CURRICULUM VITAE
NAME: Ogechi Emmanuel Anyanwu PHONE: 859-622-1375 E-MAIL: [email protected]
ADDRESS: 323 Keith Building (Mail) 310 Keith Building (Office) 908 Fieldstone Way Richmond, KY 40475 (Home)
EDUCATION Ph.D., African History, Bowling Green State University, Ohio, 2006. M.SC., International Affairs & Diplomacy, Imo State University, Nigeria, 1997. B.A., African History, Abia State University, Uturu, Nigeria, 1994.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS Professor, African/International Studies, Department of History, Philosophy, and Religious Studies, Eastern Kentucky University, USA, since 2016. Associate Professor, African/International Studies, Department of History, Eastern Kentucky University, USA, 2011-2016 (Tenured 2011). Assistant Professor, African/International Studies, Department of History, Eastern Kentucky University, USA, 2006–2011. Teaching Fellow, African History, Department of History, Bowling Green State University, USA, 2004-2006. Assistant Lecturer, African/International Studies, Department of History and International Studies, Imo State University, Owerri, Nigeria, 2000-2003.
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE Director, African and African-American Studies Program, Eastern Kentucky University, USA, 2016-2018; since 2019
Coordinator, Center for Career & Cooperative Education, Eastern Kentucky University, 2016-2018; since 2019
Executive Assistant to the Vice Chancellor, Imo State University, Owerri, Nigeria, 1998- 2000
Administrative Officer, Institute of Continuing Education Program, Imo State University, Owerri, Nigeria, 1996-1998 2
CERTIFICATIONS Online Course Development and Teaching Certificate Program, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond KY, Spring 2016 E-campus Facilitator Certification Course, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond KY, Spring, 2018
TEACHING Eastern Kentucky University, USA, since 2006
Course Prefix Title Times taught HIS 102 Changes & Exchanges 3 AFA 201 The African Experience 35 AFA 202 The African-American Experience 4 HIS 201 Historical Research & Methods 2 HIS 205 Apartheid in South Africa 2 HIS 247 World Civilizations Since 1500 38 HIS 302C Historical Research and Methodologies 9 HON 310W/320W Civil Rights & Independence: Africa & US 1 HON 311W Honors Civilization II 3 HIS312 Issues in Contemporary Africa 1 HIS 312 Islam in Nigeria 1 HIS 385 Early African History 7 HIS 386 Modern African History 9 AFA 388 Islam in West Africa 1 AFA 495 Islamic Law of Sharia in West Africa 1 AFA 495 Issues in Contemporary Africa 2 AFA 495 Women in Islamic West Africa 1 HIS 865 Concept. History(Africa and World Politics) 1 HIS 862 Asia/Africa Readings (Africa & World Politics) 1 HIS 862 Asia/Africa Readings (Edu. & African State) 2
The Governor's Scholars Program, Kentucky, USA, 2017-2020 International Organizations Multinational Corporations in Africa Who is a Migrant or Refugee? Multinational Corporations and Globalization Let’s Turn Your Assumptions Upside Down International Relations The Politics of Aid
Bowling Green State University, USA, 2004-2006 HIST 151: World Civilizations
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HIST 152: The Modern World HIST 387: African Societies and Cultures
Imo State University, Nigeria, 2000-2003 HIS 112: Nigerian Foreign Relations HIS 131: Africa in International Affairs HIS164: Foundation of International Law HIS262: Major Powers of the 20th Century HIS 211: Christianity in Nigeria HIS 271: National Interest and Ideology HIS343: History of Western Political Thought HIS 372: 20th Century Diplomatic History HIS375: Studies in International Relations HIS 433: African Diplomacy SE 422: Nationalism and Patriotism in Nigeria HIS 468: Cont. International Strategic Studies HIS 411: Nigeria in Modern Times GPD 448: Africa and World Politics
PUBLISHED WORKS
Books:
1. Ogechi E. Anyanwu, Engaged: The Mbano Colonial Experience in British Southeastern Nigeria, 1906-1960 (Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books, forthcoming).
2. Ogechi E. Anyanwu and Michael Mwenda Kithinji, Africana World in Perspective: An Introduction to Africa and the African Diaspora (Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall Hunt Publishing Company, 2020).
3. Ogechi E. Anyanwu, Lisa Day, Norman Powell, Joshua Farrington, and Gwen Graham, eds., Slavery to Liberation: The African American Experience (Richmond, Kentucky: Eastern Kentucky University Libraries, 2019).
4. Ogechi E. Anyanwu and Apollos Nwauwu, ed., Culture, Precepts, and Social Change in Southeastern Nigeria: Understanding the Igbo (Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books, 2019).
5. Ogechi E. Anyanwu, Timothy Forde, Iddah Otieno, ed., Higher Education in Africa and the United States: The Black Experience (Stillwater, Oklahoma: New Forums Press, 2019).
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6. Ogechi E. Anyanwu and Apollos Nwauwu, ed., Politics and Identity Formation in Southeastern Nigeria: The Igbo in Perspective (Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books, 2019).
7. Ogechi E. Anyanwu and Salome Nnoromele, eds., (Re)tracing Africa: A Multi-disciplinary Study of African History, Societies, and Cultures, 2nd edition (Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall Hunt Publishing Company, 2015).
8. Ogechi E. Anyanwu and Salome Nnoromele, eds., (Re)tracing Africa: A Multi-disciplinary Study of African History, Societies, and Cultures (Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall Hunt Publishing Company, 2012).
9. Ogechi E. Anyanwu, The Politics of Access: University Education and Nation Building in Nigeria, 1948-2000 (Calgary, Canada: University of Calgary Press, 2011). Received favorable reviews in African and Asian Studies, Vol. 11(2012); OFO: Journal of Transatlantic Studies, Vol. 1. No. 2 (2011); Journal of Retracing Africa, Vol. 1. No. 1 (2014).
