PAPER PRESENTATIONS

Invited & Keynote/Public Lecture

2023    Keynote address delivered at the 2023 convention of Ekwe Development and Cultural Union, USA, Detroit, Michigan, May 27, 2023

2022    Public Keynote Lecture, “Toward Global Competitiveness and Relevance: The Roles and Responsibilities of University Academic Staff in the 21st Century,” University of Agriculture and Environmental Science, Nigeria, November 16, 2022

2022    Public Lecture, “Igbo Scholars and the Making of the New African Intellectual Tradition: Prof K. O. Dike in Perspective “organized by the Igbo Studies Association, January 29, 2022

2021    Invited Guest speaker for Nigerian Cultural Day organized by the Consulate General of Nigeria, New York, July 23, 2021

2021    Public Lecture, (Keynote) on “Patriotism, Security, Governance and National Development, International Media Conference organized by Global Patriot Newspapers, Nigerian Consulate, New York, in collaboration with Nigerian Diaspora Organization, March 06, 2021 (Zoom Virtual)

2020    Keynote Speaker on “The Role of Youths in Policy-Making in Nigeria,” organized by Youth Enlightenment, Empowerment and Self-Sustainability Initiative in collaboration with the Nigerian Diaspora Movement, July 25, 2020 (Zoom Virtual Program)

2014    Guest Speaker, “Evolution of Private Universities in Nigeria: A Historical Overview,” McPherson University, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria, January 10, 2014

2012    Keynote Speaker, “Chieftaincy Institution in Africa: The Igbo Example,” 7th Annual Cultural Conference, African Peoples Association, Bowling Green State University, November 16, 2012.

2010    Guest Speaker, “The Wonders of the African World,” Symposium organized by the

African Peoples Association, BGSU, October 2010

2010    Guest Speaker, “The African You Rarely Hear About,” Black Student Association Symposium, Bowling Green State University, Thursday, February 18, 2010.

2008    “Uses and Abuses of Christianity: The African and African-American Experience,” guest speech delivered at The Family Church Without Walls, Toledo, Ohio as part of its African American History Celebration, February 17.

2007    Guest speaker, “Nigeria Since Independence” a lecture in Commemoration of Nigeria’s Independence organized by the Association of Nigerians in Greater Toledo, September 29.

2006    “A Dream Come True? Reflection on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Civil Rights Movement,” keynote speech at the 17th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Tribute organized by the Human Relations Commission of the City of Bowling Green, City Administrative Services Building, January 15.

2004    Invited keynote speaker by the NAACP, Fremont Branch, on Black History Month Event and Scholar-ship Fund Raiser, WSOS, Sandusky, Ohio, February 15.

2004    Keynote Speaker, Black History Month, Toledo Performing Arts School, February 27. 2003  Guest lecturer, Dr Liette Gidlow’s Policy History Graduate Class, December 1.

2003   “Confronting the Challenges of Africa’s Brain Drain in a Globalizing World: The Perils and the Promise,” keynote presentation at the Africa Brain Gain Association Seminar, Olscamp 219, BGSU, on December 5.

2003    “US-Nigeria Relations,” guest presentation at the Seniors’ Annual Breakfast Meeting, City of Bowling Green Senior’s Center, Bowling Green.

2002    Guest lecturer, Dr. Judith Sealander’s HIST 780: Introduction to Policy History, February 12

2002    Guest Presenter, “Symposium on African Film”, organized by Institute for the Study of Culture and Society, BGSU, May 3.

2000    “Globalization: What is the Place of Africa”, keynote speech at the African Peoples’ Association colloquium on Africa Day Celebration, BGSU, October 27.

1998 “African Studies in the United States: An Overview”, keynote presentation at the Opening Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Rhode Island College, August 27.

1995 “Africa: Our Motherland”, keynote speech delivered in commemoration of the African-American History Month, Unity Center, Rhode Island College, Providence, February 27.

