Postdoctoral Research Associate
Ph.D., Educational Leadership and Policy, Emphasis in Higher Education Leadership, University of Texas at Austin
M.A. in Social Work and Higher Education, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
B.A. in Sociology, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Research Interests
Black intellectuals in academia | Racial politics of knowledge work | History of higher education | Organizational socialization in doctoral education and the professoriate | Race management in academic labor markets | Governance and interorganizational networks in higher education | Role of technology in the re/production of anti-Blackness
Mariama Nagbe is a daughter of Detroit, Michigan and Monrovia, Liberia—two homeplaces that anchor her commitment to Black liberation, organizational justice, and educational equity as global imperatives. Positioned as an emancipatory data scientist, her work sits at a crossroad between Black thought, organizational studies, and network analysis. Overall, she studies how educational organizations are socialized to recruit, retain, and promote Black talent within the knowledge economy. She earned a B.A. in sociology and dual M.A. in social work and higher education from The University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, as well as a Ph.D. in educational leadership and policy with an emphasis on higher education leadership from The University of Texas at Austin.