About
Alexia Oduro is a passionate advocate for confronting and dismantling racism within the context of higher education. Her research interests center on the interplay of race, racism, and educational policy in higher education, and their effects on students' wellbeing and academic attainment. Her overarching aim is to devise institutional policies and practices that create institutional change in the ways higher education institutions handle and address incidents of racism.
Education
M.A., May 2024
Social Justice & Human Rights
Arizona State University
Ph.D., expected 2028
Education with a concentration
in Higher Education
University of Southern California
B.A., May 2022
Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
San Diego State University
Alexia has been engaged in research aimed at addressing various disparity issues while creating strategies for institutions to promote educational equity through policy and practice. Below, you will find some of her latest research pursuits, accompanied by brief descriptions and corresponding links. Please engage with the links to learn more.
Research
TX Study: The Child Language Development, Disorders, and Disparities (ChiLD3) Lab
Research Assistant
Dr. Sonja Pruitt-Lord's research lab examines child language development and disorders within the context of cultural and linguistic diversity. Collected data during live speech therapy sessions to better understand complex consonant clusters in word-final position.
Black Lives Matter All the Time Collective
Lab Co-Founder
Founding member of the Black Lives Matter All the Time Collective that conducts research to inform policy and practice within higher education. The collective utilizes data and current events to create policies, protocols, and initiatives to dismantle anti-Blackness within higher education.
Black Resistance and Joy at PWIs: A PhotoVoice Study on the Black College Experience at University of Florida
Consultant
Formulated session themes, assisted with recruitment materials and methods to center the discussions, and oversaw an undergraduate work-study student in policy creation. Art by Mary Nguyen of themes that were identified by co-researchers during their project entitled "Blooming Through the Darkness." This project examined the experiences of 7 Black undergraduate students at UF.