Angeline J. Dukes, PhD

I did! My arm was really sore that night and the next day but after I was totally fine 🤗

It’s whatever you prefer! I’m right-handed and didn’t want that arm sore, so I did them both in my left arm 🤗

The arms of two Black people with two bandages each. There is white text on a black background that reads CVS has the newest vaccines and still accepts most insurances. Got our COVID and flu shots

We are #vaccinated for this season 💉✨

Reminder to make your COVID and flu shot appointments if you can! 😷

An office desk with colorful neuron artwork, a Black woman nutcracker figurine, and three small orange pumpkins underneath a small bookshelf.

A few small desk changes for the first day of #SpookySeason 🎃

He always has been 🙌🏾✨

That’s the plan 😂

A gorgeous bouquet two dozen pink, white, and purple roses

A Black man smiling for a photo at Chili’s. He’s wearing a teal polo and has a variety of appetizers on the table.

My husband kicked off his birthday by picking me up from the airport at 2:30am… with two dozen roses and no complaints 😭😍

Happy Birthday to the best husband I could’ve prayed for 😘✨

A large group of smiling Black neuroscientists standing on a grassy lawn with beautiful green trees under a blue lightly clouded sky.

The #BlackInNeuro community at the 2025 BRAINS Cross-Cohort Symposium ✨

Once in BRAINS, Always in BRAINS 🧠

I took a long break from posting as often. Honestly social media was tanking my mental health.

But I was reminded the importance of sharing joy ✨ so I’ll post joyful things more. It doesn’t mean I’m not aware the world is a dark place for many of us. But I’m choosing to add in some light ✨

THE DOUBLE TAX IS FINALLY OUT Black woman in a yellow sweater in front of the Cambridge public library holding "The Double Tax" and covering her face

TODAY, I AM OFFICIALLY AN AUTHOR!!! A CHILDHOOD DREAM COME TRUE!!!!!

#TheDoubleTax is the first book I've ever written and it’s OUT EVERYWHERE TODAY. Four years. 100s of stories. Countless drafts. I woke up today as a FIRST TIME author. WOW.

Get your copy TODAY: annagifty.com #booksky #blacksky

Happening now! You can tune in via our YouTube!

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She really did!! 👏🏾👏🏾 @ashleyonthebrain.bsky.social

The professional development workshops at the @blackinneuro.bsky.social conference are def whipping us academics into shape! We’ve been encouraged to grow our personal brands, be consistent on LinkedIn, & brainstorm ways to incorporate innovation into our work to maximize our impact as scientists.

Text on a dynamic background with photos of Brielle in her lab as a postdoc and her lab at Harvard. The text reads, “Celebrating 5 years of diversifying the neurosciences. In July 2020, I was in the 3rd year of a postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford, studying attention dysfunction in epilepsy. Now, I’m an assistant professor at Harvard, leading a lab investigating circuit mechanisms of attention and cognition in health and disease. #BINW25 #5YearsofBIN

Happy #BINW25! What a whirlwind it's been since we started, but I credit so much of my progress to the community I've found through blackinneuro.bsky.social.

In honor of 5 years of #BIN, we'd love for you to share your Then & Now posts, just remember to use the hashtag #BlackInNeuroRollCall.

Four Black women panelists for the Black In Neuro conference. Three are in person seated on stage and one is joining on zoom. There is also a live ASL interpreter waiting to sign the event

#BINW25 Day 2 kicked off with an incredible panel on Science Communication & Ethics ✨

Great advice from our panelists:
•Ask the community what they want to learn!
•Be transparent about research (pros/cons, who has access, etc)
•Collaborate with others w/ similar passions

#BlackInNeuro 🧠

#NeuroAcrossTheDiaspora - #BINW25 YouTube video by Black In Neuro

Our #NeuroAcrossTheDiaspora panel has 3 #BlackInNeuro scientists from 3 different continents share their research 🧪 🌍

#BINW25

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We’ve come a long way since 2020, and so have you! 🥳 Create your ‘then and now’ roll call post with the #BINW25 template using the link or QR code below.

Tag your post on social media with #BlackInNeuroRollCall

As always, we can't wait to connect with everyone 👋🏽

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5 Years of #BlackInNeuro Then and Now template ❤️✨

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A Then and Now post with photos from 2020 and 2025. It reads CELEBRATING 5 YEARS OF DIVERSIFYING THE NEUROSCIENCES. In July 2020, I was finishing my third year as a PhD student at UC Irvine. Worried about advancing to candidacy and hoping to teach someday. Now I'm starting my fourth year as an Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota! I teach multiple neuroscience courses, lead outreach, and direct programs that support our communities! The Black In Neuro logo is in the bottom left hand corner with #BINW25 #5YearsOfBIN. Colorful banners are across the top and bottom of the page.

