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Kemi Salawu Anazodo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Management
kanazodo@uwindsor.ca
253-3000 ext. 4217
Office: OB 432

Education 

  • Ph.D.  York University, Toronto, Human Resources Management, 2019.
  • M.A.  University of Toronto Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources, Toronto, Industrial Relations and Human Resources, 2011.
  • B.B.A.  Brock University, St. Catherines, Ontario, Human Resource Management, 2010.

Employment Experience 

  • Assistant Professor, Odette School of Business, University of Windsor (July 2021-Present)
  • Assistant Professor, Goodman School of Business, Brock University (August 2017-June 2021), St. Catherines, Canada
  • Sessional Lecturer, York University, School of Human Resource Management (January 2017-May 2017), Toronto
  • Sessional Lecturer, York University, School of Human Resource Management (May 2016-August 2016), Toronto
  • Sessional Lecturer, Ryerson University, Ted Rogers School of Management (January 2016-May 2016), Toronto

Honours & Awards

  • Professor of the Year (Management & Labour Studies) - Odette Commerce Society (Undergraduate students)

INTELLECTUAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Chapters 

  • Rade, C., Anazodo, K., & Ricciardelli, R. (2024). An examination of barriers and challenges to securing and maintaining employment with a criminal record during the COVID-19 pandemic (Chapter 4). In Nicole Jones Young & Jakari Griffith (Eds.), Employing our Returning Citizens: An Employer-Centric View. Palgrave Macmillan.  ISBN: 978-3-031-54941-0.
  • Anazodo, K. S., Abbott-McLeod, A., & Waraich, J. (2024). Invisibilized, Labeled, and Identified: Facilitating Fair Chance Employment (Chapter 5). In Nicole Jones Young & Jakari Griffith (Eds.), Employing our Returning Citizens: An Employer-Centric View. Palgrave Macmillan.  ISBN: 978-3-031-54941-0.
  • Anazodo, K. S., Chan, C., & Ricciardelli, R. (2016). Employment and desistance from crime. In R. Ricciardelly & A.M.F. Peters (Eds.), After Prison: Navigating Employment and Reintegration (pp. 288). Waterloo, Ontario: Wilfrid Laurier University Press.  ISBN: 1771123168.

Articles 

  • Abdelhalim, E.; Anazodo, K., Gali, N. & Robson, K. (2024).  A framework of diversity, equity, and inclusion safeguards for chatbots.   Business Horizons, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bushor.2024.03.003.  [March]
  • ​Sibblis, C.; Deckard, N.D. & Anazodo, K.S. (October 2022). The colour of system avoidance in Canada: Investigating the importance of immigrant generation among African Canadians.  Canadian Review of Sociology, http://doi.org/10.1111/cars.12407.
  • Rade, C.B.; Anazodo, K.S. & Ricciardelli, R. (2022). Service providers' understanding of clients' needs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Community Justice, 31 (4), 9-14 [Summer]
  • Anazodo, K. S., Young, N. C., & Ricciardelli, R. (2020).  Challenging the status quo: Exploring organizational deviations from discriminatory norms towards criminal history.   The Annual Review of Interdisciplinary Justice Research, 9, 206-236.
  • Young, N. C., & Anazodo, K. S. (2020).  Exploring the overlooked: Women, work and criminal history.   Gender in Management: an international journal, 35 (6), 506-528, http://doi.org/10.1108/GM-05-2019-0072.  [May]
  • Griffith, J., Rade, C., & Anazodo, K. S. (2019).  Criminal history and employment: An interdisciplinary literature synthesis.   Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: an international journal (formerly 'Equal Opportunities International' 0261-0159), 38 (5), 505-528, http://doi.org/10.1108/EDI-10-2018-0185.  [June]
  • Anazodo, K. S., Ricciardelli, R., & Chan, C. (2019).  Employment after incarceration: Managing a socially stigmatized identity.   Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: an international journal (formerly 'Equal Opportunities International' 0261-0159, 35 (5), 564-582, http://doi.org/10.1108/EDI-09-2018-0175.  [June]
  • Young, N. C., Griffith, J. N., & Anazodo, K. S. (2019).  Exploring the effect of training on equitable access to employment: A gendered perspective of work release programs.   Journal of Human Resource Management, 22 (2), 70-86.  

Proceedings 

  • Anazodo, K. S., Ricciardelli, R., Chan, C., & Budworth, M. H. (2020).  Experiencing former prisoner employment reintegration: An interplay between the past and present.   Academy of Management annual conference.  
  • Young, N. C., Griffith, J. N., & Anazodo, K. S. (2019).  Does training promote equitable access to employment? The role of gender in work release programs.   Academy of Management annual conference, 2019 (1).
  • Anazodo, K. S., & Jones Young, N. C. (2017).  Hiring post-incarceration: A comparison between retributive and rehabilitative contexts.   Academy of Management annual conference, 2017 (1).
  • Anazodo, K. S., & Young, N. C. (2017).  Hiring post-incarceration: A comparison between retributive and rehabilitative contexts.   Academy of Management Proceedings, 2017 (1), New York: AoM, Briarcliff Manor, 13987.
  • Salawu (Anazodo), K. (2013).  Religious identity construction in the workplace: A case study.   Academy of Management Proceedings, 2013 (1), New York: Academy of Management.

Presentations 

  • Anazodo, K. S. & Cook, H. (2024, June). Beyond background checks: Understanding Canadian hiring managers' views on candidates with criminal records.  Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC) Annual Conference, Montreal.

