Tejumola Olaniyan
International Student Travel Award Recipients
2025
OLUWADAMILOLA OGUNMUKO
Oluwadamilola is a PhD candidate in the Department of African Cultural Studies, UW-Madison. she is interested in how transnational exchanges and identity formations shape global black cultural productions. Her research intersects African and African Diaspora Studies, Cultural Studies, Ethnomusicology, Comparative Race Theory, and Ethnography. She holds a bachelor’s degree in English Language from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria and a master’s degree in English Literature at the University of Lagos, Nigeria.
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Information about her application will be updated post-research travel.
2023
Oluwayinka Arawomo
Oluwayinka was a PhD candidate of the Rhetoric and Composition Program, Department of English at UW-Madison when received the award in 2023. She graduated in 2024 and now serves as an Assistant Professor and Writing Center Director at Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois. Her research is notable for exploring uncharted territories especially "how dialogues serve as a critical practice for Nigerian women navigating sexual pleasure and power in restrictive contexts.”
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2024
Nneoma Onwuegbuchi
Nneoma is a PhD candidate in the Department of African Cultural Studied, UW-Madison. Her research focuses on gender and sexuality in West African media cultures, particularly Nigeria, Ghana, and Cameroon. Her dissertation project examines the representation of gender and sexual minorities in various forms of media, including films, novels, and social media. She holds a B.A. in Literary Studies from the University of Nigeria Nsukka and an M.A. in African Cultural Studies with a minor in Gender and Women’s Studies from UW-Madison.
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2022
MICHAEL OSHINDORO
Michael was a PhD candidate in African Cultural Studies with a doctoral minor in Visual Cultures when he received the award in 2022. He graduated in 2025 and will be joining the college of Bowdoin College at Brunswick, Maine as an Assistant Professor of Africana Studies. His research focuses on the critical analysis of visual forms and practices, like animation, comics, and VFX, as crucial social texts with which we can rethink what it means to be African in the 21st century.
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