10. Ogechi E. Anyanwu, Politics Without Government: The Management of Conflict and Cooperation in International Relations (Owerri: Alvan Global Publications, 2002).
11. Ogechi E. Anyanwu, Issues in African Diplomacy (Owerri: Tony Ben Publishers, 2000).
Refereed Journal Articles: 12. Ogechi E. Anyanwu, “Muammar Gaddafi, the West, and Africa’s Struggles against Neocolonialism,” OFO: Journal of Transatlantic Studies, 6, no. 2 (Nov. 2016): 20-43.
13. Ogechi E. Anyanwu, “Challenging the Status Quo: Alan Pifer and Higher Education Reform in Colonial Nigeria,” History of Education 42, no. 1 (2013): 70–91.
14. Ogechi E. Anyanwu, “The Anglo-American-Nigerian Collaboration in Nigeria's Higher Education Reform: The Cold War and Decolonization, 1948-1960,” Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History 11, no.3 (Winter 2010): 1-26.
15. Ogechi E. Anyanwu, “Experiment with Mass University Education in Post-Civil War Nigeria, 1970-1979,” Journal of Nigerian Studies 1, no. 1 (Fall 2010): 1-36.
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16. Ogechi E. Anyanwu, “Enforcing Shari’ah Law in Nigeria: Women, Justice, and Muslims’ Collective Conscience,” The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 26, no.3 (2009): 24-40.
17. Ogechi E. Anyanwu, “Crime and Punishment in the Pre-colonial Igbo Society: The Challenge of British Colonial Rule,” The International Journal of African Studies 6, no.2 (2007): 45-71.
18. Ogechi E. Anyanwu & Apollos Nwauwa, “The Concepts and Challenges of the Universal Basic Education (UBE) Policy in Nigeria,” International Journal of Social and Management Sciences 1, no 2 (December 2007): 114-142.
19. Ogechi E. Anyanwu, “Crime and Justice in Post-colonial Nigeria: The Justifications and Challenges of Islamic Law of Sharia,” Journal of Law and Religion XXI, no. 2 (2005-2006): 315-347.
20. Ogechi E. Anyanwu, “Religious Conflict and Integration in a Democratic Nigeria: The Peril and the Promise,” Journal of Nigerian Languages and Culture 3 (May 2002): 70-76.
21. Ogechi E. Anyanwu, “The Challenges of Regional Integration in a Globalizing World: Africa’s Spectator Economy," Journal of Humanities 1, no. 5 (September 2002): 149-160.
Refereed Chapters in Books: 22. Ogechi E. Anyanwu, “Connecting Theory with Reality: Understanding the Causes of the Nigeria-Biafra War,” in The Nigeria-Biafra War: An Intellectual History, ed. Toyin Falola and Ogechukwu Ezekwem (Durham, NC: Carolina Press, 2016), 40-61.
23. Ogechi E. Anyanwu, “Islam and Islamic Revivalism in Africa,” in (Re) tracing African History, Societies, and Cultures: A Multi-disciplinary Study of Africa, 2nd ed., ed. Ogechi Anyanwu and Salome Nnoromele (Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 2015), 61-75.
24. Ogechi E. Anyanwu, “Crime and Punishment in Pre-colonial Igbo Society and the Challenge of British Colonial Rule,” in Between Tradition and Change: Sociopolitical and Economic Transformation among the Igbo of Nigeria, ed. Apollos O. Nwauwa and Ebere Onwudiwe (Glassboro, N.J.: Goldline & Jacobs Publishers, 2012), 29- 67. First version previously published in The International Journal of African Studies 6, no.2 (2007).
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25. Ogechi E. Anyanwu and Chukwunenye Njoku, “Education in Africa: History, Politics, and Challenges,” in (Re)tracing African History, Societies, and Cultures: A Multi-disciplinary Study of Africa, ed. Ogechi Anyanwu and Salome Nnoromele (Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 2012), 93-123.
26. Ogechi E. Anyanwu and Ralph Njoku, “The Dynamic Causes of Conflicts and Wars in Africa,” in Wars and Peace in Africa, ed. Toyin Falola and Raphael Chijioke Njoku (Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 2010), 89-108.
27. Ogechi E. Anyanwu, “Colonial and Apartheid South Africa,” in Africa and the Wider World, eds. Hakeem Ibikunle Tijani, Raphael Chijioke Njoku, and Tiffany Fawn Jones (Boston: Pearson, 2010), 326-342.
28. Ogechi E. Anyanwu, “Mother Tongue Education in a Globalizing World: The Nigerian Experience since 1882,” in The Africa We Know: Reading and Writing across Disciplines in African and Liberal Studies Programs, ed. Désiré Baloubi (Littleton, MA: Tapestry Press, 2009), 159-172.
Book Reviews: 29. Ogechi E. Anyanwu, Review of Ewing, Adam. The Age of Garvey: How a Jamaican Activist Created a Mass Movement and Changed Global Black Politics. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2014) in OFO: Journal of Transatlantic Studies 6, no. 2 (Nov. 2016).
30. Ogechi E. Anyanwu, Review of Emmanuel Yewah and Dimeji Togunde, ed., Across the Atlantic: African Immigrants in the United States Diaspora (Illinois: Common Ground, 2010), in Igbo Studies Review, No. 2 (2014): 169-171.
31. Ogechi E. Anyanwu, Review Jan Vansina, Being Colonized: The Kuba Experience in Rural Congo, 1880-1960 (Wisconsin: The University of Wisconsin Press, 2010), in Journal of Retracing Africa 1, Issue 1 (Spring 2014): 49-51.