  • Anazodo, K.S.; Schlosser, F. & Teoh, W. (2022). Building Support for your Venture in your Adopted Community.  Invited presentation at Strengthening African, Caribbean and Black Canadian Mens Employability and Resilience in Windsor-Essex (S.A.M.E.) Workshop, Windsor, ON.
  • Anazodo, K.S.; Schlosser, F. & Teoh, W. (2022). Turing your Skills into an Enterprise.  Invited presentation at Strengthening African, Caribbean and Black Canadian Mens Employability and Resilience in Windsor-Essex (S.A.M.E.) Workshop, Windsor, ON.
  • Anazodo, K. (2022). Criminalization, Employment and Employer Perspectives.  Criminal Records, Collateral Consequences of Punishment, and Life after Criminalization and Incarceration: Barriers Faced by the Community due to Criminal Record Checks.  Carleton University, Ottawa, ON.
  • Griffith, J. N., Jones Young, N. C., & Anazodo, K. S. (2018). Improving lives: Exploring the relationship between criminal history and work.  Southern Management Association (SMA) Conference, Lexington, Kentucky.
  • Jones Young, N. C., Griffith, J. N., & Anazodo, K. S. (2018). Scheduled for release and ready for work: Exploring the factors affecting offenders' pursuit of employment.  International Conference on Decreasing Recidivism, Baltimore, Maryland.
  • Zhang, C. & Anazodo, K. S. (2018). Multiple roles in workplace: An exploration of boundary management styles in a dyadic relationship between supervisors and subordinates.  Administrative Sciences Association of Canada annual conference, Toronto.
  • Jones Young, N. C., Griffith, J. N., & Anazodo, K. S. (2018, October). Exploring the effect of training on equitable access to employment: A gendered perspective of work release programs.  Midwest Academy of Management (MAM) Conference, St. Louis, Missouri.
  • Jones Young, N. C. & Anazodo, K. S. (2017). What comes next? A case study of women, work, and a criminal history.  Southern Management Association (SMA) Conference, St. Pete, Florida.
  • Anazodo, K. S. (2016). Ex-offenders in employment: The psychological implications of disclosure and concealment.  Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) conference, Anaheim, California.
  • Anazodo, K. S. & Jones Young, N. C. (2016). Hiring ex-offenders: A comparison between Canadian and American employment contexts.  Administrative Sciences Association of Canada conference, Edmonton.
  • Anazodo, K. S. (2016). A review of the current context.  European Academy of Management conference, Anaheim, California.
  • Anazodo, K. S. & Fairlie, P. (2015). From making merry to very scary: Profiling post-December holiday increases in employee assistance program access.  Work, Stress and Health Conference, Atlanta.
  • Salawu (Anazodo), K. (2013). Searching for gainful employment post-release: The role of confidence.  The American Society of Criminology (ASC) conference, Atlanta.
  • Salawu (Anazodo), K. (2013). The Americanization of the internationalized curriculum in a globalized context.  Administrative Sciences Association of Canada conference, Calgary.
  • Salawu (Anazodo), K. (2013). Religious identity construction in the workplace: A case study.  European Academy of Management conference, Orlando, Florida.
  • Frawley, S., Peticca-Harris, A., & Salawu (Anazodo), K. (2012). What can HR learn from IR?  Administrative Sciences Association of Canada conference, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.

Research Reports

  • Rade, C.B.; Anazodo, K.S. & Ricciardelli, R. (2022). Service Providers' Understanding of Clients' Needs during the COVID-19 Pandemic.  Submitted to: the John Howard Society of Ontario, Centre of Research & Policy.
  • Anazodo, K.S.; Rade, C.B. & Ricciardelli, R. (2021). Service Delivery to Justice Involved Persons during COVID-19: Work-life Effects and Implications for Essential Service Provides.  Submitted to: the John Howard Society of Ontario, Centre of Research & Policy.

Grants (Competitive)

  • Anazodo, K.S. & Page-Gould, E. (2024-2025): Student Research Opportunities.  SSHRC Partnership Grant (Stage 1).  Total awarded: $25,000.
  • Anazodo, K.S. (2022): The Socialization Experience of Racialized Justice-involved Persons into the Workplace: Evaluating an employment program pilot.  Odette Research Innovation Fund (RIF) grant.  Total awarded: $8,000.
  • Anazodo, K.S. (2020-2022): The Stigma Shadow: Employment Reintegration Post-Incarnation.  SSHRC Insight Development Grant, Principal Investigator.  Total awarded: $58,785
  • Anazodo, K. S. (2019-2023): The Role of Religion in the Marginalization, Assessment, and Integration of Refugee Claimants: Implications for Cultural Diversity, Legal Practice, and Human Well-being.  SSHRC Insight Development Grant, Co-investigator.  Total awarded: $18,104.
  • Anazodo, K. S. et al (2021-2023). EMPOWER Employment Program, The John Howard Society of Ontario Anti-Racism Action Program Grant.  Total awarded: $40,000 ($0 allocated to investigator).
  • Anazodo,K. S. (2020): Goodman Seed Research Funds/Awards, Brock University, Principal Investigator.  Total awarded: $3,000.
  • Anazodo,K. S. (2019): Goodman Seed Research Funds/Awards, Brock University, Principal Investigator.  Total awarded: $1,703.
  • Anazodo,K.S. (2019): Goodman Seed Research Funds/Awards, Brock University, Principal Investigator.  Total awarded: $2,400.
  • Anazodo,K.S. (2019): Goodman Seed Research Funds/Awards, Brock University, Principal Investigator.  Total awarded: $500.