Ezinne D Ofoegbu
Biographic Data
| ID | 4461356 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ezinne D Ofoegbu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ezinne D |
| FAMILY NAME | Ofoegbu |
| SIGNATURE | OFOEGBU E D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Santa Clara University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5502-8332 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Say Her Name: Centering Black Feminism and Black Women in Sport
Support Beyond the Playing Field: Advising Black Student-Athlete Organizations at PWIs
Black college athletes at predominantly white institutions (PWIs) face academic barriers, racially hostile environments, and limited culturally relevant support systems. Black student-athlete organizations (BSAOs) offer critical opportunities for leadership, identity development, and community. However, little research has examined BSAO advisors’ roles in shaping these experiences. This generic qualitative inquiry approach explores how BSAO advis…
What Can I Do, What Can We Do?”: Exploring Black Women College Athletes’ Racial Justice Activism and Engagement During and After 2020
The anti-Black racism and violence of 2020 galvanized Black athletes at the collegiate and professional ranks into action and activism. Their activism follows a rich tradition of Black athlete activism dating back to the early 19th century. However, stories of Black college athlete activism often center on Black men and professional athletes, excluding Black women college athletes from these histories. Given Black women athletes’ activism recentl…
From the Sidelines to the Frontlines: Black Student-Athlete Organizations as Counterspaces at Predominantly White Institutions
Significant moments of Black college athlete activism and mobilization marked 2020. One noticeable way Black college athletes mobilized was by creating Black student-athlete organizations (BSAOs). Given college athletics’ long-standing relationship to racism and racial capitalism, it is important to understand how BSAOs function within the athletic subculture and how they may facilitate belonging and community for Black college athletes. Thus, th…
From Exploitative Systems to Exploitative Relationships: A Black Feminist Intervention to Scholarship on Exploitation in College Athletics
This essay introduces interpersonal exploitation in Black women’s relationships in U.S. Division I college athletic environments. Interpersonal exploitation is a Black feminist-oriented analytical frame for exploring how relationships across various levels and systems contribute to the exploitation of Black women and other similarly situated populations in U.S. college athletics. Drawing from existing research, this essay describes how and why sc…
Aren't you here to help me?”: Examining the role of identity as Black women athletes navigate relationships and create community at predominantly White institutions
Of Course I Was the Only Black Girl”: Unpacking the Academic Experiences of Black Women Student-Athletes at PWIs
There is still much to be understood about the intersections of race and gender and how Black women student-athletes experience and navigate various academic and classroom environments and situations, particularly at predominantly White institutions. Using critical race feminism and narrative inquiry, this study unpacked the academic experiences of Black women student-athletes at predominantly White institutions. The findings reveal challenges na…
TheyareUnited and #TheyWantToPlay: A Critical Discourse Analysis of College Football Player Social Media Activism
This study examined the way college football players used social media to resist, highlight, and address inequity in college football. Employing a critical discourse analysis guided by poststructuralism as a theoretical framework, three public statements were analyzed to explore how the language used in the statements resisted multiple discourses that shape college football players’ experiences. The ways that college football players used discour…
Aren't you here to help me?”: Examining the role of identity as Black women athletes navigate relationships and create community at predominantly White institutions
TheyareUnited and #TheyWantToPlay: A Critical Discourse Analysis of College Football Player Social Media Activism
This study examined the way college football players used social media to resist, highlight, and address inequity in college football. Employing a critical discourse analysis guided by poststructuralism as a theoretical framework, three public statements were analyzed to explore how the language used in the statements resisted multiple discourses that shape college football players’ experiences. The ways that college football players used discour…
From Exploitative Systems to Exploitative Relationships: A Black Feminist Intervention to Scholarship on Exploitation in College Athletics
This essay introduces interpersonal exploitation in Black women’s relationships in U.S. Division I college athletic environments. Interpersonal exploitation is a Black feminist-oriented analytical frame for exploring how relationships across various levels and systems contribute to the exploitation of Black women and other similarly situated populations in U.S. college athletics. Drawing from existing research, this essay describes how and why sc…
Of Course I Was the Only Black Girl”: Unpacking the Academic Experiences of Black Women Student-Athletes at PWIs
There is still much to be understood about the intersections of race and gender and how Black women student-athletes experience and navigate various academic and classroom environments and situations, particularly at predominantly White institutions. Using critical race feminism and narrative inquiry, this study unpacked the academic experiences of Black women student-athletes at predominantly White institutions. The findings reveal challenges na…
TheyareUnited and #TheyWantToPlay: A Critical Discourse Analysis of College Football Player Social Media Activism
This study examined the way college football players used social media to resist, highlight, and address inequity in college football. Employing a critical discourse analysis guided by poststructuralism as a theoretical framework, three public statements were analyzed to explore how the language used in the statements resisted multiple discourses that shape college football players’ experiences. The ways that college football players used discour…
Aren't you here to help me?”: Examining the role of identity as Black women athletes navigate relationships and create community at predominantly White institutions
From the Sidelines to the Frontlines: Black Student-Athlete Organizations as Counterspaces at Predominantly White Institutions
Significant moments of Black college athlete activism and mobilization marked 2020. One noticeable way Black college athletes mobilized was by creating Black student-athlete organizations (BSAOs). Given college athletics’ long-standing relationship to racism and racial capitalism, it is important to understand how BSAOs function within the athletic subculture and how they may facilitate belonging and community for Black college athletes. Thus, th…
From Exploitative Systems to Exploitative Relationships: A Black Feminist Intervention to Scholarship on Exploitation in College Athletics
This essay introduces interpersonal exploitation in Black women’s relationships in U.S. Division I college athletic environments. Interpersonal exploitation is a Black feminist-oriented analytical frame for exploring how relationships across various levels and systems contribute to the exploitation of Black women and other similarly situated populations in U.S. college athletics. Drawing from existing research, this essay describes how and why sc…
Say Her Name: Centering Black Feminism and Black Women in Sport
Support Beyond the Playing Field: Advising Black Student-Athlete Organizations at PWIs
Black college athletes at predominantly white institutions (PWIs) face academic barriers, racially hostile environments, and limited culturally relevant support systems. Black student-athlete organizations (BSAOs) offer critical opportunities for leadership, identity development, and community. However, little research has examined BSAO advisors’ roles in shaping these experiences. This generic qualitative inquiry approach explores how BSAO advis…
What Can I Do, What Can We Do?”: Exploring Black Women College Athletes’ Racial Justice Activism and Engagement During and After 2020
The anti-Black racism and violence of 2020 galvanized Black athletes at the collegiate and professional ranks into action and activism. Their activism follows a rich tradition of Black athlete activism dating back to the early 19th century. However, stories of Black college athlete activism often center on Black men and professional athletes, excluding Black women college athletes from these histories. Given Black women athletes’ activism recentl…
Sports, Gender, and Society (8 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Black women (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Athletes (2 works) · Black feminism (2 works)