Professional Summary
I am a critical diversity scholar with expertise in both qualitative and quantitative methods. I theoretically examine how organizational processes reproduce inequality with a substantive focus on people of color involved in diverse groups, organizations, and institutions.
Positions and Work Experience
- Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Research Support
Grant: #Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary Investigators:Okuwobi, Oneya 04-01-2025 -12-31-2026 Louisville Institute The Effectiveness of Christian Racial Diversity Consultants for Racial Justice Role:PI 51983.00 Hold Level:Non Profit
Publications
Peer Reviewed Publications
Melamed, David, Christopher W. Munn, Leanne Barry, Bradley Montgomery, and Oneya F. Okuwobi (2019). Status Characteristics, Implicit Bias, and the Production of Racial Inequality. American Sociological Review, 84 (6) , 1013-1036More Information
Melamed, David, Leanne Barry, Bradley Montgomery, and Oneya F. Okuwobi (2020). Measuring Racial Status Beliefs with Implicit Associations. American Sociological Review, 85 (6) , 1123- 1131More Information
Okuwobi, Oneya, Deborwah Faulk, and Vincent J. Roscigno (2021). Diversity Displays and Organizational Messaging: The Case of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, 7 (3) , 384More Information
Oneya F. Okuwobi (2019). “Everything that I’ve Done Has Always Been Multiethnic”: Biographical Work among Leaders of Multiracial Churches. Sociology of Religion, 80 (4) , 478-495More Information
Oneya Okuwobi, Ruth Powell, and Nicole Ward (2020). Ethnic Diversity and Leadership Roles among Australian Protestant Churchgoers in Mono-Ethnic and Multi-Ethnic Congregations. Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, 31, 219-250More Information
Okuwobi, Oneya F., Christopher W. Munn, and Korie L. Edwards (2023). “Trading on Diverse Relationships: The Process of Racialized Social Commodification in Multiracial Churches.”. Sociology of Race and EthnicityMore Information
Okuwobi, Oneya F., Denise Daniels, and Elaine Ecklund. (2023). “The Limits of Congregational Support for Working Women.”. Review of Religious Research.More Information
Okuwobi, Oneya F., Bradley Montgomery, and David Melamed (2023). “Double Consciousness and Racial Status Beliefs”. Social Psychology Quarterly, 86 (3) , 341