Department of English and Literary Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria
T: +234 (0) 803 098 2688 | E: kingsley.ugwuanyi@unn.edu.ng | comradekings2004@gmail.com
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Linguistics, Department of Humanities, University of Northumbria at Newcastle, United Kingdom
T: +44 (0) 7584 49 8650 | E: kingsley.ugwuanyi@northumbria.ac.uk
AUSC Professional E-mail address: ausc.ukoffice.
AUSC Representative's Officer UK Chapter Facebook page: AUSC UK Office
EDUCATION2016— Northumbria University at Newcastle, United Kingdom
Doctor of Philosophy in Sociolinguistics (in progress)
2010—2012 University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria
· Master of Arts in English as a Second Language
· Graduated with Distinction (CGPA: 5.00 of 5.00)
· Award: Best Graduating Student (language)
· Dissertation: Developing the Communicative Competence of Second Language Speakers of English through Literature
2004—2008 University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria
• Bachelor of Arts in English and Literary Studies
• Graduated with First Class Honours Division
• Award: Best Graduating Student of the Department (2008)
• Project: New Englishes of the World: The Nigerian Example
ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Teaching/Research
2010 to date Department of English and Literary Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka
(on study leave) Lecturer II
• Core duties: teaching, research, course design and strategic planning
• Supervision of both undergraduate and postgraduate students’s projects
• Other administrative duties like project planning and execution
2016 to date Linguistics, Department of Humanities, Northumbria University, United Kingdom
Associate Lecturer
• Core duties: teaching, research, and module preparation
Editorship/Review Experience
2015 to date Member, Editorial Team, Turkish Online Journal of English Language Teaching (TOJELT) - http://www.tojelt.com/editorial.html
2015 to date Reviewer, DINAMIKA ILMU: International Education Journal. http://journal.iain-samarinda.ac.id/index.php/dinamika_ilmu
2012–2015 Editorial Assistant, The Village within the Global Village: Art and Culture in a Globalizing World. Readings from the Chinua Achebe International Biennial Conference, University of Nigeria, Nsukka
Administrative
2009–2010 Registry Department (General Duties), University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria
Administrative Assistant
• Core duties: Correspondence, writing (letters, minutes, speeches etc)
OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES AND POSITIONS OUTSIDE NORMAL PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2016- Representative, African Union Students’ Council, United Kingdom Chapter
2016-2017 Co-chair, Organising Committee for the 12th Newcastle upon Tyne Postgraduate Conference in Linguistics, co-hosted by Universities of Newcastle and Northumbria.
2015-2016 Examinations Officer, Department of English and Literary Studies
2012-2015 Secretary, Faculty of Arts Book of Readings Editorial Committee
2011-2012 Secretary, Chinua Achebe International Conference of the Faculty of Arts, University of Nigeria Organising Committee
2012-2013 Academic Adviser, Year-three Students
2011-2013 Member, Faculty Space Allocation Committee
2011 to date Member, Departmental Library Committee
2010 - 2015 Member, Departmental Examinations Committee
2008 – 2009 National Vice-President, National Association of Students of English and Literary Studies (NASELS)
2007 – 2008 President, English and Literary Students’ Association (ELSA), University of Nigeria, Nsukka
PUBLICATIONS
Published Peer-reviewed Journal Articles
· Ugwuanyi, Kingsley O. & Matthias Chukwu (2016). Interrogating the teaching and learning of English in Nigeria: Still in search of an enabling principle. Turkish Online Journal of English Language Teaching (TOJELT), 1(2): 75—84. http://dergipark.ulakbim.gov.tr/tojelt/article/view/5000176698
· Ugwuanyi, Kingsley O. & Sosthenes N. Ekeh (2015). Shifting the borders: Genre-crossing in Modern African Drama. Research Innovator: International Multidisciplinary Research Journal, 2(5): 1—17. http://www.research-chronicler.com/ResInv/pdf/v2i5/2501.pdf
· Chukwu, Mathias, Ijeoma Oguanuo & Kingsley Ugwuanyi (2014). Poor literacy in the English language: Beyond the teacher and his classroom, inside the mass media. Literacy and Reading in Nigeria: A Journal of the Reading Association of Nigeria, 15(2): 261—266.
· Ugwuanyi, Kingsley O. (2011). Western mentality and emasculation in Chimamanda Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus. Journal of the Literary Society of Nigeria (JLSN), 3(1): 35—44.
· Ugwuanyi, Kingsley O. (2008). ‘Humanistic thought and the scapegoat figure in Euripedes’ Iphigenia at Aulis’. The Muse: A Literary Journal of Creative and Critical Writing at Nsukka, 36(36): 14—19.
Accepted paper(s)
· Ugwuanyi, Kingsley O., Matthias Chukwu & Hyginus Eze (2016). The tragic order and the threat of comedy in Achebe’s Arrow of God (accepted by Okike: African Journal of New Writing)
· Ugwuanyi, Kingsley O. (2015). ...but some are more equal than others: A Marxist reading of Benedict Benabai’s My Life in the Burning Creeks. Unlocking the puzzle box of solo drama in Nigeria (edited by Mabel Evwierhoma, Austine Akpuda, Chike Okoye & Chidi Nwankwo).
Papers/book chapters under review
· Ugwuanyi, Kingsley O. (2016). Has Nigerian English Actually Come of Age? (an article)
Books
· Ugwuanyi, Kingsley O. (2013). Developing the Communicative Competence of Second-language Speakers of English through Literature. Saarbrucken: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing.
