Lakeya Omogun is an Assistant Professor of Language, Literacy, and Culture in the area of Teaching, Learning & Curriculum. Raised between her Nigerian and African American cultures, Omogun's hybrid identity is reflected in her work that focuses on Black African immigrant youth. Specifically, her research explores the role of language, literacy, including digital literacies, in Black African immigrant youth identity constructions and negotiations across school, community, and digital spaces. She pays particular attention to the intersection of racialization and socialization processes that influence the identities that Black African immigrant youth construct through their respective languages and literacies. Her work has most recently been published in the Journal of Literacy Research, Teachers College Record, and The Journal of Research in Childhood Education. It has also been supported by The National Council of Teachers of English Research Foundation's Cultivating New Voices among Scholars of Color (CNV) program.

Education

Ph.D. The University of Texas at Austin (Language & Literacy Studies)

M.A. Teachers College, Columbia University (Curriculum & Teaching, Literacy Specialist) 

B.A. Michigan State University (Elementary Education)

Selected Publications 

Omogun, L. & Skerrett, A. (2021). From Haiti to Detroit Through Black Immigrant Languages and Literacies. Journal of Literacy Research, 53(3), 406-429. https://doi.org/10.1177/1086296X211031279

Omogun, L. (2021). Counterstories: Reimagining youth in multiethnic short story anthologies [Review of the book Black enough: Stories of being young & Black in America edited by I. Zoboi. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 64 (5). https://doi.org/10.1002/jaal.1143  

Skerrett, A. & Omogun, L. (2020). When racial, transnational, and immigrant identities and literacies meet: Black youth of Caribbean origin speak. Teachers College Record, 122 (13)

Wetzel, M. M., Vlach, S. K., Svrcek, N. S., Steinitz, E., Omogun, L., Salmerón, C., ... & Villarreal, D. (2019). Preparing teachers with sociocultural knowledge in literacy: A literature review. Journal of Literacy Research, 51 (2), 138-157. https://doi.org/10.1177/1086296X19833575

Omogun, L. (2018). Immigrant student identities in literacy spaces. Texas Education Review, 6 (2), 70-81.

Honors & Awards

Cultivating New Scholars Fellowship, National Council of Teachers of English (2020– 2022)

Texas New Scholars Fellowship (2016 - 2019)

Courses

EDC&I 528: Foundations of Language, Literacy, and Culture 

EDC&I 568: Youth Multiliteracies: Modality, Culture, and Identity

EDTEP 533: Teaching and Learning in Literacy III