32. Ogechi E. Anyanwu, Review of Philip Muehlenbeck, Betting on the Africans: John F. Kennedy’s Courting of African Nationalist Leaders (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012) in African Studies Quarterly, 13, no. 1 (Winter 2013): 129-130.
33. Ogechi E. Anyanwu, Review of Raphael Chijioke Njoku African Cultural Value: Igbo Political Leadership in Colonial Nigeria, 1900-1966 (New York: Routledge, 2006) in MBARI: The International Journal of Igbo
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Studies 1, no. 1 (January 2008): 147-150.
Other Published Works
Encyclopedia Entries: 34. Ogechi E. Anyanwu, “George W. Wilson, Sr.-1943-2005,” in Kentucky African American Encyclopedia, eds. John A. Hardin, Karen Cotton McDaniel, Gerald L. Smith (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2015).
35. Ogechi E. Anyanwu, “Western Colored Branch Library, Louisville- 1905,” in Kentucky African American Encyclopedia, eds. John A. Hardin, Karen Cotton McDaniel, Gerald L. Smith (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2015).
36. Ogechi E. Anyanwu, “Thomas Fountain Blue, Sr. - 1866-1935,” in Kentucky African American Encyclopedia, eds. John A. Hardin, Karen Cotton McDaniel, Gerald L. Smith (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2015).
37. Ogechi E. Anyanwu, “William Henry Steward-1847-1935,” in Kentucky African American Encyclopedia, eds. John A. Hardin, Karen Cotton McDaniel, Gerald L. Smith (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2015).
38. Ogechi E. Anyanwu, “The Merits and Challenges of Mother Tongue Based Education in Africa,” in Encyclopedia of Diversity and Social Justice, ed. Sherwood Thompson (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2014).
39. Ogechi E. Anyanwu, “Organization of African Unity (OAU)” in Encyclopedia of Western Colonialism since 1450, vol 2, ed. Thomas Benjamin (Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2007): 880- 882.
Other Works: 40. Ogechi E. Anyanwu, Interview granted to Mario Anderson, Anchor & Reporter, Spectrum News, Kentucky, “Celebrate Black History” program, aired on February 18, 2018 at 10:00 am, http://spectrumlocalnews.com/section/in-focus/in-focus- kentucky.html.
41. Ogechi E. Anyanwu, “From the Director’s Desk,” Newsletter: African/African American Studies, 2, Issue 3 (Fall 2017): 1-2.
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42. Ogechi E. Anyanwu, “From the Director’s Desk,” Newsletter: African/African American Studies, 1, Issue 2 (Spring 2017): 1-2.
43. Ogechi E. Anyanwu, “From the Director’s Desk,” Newsletter: African/African American Studies, 1, Issue 1 (Fall 2016): 2-3.
44. Ogechi E. Anyanwu, “Editor’s Preface,” Journal of Retracing Africa 3, Issue 1 (Fall 2016): v-vii.
45. Ogechi E. Anyanwu, “Editor’s Preface,” Journal of Retracing Africa 2, Issue 1 (Fall 2015): v-vii.
46. Ogechi E. Anyanwu, “Editor’s Preface,” Journal of Retracing Africa 1, Issue 1 (Spring 2014): vi-vii.
47. Ogechi E. Anyanwu, “Conversation with Ogechi Anyanwu on The Politics of Access: University Education and Nation Building in Nigeria, 1948-2000,” JENdA: A Journal of Culture and African Women Studies, Issue 20 (2012): 136-7.
ORAL PAPERS PRESENTED/ INVITED LECTURES 1. Ogechi E. Anyanwu, “Egbe Bere, Ugo Bere: Reflections on the Place of Igbo Value System in Nigeria’s Imagination,” Keynote Address delivered at Ndi-Igbo Na Kentucky 2019 End of the Year’s Party, Louisville, Kentucky, December 14, 2019.
2. Ogechi Anyanwu, “My Nigeria: Peoples, Societies and Cultures,” Speech delivered at the Girls Scout of America, Model Laboratory School, Richmond, KY, February 5, 2019.
3. Ogechi E. Anyanwu, “Africa and the Cold War,” Invited Lecture presented at the Department of History Institute for Teaching Excellence Professional Development Workshop, held at EKU, Perkins 214, Saturday, 9:00 am-4:00 pm, October 6, 2018,
4. Ogechi Anyanwu, “Reject the Single Story,” Speech delivered at the community meeting of the Governor’s Scholars Program, Kentucky, Northern Kentucky University Campus, July 9, 2018.
5. “The Politics of Change in Post-Colonial Africa: Lessons from Anti- Colonial Ideas and Movements,” Paper presented by Ogechi E. Anyanwu at the 2018 Chinua Achebe Memorial Lecture held at the University of Nsukka, Nigeria, April 8-13, 2018.
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6. “Women and Anti-Colonial Rebellion in Eastern Nigeria, 1929-1930, paper presented by Ogechi E. Anyanwu at the 13th Annual Herstory Conference, held at Eastern Kentucky University, March 28, 2018.
7. “Invoking Igbo Cultural Values to Challenge British Paternalism: The Cost and Consequences of Colonial Economic Experiment in Mbano,” paper presented by Ogechi E. Anyanwu at 15th International Conference on the Igbo Studies Association held in Greatwood Hotels Owerri, Nigeria, June 8-10, 2017 (Panel 13).
8. “Experiments with Inclusion in Higher Education in Post-Colonial Nigeria,” paper presented by Ogechi E. Anyanwu at the Kentucky Association of Blacks in Higher EducationConference, Berea College, Berea, Kentucky, March 30-April 1, 2017.