· Ugwuanyi, Kingsley O. (2012). Government Terms and Facts: A Dictionary for Students of Government. Second Edition. Port-Harcourt: Neigbourhood Publishers.
SCHOLARSHIPS, FELLOWSHIPS, STUDENTSHIPS AND BURSARIES
2016— PhD Research Studentship of the University of Northumbria at Newcastle, United Kingdom
2016 Full Bursary, Association of Commonwealth Universities Summer School, University of Rwanda, Kigali, 13th—21st August 2016
2016 Postgraduate PhD Studentship, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (not taken up)
2016 University of Auckland Faculty of Arts Doctoral Scholarship 2016, University of Auckland, New Zealand (not taken up)
ACADEMIC WORKSHOPS ATTENDED
2016 Getting Published in African Studies Workshop: Organised by African Studies Association, United Kingdom at University of Central Lancashire, Preston, United Kingdom, 28 November 2016
2016 Doing International Fieldwork in Developing Contexts: Organised by the Newcastle University, 1 December 2016
CONFERENCES ATTENDED & PAPERS PRESENTED
2015 International Conference of the English Language Teachers Association of Nigeria (ELTAN) held at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka
Paper Presented: Interrogating the teaching and learning of English in Nigeria: Still in search of an enabling principle
2014 International Conference of the Reading Association of Nigeria held at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
Paper presented: Poor literacy in the English language: Beyond the teacher and his classroom, inside the mass media.
2013 Africa and World Literature (AWL) Conference of the Department of English and Literary Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka
Paper presented: Neuro-linguistic Programming in Teacher-learner Discourse
2012 Chinua Achebe International Conference of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka
Paper presented: Theocide and Apocalypse in Achebe’s Arrow of God
2011 Annual Conference of the Literary Society of Nigeria held at the University of Benin, Benin City.
Paper presented: Western mentality and emasculation in Chimamanda Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus
MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES
° British Association of Applied Linguistics (BAAL)
° International Association for World Englishes (IAWE)
° Postcolonial Studies Association (PSA), United Kingdom
° English Language Teachers Association of Nigeria (ELTAN)
° Linguistic Ethnography Forum–a special interest group of the British Association of Applied Linguistics (BAAL)
TRAININGS, FURTHER COURSES & ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATES
2015 AuthorAid Writing Workshop on Qualitative Research
University of Nigeria, Nsukka
Certificate: Certificate of Participation
2015 Beareau of International Information Programs
United States Department of State’s Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI)
Course/Certificate: Leadership Course (certificate awarded)
2015 Power up: English for the Energy Transmission provided by http://philanthropyu.org/
2015 Organizational Capacity: Assessment to Action provided by www. http://philanthropyu.org/
Course/Certificate: Cerficicate of Participation (certificate awarded)
2015 University of Queensland, Australia
Course: English Grammar and Style
2015 British Council, United Kingdom
Course: Understanding IELTS
2010 Management Course by the National Institute of Management (NIM)
Course/Certificate: Diploma in Management (certificate awarded)
2009 IEC Career Training Network
Course: Career/Job Creation Awreness (certificate awarded)
2009 National Interactive Youth Forum organized by Rise Nigeria
Course/Certificate: Certificate of Youth Advocacy (certificate awarded)
2008 Entrepreneurship/Development Programme by Centre for Entrepreneurship and Development Research, University of Nigeria, Nsukka
Course: Entepreneurship/Development (certificate awarded)
2008 Universal Mandatory IT Training (UMITT) by the University of Nigeria ICT Centre
Course: Computer/ICT Proficiency (certificate awarded)
AWARDS, HONOURS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
2012 to date Pioneered a now nationwide call-in radio programme called ‘English Parliament’ aired on Lion FM (91.1) and Voice (96.7), adjudged one of the best programmes in each of the stations
2013-2014 Organised a community-wide youth empowerment programme in my community called Eha-alumona Youth Empowerment Programme, where many youths were trained on career development
2013 Best Graduating Student (Language), Department of English and Literary Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (MA)
2010 Led a team of corps members to organise a symposium on Oil Deregulation in Nigeria in Benin, Edo State, Nigeria (in partnership with the Department of Mass Communication, University of Benin City)
2009 Co-organised a symposium on Constitutional Amendment in Nigeria under Leadership Trust International (an NGO)
2008 Best Graduating Student, Department of English and Literary Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (BA)
2007/2008 Two-time Second-Prize Winner on Critical Writing at the University of Nigeria Literary Arts Festival, 2007 & 2008 editions
2007–2008 Led a team of resource persons to organise several career trainings for secondary school students in Nsukka under an NGO
ADDITIONAL PERSONAL INFORMATION
Nationality: Nigerian
Languages: Igbo (native)
English (near-native competence)
Interests: Sociolinguistics, second language research, English grammar and African literature
Strengths: Very good knowledge of the English language; computer knowledge; diplomatic and communicative competence; and management/organisational and leadership abilities
REFERENCES
Sam Onuigbo, Professor of English, Department of English and Literary Studies, University of Nigeria and Former Director, Institute of African Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka | samuel.onuigbo@unn.edu.ng | +234 (0) 803 548 3074
Ikenna Dieke, Formerly Professor of English and African Studies, Institute of African Studies, Arizona State University, Arizona, USA; and now Professor of English, Department of English and Literary Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka | ikenna.dieke@unn.edu.ng | +234 (0) 810 006 5893
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Iraguha Bandora Yves
Founder and President of AUSC.
Kigali-Rwanda-East African Community (EAC).
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