Welcome!
My name, Chinyere [CHEEN-yair-ay] means "God gave" in the Igbo language. I am a sociologist who studies blackness globally.
I received my doctorate from UCLA and my MA from Harvard. My first book, Boundaries of Love: Interracial Marriage and the Meaning of Race was published in 2019 with NYU Press.
I am the lead investigator on the Project on African Immigrants in Nursing (PAIN). I have been working with students to recruit and conduct in-depth qualitative interviews with first- and second- generation African nursing students and registered nuraes. They also helped transcribe and code the interview data as well as analyze survey and social media data.
I am currently writing about African immigrants registered nurses in the United States, growing up African in Chicago, and blackness in Korean dramas.
Select Publications
2019. Boundaries of Love: Interracial Marriage and the Meaning of Race. New York: NYU Press.
Talks and Media
I am available for speaking engagements, keynotes, and lectures. Below are some of my previous speaking engagements.
Please hit the contact button at the top to arrange a talk or appearance at your institution.
Keynotes
Talks, Interviews, and Podcasts
