In 2005, he co-edited along Ogbu Kalu a book entitled, Religion, History, and Politics in Nigeria and was the African associate editor of the Encyclopedia of Western Imperialism and Colonialism since 1450.
[8] He was the Director of Africana Studies at Marquette University, Milwaukee where his research focused on West African economic and social history in the colonial period.
[9] During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Chima Korieh advised that online classes in summer at Marquette University would help to continue the process of teaching and learning.
[10] His view on racism is for greater respect for and inclusion of black people in America and more communalism with lesser individualism in that regard.
[11] In 2021, he was appointed member, of the Governing Council, Ihechukwu Madubuike Institute of Technology, Isuochi, Abia State.
;[16] and, Editorial board member, Lexington Books – After the Empire: The Francophone World and Postcolonial France Series.
[5] The Land Has Changed: History, Society and Gender in Colonial Eastern Nigeria was published by the University of Calgary Press in 2019.
[17] According to him, "Agriculture has dominated Africa's economy over the past century, but in 1990s, African farmers faced declining incomes and economic hardships."
[17] Chima Korieh's book, Nigeria and World War II: Colonialism, Empire, and Global Conflict was published by Cambridge University Press.