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Kean University to Shift to Remote Operations on Sunday, October 12

Kean University will shift to remote operations on Sunday, October 12, due to the State of Emergency declared across New Jersey in response to the forecasted nor’easter storm. All classes scheduled for Sunday on New Jersey campuses will move to remote instruction, and all in-person activities are canceled. 

Only essential personnel should report to work as required. Employees with questions should contact their supervisors for guidance. Keanu’s Kitchen on the Union campus will remain open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Sunday to serve residential students. 

Kalasia Ojeh , Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Office Location
J1030 Hutchinson Hall
Email
kojeh@kean.edu
Phone
908-737-3994
Name: Kalasia Ojeh (nee Daniels)

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

Education

  • PhD, University of Cincinnati
  • MA, Teachers College, Columbia University
  • BA, Franklin & Marshall College 

Courses Taught

  • Methods of Social Research
  • American Ethnic and Racial Groups
  • Statistics

Selected Publications

  • Ojeh, Kalasia S. (forthcoming). “The Atlanta Sociological Laboratory: The Pragmatic Approach to Researching Black Communities.” In American Philosophy & Cultural Thought. New York: SUNY Press.
  • Ojeh, Kalasia S. and Earl Wright, II. (forthcoming). A (Re)Introduction to W.E.B Du Bois. UK: Routledge.
  • Daniels, Kalasia S. and Earl Wright II. 2018. “An Earnest Desire for the Truth Despite Its Possible Unpleasantness: A Comparative Analysis of the Atlanta University Publications and American Journal of Sociology, 1895-1917.” Sociology of Race and Ethnicity