Happy #BlackInNeuro Week 2025!!! ❤️🎉

So much has changed over the past 5 years and we’d love to see how you’ve grown! Use the link below to make your own Then & Now post 🥰

#BINW25 #BlackInNeuroRollCall #5YearsOfBIN 🙌🏾 🧠

Thank you! We’re really looking forward to it 🥰 I’m hoping it’ll be very rejuvenating!

Thank you! And it really does 😄

Screenshot of the first page of the Black In Neuro conference booklet. There is a colorful top geometric banner with the Black In Neuro logo below it. Followed by Black In Neuro conference booklet in orange letters. Wednesday Sept. 10th to Friday Sept. 12th Washington DC and a beautiful group photo from the last Black In Neuro social grace the bottom of the page.

Heading to D.C. for our first in-person #BlackInNeuro conference!! 🎉❤️

Can’t wait to see our BIN family 🧠✨ #BINW25

Flyer for the Black In Neuro Conference session titled ##NeuroRacism Symposium: Science, Communication & Ethics in the Connected Age, happening Thursday, September from 9:30 AM –11AM ET. The session features three speakers: Lindsay Ejoh (PhD Candidate, University of Pennsylvania), Anne Chisa (PhD Candidate, Root of Science Media), and Olivia Matshabane, Ph.D. (Department of Psychiatry, Stellenbosch University). Headshots of each speaker are shown alongside their names and institutions. The flyer notes it is a hybrid event with virtual registration available. Decorative borders and logos for Black In Neuro and #5YearsOfBIN are also included.

How do we do science in a world of misinformation & tech shifts? 🧠🌍
Join the #NeuroRacism Symposium at #BINW25 for a powerful convo on ethics, communication & the future of science.
🗓 Sept 11 | 🕤 9:30–11AM ET

#BlackInNeuro #5YearsOfBIN #SciComm #STEMEthics

Flyer for the Black In Neuro Conference session titled #BINSeminarSeries: Beyond The Tower on Wednesday, September 10, from 9:30–10:45 AM ET. Featured speaker is Dr. Tabia Pope, PhD, CCC-SLP — Certified Sports SLP, President and CEO of Head to Speech, Inc., and Clinical Instructor at UDC. She is pictured smiling in a red blazer while holding a football and sitting on soccer and basketballs. The flyer notes this is a hybrid event and encourages virtual registration. The Black In Neuro logo and #5YearsOfBIN appear at the bottom.

We are Kicking off #BINW25 with 🔥

Join #BINSeminarSeries: Beyond the Tower ft. Dr. Tabia Pope, Sports SLP, CEO & educator sharing her journey beyond the ivory tower 🧠🏈

🗓 Sept 10 | 🕘 9:30–10:45 AM ET
✨ Register now!
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#BlackInNeuro #5YearsOfBIN

A Black woman professor standing in her office smiling. She’s wearing a light blue tank top with a yellow skirt and blue headband in her natural curly hair. She has black glasses and red lipstick on. In the bottom right hand corner there’s white cursive text that reads “First Day of School”.

A denim blue headband with pearls and school icons such as a stack of books, a red apple and a pencil.

Happy First Day of School 📚✏️

This headband was perfect for my first day fit 😍 #TheProfessorIsIn

A group photo during the last official meeting of the Diversifying the Community of Neuroscience longitudinal mentorship program. The group of faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and physicians are smiling for a photo on an outdoor terrace at the University of Minnesota campus.

The 2025-26 cohort of incoming first year and second year MIND post-baccalaureate researchers with their program leadership. The group is smiling for a selfie outside in front of trees.

The 2025 neuroscience group of the Life Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Program. The undergraduates and their program directors are all dressed up and smiling for a group photo at the end of the summer symposium

Summer has been busy for all my programs ☀️

•bittersweet end of the Diversifying the Community of Neuroscience program❤️‍🩹

•welcomed our new cohort of MINDS post-baccalaureate scholars 🙌🏾

•celebrated at the symposium for our summer undergrad researchers 📊

Grateful to still pour into our communities💖

The image is an announcement graphic for Black In Neuro Conference 2025. The top and bottom features colourful geometric patterns. Below the geometric frame is bold orange text reads “BLACK IN NEURO CONFERENCE.” Event details follow: “Wednesday, Sept 10 - Friday, Sept 12, 2025, University of the District of Columbia.” An information box states "Register Now" with an arrow directed towards the registration link "HTTPS://TINYURL.COM/BINW25". Next to this is the Black In Neuro logo.