9. “University Education in Post-Colonial Africa: The Burden of History and the Promise of the Future,” Invited Lecture presented by Ogechi E. Anyanwu at the Frank Church Symposium, March 2-4, 2017, Idaho State University.
10. “Christmas in Africa,” Conference video presentation by Ogechi E. Anyanwu to 4th graders during the school’s “Christmas Around the World Celebration,” Lynn Camp Elementary School, Corbin Kentucky, December 2, 2016.
11. “From Hereditary Authority to Representative Government: Leadership and the Politics of Inclusion in Colonial Mbano,” paper presented by Ogechi E. Anyanwu at the Agbogidi, Igbo Culture and Leadership: A Multidisciplinary Conference in honor of Igwe Alfred Achebe, Obi of Onitsha, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, July 17-19, 2016.
12. “Town Unions and Human Resource Development in Colonial Africa: A Case Study of OSU Progressive Union in Mbano,” paper presented by Ogechi E. Anyanwu at the 13th International Conference on the Igbo Studies Association held in Dominican University, River Forest, Illinois, May 12-14, 2016 (Panel 23).
13. “Dreams Deferred: Neo-colonialism, Nation Building, and the Nigerian Civil War, 1967-1970,” paper presented by Ogechi E. Anyanwu at the 31st Ohio Valley History Conference held at Eastern Kentucky University, October 1-3, 2015 (Panel 8).
14. “Community Development and Education in Colonial Mbano,” paper presented by Ogechi E. Anyanwu at the 13th International Conference
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on the Igbo Studies Association held in Marquette University, Marquette, Wisconsin, USA April 9-11, 2015.
15. “(Mis) representation of History: Muammar Gaddafi, the West and the Search for African Unity and Independence,” Keynote Address delivered by Ogechi E. Anyanwu at the 54th Annual Banquet of African Students Association, Berea College, March 21, 2015.
16. “Understanding Crime and Punishment in Colonial Mbano, 1906-1960,” paper presented by Ogechi E. Anyanwu at the 12th International Conference on the Igbo Studies Association held at Dominican University, River Forest, Illinois, May 22-24, 2014 (Panel IV-B).
17. “Understanding the Dynamics of Societal Transformation in Africa: A Colonial History of Mbano, 1900-1960,” paper presented by Ogechi E. Anyanwu at the Southern Interdisciplinary Roundtable on African Studies (SIRAS) held in Kentucky State University, Frankfort, April 5- 8, 2012 (Panel 12).
18. Book Presentation: (Re)tracing Africa: A Multi-disciplinary Study of African History, Societies, and Cultures, presented by Ogechi E. Anyanwu and Salome Nnoromele, at the Southern Interdisciplinary Roundtable on African Studies (SIRAS) held in Kentucky State University, Frankfort, April 5-8, 2012 (Plenary Presentation III).
19. “Producing an Original Piece of Scholarship,” lecture delivered by Ogechi E. Anyanwu at Imo State University, Owerri, August 5, 2011.
20. “Pointing the Way Forward: Alan Pifer and Higher Education in Colonial Nigeria,” paper presented by Ogechi E. Anyanwu at the Southern Interdisciplinary Roundtable on African Studies (SIRAS) held in Kentucky State University, Frankfort, April 3-5, 2009.
21. “Cold War, Decolonization, and Nigeria’s Higher Education Reform, 1954-1960,” paper presented by Ogechi E. Anyanwu at the 24th Annual Ohio Valley History Conference, Austin Peay State University, Campus, October 30-November 1, 2008.
22. “Private University Education in Nigeria, 1983-2006,” paper presented by Ogechi E. Anyanwu at the Southern Interdisciplinary Roundtable on African Studies (SIRAS) held in Kentucky State University, Frankfort, April 4-5, 2008.
23. “Justice, Gender, and the Challenges of Sharia Law in Nigeria Since
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2000,” paper written by Ogechi E. Anyanwu for presentation at the 11th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Law, Culture, and the Humanities, held in San Francisco State University and the University of California at Berkeley, 28-29 March 2008.
24. “Affirmative Action & the Politics of Access to Higher Education in Nigeria & the United States,” Incited Lecture presented by Ogechi E. Anyanwu during the Black History Month 2007, at Teaching & Learning Center, Keen Johnson Building, EKU, February 22, 2007.
25. “Carnegie Corporation and the Push for Mass University Education in Colonial Nigeria, 1954-1960,” paper presented by Ogechi E. Anyanwu at the Southern Interdisciplinary Roundtable on African Studies (SIRAS) held in Kentucky State University, Frankfort, April 12-14, 2007.
26. “Massification of University Education and Collective Conscience in the Post-Civil War Nigeria, 1970-1979,” paper presented by Ogechi E. Anyanwu at the 2006 Annual Meeting of African Studies Association, San Francisco, CA., November 16-19, 2006. VIII-Q10.
27. “Hotel Rwanda: The Legacy of Colonialism, the Failure of the UN, and the Hope for Africa”, presentation by Ogechi E. Anyanwu at an event organized by the EKU’s Genocide Intervention Organization, November 6, 2006.
28. “Justice and Gender in a Globalizing World: The Sharia Question in Muslim Nigeria,” paper presented by Ogechi E. Anyanwu at the James A. Barnes Club Conference, Temple University, Philadelphia, April 1, 2006.
29. “Crime and Punishment in Igboland: The Challenge of British Colonial Rule,” invited paper presented by Ogechi E. Anyanwu at the Workshop on Ethno-Political History in Africa, Central State University Wilberforce, Ohio, Saturday, March 19, 2005.
