Matthew Odebiyi

Oluseyi Matthew Odebiyi, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Division for Advancing Educator Preparation at the Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation. His teaching and research span Nigeria, Germany, and the United States. His scholarship focuses on elementary education, social studies education, teacher candidates’ capacity for inquiry-oriented design, teachers’ epistemic beliefs across cultural contexts, and curricular expectations for critical thinking.

Dr. Odebiyi has published in journals including The Journal of Social Studies Research, Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, Elementary School Journal, and Teaching Education. He is a member of the Board of Reviewers for Social Studies Research and Practice. He previously served as the lead editorial manager for The Urban Review, and co-program chair for Caribbean and African Studies in Education, an affiliate of the American Educational Research Association.

He is a series editor for Research on Education in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Middle East and co-editor of Transforming Public Education in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Middle East (2019); Effects of Government Mandates and Policies on Public Education in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Middle East (2022); The Bloomsbury Handbook on Caribbean and African Studies in Education (2024); The Education of Minorities in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Middle East (2025); and the forthcoming, Informal Learning in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Middle East.