Dr. Karen Okigbo

Karen Okigbo was a scholar in residence at the institute from June until August 2024. Karen is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Massachusetts-Boston. Prior to this role, she was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy. Broadly speaking, her research is on the areas of immigration, race, ethnicity, and the sociology of family. Her current work focuses on intermarriage and endogamy among second-generation Nigerian Americans and explores their marital decision-making processes. She holds a doctorate in Sociology from the CUNY Graduate Center, a masters in Social Policy from the University of Pennsylvania, a masters in Sociology from North Dakota State University, and a bachelors in Politics from Princeton University.