1995    “Nigeria at a Cross-Road”, a Keynote Address at the Commemoration of Nigeria’s Independence at the International Institute of Rhode Island, Organized by National Association for the Advancement of Nigerians, (NAAN), October 07, 1995.

Refereed Conference Papers

2023    “Western Education and Crises of Leadership in Africa,” presented at the Institute of African Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, July 20-22, 2023

2023    “The Igbo and the 2023 Nigerian Elections: Matters Arising” plenary session organized and presented at the Igbo Studies Association Conference, Dominican University, River Forest, Illinois, May 11-13, 2023

2021    Presenter, “He Served, and Still Serves: The Place of Professor Ihechukwu Madubuike N’ala Igbo and the Nigerian State,” paper presented at the International Conference of Igbo Studies Association (ISA), Virtual Zoom, Thursday, June 17, 2021

2020    Panelist, “Enabling Environment for Diasporans to Prosper in Nigeria,” Annual General Meeting of the Nigerian Diaspora Organization in the Americas (NIDOA), September 19, 2020 (Zoom Virtual Program)

2015    Presenter, “The Cold War, Academe and Nigerian Elites, 1960-1990,” 60th Annual Conference of the Nigerian Historical Association, University of Abuja, October 11-14, 2015

2015    Presenter, “The 2015 Elections and the Position of Ndi-Igbo,” 13th International Conference of the Igbo Studies Association, Marquette University, Milwaukee, USA

2014 Chair, “Towards a New African Active, Vocal Constituency in the West (and The World,” 157th Annual African Studies Association Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana, Nov. 2—23, 2014.

2014    Panelist, “There Was a Country: Nigeria, Biafra & the Unfulfilled Promise,” The Chinua Achebe Colloquium, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, May 1-3, 2014.

2014    Chair, “Beyond the Literary Canon of Realist Writing: Chinua Achebe’s There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra” Roundtable Panel at the 40th Annual Africana Literature Association Conference, April 9-14, 2014, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

2014    Presided, 12th Annual International Conference of the Igbo Studies Association, Dominican University, Chicago May 22-24, 2014 (Association President)

2012    Presided, 11th Annual International Conference of the Igbo Studies Association, Washington, DC, April 8-9, 2012 ((Association President)

2012    Roundtable, “New Frontiers in Nigerian Research,” African Studies Association Conference, Philadelphia, November 29, 2012

2011    Session Chair, African American Association for Historical Research and Preservation, Northwest African American Museum (NAAM), Seattle, Washington, February 2011

2011 Conference Chair, Igbo Studies Association Conference, April 8-9, 2011, Washington, DC

2011    Paper Presenter, “Uses and Abuses of Christianity in World His-tory: The Trans- Atlantic African and African-American Experience,” 20th Annual World History Association Conference, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China, July 7-10, 2011

2010    Panel Chair, Ohio Academy of History Conference, Capital University, Columbus, March 26-7, 2010.

2009    Panel Chair, “Biafra War, Human Rights and Discourse on Genocide,” at the International Conference on The Biafra-Nigeria Civil War, September 25-26, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

2007    “The Mind Game: Nigerian Universities and the Cold War, 1960-1990” – a draft chapter presented at the African Studies Association Conference in New York on October 18-21, 2007

2004    “Private University Policy in Nigeria: Alibi, Prospects and Constraints,” paper presented at the Annual Conference of the African Studies Association held in New Orleans, Louisiana, November 2004.

2004    “Concepts and Challenges of the Universal Basic Education (UBE) Policy in Nigeria,” paper presented with Ogechi E. Anyanwu at the Policy History Conference held in Clayton, Missouri on May 20-23, 2004.

2003    “Concepts of Democracy and Democratization in Africa Revisited,” presented at the Fourth Annual Symposium on Democracy and Globalization, Kent State University, April 28-29.

