Kalasia Ojeh , Ph.D.

Dr. Ojeh (she/her/hers) is a black sociologist, black studies scholar, and scholar-activist. Her research focuses on the importance of theory building to the subfields of sociology of race and racism and status attainment. Using theories developed for, and by people of African descent she has pushed against race-neutral ideologies within the sociological canon and status attainment models. Her research published and forthcoming highlight the importance of Black scholars to the advancement of race as both a social construction and sociology’s historiography. She is currently finishing her first book, co-authored with Dr. Wright II, A (Re)Introduction to Du Bois. In it, they discuss Du Boisian Sociology as the study of race-centered social patterns that impact the social organization and structure of society