30. “The Politics of Access to University Education in Nigeria, 1970- 1990: A Historical Analysis,” paper presented by Ogechi E. Anyanwu at the James A. Barnes Club Conference, Temple University, Philadelphia, February 19, 2005 (Panel 15).
31. “European Missionary Enterprise in Nigeria During the Era of British Colonial Rule,” paper presented by Ogechi E. Anyanwu at a colloquium organized by Africana Studies, Bowling Green State University, March
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32. “Nigeria and the Dilemma of Mother Tongue Education in a Globalizing World,” paper presented by Ogechi E. Anyanwu at the 47th Annual Meeting of African Studies Association, New Orleans, November 11-14, 2004 (III-P9).
33. “The Concepts and Challenges of the Universal Basic Education (UBE) Policy in Nigeria,” paper presented by Ogechi E. Anyanwu and Apollos Nwauwa at the Policy History Conference, St Louis, Missouri, May 20- 23, 2004 (Gallery VII).
34. Keynote Speaker, “Mastering Globalization: The Benefits and Burdens of Information and Communication Technologies for Africa,” paper presented by Ogechi E. Anyanwu at a colloquium organized by Africa’s peoples Association Bowling Green State University, April 6, 2004.
35. “Politics of Autonomous Community Creation in Imo State: Case Study of Isieke- Ehime Mbano Experience,” paper presented by Ogechi E. Anyanwu at the 2nd Annual International Conference on Igbo Studies Washington, D .C, USA, April 2-3, 2004 (VII).
36. "Towards the Global Information Society: The Challenges of Universal Basic Education in Nigeria," paper presented by Ogechi E. Anyanwu at the 6th annual Conference of Association for the Promotion of Nigerian Language and Culture, Imo State University, Owerri Nigeria, November 25-27, 2002.
37. Keynote Speaker, "Information Technologies and African Development in a Globalized World: Device or Deceit," paper presented by Ogechi E. Anyanwu at the Maiden National Conference of the National Association of History and International Studies Students, Imo state University, Owerri, July 9, 2002.
38. "Nigeria and the Challenges of Education in a Globalizing World: Opportunities and Risks," paper presented by Ogechi E. Anyanwu at the 3rd Annual Conference of the National Association for the Promotion of Development Studies (NAPDS), Alvan Ikoku College of Education, Owerri, November 11-15, 2002.
39. Keynote Speaker, “Sacrificing Today for the Benefit of Tomorrow: Challenges of Education in Community Development,” Invited lecture presented by Ogechi E. Anyanwu at a symposium /Merit Award presentation organized by the Agbaja Graduates and Undergraduates
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Association (AGUA), Orie Ikpa, Agbaja Ehime-Mbano Local Government Area, Imo State, Nigeria, December 28, 2002.
40. “Religious Conflict and Integration in a Democratic Nigeria: The Peril and the Promise," paper presented by Ogechi E. Anyanwu at the 6th Annual Conference of the Association for the Promotion of Nigerian Language and Culture, Imo State University, Owerri, Nigeria, November 25-29, 2001.
41. "Inter and Intra State Conflict Resolution in Africa: Towards an Enduring Peace," paper presented by Ogechi E. Anyanwu at the 45th congress of the Historical Society of Nigeria, University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, November 13-15, 2000.
POSTERS PRESENTED 42. “The Cold War, Decolonization, and Nigeria’s Higher Education Reform, 1954-1960,” poster presented by Ogechi Anyanwu at the Junior Faculty Summer Research Award Program, Eastern Kentucky University, November 21, 2008.
43. “Islamic Revivalism in Post-Colonial West Africa: Gender and Class Issues in Shari’ah Law in Nigeria,” poster presented by Ogechi E. Anyanwu, Junior Faculty Summer Research Award Program, College of Arts and Sciences, EKU, November 19, 2007.
OTHER MEETINGS/ WORKSHOPS/ PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 44. Moderator, “Schooling Across Cultures: Understanding the Benefits and Challenges of Study,” AFA-Sponsored Panel Discussion, Eastern Kentucky University, 108 First floor of John Grant Crabbe Library, 12:15-1:15pm, November 12, 2019.
45. Moderator, “How General is Too General,” 2019 Spring Planning Retreat, Kentucky Governors Scholars Program, Hilton Garden Inn, Georgetown, Kentucky, March 22-24, 2019.
46. Panelist, “Africa Today: Progress, Prospects, and Challenges,” African Students Association Week, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm, EKU's O’Donnell Auditorium, Whitlock Building, March 22, 2019.
47. Participant, “Online Classroom Strategies for Fostering Community and Student Engagement session,” online workshop presented by Dr. Jennifer Fairchild, Eastern Kentucky University, 11:00 am. – Noon, February 20, 2019.
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48. Participant, “Wikis and Audio/Video Feedback,” online workshop presented by Dr. Shirley O’Brien, Eastern Kentucky University, 11:00 am. – Noon, October 29, 2018.
49. Panelist, “What if We Didn't Grade Students,?” Teaching & Learning Innovation (TLI) series session, Noel Studio Discovery Classroom, Eastern Kentucky University, 1:00pm-2:00pm, February 28, 2018.
50. Panelist, “Watch me Lead, Watch me make Change: A Black History Month Celebration,” North Hall, Eastern Kentucky University, 4:00 pm- 6:00 pm, February 25, 2018.
51. Moderator and Organizer, the 2nd Annual Student Research Conference and Writing Awards, African and African-American Studies Program, EKU, April 24, 2018.
52. Participant, “Developing Critical Readers,” Teaching & Learning Innovation (TLI) series session, Noel Studio Discovery Classroom, Eastern Kentucky University, 3:30 pm-4:30 pm, October 23, 2017.
