Presentations & Media Appearances
Penn State ChangeMakers
Dr. Okello's engaging performance of spoken-word poetry provides insight to the focus of his research which draws on Black critical theories to advance student development theory, critical qualitative inquiry, and more.
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QualLab Lunch
In this QualLab Lunch, Dr. Wilson Okello discusses how theorizing Blackness provides the conditions of possibility for upsetting epistemic, ontological, and axiological foundations that structure Western knowledge production and Black existence. This talk invites participants to consider the central question: what does it mean to center Blackness in educational research?
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TEDxYoungstown
Dr. Okello believes in the power of storytelling and spoken word poetry as a platform for education, liberation, and resilience. His message, the direct dividends of his life experience, reinforces the fact that your presence, position, and voice are equal in both legitimacy and importance.
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