Alexia Oduro

Alexia Oduro graduated from San Diego State University (SDSU) in May of 2022 with her Bachelor's degree in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences. During her time at SDSU, she served as an academic coach for Black second-year students at the Black Resource Center, created the Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) committee for the SDSU National Student Speech, Language, and Hearing Association chapter and served as co-coordinator, she served on the board of directors of SDSU’s student government- Associated Students and Aztec Shops, and she served as the undergraduate advisor for the Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences program’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) committee.

Her research experience includes being a research assistant for the Child Language Development, Disorders, and Disparities (ChiLD3) Lab at San Diego State University and the Black Lives Matter All the Time Collective, an organization that researches Black students' experiences at predominately white institutions to inform policy and practice in higher education.

Her published work includes “IMPACT: A Framework to Guide Campus Responses to Racial Incidents” in Diverse Issues in Higher Education, and “SDSU students should not have to hear offensive racial slurs from their teachers” in The San Diego Union-Tribune. Alexia is wrapping up her Master's Degree in Social Justice & Human Rights from Arizona State University and will graduate in Spring, 2024. Alexia is working towards a career in dismantling systemic racism through anti-racist efforts within higher education.