2003    “The Aftermath of the Warrant Chief System in Ekwe, a Peripheral Orlu Community, 1916-2002,” paper presented at the International Conference on Igbo Studies, Cornell University, April 2003

2003    “The Paradox of University Autonomy in Nigeria,” paper presented at the annual

African Studies Association Conference, Boston, November-December 2003.

2001  “Kenneth Onwuka Dike and the Making of the Intellectual Traditions of Africa and the African Diaspora.” Accepted for presentation at the 44th Annual Conference of the African Studies Association in Houston Texas, November 15-18, 2001.

2000    “Revisiting Africa Documentaries by Professors Ali Mazrui, Basil Davidson and Henry Gates, Jr.”, Panelist, Plenary Session 2, Africans in America: Past, Present and Future, 9th Annual Africa/Diaspora Conference, California State University, Sacramento, May 4-6, 2000.

1999    “The Place of Arthur Creech Jones in the Development of Universities in British Colonial Africa, 1940-1950”, paper presented at the 42nd Annual African Studies Association Conference, Philadelphia, November 11-14, 1999.

1997    “Pan-Africanism at Bay: Territorial Nationalism and the Site for University of British West Africa, 1945-1950”, paper presented at the 40th Annual Conference of African Studies Association, Columbus, Ohio, November 13-16, 1997.

1995    “Neo-colonialism and Academe: The British `Intellectual Imperial-ism’ in Colonial Africa, 1940-1960”, paper presented at African Studies Association (ASA) in Orlando, Florida, November 03-06, 1995.

1995    “Edward Wilmot Blyden: Initiative for African University, African-Centered Knowledge and His Frustrations, 1872-1890”, paper presented at the 27th Annual Conference of the African Heritage Studies Association, Temple University, Philadelphia, March 30-April 02, 1995.

1994    “Intellectual Dependency and Underdevelopment in Africa”, paper presented at the 17th Annual Third World Studies Conference held at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, 13-15 October 1994.

Non-Refereed Presentations

2017    Chair, Plenary Session, “Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution,” 15th Annual International Conference of the Igbo Studies Association, Owerri, Nigeria, June 8- 10

2011    Panel Chair, International Symposium on The 2011 General Elections in Nigeria: Lessons Learnt and Prospects for Democracy, Imo State University, Nigeria, July 28, 2011

2006    Panel Chair, “The Influence of the Nuremburg Trial on United States Justice,” The Nuremberg War Crimes Trial and Its Policy Consequences Today, Interdisciplinary Conference Conference, Bowling Green State University, October 6-7.

2006    Facilitator, “Lost Boys of Sudan” Film Screening organized by BGSU Libraries and Human Values for Transformative Action, BTSU Theater, October 25

2005    “Kingship in Igboland: A Socio-Historical Anatomy,” paper presented at the Igbo Ethno-Political History Conference, Central State University, Wilberforce, Ohio, March 19.

2005    Panel Chair, The Eight Annual Africana Studies Student Research Colloquium, Bowen-Thompson Student Union, BGSU, March 23.

2002    Presenter, Job Placement Interviews for Graduate Students, organized by Dr. Beth Griech-Polelle, Department History, BGSU, November.

2000    “Problems and Prospects of African Studies and Africana Studies, presented with Professor Lillian Ashcraft-Eason, History Department Brown Bag Colloquium, Bowling Green State University, September 20, 2000.

2000    Discussant, “Problems in Border Definition and Maintenance: International Dimensions,” Borders and Inequality in Policy History, National Policy History Conference, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, June 1-3.

1999    “China, Mexico, and Nigeria on the Threshold of a New Millennium: What Do Current Events Tell Us?” History Forum Roundtable Discussion, Rhode Island College, March 31.

1998    “Human Rights in Africa: The Case of Nigeria”, paper presented at the Spring Symposium of the Southern New England Consortium on Race and Ethnicity (SNECORE) held at Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, Connecticut, April 25.

