhD @wmnstudischolar]

@MichaelWMosesII Thank you for the wisdom. As someone who graduated from Howard without pubs, it has taken 2 postdocs to weave my ethnographic dissertation research into two core articles and now the book, which will be published by UC Press. The work speaks for itself.

[Dwayne Antojado @dwayne_antojado]

The wonderful Tina McPhee and I published a paper 🥳 We use the work of Dean Spade and bell hooks to intimate why people with lived experience go on to use their expertise in criminology/ criminal justice.

Read the paper here: https://t.co/A2XkFIp3Ix

[Tamanika Ferguson, PhD @wmnstudischolar]

Thank you @BlackWomenCrim1 for the blurb! This publication was a labor of love ❤
#citeasista 👇🏽

[Black Women Criminologists Collective @BlackWomenCrim1]

Check out @wmnstudischolar solo-authored article published in the Feminist Formations journal, titled "Lessons in Resistance, Activism, and solidarity." Go download, read, share, and add it to your assigned class readings! 🙌🏾👍🏾❤️ @TheBCNetwrk @BlackFeminisms @blkwomenstudies

[Tamanika Ferguson, PhD @wmnstudischolar]

@UjuAnya @SholaMos1 I am planning to do Carnival 2025 in Brazil and had my sights set on Rio, but I am wondering if I would have a better experience in SãoPaulo?

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@grodriguezlemus @MPlochocki Agreed to all the above! I reached out to the professor who wrote that article in IHE and we corresponded about our similarities of failing out of high school in California and our journey into community college and academia. I'll share the article with you.

[Tamanika Ferguson, PhD @wmnstudischolar]

@heymrsbond @wakelet This is an example icebreaker activity. I'm going to adopt this method for my class. Did you create an email to share on the ELAR page? I assume ELAR is similar to Canvas? I'll have to see if there is a space in Canvas where students can share their lists.