Anthropology

Education

• Ph.D., Applied Anthropology, University of South Florida, 2020
• Graduate Certificate in WGSS, University of South Florida, 2022
• M.A., Anthropology, University of Ibadan, 2014
• B.A., Anthropology, University of Ibadan, 2010

Research Interests

• Economic anthropology
• Applied anthropology
• The anthropology of policy
• The anthropology of development
• Complex organizations
• The anthropology of ethnicity, women, and gender
• Transnational feminisms
• Anthropological political economy
• The anthropology of disability
• Microfinancialization and sustainability
• The informal economy and entrepreneurial practices
• West Africa

Select Publications

Olayiwola, Olubukola. “‘Having Experience of What to Do to Succeed’: Unsettling Neoliberalism Through the Lived Experiences of Microcredit Trader‐Borrowers in Ibadan.” Economic Anthropology (Boston, USA) 13, no. 1 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1002/sea2.70012.

Olayiwola, Olubukola. “Making sense of animist philosophies: Enhancing spirituality and religious freedom through the practice of prayer mountain visit.” In Human Rights, Religious Freedom and Spirituality: Perspectives from the Dharmic and Indigenous Cultures, edited by Pathak, Yashwant, and Adit Adityanjee, 262-67. MH Bharat: Official Publication of Bhishma School of Indic Studies. (2023)

Olayiwola, Olubukola (with Pierotti, Rachael S., and Sophia Friedson-Ridenour). “Women Farm What They Can Manage: How Time Constraints Affect the Quantity and Quality of Labor for Married Women’s Agricultural Production in Southwestern Nigeria.” World Development (England) 152 (April 2022): 105800. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2021.105800.

Olayiwola, Olubukola. “Microcredit schemes of tension: Women and the economic violence of credit mobilization in Ibadan, Nigeria.” Research in Economic Anthropology, Vol. 41: 97-114. (2021) https://doi.org/10.1108/S0190-128120210000041005

Olayiwola, Olubukola. "When Practices of Inclusivity and Exclusivity Become a Strategy: Igbo Ethnic Identity and the Building Materials' Trade in Ibadan, Southwest Nigeria." ABD: An Interdisciplinary Student Journal 5 (2018): 51-62.

Courses

• ANTH 103, Introduction to Anthropology