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Celeste Malone

@cmonique1023.bsky.social
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A Harlem girl with island roots and a PhD | Associate Professor of School Psychology @ Howard Univ | Passionate about education, anti-racism, & social justice | she/her | 🐘🔺

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Haley Biddanda @haleybiddanda.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
School psychology continues to be a largely white field, despite strides made toward racial representation and equity. Dr. Malone's thoughtful and critical work honors the historical and present experiences of SPs of color and helps us imagine ways to move forward.
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Celeste Malone @cmonique1023.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Thank you! 🙏🏾
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Celeste Malone @cmonique1023.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Thanks for engaging with it! It's been both fascinating and frustrating seeing the same patterns over and over. Hopefully, this project will help school psychology recognize and learn from its mistakes.
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Celeste Malone @cmonique1023.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
If you're interested in a critical, historical analysis of school psychology and how school psychology's history informs its present, check out my newsletter! Critical Histories and Honoring Trailblazers of Color open.substack.com/pub/cmonique...
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Critical Histories and Honoring Trailblazers of Color
We cannot honor trailblazers without also acknowledging why they had to blaze their own trail.
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Celeste Malone @cmonique1023.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
In this essay, I explain why school psychology needs to focus on honoring POC's full humanity, highlight the role of critical histories for antiracism, and share two stories about Black SP leaders. Critical Histories and Honoring Trailblazers of Color open.substack.com/pub/cmonique...
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Critical Histories and Honoring Trailblazers of Color
We cannot honor trailblazers without also acknowledging why they had to blaze their own trail.
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Celeste Malone @cmonique1023.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
I started a Substack to share what I'm learning as I explore school psychology archives, interview school psychologists of color, and navigate the profession as a Black woman. Critical Histories and Honoring Trailblazers of Color open.substack.com/pub/cmonique...
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Critical Histories and Honoring Trailblazers of Color
We cannot honor trailblazers without also acknowledging why they had to blaze their own trail.
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Celeste Malone @cmonique1023.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
I'm excited to finally share my side project, Voices of Color in School Psychology (VOCSP)! VOCSP is a project dedicated to documenting the history and experiences of school psychologists of color. Critical Histories and Honoring Trailblazers of Color open.substack.com/pub/cmonique...
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Critical Histories and Honoring Trailblazers of Color
We cannot honor trailblazers without also acknowledging why they had to blaze their own trail.
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Celeste Malone @cmonique1023.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
I saved my document just in the nick of time! My power went out a minute after 😬 These summer thunderstorms are serious!
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Celeste Malone @cmonique1023.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
I receive this! This is a culmination of decades of hard work & advocacy. I’m proud to be part of this movement & to have been in spaces where I could elevate Dr. Miranda’s name & others who’ve gone unrecognized. I hope my actions inspire others to build community & imagine radical change.
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Celeste Malone @cmonique1023.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
I think a lot of other attendees feel the same way. You never know how much you need something until you finally get it. It's amazing how much can change in a short time. This NASP was the opposite of my first one in 2010. The sessions we did would have never been accepted. But look at us now! 🙌🏾
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Celeste Malone @cmonique1023.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
There was so much #BlackGirlMagic at #NASP2025! It was truly a beautiful sight to behold.
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Celeste Malone @cmonique1023.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Kicking off my #NASP2025 experience with my distinguished lecture! I'm always grateful for the opportunity to educate my colleagues, help develop their critical consciousness, & promote social justice in the profession. Thank you @drfaustino.bsky.social for this opportunity!
