Research Assistant
Nnenna Ochuru is a master’s student at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, studying Education Policy and Analysis. She graduated from Cornell University with a B.A. in History (Cum Laude) and American Studies with minors in Public History and Law & Society. Her undergraduate research explored how Black educational leadership in the post-Reconstruction South, particularly in Mississippi, balanced industrial education, intellectual aspiration, and white philanthropic influence. She is interested in how historical narratives and civic engagement are shaped in K-12 education and impacted by politics and collective memory.
