Title: Associate professor of law, University of California, Hastings
Education: Ph.D. and M.A., sociology, University of California, Berkeley; J.D., Columbia University; B.A., sociology, B.A., political science, Yale University
Age: 34
Career mentors: Lauren Edelman, U.C. Berkeley; Laura Gómez, University of California, Los Angeles; Kendall Thomas, Columbia University; Shauna Marshall, U.C. Hastings; Joan Williams, U.C. Hastings.
Advice for new faculty members: “Be yourself. Follow your instincts into what you’re interested in pursuing in your academic life.”
After watching the major motion picture “Ray,” which chronicled the life of musician Ray Charles, Dr. Osagie Obasogie grew curious about how blind people understand and experience race and racism. He wondered whether the absence of sight shielded people from the day-to-day realities of race in this country.
When he found no published research on this subject, he tackled it.
