WRITING
I'm currently writing a book: a portrait of the Black American elite — of the inheritance their positioning confers, and what it costs. As it develops, I share the work on my Substack, Privy — including essays drawn from the research, early glimpses of the book, and more personal writing on culture, class, and belonging.
SELECTED SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
2023 Odim, Chinyere and Prudence Carter. ““Acting white’ and oppositional culture in Education.” In Oxford Bibliographies in African American Studies. Ed. Gene Jarrett. New York: Oxford University Press. doi.org/10.1093/OBO/9780190280024-0123
Invited Commentaries
2025 Diamond, John and Chinyere Odim. Toward black educational freedom: A commentary on Karida Brown's The Battle for the Black Mind. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 48(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2025.2581848
Book Reviews
2023 Odim, Chinyere. Review of “Transforming the elite: Black students and the desegregation of elite schools,” Teachers College Record, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/01614681231194405
2023 Odim, Chinyere. Review of “COMPUGIRLS: How girls of color find and define themselves in the digital age,” Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, 9(3), 411-412. https://doi.org/10.1177/23326492221141913
In Preparation
Odim, Chinyere. “Black elite communities” Women’s Lived Experience as Researchers: Situating the Personal in Qualitative Inquiry. (Eds. M. Khatwa & J. Belur). Routledge.
Odim, Chinyere. “Then to Now: Who are the Contemporary Black Elites in America?”