Eghosa Obaizamomwan-Hamilton

Articulations, A Radical Methodology for Black Pedagogy: Redefining Education through Black Women’s Hair Experiences

With direct and unapologetic language, Dr. Obaizamomwan-Hamilton has given us instructions—if we are to do right by Black women educators, we must move with honesty, responsibility, commitment and love. In honoring their process of healing, we must take heed to their stories, lessons and imperatives to build new worlds. Anything less is unacceptable. —David Stovall, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago

New Growth: Introduction

I am my hair: A Black woman educator's autoethnography of oppression and liberation through school, bantu knots, box braids, locs and a press

HARVARD EDUCATIONAL REVIEW (2024)

Me At Age 9 With Braids and Barrettes (1994)

Autoethnography

For Black women, hair is an integral piece of our identity, yet it has often been marked as antithetical to what is considered "good," especially in its natural state. Natural hair is frequently viewed as an act of resistance, as it disidentifies with the status quo (White, 2005). ..This Blackgirl autoethnography (Boylorn, 2016) presents hair as a metaphor to conceptualize my experiences as a secondary teacher navigating the consistently antiblack space of education.

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SPEAKING REQUESTS + INVITATIONS

Open for speaking engagements, workshops, and consulting on topics such as Black educational research, critical pedagogy, curriculum development, affinity spaces, Black hair idenity, and equity-focused practices. Whether you're interested in a keynote presentation, a panel discussion, or a customized workshop, I bring theory and practice together in pursuit of a more liberatory education. Please reach out to discuss opportunities to collaborate.

Bio

Dr. Eghosa Obaizamomwan-Hamilton is a Black motherscholar who prioritizes scholarship in service of her community. A veteran educator with 16 years of K-12 experience, her research and teaching focus on Black Educational Studies, Black Critical Race Theory, Black Feminist Thought, intersectionality, and the sociology of race and education. She is the co-founder of the nonprofit organization Making Us Matter and a co-founding editor of The Black Educology Mixtape “Journal.” Her scholarship investigates the complex intersections of race, identity, and gender, with work appearing in peer-reviewed journals such as Harvard Educational Review, Race Ethnicity and Education, and Educational Studies. Her work continues to explore interdisciplinary themes deeply informed by and engaging with Black intellectual traditions, as seen in her forthcoming book Articulations, A Radical Methodology for Black Pedagogy: Redefining Education through Black Women’s Hair Experiences.

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The Black Educology Mixtape "Journal" is a collective of Black folx working to amplify and empower without the white gaze. With Black guest producers such as Dr. Betinna Love, Dr. David Stovall, Dr. Tiffani Marie, and Dr. Kenjus Watson, we imagine this mixtape as a vehicle toward revolution.

Black Women Be Knowing

A podcast for Black women teaching in the 'burbs and the rest of y'all, too! We dive into the experiences, truths, and knowledge that are embodied by Black women educators. From grief, banned books, Black pedagogy, to alchemy, performitivity, and pop culture, we cover it all. Listen where podcasts are cast!

Organizing Beyond Theory

Highlighted Publications

Black While Mothering: Retaining Motherhood, Scholarship, and Presence (Springer Nature)

Replenishing the Fractures: On Teaching as a Site of Nourishment and Healing (Teachers College Press)

We See You: A Co-Constructed Autoethnography of Black Women Educators Subverting Carcerality in Community with Black Students (Educational Studies)

Healing Centered Racial Affinity Groups: Toward Holistic Approaches of Support for Future K-12 Teachers and Teacher Educators (Holistic Education Review)

Curriculum Vitae

https://linktr.ee/Teachlove

https://orcid.org/0009-0004-6189-6418 Research Interests: Black Educational Studies, Black Methodologies, Sociology and Gender, Black Feminist Thought, Endarkened Feminist Epistemology, Intersectionality, Teacher Education, Critical Pedagogy, Black Critical Race Theory Academic Appointments Clinical Associate; Stanford University; Graduate School of Education 2024-Present Adjunct Lecturer; University of San Francisco; Graduate School of Education 2025-present

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Note to Black folks: We are in a moment that is enveloping. The waters have been rising. We struggle to keep our heads above water. It is hard to float.

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We are used to surviving the rising waters, never truly knowing what it feels like to tread water with ease. As Black folks, we are tired of trying to save others and being punished when we fight to save ourselves.

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We have to leam new ways of being, new ways of dreaming, and new ways of overcoming. We have to unlearn the weight of our existence before we can tread these waters and emerge onto the land of our ancestors as our full and authentic selves.

Making Us Matter Workbook

"Bad Taste in Movies": HACKing films as a site of praxis for Black embodiment by Eghosa Obaizamomwan-Hamilton, Andre Carter, Noah Morton

Our work seeks to understand how Black characterizations in film serve as sites of praxis, whereby audiences learn how to read and understand Blackness.

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We are transformers: on being Black, women, and pedagogues by Eghosa Obaizamomwan-Hamilton

This article provides a critical analysis of the liberatory and pedagogical prowess of Black women educators by showing them as Transformers with the ability to create, transmit, and initiate substantial, profound, and fundamental change.

Femmenoir pedagogies: rescripting the reproduction of Black women's marginalization in education

Based on the results of this study, we introduce the term Femmenoir Pedagogies which hones in on three elements that serve to counter the antiblack conditions of schooling...

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Black Sitcoms in the'90s Mini Unit

A nostalgic unit meant to pull students into real-world conversations about gun control, consent, discrimination, racism and more.

13th by Ava DuVernay: Distrupting the Loophole Unit

This unit encourages students to unpack, understand, and challenge the American incarceration system.

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The Rapsody Syllabus: Rescripting the Erasure of Black Women and Black Women Educators Through Rapsody's Album Eve

This syllabus explores the connections oetween Rapsody's album Eve and the experiences of Black women, with an emphasis on education.

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