Ekemini Ekpo

tl;dr: Ekemini Ekpo is a writer and researcher (often), theatre-maker (sometimes), and southerner (always). She loves using asterisks to censor words that are not actually pr*f*ne, and invariably yearns for the last place she left.

muck rack

linkedin

actor resume
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Research

tl;dr: Ekemini is an experienced social science researcher, having worked in both full-time and freelance capacities. Her collaborators have ranged from non-profits, to academics, to arts organizations, and her work is most frequently concerned with articulating the experiences of marginalized people. Ekemini holds an A.B. in Sociology (and a minor in Statistics) from Harvard University.

She jokes that if she can’t find it, it can’t be found—it gives her something to aim for.

some highlights

  • Research Assistant – Cinereach (2023-present)
  • Assistant Producer on SNAFU with Ed Helms, Season 3 – Gilded Audio (2023-2024)
  • Digital Communities and Culture Researcher – Pop Culture Collaborative/Digital Waves (2023)
  • Research Associate – Over Zero (2020-2022)
    • While there, I provided administrative and early research support towards the Belonging Barometer report (co-authored with the American Immigration Council)

academic background

Harvard College, Cambridge, MA
AB, cum laude, Primary Concentration: Sociology, Secondary Concentration: Statistics

Thesis: “I am Proud to be White’: Identifying and Defining White Racial Identity Among White Nationalists”
Advisor: (Dr.) Jasmine Olivier

academic fellowships and awards

  • 2020: Nomination: Hoopes Prize for Outstanding Undergraduate Research
  • 2019: Mindich Service Fellow
  • 2018: BLISS Fellow