Dr. Wilson Kwamogi Okello

Dr. Wilson Kwamogi Okello

Assistant Professor in the Watson College of Education at the University of North Carolina Wilmington
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Dr. Wilson Kwamogi Okello is a tenure-track assistant professor in the Watson College of Education at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. Bridging the artist-scholar divide, his research draws on Black feminist theories to think about the relationship between history, the body, and epistemology; anti-Blackness in education; critical qualitative inquiry; and anti-deficit curriculum and pedagogical praxis. Dr. Okello’s performance work engages Black feminist embodied and creative methodologies to think about the health and survival of Black people in the afterlife of white supremacy. His work is published in venues such as the Journal of College Student Development, the Review of Higher Education, and the International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. He is active in several professional organizations, including the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), American Educational Studies Association (AESA), and American College Personal Administrators-International (ACPA). Dr. Okello earned his Ph.D. from Miami University; his master’s degree is from the University of Rhode Island, and he holds a bachelor’s degree from Youngstown State University. He is the recipient of the University of Rhode Island’s Distinguished Alumni Rising Star Award, the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators’ (NASPA) Outstanding Professional Award, Youngstown State University’s Outstanding Alumni Award, and he received Dissertation of the Year recognition from the American Association of Blacks in Higher Education.