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Consulting

I serve as a subject matter expert for both large and small businesses on a variety of issues related to race, gender, sexuality, and class in the U.S. providing unique insights for implementing long-term solutions for diversity, equity, and inclusion projects and platforms.

Lectures

I give lectures both in-person and virtually to a variety of audiences that engage contemporary American popular culture and critical theories of race, gender, and sexuality in a fresh, down-to earth, and engaging way.

Office Hours

I design unique, one-on-one and group learning experiences for life-long learners on advanced topics in race, gender, sexuality, and class in the U.S.

Need an expert on contemporary and historical issues related to Blackness, gender, sexuality, or social justice for a project? I’m here to help.
Want to schedule a compelling, engaging talk for your group or organization about topics in race, gender, and/or sexuality in contemporary U.S. culture?
Have you thought about going back to school, but don’t have the time even though you want to do something intellectually stimulating? Let me develop a class/syllabus just for you.
Contact me

Upcoming Dates

Currently accepting invitations for Fall 2022

Past Events 

2021 Intersectionality and Me: The Intersections of Anti-Blackness and Misogyny and Homophobia. Verizon WOW Series 2021, Verizon Wireless.

2021 Beyond Stonewall: How DC Shifted the Nature of Pride, Smithsonian Museum. Smithsonian Associates, Washington, DC.

2021 The Allyship Challenge: Intersections of Anti-Blackness and Misogyny and Homophobia. Allyship Series, Diageo.

2021 The Blacker the Berry: Colorism and American Public Life. Seton Speaks: Lecture, Elizabeth Seton High.

2020 Queen Bey and Black Feminist Thought. Black in Space, Makers Lab.

2020 Being an Ally in the Age of #BlackLivesMatter: Demystifying Allyship in the Struggle Against Anti-Blackness. Allyship Series, Diageo.

2020 The Roots of the Current Moment: Understanding #BLACKLIVESMATTER, Anti-Blackness, and Anti-Racism in the United States. Collage Group.

2019 “Let’s All Come Together”: Black LGBT Pride and Celebrations of Black LGBT Life in Washington, DC. Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Spring Evening Program. Georgetown Day School, Washington, DC

2019 An Evening with BOOMscat. Conversation with the artists. American University, Washington, DC

2019 Pride and Prejudice: Navigating In/Visibility in Black and Queer Social Spaces in DC. Allied in Pride and Black Heritage Celebration Committee, George Washington University, Washington, DC

2018 The Ethnography of Ratchet: A Public Lecture. Women and Gender Studies Program at the George Washington University, Washington, DC

2018 Cultivating Your Professional Presence. International Development MA Program, Gallaudet University, Washington, DC

2018 Beyond #Woke: A Practical Guide for Conscious Culture Consumption. Delta Phi Epsilon American University, Washington, DC

2018 “Making Your Research Public” Faculty Development Week. Office of Faculty Development, Gallaudet University, Washington, DC

2017 Putting Stories to Work in Sexual Health and Social Justice: Pro Tips from an Ethnographer. Annual Meeting, National Coalition of STD Directors, Arlington, VA.

2017Beyoncé and Contemporary Black Feminist Thought: Practical Lessons in Drinking Lemonade. American Studies Program, American University, Washington, DC.

2017Art and Ideas: Dr. Nikki Lane — Black Women Queering the Mic: Missy Elliott Disturbing the Boundaries of Racialized Gender and Sexuality. MOCA Jacksonville. Jacksonville, FL.

2017 Beyoncé and Black Feminist Thought: A Practical Lesson in Conscious Culture Consumption. Gender Studies Program. Whitman College. Walla Walla, WA.

2016 “Hey Girl, You Back From Vacation?”: Belonging, Being, and Living in Tangerine. Invited speaker for the Scholars Program in Culture and Communication Symposium on Discourses in Action. Annenberg School of Communication, University of Pennsylvania.

2015 Will You Be My N**** @ Prom: Post “Post-Racial” Racism and American Popular Culture. Special invited lecture for American Studies Department, University of Kassel, Kassel, Germany.

2015 On the Scene: Doing Public Anthropology with Black Queer People in DC. Invited lecture for Social Justice Colloquium, American University.

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Aight so boom... . Earth is still ghetto. Please f Aight so boom...
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Earth is still ghetto. Please friendly aliens, come get me and mine so we can be out.
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It's too hot outside and the gas prices are too damn high, but Beyoncé did drop new music and since it's house music, I already know how to do all the dances associated with it--Millennials stand up!! We got this summer on lock!! I plan on shaking my ass at the gas pump while big oil collects my whole paycheck that I get from the job I can't afford to release.
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Fortunately, even though we had an early b-day party for 🦁, he knows he's still only 4 years old so I call that a success.
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Had fun this past week at Lavender Languages Institute hosted by @fauwgss teaching a seminar on Quare Linguistics. We had a ball... 
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Hosting a Yard Sale at my house in ATL on Sunday, June 26th (tomorrow if you reading this in 6/25). If you're in ATL, DM me for details.
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And lastly, real talk, I'm doing alright. There is so much newness in my life and my family's life right now and I'm looking forward to sharing all the details in a few weeks. In the meantime, we gone make it! I'm grateful that I have a community around me that can hold me down.
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Wishing you all a working air conditioner, some body oil, and a second side hustle so you can afford those future Beyoncé World Tour tickets! Amen.
So I got older this past weekend AND it was Mother So I got older this past weekend AND it was Mother's Day!
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Thanks for the birthday wishes everyone. I don't typically like people playing on my phone, but I really was happy to receive all the love from friends and family.
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I have such a magnificent and beautiful life filled with the most wonderful and amazing friends and family. I'm happy to get to share my life with yall.
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Special shout out my 💍for always getting my birthdays just right.
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Also, please consider donating to #FreeBlackMamas National Bail Out. If you have even a couple dollars to spare, let's get some Mamas out of jail so they can be with their babies.
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Last, I want to share a quote from one of my favorite texts that really captures the spirit of this upcoming year for me: "I think I'm gonna leave right now because I have some things to do. Call my chauffeur. I love you, I love you all. But I got to go." - Klymaxx, "The Men All Pause" (1984)
Me? It's been a minute, but aight so boom. . I've Me? It's been a minute, but aight so boom.
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I've been doing things like going out on dates with my 💍 to drink kombucha on a Thursday evening (and home by 7:30p because I gotta get up and work in the morning). 
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I've been bagging the bags 💰. Making money related moves is typically not something I talk about on the internet, however, this is important right now because have you seen them gas prices? Right before I went to the gas pump this past week, I prayed to the Most High, Snoop Dogg, for peace and tranquility as I filled up my tank. Then I seriously considered the benefits of an electric vehicle. 
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I've been reading 📚 (check me out on Goodreads) and despite my teaching load, I've even been managing to conduct research for and write my next book. It's slow going, but it's going and I like it so far which is half the battle. 
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I've been getting into birdwatching. I've realized that half of the practice is bird listening, trying to identify a bird's song. Yes, that's right. Out here Black lady birdwatching with no shame and no binoculars yet, but I have put them on my prayer card. 🦉
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Raising my child who is almost 4 ft tall and is only 4 years old. What is happening?!? Please send help and/or size 1.5 shoes. 
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I be up in therapy because life. 
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And obviously, I'm still out here looking good.
Real talk: I was not in the Christmas spirit yeste Real talk: I was not in the Christmas spirit yesterday. I woke up on the wrong side of the bed (at 3am and couldn't get back to sleep) and I was feeling real "Grinch-looking-down-over-Whoville" BUT we managed to get a few cute pictures of the family after exchanging gifts, and despite my grinchiness, I had a bountiful, wonderful Christmas.
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Today is the first day of Kwanzaa and I was so happy to wake up Black 🖤. Because there's only TWO THINGS I GOTTA to do. Black People know exactly which two things I'm talking about. It's just ✌🏾and everything else is optional. And I'm obviously not counting making my black eyed peas and collard greens and washing all the clothes and cleaning the house before the end of the year. Those are necessary to move properly into the new year.
Still here yall. Aight so boom: . Yes, I have bags Still here yall. Aight so boom:
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Yes, I have bags under my eyes but guess what?! I'm here Baby! I made it! And I got cute today so yall finna get these photos.
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It's been a challenging couple of months, but I'm feeling a lot of gratitude for the love that's been keeping me upright, figuratively and literally from my 💍 @juliepatoolee 
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A lot of people have asked over the last few months "oh, how is it teaching in person?" My answer: it's weird. I could go into detail but you know what? I don't feel like it. Just trust me, it's weird. 
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🦁 is big yall. Almost 4'0 tall and I swear he's having a growth spurt. Had to buy baby some new pants cause he was wading in the water and I was feeling myself humming that song every time he walked in the house...
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My morning self care routine has been on point. I gave myself options: workout, meditate, or journal. I can get up and move, get up and sit, or lay down and journal (in my journaling app. I used to tell myself it wasn't really journaling if it wasn't pen/paper but that wasn't serving me so I let that go). 
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What yall doing? Where yall been?
Just two friendly neighborhood Spiders. Our tiny P Just two friendly neighborhood Spiders. Our tiny Peter Parker Spiderman told us "no pictures please."
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Lesson Plans

  • Lesson Plan: Black Women in FilmFebruary 6, 2017 - 1:00 pm
  • Nikki Lane. All Rights Reserved. Permission required for reuse.Lesson Plan: Beyoncé’s LemonadeMay 31, 2016 - 8:20 am

Crosswords

  • The Purple One: A Crossword TributeJune 25, 2016 - 10:00 am
  • Great Moments in Ratchet History: The CrosswordJune 7, 2016 - 8:20 am
  • Crossword Puzzle: Black Stuff from the 90sMay 4, 2016 - 1:23 am
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