Dr. Barlow’s Education Revolution 📚
What is Hilmantok University? How Dr. Barlow (Accidentally) Started an Educational Revolution 👩🏾🏫
Who is Dr. Barlow? And how did she start an education revolution? 💡
Dr. Barlow is an Intro to African-American Studies teacher who posted an introduction video to her class on TikTok…and it went viral—and then started an education revolution. You may be asking how a silly social media video can spark a revolution, but shortly after her video went viral, many other Black professors came forward to teach at “Hilmantok University” or “TikTok University” (not to be confused with the official TikTok University account).📱
While Dr. Barlow initially wasn’t sure about such a large platform, she quickly decided to allow people to access some of her course, and she will be posting mini-lectures for those enrolled in her class via TikTok–the first mini-lecture is up, take a look! 📖
Now there are hundreds (yes HUNDREDS) of classes, each taught by a different expert on a particular niche. Whether you want to learn how to sew with Professor Marissa, or about living abroad with professor Imani B, or dive into pre-history to Hip-hop with Professor Toure, there’s an option for every interest! 🤩
Each class has different levels of commitment, with some professors extending their classes to other platforms like Substack, Patreon, Youtube and more. This also provides the ability to compensate these experts for their time, if you can. 🤑
Enroll in classes and be part of an education revolution:
💡 Intro to African-American History with Professor Jameelah “Sunny” Jones (TikTok)
💡 Intro to Metaphysics with Professor Dr. Kim “Kimchi” Eyvonne Porter (TikTok, Book Coming Soon)
💡 Black Fashion History 101 with Professor Shelby Ivey Christie (TikTok, Purchase Her Book)
💡 Car Maintenance 101 with Professor Josie (TikTok, Online Syllabus)
💡 Financial Literacy 101 with Professor Brooks, CPA (TikTok, Youtube)
💡 Gardening 101 with Professor Dominique Kinsler (TikTok, Youtube)
💡 Octavia Butler Mixtape Course with Professor Dr. Briana Whiteside (TikTok, Substack, Youtube)
We're taking the Octavia Butler Mixtape course, intro to metaphysics, Dr. Barlow's class, and Black Fashion history this semester. Do we have class together?? 👀