1995    “Africa and America: A Post-Emancipation Comparative”, Panel Discussion as part of African-American History Month, Rhode Island College, February.

1994     “The Rwandan Mayhem: An Ethnic Conflict or Inter- and Intra-Class Conflict?” paper presented at the Rhode Island College October Series on Post-national Global Conflict, October 1994.

RESEARCH FIELD & INTERESTS:

Research foci includes University education in Africa, African colonial historiography, contemporary Africa, African cultures and societies, Africa in Global Politics, Nigerian history, the history of the Igbo speaking peoples of Southeastern Nigeria, and African Diaspora studies.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

2021 College Board, AP World History Online Scoring, June

2020 College Board, AP World History Online Scoring, June.

2018 College Board, AP World History Scoring, Salt Lake City, Utah, June 2018

2014 Reader, College Board AP World History Exam, Education Testing Service, Salt Lake City, Utah, June 2014

2011 Participant in Reading Scoring, College Board AP World History Exam, Education Testing Service, Fort Collins, Colorado, June 2011

2008 Participated as a panelist at the Kenyan Scholars and Studies Association held at Bowling Green State University

2008 Attended workshop for Directors of African Studies Centers in US Universities and Colleges, organized by the African Studies Association, Chicago, Illinois.

2008 Participant in Reading Scoring, College Board AP World History Exam, Education Testing Service, Fort Collins, Colorado, June 2008

2007 Faculty Improvement Leave (FIL), Bowling Green State University

2006 Scholars-in-Residence Fellowship, Institute for the Study of Culture and Society, Bowling Green State University.

2004 Participated in “Journey Toward Democracy” Forum, Faculty Senate, and February 18.

2004 Participated in “The Diversity Leadership Team” hosted by President Ribeau on April 12.

2004 Faculty Development Workshop for Q-Class Instructors, College of Arts and Sciences, BGSU, May 14.

2003 Workshop on Contextual Teaching and Learning by PCC Partners in Context and Community, BGSU, April 28.

2003 Workshop in Small Class Initiative (Q-Class), College of Arts and Sciences, BGSU, May 3.

SERVICE ON UNIT, COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES

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FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS & OTHER AWARDS

2023 University Professor of Service Excellence & External Engagement,” Bowling Green State University, Awarded for 3 years, April 2023.

2023 Fellowship Award/Grant, Institute of Advanced Study (IAS), Durham University, UK, for a project, “The Absent Presence of Durham’s Black History,” Awarded in March 2023 for Spring 2025

2017 Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship, Curriculum Development, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

2011-2016 Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) grant in Swahili for Africana Studies Department for 2010-2016. ($50,000 annually)

2011 Ohio Academy of History Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award, 2011, for Outstanding Supervision of Michael Kithinji’s Award-Winning Dissertation.

2010 Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) Grant in Swahili, Africana Studies Program, 2010-2016.

2007 The Institute for the Study of Culture and Society (ICS) Scholars and Artists in Residence Fellowship Grant for fall semester.

2006 Faculty Research Incentive Grant (RIG) for $11,500, Faculty Research Committee Bowling Green State University, 2006

2001 Distinguished Research Award, Center for Innovative and Transformative Education (CITE), Bowling Green State University, 2001, $3,000

2001 Ethnic Cultural Arts Program (ECAP) Grant, BGSU, March, 2001, $2,800

2001 Faculty Development Travel Grant, College of Arts and Sciences, BGSU, 2001, $250

2000 Faculty Research Grant, Rhode Island College, 2000, $3,900

1994 Elected Who’s Who among Nigerian Professionals in America, 1994

1990 Isaac Walton Killam Scholarship Award, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

1986 Head of Department Award for Best History Graduate, Bendel State University, Ekpoma, Nigeria.

1986 J. B. Webster Award for Best Research Honor’s Thesis, Bendel State University, Ekpoma, Bendel State, Nigeria, 1986.