Books and Publications

Dr. Onyewuenyi’s scholarship examines Black identity and belonging across the African diaspora, educational inequality, and the social and institutional forces that shape young people’s lives. Her books, articles, and methodological scholarship challenge assumptions, illuminate within-group diversity, and expand how Black experiences are understood and studied. In addition to the selected works below; Dr. Onyewuenyi’s research can be found on Google Scholar, ORCID, and LinkedIn.

Books

Hidden in Blackness Book Cover

Hidden in Blackness: Being Black and Being an Immigrant in U.S. Schools and Colleges

Reviews for Hidden in Blackness

“This deeply researched, student-centered volume fills a critical gap in the field and equips scholars and practitioners with essential insights for better seeing and serving the rich diversity of the Black immigrant student population from K–12 through college. A groundbreaking contribution!”

– Carola Suárez-Orozco, Professor in residence, Harvard Graduate School of Education

“Hidden in Blackness offers a richly researched, historical, and contemporary portrait of the diversity and intersectionality of immigration and Black experiences in the U.S. education system. Destabilizing tired binaries and divisions fabricated by white supremacy, George Mwangi and Onyewuenyi introduce a necessary both/and narrative that can hold the dynamic, complex realities of human experience. Hidden in Blackness makes a profound contribution to the study and practice of human development―and the lives of people racialized as Black in the United States.”

– Leoandra Onnie Rogers, Associate Professor of Comparative Human Development

Book chapters

  • Onyewuenyi, A.C., & George Mwangi, C. (Forthcoming). (de)immigrantize and (de)immigrantization.  In M. T. Winn & L. T. Winn (Eds.), The Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Social Justice in Education, Race and Ethnicity (Vol. 1). Bloomsbury Publishing.

  • Frey, K.S., Onyewuenyi, A.C., Higheagle Strong, Z., & Waller, I.A.¥ (2021). Cultural systems and the development of norms governing revenge and retribution. In H. Recchia & C. Waunryb (Eds.), Retribution and Revenge across Childhood and Adolescence. Cambridge University Press. [Add hyperlink https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/revenge-across-childhood-and-adolescence/9DED3E31D3180B4698EBBA91D5B8442B]

Selected Peer Reviewed Journal articles

  • Onyewuenyi, A.C., Herres, J., Villareal, L., ¥, Defreitas, S., & Obilor, T.I.  (Online). Protective or Risk Factor? John Henryism and Campus Engagement's Impact on Black Emerging Adults. Journal of Black Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1177/00957984261456060   

  • Onyewuenyi, A.C., Villareal, L., Defreitas, S. Obilor, T.I., ¥, & Herres, J., (2026). Balancing Strength and Strain: A Clinical Perspective on John Henryism and Campus Engagement in Transition-Aged Black Youth. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 65(4), 472–476. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2025.08.001 

  • Inwood, D. E.& Onyewuenyi, A.C. (2025). Ethical guidelines for research with socially marginalized youth within virtual spaces. Journal of Child and Youth Care Work, 31, https://doi.org/10.5195/jcycw.2025.471 

  • Kumi-Yeboah,A, Onyewuenyi, A.C., & Smith, P. (2021).Teaching Black immigrant students in urban schools: Teacher and peer relationships and academic performances. The Urban Review, 53, 218-242.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11256-020-00570-2   

  • Frey, K.S., Onyewuenyi, A.C., Hymel, S., Gil, R., & Pearson, C. R. (2021). Honor, face, and dignity norm endorsement among diverse North American adolescents: Development of a social-cultural norms survey. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 45(3), 256-268. https://doi.org/10.1177/016502542094969

Selected Referenced Conference Proceedings

Selected Presentations

  • Eagan, B., Onyewuenyi, A.C., Shaffer, D.W., Ruis, A.R. (2026). Research Leadership in the Context of Quantitative Ethnographic Work. In: Carmona, G., Lima, C., Santos, M.J., Benítez, H., Montero-Moguel, L., Galarza-Tohen, B. (eds) Advances in Quantitative Ethnography. ICQE 2025. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 2677. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-12229-2_3 

  • Espino, D.P., Onyewuenyi, A.C. (2026). Embracing Mess: Reflection on How We Engage with QE. In: Carmona, G., Lima, C., Santos, M.J., Benítez, H., Montero-Moguel, L., Galarza-Tohen, B. (eds) Advances in Quantitative Ethnography. ICQE 2025. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 2677. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-12229-2_9 

  • Onyewuenyi, A.C., Eagan, B., Espino, D.P., Bandiera, M., Tan, A. (2026). The Iterative Relationship Between Automated and Hand Coding Within a Quantitative Ethnography (QE) Framework: Methodological Integration and Practical Insights. In: Carmona, G., Lima, C., Santos, M.J., Benítez, H., Montero-Moguel, L., Galarza-Tohen, B. (eds) Advances in Quantitative Ethnography. ICQE 2025. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 2677. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-12229-2_7 

  • Onyewuenyi, A.C., Garcia, N.M., & Shaffer, D.W. (April 2026). Unsettling norms and building futures: Critical Quantitative Ethnography for equity and epistemic justice. Paper presented at the annual meeting for American Educational Research Association. Los Angeles, CA.

  • Onyewuenyi, A.C. (April 2026). Navigating tensions and togetherness: A Quantitative Ethnographic exploration of Black college students’ intragroup experiences. In A.C Onyewuenyi & D. Espino (Chairs), Overcoming master narratives: Unforgetting, reimagining, and reconstructing through Quantitative Ethnography. Paper presented at the annual meeting for American Educational Research Association. Los Angeles, CA.

  • Defreitas, S. & Onyewuenyi, A.C. (April 2026). Moderating role of academic major on race-related stress and performance in Black college students. Paper presented at the annual meeting for American Educational Research Association. Los Angeles, CA.

  • Givens, T.E., Peña-Vasquez, A, Filindra, A, Onyewuenyi, A.C., Bhagt, A., Navarre, R., Arkilic, A., Rosenberg., A.S., & Ellermann, A. (September 2025). Theorizing Global Migration Policy: Race, Xenophobia, and Colonialism. Paper presented at the annual meeting for American Political Science Association. Vancouver, BC.

  • Onyewuenyi, A.C., & Espino, D. (April 2025). Quantitative Ethnography as a Humanizing and Transmethodological Approach for Socially Just Educational Research. Paper presented at the annual meeting for American Educational Research Association. Denver, CO.

  • Onyewuenyi, A.C., Castro, F., Garcia, N., Trinidad, S., Kim, Y.J., Espino, D., & Eagan, B. (November 2024). Methodological code switching: Using Criticality to expand Quantitative Ethnography’s bounds. Symposium presented at annual meeting for International Conference on Quantitative Ethnography. Philadelphia, PA.

  • Villareal, L. & Onyewuenyi, A.C. (April 2024). The impact of skin tone, racial solidarity, and centrality on Black emerging adults’ psychosocial outcomes. Paper presented at annual meeting for American Educational Research Association. Philadelphia, PA.

Public Scholarship and Other Media

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