Olianike Olaomo is a Ph.D. candidate in the School of History and Sociology in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts. Her research interest is in international agriculture and development, emphasizing fair treatment in agriculture, community development, climate change, and farmers' interactions with living environments. Her focus on the developing world, with particular interest in her home country of Nigeria, has always involved the integration of disciplines such as science, engineering, social science, policy, planning, design, and business.

Olianike’s previous research includes assessing the role of rural women in local government relative to the information technology that they are able to access, the impact of the adoption of an E-wallet system on smallholder farmers in Nigeria, as well as building an open access value chain in the marketing and processing of cassava in Nigeria.

Olianike earned her Master’s degree from Auburn University in Rural Sociology, and her Bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Extension & Management from the Federal College of Animal Health and Production Technology in Ibadan, Nigeria.

Advisor: Kate Pride Brown