EDUCATION

Expected Master of Arts in Pan-African Studies | Syracuse University

College of Arts & Sciences

Spring 2022     Bachelor of Arts in Political Science| Towson University

                        College of Liberal Arts      

           Minor in African and African American Studies | Towson University

                        College of Liberal Arts

UNDERGRADUATE HONORS THESIS

2022 “Pan-Africanism in Praxis: Investigating the Biafran Secession and its Lessons for Post- Colonial African Statehood.”        

AWARDS & GRANTS

2023                $1,500 Community Educator Grant | Abolitionist Teaching NetworK

2022                Stonewall Activism Award | Towson University Center for Student Diversity

2021                $500 Research Grant Award | Towson University College of Liberal Arts

2021                $1,000 Research Impact Award | Towson University Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Inquiry

 2019-2022      Dean’s List Award Recipient| Towson University College of Liberal Arts

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

2023                Research Supervisor| Project Title: “The Relationship Between the Lack of Affordable Housing and a Healthy Learning Ecosystem for Youth in the South Shore Community Area”

Methodologies: Surveys, Interviews, Literature Review, Policy Analysis

[Northwestern University’s MapsCorps]

2022                Primary Researcher | Project Title:  “Pan-Africanism in Praxis: Investigating the Biafran Secession and its Lessons for Post-Colonial Statehood

Methodologies: Oral History Collection, Observation of Historic Sites/Archival Materials, Social Media Analysis, Literature Review

[Towson University’s Political Science Department]

2020                Primary Researcher | Project Title: “A Study of How Race, College Education, Republican Party Identification and Evangelical Christian Identification Impact a State’s Usage of Capital Punishment.”

                        Methodologies: SPSS, Statistical Analysis, Literature Review

                        [Towson University Political Science Department]

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2020                Guest Lecturer | IDHP 300: Interdisciplinary Studies

·      Guest Lecture on “The Intersection of Racism, Ableism, and Police Violence Through a Critical Abolitionist Lens” 

2021                Guest Lecturer| IDHP 300: Interdisciplinary Studies

·       Guest Lecture on “Using Care Politics and Radical Love to Build a Revolutionary Future”

PRESENTATIONS

2023                Black Women Radicals: School for Black Feminist Politics | Panelist

Event Title: “Where Do We Go from Here: The State and Future of Black Feminist Politics”

2023                Prison Neighborhood Arts Project: Statesville Correctional Center | Speaker

Event Title: “Youth Organizing and Abolitionist Futures”

2020                Area Scatters for Pan-AfriQan Liberation | Presenter & Organizer

                        Event Title: “Global Virtual End SARS Teach-In”       

CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION

August 2023    Northwestern University Maps Corps 15th Annual Research Symposium | Research Poster Presentation

March 2023     National Conference of Black Political Scientists | Panelist

March 2022    Towson University Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Inquiry Research Forum | Presenter

August 2021    Student Group Leadership Summit | Participant on behalf of Towson Freedom School

March 2019     Towson University Office of Student Diversity’s Retreat for Social Justice | Participant        

 April 2019       Towson University Office of Student Diversity Women in Leadership Conference | Participant

INDEPENDENT CULTURAL WORK

2023-2024        Braiding as a Cultural Art Workshop Series | Sole Curator; Facilitator

2020                Area Scatters for Pan-AfriQan Liberation | Founding member; Educator

PUBLICATIONS

Web Based Publications:

2023 the intimates | A Substack Newsletter

Print Publications:

2024 Ezejiofor, Uchenna. Love Could Save Our Lives: A Collection of Poetry and Prose | self-published.

2019                Ezejiofor, Uchenna. “Forgiveness is For Me.” Turnaround Inc.’s Purple Poetry Book, 2019, p.23.

SELECTED WRITTEN WORKS

Essays

2022                “Colonialism, Clientelist Corruption, and Coups: An Analytical Exposition of the History Behind Nigeria’s Failed Attempts at Democracy”

2022                “Black Women Have Never Been in The Back: An Analysis of Black Feminist Praxis in Black Led Social Movements”

2022                “Infinite Suspension in Transitional Limbo: The History Behind Nigeria’s Failed Attempts at Democracy” 

2021                “A Personal Sexual Ethics: Role Play, Rope Play, and Butt Play”

2021                “In response to Oyeronke Oyewumi’s ‘Visualizing the Body: Western Theories and African Subjects.”