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Transforming Moments to Movements: Keeping Momentum for Social Justice
Celeste M. Malone, PhD, MS
2025 NASP Distinguished Lecture
February 18, 2025
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Celeste Malone @cmonique1023.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
I hope you're able to. It really is a great experience, especially socializing with other school psychs.
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Celeste Malone @cmonique1023.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Thanks much for your kind words! They are much appreciated❤️ Will you be at NASP next week?
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Celeste Malone @cmonique1023.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
One of my favorite quotes from this episode! What resistance strategies can we learn from those who've survived oppression? We should be listening to them and taking their lead.
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Celeste Malone @cmonique1023.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Thanks for the tag!
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Celeste Malone @cmonique1023.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Used the world's biggest stage to put on a Blackity Black show. Gotta love it!
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Celeste Malone @cmonique1023.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
That half time show was EVERYTHING I needed!
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Celeste Malone @cmonique1023.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
☠️ at liable to sue!! 😂😂
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Celeste Malone @cmonique1023.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
On my episode, I shared how my Harlem upbringing & Caribbean roots gave me multiple models of Black excellence and influenced my leadership in school psych. It's worth a listen: www.podbean.com/ew/pb-mcwj5-... Thanks, Ben, for amplifying my story & those of other Black professionals on your podcast
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Episode 75: Cultivating Black Excellence in School Psychology with Dr. Celeste Malone
In Episode 75, Ben has the great honour of chatting with Dr. Celeste Malone, President of the National Association School Psychologists (NASP). This conversation dives into Dr. Malone's research in pr...
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Celeste Malone @cmonique1023.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Happy Black History Month!! ✊🏾
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jenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
We have to be BLACK AF starting today! No excuses! Get the dashiki! Find the shirt with the Black Power fist on it! Collect those Malcolm X quotes so you can recite them anytime a white woman tries you! #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackSky
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Celeste Malone @cmonique1023.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
The pandemic habit I never quit! 😎
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Celeste Malone @cmonique1023.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
#WinWithBlackWomen is fundraising to support the Flintridge Center and Neighborhood Survants as they provide relief to those impacted by the California wildfires. gofund.me/099a27be
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Donate to Support Wildfire Relief, organized by Win With Black Women
The California wildfires have caused devastating damage to countless lives and communitie… Win With Black Women needs your support for Support Wildfire Relief
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Brea Banks @bmbanks4.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
One of my colleagues is recruiting participants for her dissertation. She’s interested in the experiences of Black women who work at historically white institutions who are not faculty and are not in DEI positions but are engaged in DEI initiatives. DM me if interested!!! #AcademicSky #EduSky
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Celeste Malone @cmonique1023.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
These are great recommendations for all educators and school professionals. I'll be sharing with my school psych grad students and other colleagues. We can all do our part to resist and protect vulnerable communities.
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Celeste Malone @cmonique1023.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
You really were focused! I don't think I knew much about psychology when I was in middle school.
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John Breen @breen.tech · 22/01/2025
Here are some graphics for folks in the DC/MD/VA area with numbers to call - I got them from a mutual aid group I know
Did you see ICE in your neighborhood? Know someone who is detained?
These organizations can help.
Call one of our free hotlines for more information and resources.
Organization
Region
Phone Number
CASA
Maryland
Virginia
(888) 214-6016

