Alexia Oduro

Alexia Oduro is a fervent proponent of addressing and eradicating racism within higher education. Her research focuses on the intersections of race, racism and educational policies in higher education, examining their impact on students' well-being and academic achievements. Her primary goal is to develop institutional policies that bring about significant changes in the way racist incidents are handled by higher education institutions.

Oduro earned her Bachelor's in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences (SLHS) from San Diego State University (SDSU) where she created and served as co-coordinator of the Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) committee. She served as an academic coach for Black second-year students and served on the board of directors of SDSU’s student government. Following graduation, Oduro worked as an Equity and Retention Trainee at SDSU before pursuing her Master's in Social Justice & Human Rights at Arizona State University (ASU). She is a researcher for the Black Lives Matter All the Time Collective, an organization that researches Black students' experiences at predominately white institutions to inform policy and practice in higher education.

Additionally, Oduro volunteers with A Long Talk About The Uncomfortable Truth, an organization focused on anti-racism education. Passionate about justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion, Oduro is dedicated to combating systemic racism and anti-Blackness and pursuing educational equity within higher education

• Oduro, A., Sonsteng-Person, M., Montgomery, D. M., King-Shaw, S., King-Shaw, N., & Santos, A. (2024). Addressing Anti-Black Racism in Social Work Education: A Policy Brief to Ensure Black Students Thrive in Social Work. Families in Society, 10443894241260071.
• King-Shaw, S., King-Shaw, N., Sonsteng-Person, M., Mikell Montgomery, D., & Oduro, A. (2024). “The Things We Carry”: Interventions against the cumulative effects of racism in K-12 education. Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community, 1-18.
• Sonsteng-Person, M., King-Shaw, S., King-Shaw, N., Oduro, A., Montgomery, D. M., Barton, K., & Cruz, B. (2024). ‘We are not ok’: a photovoice study on educational violence and resistance by and for Black undergraduate students at predominantly white institutions. Race Ethnicity and Education, 1-22.
• Oduro, A. IMPACT: A Framework to Guide Campus Responses to Racial  Incidents, Diverse Issues in Higher Education.  https://www.diverseeducation.com/opinion/contact/15293041/alexia-oduro
• Oduro, A.  SDSU students should not have to hear offensive racial slurs from  their teachers, The San Diego Union-Tribune,  https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/commentary/story/2022-04-10/sd su-racial-slur-academic-freedom