OCCRL Staff and Affiliates
.webp?sfvrsn=379651a2_1)
Contact
Office
Children's Research Center
51 Gerty Drive
Champaign, IL 61820
Nina Owolabi
Senior Research Assistant
Nina is a doctoral student in the Department of Education Policy, Organization & Leadership with a concentration in higher education. Her research centers on the Black student experience at community colleges. Threads of that work draw upon a critical and social justice lens to explore the lived experiences of parenting students, those with disabilities, and other historically excluded groups, interrogating the community college as a place of access and enclosure. Her professional background includes 15 years of education justice work focused on student, program, and curriculum development. Before joining OCCRL, Nina served as a community college advisor and faculty member.
Education
- Ph.D. student, Education Policy Organization & Leadership, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Graduate Certificate, Higher Education Administration, North Park University
- M.A., Sociology and Education, Teachers College, Columbia University
- B.A., Print Journalism, University of Maryland, College Park
Research Areas
- Black student experience in community colleges
- Parenting students
Professional Associations
- American Educational Research Association
- Association for the Study of Higher Education
- Council for the Study of Community Colleges