Akwugo Emejulu
professor
Sociology
The University of Warwick
United Kingdom
Biography
Before entering academia, Akwugo Emejulu worked in a variety of grassroots roles—as a community organiser, a trade union organiser and a participatory action researcher—in both the United States and in Britain. she joined the Department of Sociology at the University of Warwick in February 2017 as Professor of Sociology. Previously, she was Senior Lecturer and the founding Programme Director of the MSc Social Justice and Community Action at the University of Edinburgh.
Research Interest
Research interests in two areas: investigating racial, ethnic and gender social and economic inequalities in Europe and the United States and exploring women of colour’s grassroots organising and activism for social citizenship and social justice.
Publications
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Emejulu A, McGregor C. Towards a radical digital citizenship in digital education. Critical Studies in Education. 2016 Sep 19:1-7.
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Bassel L, Emejulu A. Caring subjects: migrant women and the third sector in England and Scotland. Ethnic and Racial Studies. 2017 Jun 21:1-9.
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Emejulu A. Feminism for the 99%: towards a populist feminism?: Can Feminism for the 99% succeed as a new kind of populism?. Soundings: A journal of politics and culture. 2017;66:63-7.
