Oludamini Ogunnaike
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- Rockefeller Fellowship
- Gordon W. Allport Prize, 2006-2007
Oludamini Ogunnaike | |
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| Born | 1985[a] |
| Occupation | Associate professor of religious studies |
| Employer | University of Virginia |
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| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Thesis | The language of prejudice: The influence of language on implicit attitudes (2006-2007) |
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| Website | https://virginia.academia.edu/OludaminiOgunnaike |
Oludamini Ogunnaike (born 1985) is an associate professor of religious studies at the University of Virginia.[1] He immigrated to the United States from Nigeria with his family when he was four.[2]
He holds a Ph.D. and M.Phil. in African studies and the study of religion from Harvard University, along with an A.B. in cognitive neuroscience and African studies from Harvard College.[1] He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and received a Rockefeller Fellowship while an undergraduate student at Harvard.[3] He also won a Gordon W. Allport Prize for his senior thesis, "The language of prejudice: The influence of language on implicit attitudes" in 2006-2007.[4] He continued to study language and how it can affect perception and prejudice.[5][6]
