A live Zoom event, Thursday, October 1, 2026, 2-3 PM ET
, /PRNewswire/ — The American Council of Learned Societies presents “Hashtag Humanities: Scholars, Social Media, and Knowledge for the Public Good,” a virtual discussion panel, on Thursday, October 1, 2026, 2-3 PM ET.
As social media continues to play a critical role in how many people receive news and information—in some cases being their primary source—it has become increasingly important for scholars to have a significant voice on popular platforms.
Rigorous training in research and analysis gives today’s PhDs in humanistic fields an advantage in the ongoing battle for revealing truth and fact in a crowded multimedia landscape.
This live Zoom panel discussion will feature three popular scholarly influencers on why and how they’ve built their social media followings and how they hope to change how people access knowledge beyond the academy.
Meet the Panelists:
Dr. Xavier Buck | @historyIn3
Executive Director of the Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation, founding director of the Black Panther Party Museum in Oakland, CA, and a 2021 ACLS Leading Edge Fellow
Heather Colley | @heathercolleyauthor
PhD student in English Literature at Oxford University, author of The Gilded Butterfly Effect: A Novel (Three Rooms Press)
Dr. Dan McClellan | @maklelan
Public scholar of the Bible and religion
The discussion will be moderated by Dr. Keyanah Nurse, ACLS Senior Program Officer for Intentional Design for an Equitable Academy (IDEA) programs.
This live Zoom event is free to join and registration is required. Learn more at bit.ly/4AciCCo.
Formed over a century ago, the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is a nonprofit federation of 85 scholarly organizations. As the leading representative of American scholarship in the humanities and interpretive social sciences, ACLS upholds the core principle that knowledge is a public good. In supporting its member organizations, ACLS expands the forms, content, and flow of scholarly knowledge, reflecting our commitment to diversity of identity and experience. ACLS collaborates with institutions, associations, and individuals to strengthen the evolving infrastructure for scholarship.
SOURCE American Council of Learned Societies