Flyer highlighting a few of the Black In Neuro Conference speakers. The background is a soft peach with vibrant geometric patterns in mustard yellow, coral, teal, and pink at the top border. A bold orange "Black In Neuro Conference" title is centered. Under that reads "Meet Our Speakers!" with the speakers and their affiliations listed below. Andrew Justin Taylor, Ph.D., Ph.D. candidate, Universidad de Valparaiso; Lindsay Ejoh, Ph.D. candidate, University of Pennsylvania; Timnit Gebru, Ph.D., Keynote Speaker, The Distributed AI Research Institute; Melissa Reitkopp, Managing Director, Reitkopp Recruiting LLC; and Korie Grayson, Ph.D., Technology Analyst, Systems Planning & Analysis Inc. The Black In Neuro logo is at the bottom.

Flyer highlighting a few of the Black In Neuro Conference speakers. The background is a soft peach with vibrant geometric patterns in mustard yellow, coral, teal, and pink at the top border. A bold orange "Black In Neuro Conference" title is centered. Under that reads "Meet Our Speakers!" with the speakers and their affiliations listed below. Dr. Olivia Matshabane, Department of Psychiatry, Stellenbosch University; Mary Ogbuka Kenneth, Imperial College London; Sheena M. Posey Norris, MS, PMP, Keynote Speaker, NAS Engineering, and Medicine; Anne Chisa, Root of Science Media; and Emmanuel Taiwo, Microsoft. The Black In Neuro logo is at the bottom.

The BlackInNeuro Conference is almost here 📢 Featuring keynote @timnitgebru.bsky.social + amazing speakers across neuro, tech & equity.

EVERYONE is welcome to register for 8️⃣ livestreamed events! BIN members can register to attend in person in Washington DC! See you at #BINW25!
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Flyer for the Black In Neuro Conference in-person events. The background is a soft peach with vibrant geometric patterns in mustard yellow, coral, teal, and pink at the top border. A bold orange "Black In Neuro Conference" title is centered. In-person events are listed below. Wednesday, September 10 in person events: #PictureABINScientist Poster Session, 3:00-5:00 PM and #BlackInNeuroFamily Social, 7PM to Late. In-person events Thursday, September 11: #BINAwards and Farewell, 4:00-5:00 PM. Below this reads: Black In Neuro Members can register to attend #BINW25 In-Person! All times in Eastern Standard Time. The Black In Neuro logo appears in the bottom left corner and to the right reads "#5YearsofBIN".

Flyer for the Black In Neuro Conference on Wednesday, September 10. The background is a soft peach with vibrant geometric patterns in mustard yellow, coral, teal, and pink at the top border. A bold orange "Black In Neuro Conference" title is centered. Sessions listed include: a welcome session 9:00-9:30AM, #BINSeminarSeries lecture 9:30-10:45AM, a NeuroAcrossTheDiaspora symposium 11:00AM-12:00PM, and an #ExploringBIN professional development workshop 1:30-3:00PM. Register to attend #BINW25 Live Streamed Events! All times in Eastern Standard Time. The Black In Neuro logo appears in the bottom left corner and to the right reads "#5YearsofBIN".

Flyer for the Black In Neuro Conference on Thursday, September 11. The background is a soft peach with vibrant geometric patterns in mustard yellow, coral, teal, and pink at the top border. A bold orange "Black In Neuro Conference" title is centered. Sessions listed include: #NeuroRacism Symposium 9:30-11:00AM, a #BINSeminarSeries Lecture #BlackInNeuroFutures Keynote Address 11:15-12:30PM, a #BINSeminarSeries Lecture 1:00-3:00PM, and an #BlackInNeuroAltCareers Symposium 3:00-4:00PM. Register to attend #BINW25 Live Streamed Events! All times in Eastern Standard Time. The Black In Neuro logo appears in the bottom left corner and to the right reads "#5YearsofBIN".

Whether you're in the room or tuning in from across the globe, #BINW25 is for YOU! 🌍
In-person perks: exclusive socials & awards ✨
Online perks: powerful panels & keynotes 💻
Let’s celebrate #5YearsOfBIN, side by side or screen to screen 💛🖤

Register to attend or present a poster at the links below!

So proud of y’all!! ❤️❤️🙌🏾

Ten simple rules for thriving in a post-baccalaureate research program

For those considering post-bacc programs, here’s a fun paper I led describing 10 ways to thrive in them!

Though the state of these programs is uncertain, I hope it’s still informative for students
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