Dr. Anne Onyekwuluje
(On Yea Kool La j)
106 Grise Hall
Office Hours: Tues. & Thurs.11:00am -12:00pm
(or by appointment)
www.wku.edu/Dept/Academic/AHSS/Sociology/Home.html
ABOUT DR. ANNE
ONYEKWULUJE
Anne B. Onyekwuluje is an
associate professor in the Department of Sociology at
Dr. Onyekwuluje’s current research
looks at the life and history of Senator Georgia Davis Powers. This research
suggests Senator Georgia Davis Powers is an invisible woman in
Another recent project is titled: Adolescent Involvement in a Multicontextual Approach to Diversity… this manuscript was written with the idea that young people can take control of their diversity developmental needs. They must too, take the care for their diversity knowledge. We do not know how much they care for their future. This piece provides recommendations for young people, teachers, parents, schools and communities to make good decisions and take action to matter in the lives of all people.
“Guess Who’s Coming to Class: Teaching Through the Politics of Race, Class, and Gender in Predominantly White Institutions of Higher Learning” was published to explore the larger question of how social distinctions shape classroom social life. This information becomes useful for those concerned with diversity and institutions of higher learning.
Over the last five years she has chaired and served as a
member on several search committees at the university and outside the
university setting. She has served on
the curriculum committees for the Sociology department, Women Studies Program,
and
Locally, she volunteers at several of the public schools to
help with writing portfolios. Annually, Dr. Onyekwuluje
has helped to put together the Unity Day Celebration. This celebration brings
together the entire community. It is an excellent way to show and promote
diversity in
I love teaching. Teaching is a self-transforming liminal experience. I spend semesters promoting knowledge about our social world. My classes in race relations, cultural studies, social institutions, social inequality and introduction to sociology are designed to employ instructional methods that demasculinize and demystify race, class, and gender.
The main focus of my teaching has been to get all students,
specifically unenlightened students to see how the intersecting meanings of
race, class, and gender also shape systems of privilege and inequality.
Reconstructing knowledge is a rewarding task, thus giving me the opportunity to
bring diversity into the classroom. Many
of my students report they get much needed knowledge when they take courses
that offer race, class, and gender as issues affecting society.
It is important to me that my students be exposed to current data in
the study of race, class, and gender in the