Professionally, I currently work within executive search assisting venture capital and private equity-backed companies find and place leading candidates within their respective sector. Additionally, I also serve as an educational consultant assisting institutions, non-profits, and private sector clients to understand the hardships of their most vulnerable populations by creating and implementing workshops as well as advising on best policies and practices aimed at creating equality throughout their respective organizations.

My dissertation looked at how first-generation low-income (fgli) students at an elite postsecondary institution understood their lived experience and how that experience assisted in formulating their sense of belonging before and during the covid-19 pandemic. This study was pertinent as there is a litany of studies focused on this student population at proprietary, 2-year and less selective postsecondary institutions. Whereas there is very limited scholarly research on this population at the nations leading institutions. Additionally, as a tech enthusiast, my research also takes a deep dive into how new technologies are assisting and/or diminishing the experience of students from marginalized communities.

Books:

Gasman. M., Jones. B., Anyu, N. Engagement, innovation, and Advocacy: Presidential Leadership at Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Hispanic-Serving Institutions:. (pp. 63-73). Palmer, R.T., Preston, D., Assalone. (2019). Reexamining Effective Practices at Minority-Serving Institutions: Beyond a Deficit Framing

Op-Eds:

Anyu, N. (2019). “Why is Black Excellence so Important.” Diverse Issues in Higher Education.
January 16, 2019.

Anyu, N. (2018). “The Story of 10:40 am. Break at North Carolina Central University.” HBCU
Times. (October 29, 2018).

Anyu, N. (2017). “The Value of an HBCU Experience.” Diverse Issues in HigherEducation.
July 3, 2017.

Reports:

Anyu, N. (2021). Voice(s) of a Black Man. Perspectives on Urban Education. University of
Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, Philadelphia, PA.

Washington Lockett, A., Gasman, M., Anyu, N., Williams, J., Jones, B., Pabadia, K., Motley, C. (2019). Encouraging Entrepreneurship at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions, New Brunswick, NJ.

Washington Lockett, A., Esmieu, L., Anyu, N., Martinez, A., Strothers, A., Commodore, F. Sandoval, C., Irwin, T., Gasman, M., Jones, B. (2018). Missing but Vital: Strategies for Women Presidents at Minority Serving Institutions. Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions, Philadelphia, PA.