I have had the joy of contributing to dialogues and publications that explore the intersections of education, liberation, and cultural preservation. My work reflects a deep commitment to sharing knowledge, and fostering critical conversations that preserve our histories, deconstruct hegemonic narratives, and offer pathways for collective liberation. 

Selected Publications

Arce, J.A., McNeill, O., Nygreen, K. (2022). Holyoke Ethnic Studies program report: 2021-2022 school year. College of Education Working Papers and Reports Series. Retrieved from ScholarWorks @ UMass Amherst: https://doi.org/10.7275/kg6r-gb29

Love Letters to bell hooks: Narratives Celebrating a Transgressive Educator. Routledge. [Manuscript in Publication].

McNeill, O., Love, B., Patel, L. & Stovall, D. (2021) “No Trifling Matter”: A Kitchen-Table Talk on Abolition and Fugitivity. Equity & Excellence in Education, 54:2, 112-120, DOI: 10.1080/10665684.2021.1951634

McNeill, O., Zainab, L. (2023). COVID-19 SDV Survivors’ Safety Trust Fund: Racial Equity Report. Jane Doe, Incorporated.

McNeill, O. (Fall & Winter 2020), “Grandaddy’s Store,” North Carolina News Reporter: 954 Magazine, 27-32.

Vaugh, T., Brandes, M., Lynch, G., McNeill, O., Brigham, A. (2018) Designing the Transition to Higher Education for Students from Under-Represented Groups, Universal Design & Higher Education in Transformation Congress, 30th October -2nd November 2018, Dublin Castle.

Selected Keynotes

Green, K., Lyiscott, J., McNeill, O. (2022, April 20). Youth-Centered Racial Healing: A Spatio-temporal Pedagogy of Limitlessness with BIPOC Youth. Presented at 66th Annual CIES Conference (Virtual).

Green, K., Lyiscott, J., McNeill, O., Sun, Y. (2022, February 4). Reimagining Literacy Research for Social Change. Keynote for the National Council of Teachers of English Assembly for Research (Virtual).

McNeill, O., Lyiscott, J., Green, K., Meadows-Muriel, S., Tavarez, J. (2021, April 10). Racial Healing Collective Healing, Equity, and Justice with BIPOC Youth in Virtual Spaces: Futurities and Challenges of Abolitionism Within Neoliberal Institutions. Presented at Annual AERA Conference (Virtual).

Mam, A., & McNeill, O. (2017, November 15). Initiating Social Identity Development through an Orientation Program. Presented at NASPA Region-I Conference in Springfield, Massachusetts.

McNeill, O. (2017, March 27). The Forgotten Many: Assessing Campus Climate for College Custodians. Presented at 2017 ACPA National Conference in Columbus, Ohio.