53. Moderator, “There is Room for You! Maximizing Opportunities for Blacks in Administration,” AFA Celebrates Black History Month with a Special Panel Discussion, Eastern Kentucky University, Walnut Hall, Keen Johnson Building, 1:00 pm to 2:15 pm, February 27, 2017.
54. Moderator and Organizer, the 1st Annual Student Research Conference and Writing Awards, African and African-American Studies Program, EKU, April 16, 2017.
55. Moderator and Organizer, Hon. Dcn. Chike John Okafor (Chairman House Committee on Health Care Services, Federal House of Representatives, National Assembly, Abuja, Nigeria) presentation titled “Reflections on Health Care Services in Nigeria and the Challenges of Medical Tourism,” the AFA Colloquium Series, April 6, 2017.
56. Panelist, “Immigrant Stories by a group of Immigrants,” International Education Week, International Students and Scholars Services, 12:00 pm-1:30 pm, Powel Herndon Room, November 14, 2016.
57. Moderator and Organizer, Dr. Antoinette M. Davis, Lecturer (Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Eastern Kentucky University) presentation titled “Challenges of being an African-American female in a STEM field (Mathematics),” the AFA Colloquium Series, September
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28, 2016.
58. Moderator and Organizer, Dr. Todd Hartch, Professor (Department of History, Eastern Kentucky University) presentation titled “Africa: The Center of World Christianity,” the AFA Colloquium Series, October 20, 2016.
59. Moderator and Organizer, Dr. Joshua D. Farrington (Instructor, African/African-American Studies) presentation titled “Black Republicans and the Transformation of the GOP,” the AFA Colloquium Series, November 2, 2016.
60. Moderator and Organizer, Dr. Jason Koontz (Associate Professor of Music, Eastern Kentucky University) presentation titled “African Musical TimeLine: An Exploration of Rhythmic Organization,” the AFA Colloquium Series, November 16, 2016.
61. Special Roundtable Moderator, “The Travails of Insecurity for Ndi-Igbo: Where Do We Go From Here,” 13th International Conference on the Igbo Studies Association held in Dominican University, River Forest, Illinois, May 12-14, 2016 (Plenary Session III).
62. Participant, the Bluegrass State Intelligence Community Center of Academic Excellence (BGS IC CAE) workshop on Regional Analysis, Kentucky State University in the KSU Student Center, 4th Floor Ballroom, Frankfort, KY, 1:00 to 4:00 PM, February 13, 2015.
63. Panelist, “The Changing Landscape of Scholarly Publishing,” Scholarship Week, Eastern Kentucky University, 1:30-3:00 pm, Library 204D, April 14, 2014.
64. Panel Chair, “Building Nation and States,” Ogechi Anyanwu, Phi Alpha Theta 2014 Regional Conference, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, March 1, 2014 (Panel 3).
65. Book Presenter, The Politics of Access: University Education and Nation Building in Nigeria, 1948-2000, presented by Ogechi Anyanwu at the Southern Interdisciplinary Roundtable on African Studies (SIRAS) held in Kentucky State University, Frankfort, April 5-8, 2012 (Plenary Presentation III).
66. Panelist, “Child Soldiers in Cross-Cultural Perspectives,” panel discussion held at Eastern Kentucky University, room 239 Campbell Building, 4:30-6:00 PM, Thursday, September 30, 2010.
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67. Panelist, “Reflections On the Lives of African Immigrants in the Western World,” Plenary Presentation III at the Southern Interdisciplinary Roundtable on African Studies (SIRAS) held at Kentucky State University, Frankfort, March 25-27, 2010.
68. Panel Chair, “Violence and Commerce in the Modern Indian Ocean,” Ogechi Anyanwu at the 25th Annual Ohio Valley History Conference, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, October 1-3, 2009 (Panel 25).
69. Participant, Spring Meeting of The Ohio Academy of History held at Otterbein College, Westerville Columbus, Ohio, April 26-28, 2007.
70. Panelist, “Journey Towards Democracy,” Workshop organized by the Department of German, Russian and East Asian Studies, Bowling Green State University, February 18, 2004.
71. Panelist, “Confronting the Challenges of Africa's Brain Drain in a Globalizing World: Perils and Promise,” Workshop organized by Africa’s Brian Gain Organization, Bowling Green State University, December 5, 2003.
GRANTS, AWARDS & CONTRACTS Open Educational Resources Grant, to create OER textbooks for AFA201 and AFA202, the African and African American Studies Program, $5,000, 2020.
Excellence in Research & Creative Activities Award, College of Letters, Arts, & Social Sciences, EKU, $500, and 3 credit-hour course release, 2019-2020.
2018-2019 Excellence in Teaching Award Winner, African and African American Studies Program, EKU, April 18, 2019.
University Research Committee Grant, “I have put my hands between their legs”: Britain, Resistance, and Mbano Identity in Eastern Nigeria,” EKU, Ogechi Anyanwu, $2,970, 2019-2020.
Elected Member, The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, EKU, Chapter, since November 15, 2018.
Professional Development Grant, CLASS, EKU, Ogechi E. Anyanwu, $250, Spring 2018.
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Fellow of “Faculty Leadership Institute, 2017,” Keen Johnson Building, EKU, January 9 & 10, 2017.
“University Fellow Award,” EKU, $1000 and a 3 credit-hour course release, 2016-2017.
Excellence in Research and Creative Activities Award, College of Arts and Sciences,” EKU, 2010-11, EKU, $500, and 3 credit-hour course release.
Faculty Research and Development Grant, “Islamic Revivalism in Modern Nigeria: Boko Haram, Terrorism, and the Burden of History,” Ogechi Anyanwu, Bluegrass State Intelligence Community Center of Academic Excellence, EKU, $4,937, 2015.
Grant Award to create courses in Africa Since the Cold War and Islam and Islamic Radicalism in Nigeria, Bluegrass State Intelligence Community Center of Academic Excellence, EKU, $4,000, 2014.
University Research Committee Grant, “With(out) their Consent: The Mbano Colonial Experience in Southeastern Nigeria, 1906-1960,” EKU, Ogechi Anyanwu, $3,000, 2014-2015.
Finalists, 2013 and 2014, The Most Outstanding Educator for Minorities, African/African American Studies Program, EKU.
Nigerian Studies Association Book Award 2012, The first runner-up, The Politics of Access: University Education and Nation-Building in Nigeria, 1948-2000.
Recognized by EKU University Program’s graduating students as essential to their success at EKU, 2012.
University Research Committee Grant, “African Missing Voices and the Politics of Socio-economic Transformation: A Colonial History of Mbano, 1900-1960,” Ogechi Anyanwu, EKU, $7,340, 2011-2012.
Junior Faculty Summer Research Award, “Cold War, Decolonization, and Nigeria’s Higher Education Reform, 1954-1970,” Ogechi Anyanwu, College of Arts and Sciences’, EKU, $4,500, 2008.
University Research Committee Grant, “In Pursuit of Mass University Education in Nigeria: Regionalism, Affirmative Action, and Nation Building, 1952-2000,” Ogechi Anyanwu, EKU, $5000, 2007-2008.
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Graduate Education and Research’s Faculty Travel Support, “Justice, Gender, and the Challenges of Sharia Law in Nigeria Since 2000,” EKU, $477, 2008.
Graduate Education and Research Scholars’ Community (GEAR) Award, Ogechi Anyanwu, the Graduate College, 3 credit-hour course release, EKU, 2007-2008.
Junior Faculty Summer Research Award, “Islamic Revivalism in Post- Colonial West Africa: Gender and Class Issues in Shari’ah Law in Nigeria,” Ogechi Anyanwu, College of Arts and Sciences,’ EKU, $4,500, 2007.
University Research Committee Grant, “Massification of University Education and Nation-building in Nigeria, 1952-2000,” Ogechi Anyanwu, EKU, $4,974, 2006-2007.
Faculty Development grant, “Massification of University Education and Collective Conscience in the Post-Civil War Nigeria, 1970-1979,” Ogechi Anyanwu, College of Arts and Sciences’, EKU, $250, October 2006.
Summer Research Fellowship, BGSU, Ogechi Anyanwu, $2,750, 2006.
Dissertation Research Grant, “The Policies and Politics of massification of University Education in Nigeria, 1952-2000,” BGSU, Ogechi Anyanwu, $1,500, Fall 2005.
Katzner and University Bookstore Funds for Graduate Student Research and Professional Development, “The Policies and Politics of Massification of University Education in Nigeria, 1952-2000,” BGSU, Ogechi Anyanwu, $1,000, Fall 2005.
Non-Service Fellowship Award, Ogechi Anyanwu, BGSU, $5,500, Fall 2005.
Research Fellowship Award, Ogechi Anyanwu, BGSU, $2,750, Summer 2004, 2005, 2006.
Graduate Fellowship Award, Ogechi Anyanwu, BGSU, $11,500/Year, 2003-2006.
Finalist, “Best International Student Award,” BGSU, Ohio, 2005.
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“Most Dedicated Lecturer Award,” 2002, the National Association of History and International Studies Student (NAHISS), IMSU, Owerri.
Commendation for outstanding service to IMSU, Owerri, 1997/1998 Session.
STUDENT SUPERVISION (Scholarly/Creative Activities) M.A. Written Comprehensive Exam Committee Service at EKU: Marjorie Farris, 2015. Senior Project, Dakota Allred, “Apartheid in South Africa,” Model Laboratory School, spring 2014. Senior Project, Jared Adams, “The Aftermath of the Rwandan Genocide,” Model Laboratory School, spring 2014. Undergraduate Honors Theses Supervised at EKU: Meredith McKinley, “African Immigrants’ Cultural Experience in the United States: A Case Study of EKU, 2012.” M.A. Oral Comprehensive Exam Committee Service at EKU: Carol South, 2012. M.A. Oral and Written Comprehensive Exam Committee Service at EKU: Russell Paquette, 2011. M.A. Written Comprehensive Exam Committee Service at EKU: Rebecca Stevens, 2010. M.A. Oral and Written Comprehensive Exam Committee Service at EKU: Christopher T. Shaffer, 2010. M.A. Oral and Written Comprehensive Exam Committee Service at EKU: Jonathan Ship, 2010. M.A. Written Comprehensive Exam Committee Service at EKU: Joseph A. Clark, 2008. M.A. Thesis Committee Service at EKU: Jonathan Powell, “Combating Africa’s Coups: Determinants of AU Effectiveness,” 2007.
Undergraduate Research Panels Supervised “African Post-Colonization” (EKU M.A. History students: Jonathon McClintock and Aaron Clark), the 24th Annual Ohio Valley History Conference, Austin Peay State University, Campus, October 30- November 1, 2008. “Defeating Apartheid in South Africa” (EKU AFA students: Patrick Runge, Cory Myers, Rachel Mollozzi, and Phil Powers) and “Successes and Challenges of Educational Development in Africa”
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(EKU AFA students: Ashley Anders, Whitney Ellis, Douglas Luti- Musisi, and Timesha Floyd), Southern Interdisciplinary Roundtable on African Studies (SIRAS) held in Kentucky State University, Frankfort, March 25-28, 2010. Supervised over 150 undergraduate Senior Students Thesis between 2000 and 2003 at Imo State University, Owerri.
INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE
DEPARTMENT COMMITTEE Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee, History department, EKU, Fall 2017-19. Member, Advisory Committee, History department, EKU Fall 2018-19. Member, Outreach Committee, History department, EKU Fall 2018- 19. Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee, History department, EKU Fall 2017-18. Chair, Promotion and Tenure Committee, History department, EKU, Fall 2014-16. Chair, Curriculum/Library Committee, History department, EKU, 2011—2013. Member, Search Committee, Tenure-track Assistant Professor, EKU, spring 2010. Member, Search Committee, Lecturer, EKU, summer 2009. Member, Curriculum/Library Committee, History department, EKU, 2009-2011. Member, Search Committee, Visiting Professor, EKU, summer 2008. Chair, Appeals/Awards Committee, History department, EKU, 2007- present. Member, Merit Pay/Travel Committee, History department, EKU, 2007-2009, Member, Appeals/Awards Committee, History department, EKU, 2006-2007. Member, Assessment Committee, History department, EKU, 2006- 2007. Member, Outreach Committee, History department, EKU, 2006-2007, 2011-13.
COLLEGE COMMITTEE Member, CLASS Promotion and Tenure Committee, EKU, since Fall 2018. Faculty Marshal, College of Letters, Arts, & Social Sciences, EKU, Fall 2016. Alternate Member, CLASS Research & Faculty Development
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Committee, EKU, 2017. Member, CLASS Curriculum/Library Committee, EKU, since Fall 2017. Member, College of Arts and Sciences’ Curriculum Committee, EKU, Fall of 2011.
UNIVERSITY COMMITTEE Chair, Advisory Board, African and African American Studies Program, EKU, since 2016 Member, representing CLASS on University Research Committee, EKU, 2018-2021 Board Member, EKU Interdisciplinary Studies Advisory Board, EKU since fall 2018. Member, Chairs Council, EKU, 2016-2018. Member, representing CLASS on the University Faculty Evaluation and Appeals Committee, EKU, 2016/2017 and 2017/2018. Member, Martin Luther King JR. Planning Committee, EKU, since 2017. Member, University Diversity Awards Committee, EKU, since 2017. Member, EKU Diversity Office 3rd Annual Food/Toiletry Drive and Hunger Awareness Campaign Committee, EKU, since 2017. Member, EKU University Diversity Committee, EKU, since 2017. Member, EKU Adhoc Committee, EKU Unity Rally, EKU, Fall 2017. Member, EKU Diversity Steering Committee, EKU, since 2017. Member, EKU Professional Learning Community–Kentucky African American Encyclopedia, EKU, Fall 2008. Member, Equal Opportunity Committee, EKU, 2008—2010. Member, African/African-American Studies Advisory Board, EKU, since 2007. Member, Diversity in Standard 4 Committee of National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NACATE), 2007-2009. Board Member, African/African-American Studies Advisory Board, since 2007.
OTHER INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE Faculty Advisor, African Student Organization, EKU, 2014-2017. Faculty Advisor, The AFA Club, EKU, since 2016. Judge, Her-story Abstracts, EKU, spring 2015. President, Africa’s Brain Gain Organization, BGSU, 2004-2006.
Service to the Profession Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Retracing Africa (JORA), since 2012. Associate Editor, Journal of the Academic World, since 2011. Editorial Consultant, PACEM: The Journal of Peace and Development, since 2018.
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Juror, Nigerian Studies Association Book Award, since 2017. Program Chair, 15th International Conference of Igbo Studies Association, on the theme “NtoAla Igbo: Retelling Our Story, Rekindling Our Values,” held at Greatwood Hotels, Plot 12, G Port Harcourt-Owerri Road, Fed. Secretariat Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria, June 8-10, 2017. Program Chair, 14th International Conference of Igbo Studies Association, on the theme “Ndi Igbo in the Global Context,” held at Dominican University, River Forest (Chicago), Illinois, USA, May 12-14, 2016. Member, Organizing Committee, 13th International Conference of Igbo Studies Association, 2015. Member, Organizing Committee, 12th International Conference of Igbo Studies Association, 2014. Secretary, Igbo Studies Association, USA, since 2014. Secretary, Historical Society of Nigeria, South East Zone, 2001-2003. Secretary, Students’ Historical Society of Nigeria, 1990-1993.
Reviewer/Editorial Board Member International Journal of Social and Management Sciences, since 2006. Review of Higher Education in Africa (RHEA), since 2008. Notes and Records: An International Journal of African and African Diaspora Studies, since 2010. Journal of Religion and Law, since 2007. The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, since 2009. History of Education, since 2014. Journal of Educational Administration and Foundations (JEAF), since 2013. Notes and Records: An International Journal of African and African Diaspora Studies, since 2010.
PROFESSIONALY RELATED COMMUNITY SERVICE Judge, Kentucky’s National History Day, District 5 Contest, held at Eastern Kentucky University, March 26, 2016. Juror, 25th Judicial Circuit, Division 2, Madison County, Kentucky, October/December, 2015. Judge, Herstory abstracts, spring 2015. Judge, Kentucky’s National History Day, District 5 Contest, held at Eastern Kentucky University, March 26, 2015. Judge, Region 6 Future Business Leaders of America Spring Leadership Conference held on the Eastern Kentucky University Campus, Wednesday 7, 2007. Judge, Kentucky’s National History Day, District 5 Contest, held at Eastern Kentucky University March 20, 2010.
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President, Africa’s Brain Gain Organization, Bowling Green State University, 2004-2005.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS African Studies Association, USA. Igbo Studies Association, USA. Historical Society of Nigeria, Nigeria.
References Available upon request
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