Admirable Scholar: Nikole Hannah-Jones
- ashleyacs90
- Mar 29, 2022
- 2 min read
Updated: Mar 31, 2022
Who is Nikole Hannah-Jones?
Nikole Hannah-Jones is a scholar, journalist, and author. She is a professor at Howard University, staff writer for the New York Times, creator of the 1619 Project, and co-founder of the Ida B. Wells Society.
She is originally from Iowa and currently resides in New York. She received her bachelors degree from the University of Notre Dame and masters degree University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
Hannah-Jones has received numerous awards for her work. Most recently, she received a Pulitzer Prize for her work on The 1619 Project in 2020.
At Howard University, she founded the Center for Journalism and Democracy, and she is currently the inaugural Knight Chair in Race and Journalism at Howard.
She has recently (2021) authored two books, The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story and a children's book, The 1619 Project: Born on the Water.
Hannah-Jones is married to her husband, Faraji Hannah-Jones, and they have one daughter.
Online Presence
Personal website: https://nikolehannahjones.com/
NY Times site: https://www.nytimes.com/by/nikole-hannah-jones
Social Media:
Twitter: @nhannahjones (677.7k followers)
Instagram: @nikolehannahjones (95.5k followers)
Other Media Presence:
Hannah-Jones does interviews and discussions often. A few of her latest are:
Analysis of Scholarly Online Presence
Nikole Hannah-Jones is very active online. She currently has a whopping 677,000 followers on Twitter and she posts/retweets daily. She also has a large following on Instagram, with 95,600 followers. On social media, she posts about The 1619 Project, her books, current events, social justice issues, and friends.
From her social media, we can get somewhat a holistic glimpse of Hannah-Jones. Unlike, scholars who only have their scholarly works online, Hannah-Jones' has a more relatable presence. We are not just academics. We have lives and interests outside of published articles.
Speaking of published articles, I will say that there is a lack of a central hub for her scholarly works. Her articles can be found on Google Scholar and Research Gate, however, she does not have an author page on those sites which would organize her works. The "Work" section on her personal website is mostly interviews and information about The 1619 Project. Her NY Times author page is the best place to find a list of her articles.
Hannah-Jones, N. (n.d.). Nikolehannahjones.com. Retrieved from https://nikolehannahjones.com/
Despite incredible resistance and constant criticism form certain (mostly political) voices, Nikole Hannah-Jones is able to maintain a vibrant and thriving online presence, communicating and disseminating important work in nearly real-time between Twitter and her appearance on cable news, etc. I couldn't imagine facing the levels of intense criticism and pushback (including at her previous academic institution) that she has faced and yet continues to hold firm to her values and social justice cause. Very inspirational and great example of leveraging an online presence.
I appreciate you including the interview clips as well as your insightful analysis of Hannah-Jones' scholarly presence. What a relatable figure with a lot of important ideas to share! Her ability to explain "living in opposition" against school funding, equal access, and scholarship really hit home for me. Just the idea that there's freedom in "being mediocre" shakes up the status quo (as well as encouraging attention), and that's a good thing. -- Rebecca