Publications

Peer-Reviewed Articles

Ju, Daeshin Hayden, Karen Amaka Okigbo, Sejung Sage Yim, and Jessica Halliday Hardie. (2020). “A Portrait of Partnership Patterns among Six Asian Ethnic Groups in the United States.” Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. DOI: 10.1080/1369183X.2020.1770582

Refereed Book Chapters

Okigbo, Karen Amaka. 2019. “More to Come: A Profile of Nigerian Immigrants in the United States between 1980 and 2010” in the book Higher Education in Africa and the United States: The Black Experience, eds. Ogechi E. Anyanwu, Timothy Forde, and Iddah Otieno pg. 29-52. Stillwater, OK: New Forums Press Inc.  

Okigbo, Karen Amaka. 2011. “Identity Formation, Ethnic Conflict, and the Nigeria-Biafra War” in the book Against All Odds: The Igbo Experience in Post-Colonial Nigeria, ed. Apollos O. Nwauwa and Chima J. Korieh, pg. 111-126. Glassboro, NJ: Goldline & Jacobs Publishers.

Book Reviews

Okigbo, Karen Amaka. 2018. “Review of The Cosby Cohort: Blessings and Burdens of Growing Up Black Middle Class by Cherise A. Harris.” Teaching Sociology 47(1):73-74.

Okigbo, Karen Amaka. 2017. “Americanah and Ghana Must Go: Two Tales of the Assimilation Experiences of African Immigrants.” Sociological Forum 32(2):444-448.

Demography & Evaluation Reports

Okigbo, Karen. 2019. “Spring 2019 Medium Outcomes: The Evaluation of the Central Park Conservancy Urban Park Leadership Program.”

Campbell, Vandeen, Karen Okigbo, and Ariel Jankelowitz. 2018. “Evaluating the Impact of CAT-ELP on Student Reading.”

Campbell, Vandeen and Karen Okigbo. 2017. “Creative Arts Team-Early Learning Program 2016-2017 Academic Year.”

Okigbo, Karen. 2016. “A Profile of Latino Citizenship in the United States: Demographic, Educational and Economic Trends between 1990 and 2013.” CUNY Academic Works.

Okigbo, Karen. 2016. “A Profile of the Linguistic Status among Latinos in the United States between 1980 and 2014.” CUNY Academic Works.

Okigbo, Karen, Kelly Binder, and Janelle Clay. 2015. “Industry Engagement across Continuing Education and Workforce Programs at CUNY: Barriers, Challenges, and Promising Practices.”

Okigbo, Karen. 2015. “Childhood Poverty Rates in New York City between 1990 and 2010.” CUNY Academic Works.