Ijeoma Kola

Dr. Ijeoma Kola is the Founder and Executive Director of Cohort Sistas, a digital nonprofit dedicated to advancing racial and gender equity in doctoral education by enhancing the recruitment, retention, success, and well-being of Black women and other historically marginalized scholars. She is also a historian of race, medicine, and health and an Assistant Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame. Before her academic and nonprofit careers, Dr. Kola spent over 15 years as a blogger and influencer, reaching over 250,000 people with her educational, inspirational, beauty, and lifestyle content. She holds a BA from Harvard University and an MA and PhD from Columbia University. Dr. Kola and her family divide their time between South Bend, Indiana, and Nairobi, Kenya.