Migrant Solidarity
Mutual Aid (MSMA)
DC
(202) 335-1183

Immigration Rapid
Response Hotline
Virginia Network
Virginia
(855) AYU-DAR1
(855) 298-3271¿Vieron ICE en su vecindario?
¿Conoce a alguien quien está detenido por ICE en DC, Maryland o Virginia?
Estas organizaciones le pueden ayudar.
Llame a uno de nuestras líneas gratuitas para más información y recursos

Organization
Region
Phone Number

CASA
Maryland
Virginia
(888) 214-6016

Red de apoyo mutuo de solidaridad
migrante (MSMA)
DC
(202) 335-1183

Línea de Ayuda Urgente
Inmigratoria Red de respuesta rápida de
Virginia
Virginia
(855) AYU-DAR1
(855) 298-3271
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Celeste Malone @cmonique1023.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
If you went to college 1. what was your career goal when you started? 2. your initial major? 3. if you changed majors, what did you change to? 4. what do you do now, professionally? 1. Pediatric medicine 2. Human biology 3. Psychology 4. School psychologist / University professor
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
It will be easy to fall into a pattern of dunking & reacting in these times. Performing disapproval can be a consuming pastime & it is not enough. Refuse to abandon vulnerable people. Build a rebellious culture of care. If you need help, @prisonculture.bsky.social and I wrote a book to assist you.
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Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care a book by Kelly Hayes, Mariame Kaba, Harsha Walia, et al.
What fuels and sustains activism and organizing when it feels like our worlds are collapsing? Let This Radicalize You is a practical and imaginative resource for activists and organizers building powe...
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Blair LM Kelley, Ph.D. @profblmkelley.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
"If peace means keeping my mouth shut in the midst of injustice and evil, I don't want it." MLK, Jr, 1956. The Rev. Dr. King died fighting for justice and equality for the working poor. As you remember his birth don’t misremember his life.
Martin Luther King, Jr. marching during the movement.
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Celeste Malone @cmonique1023.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
The only event I’m recognizing is MLK Day. I’ll be at a community service project.
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Celeste Malone @cmonique1023.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Happy 112th Founders Day to my Dynamic and DevaSTating Sorors!! I'm eternally grateful for the bonds of Sisterhood I've developed through the years. Crimson and cream, with 9 white pearls, I'm proud to be a Delta girl! #DST1913 #DST112
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated
112 years
Forward with Fortitude
Together, We Rise
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Celeste Malone @cmonique1023.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Oh no! I'm so sorry, Gale.
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Celeste Malone @cmonique1023.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
I can't remember the last time the DMV got some real snow! ☃️ Classes haven't started for me yet, but I'm glad PK-12 colleagues and kids are getting a snow day.
Picture of a snow-covered porch with stairs going down to the snowy street
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Celeste Malone @cmonique1023.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
I know DMV students and teachers will be excited for a snow day! ☃️
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Celeste Malone @cmonique1023.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Just saw that in an article 🤯
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Celeste Malone @cmonique1023.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Why? What's the point of this? Who asked for this?
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Kyla Jenée Lacey @kylajlacey.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
What’s crazy is New Yorkers are some of the most helpful and kindest people I’ve ever encountered. They absolutely have a huge sense of community, think about how they reacted to Covid versus cities like…. Atlanta
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Celeste Malone @cmonique1023.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
My theme for 2025 is SPACE. I plan to clear the clutter from my life (including unnecessary things, people, drama, & work) to create space for all that fulfills me. Space for rest & healing. Space for creativity & imagination. Space for family, friends, and community. Space for love. Space for ME!
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Celeste Malone @cmonique1023.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Completely agree. I like the social aspect of sitting around a table picking crabs. But it's too much work for so little meat.
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Celeste Malone @cmonique1023.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
How frustrating! But I hope you and your little one have a great 2025!
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Celeste Malone @cmonique1023.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Happy New Year from the east coast!! 🎉 My hope is for us all to find joy wherever we can.
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Celeste Malone @cmonique1023.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
It's not even midnight yet, but they're already starting with the fireworks 😫
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Grace A Chen @graceachen.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Let’s get inspired together on January 20th! Joy and resistance are not mutually exclusive!
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Celeste Malone @cmonique1023.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
I love that Black communities and churches are filling this gap! Knowing our history will help us resist its erasure.
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Celeste Malone @cmonique1023.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
"In Slavery's Wake," the new exhibition at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, is beautiful. While it was hard seeing the pervasive harms of slavery, I was deeply moved by the global stories of Black freedom and resistance & feel more connected to the Diaspora.
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In Slavery's Wake: Making Black Freedom in the World

What can we remember that will surround us in oceans of history and potential? And how? -Alexis Pauline GumbsWorld map showing the different routes of the African slave tradeCollage of pictures of civil rights protests throughout United States historyCollage of photos with the question "How can WE practice repair?"
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Celeste Malone @cmonique1023.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Congrats!! 🎉
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Celeste Malone @cmonique1023.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Soda. NYC
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Celeste Malone @cmonique1023.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Some spaces don’t deserve the brilliance of Black women.
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