WRITING & MEDIA
I write at the intersection of power, accountability, equity, and culture, examining what it means to lead with clarity, responsibility, and integrity. These platforms serve as an archive of thought, reflection, and evolving perspective.
Thinking Out Loud, In Public
SUBSTACK
My personal Substack exploring the spaces between, between cultures, between institutions, between who we are and who we are becoming. Essays on leadership, identity, Yoruba philosophy, and the human dimensions of power.
MEDIUM
Critical Essays & Reviews
Long-form essays and reviews exploring power, race, and representation with depth and precision. Written from the perspective of a scholar-practitioner engaged in critical inquiry and cultural analysis.
PODCAST
The Equity Project
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Conversations on race, identity, and belonging in Bellingham and beyond
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Exploring the legacy of colonialism in Pacific Northwest communities and institutions
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Unpacking the question that gets asked in every equity training
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Navigating higher education as graduate students of color
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Justice-driven collaboration and what it takes to move beyond comfort
A podcast exploring equity, identity, and leadership in education and community.
Created and hosted in Bellingham, Washington, the series features three years of conversations with educators, activists, and community leaders.
Three years of conversations about the work that matters most
The Equity Project was born from a belief that the most important conversations about equity in education don’t happen on stages—they happen between people who are doing the daily work of building more just communities. Over three years, I sat down with educators, community organizers, student leaders, and institutional changemakers to talk about race, power, belonging, and what it actually takes to move from aspiration to action.
The podcast ran alongside my work at Whatcom Community College, where I was leading the Campus Equity Project, facilitating community dialogues, and building partnerships with Indigenous Nations. The conversations on the podcast were an extension of that work, public, honest, and grounded in real experience.
SCHOLARLY WORK
Funnel Vision: Through the Looking Glass of Recruitment and Admission Practices
Adekunbi O. Ajiboye, Heather L. Anderson-James, Jennifer Fountain, & Jose Alejandro Vega-Gutiérrez
Seattle University · 2020 · ProQuest Dissertations (Publication No. 28023098)
My doctoral dissertation examined equity in graduate recruitment and admissions, research that directly informs the strategic enrollment and compliance consulting I do today.
This convergent mixed-methods case study was conducted through a collaborative partnership with a College of Education at a private, West Coast Jesuit university. The purpose was to interrogate recruitment and admission policies and practices of a Student Affairs graduate program to determine the extent to which they aligned with equity- and justice-oriented principles.
The study drew on three frameworks: the Education Deans for Justice and Equity framework, Critical Race Theory, and Social Reproduction Theory. Data collection involved interviews, focus groups, institutional artifacts, and electronic surveys.
Four overarching themes emerged: