Meet AYODELE AYOTUNDE OLUTUMBI, an Academic Staff of Lagos State University.
Prof
PROFESSOR
English Language
Faculty of Arts Building, Department of English Language. Lagos State University, Ojo
08:00 AM - 04:00 PM Monday - Friday
| # | Certificate | School | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PhD | University of Ibadan | 2010 |
| 2 | PGD Environmental Communication | Lagos State University | 1999 |
| 3 | M.A | University of Ibadan | 1988 |
| 4 | B.A English Studies | University of Ife (Obafemi Awolowo University) | 1983 |
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Ayo Ayodele PhD, a Professor of English at the Department of English, Lagos State University, Nigeria, is a researcher with interest in Discourse Analysis and its critical application to the language and communication problems of multi ethnic and multi-cultural communities.
He started his career in teaching at the L.A Secondary Grammar School, Ejigbo in 1984 and served as a Lecturer at the Oyo State College of Education, Ilesa between 1986 and 1990, before joining the Lagos State University, Ojo in 1995 as a Lecturer II. He rose to the rank of a Professor in 2021. He was on sabbatical appointment at the Department of English, University of Education, Winneba in Ghana between 2018 and 2019, and later in 2019, was a visiting scholar at the Linguistics Center at the University of Texas at Austin, USA. His doctoral academic research on the production and representation of legislative discourse, and his current interest in hate speech which have produced over forty academic articles, have been published in learned journals both within and outside Nigeria.
Professor Ayodele has served in various administrative capacities as Deputy Assistant Director at the Lagos State University External System, Acting Head of Department of English, and member of various committees. He was also the University Orator between 2019 and 2021, Acting Dean, Faculty of Arts, Lagos State University, in 2022, and currently as the Dean of the Faculty of Arts. He has served as External Assessor and Examiner to several Universities in Nigeria. He is currently a member of the Administrative Staff College of Nigeria’s Board of Public Service Examinations, in Topo, Badagry.
