Dr. Wendy Osefo Out at Wesleyan University

This week there were whispers that The Real Housewives of Potomac cast member Dr. Wendy Osefo's husband Eddie Osefo was in danger of losing his law license after they were arrested on felony insurance fraud charges [click here if you missed that].

Now Wendy is no longer a professor at Wesleyan University, despite having been in her classroom one day before her arrest...

From Wesleyan Argus  

Distinguished Visiting Professor of Sociology Wendy Osefo joined the University in Fall 2024, and is currently affiliated with the Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life. She was teaching a class this semester, “The Sociology of Reality TV: Race, Colorism, and Xenophobia” (SOC285), and was on campus to teach that class on Wednesday, Oct. 8—the day before her arrest.

An email from Albritton Center director Khalilah Brown-Dean, sent to students in Osefo’s class, explained that Associate Professor of Sociology Courtney Patterson-Faye would take over teaching the class for the remainder of the semester. Neither the University nor Brown-Dean responded to a request by The Argus for comment on Osefo’s arrest.

Students in Osefo’s class were surprised at the news of her arrest.

“I was literally writing her an email that morning I found out, asking her about an assignment that was supposed to be due this week,” Barry Zheng ’29 said. “I just finished grabbing lunch at Usdan, and I ran into one of my classmates, and he was just like, “Yo, did you see the news?” and I was like, ‘What news?’ and he said our professor got arrested. I was like, ‘What are you talking about?’ because I just met her last week. And then he showed me an Instagram post saying she and her husband got arrested for fraud. I couldn’t believe it.”

The class’s teaching assistant (TA), Mariah Wilson ’26, expressed similar thoughts.

“It was a shock. Having taken her class last fall, I didn’t expect it,” Wilson said. “I hope she’s well, and we’ll find out more once more news comes out.

Zheng reflected on Osefo’s classroom style.

“I just felt like she was pretty cool,” Zheng said. “She would crack jokes and stuff.”