Brief History of the Department
The Department of Sociology and Anthropology came into being as a programme alongside Political Science, Economics and Development Studies, Accounting etc. under the then Department of Social Sciences, in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Federal University Otuoke in 2011 with Dr. Evans Eze as the Acting Head of Department. The programme became a full-fledged Department on February 10, 2016, having been accorded full accreditation by the National Universities Commission (NUC) with Dr. Joseph Oke Omoro as its pioneer Acting Head of Department from 2015-2016.
The Department experienced a change in leadership as Dr Raimi Lasisi, emerged the Coordinator and Head, for a progressive period of five years,2016-2021. Within, this period the Department made significant progress as she got full accreditation from the National Universities Commission (NUC) in 2021.Currently, the Department is been coordinated by Dr. Mrs. Michael-Olomu, Oyintonyo who assumed office Wednesday 13, October, 2021.The Department has grown significantly especially in terms of manpower and student size and have successfully graduated five (5) set of academic sessions recording graduates with outstanding performances. Considering, starting with just 14 individuals as its pioneer students, the Department now boasts of over 470students.
The teaching staff strength has equally witnessed astral growth with about fourteen (14) lecturers across the different sub-fields of Sociology and Anthropology with relevant indigenous and international experience. The Department currently boasts of three (3) professors, two (2) senior lecturers, four (4) lecturer 1, two (2) Lecturer 2, and an Assistant Lecturer as well as five (5) administrative staff.
Comprehensive List of Staff in the Department
SN | NAME | APPOINTMENT | AREA OF SPECIALIZATION |
1 | Tenure | Rural Sociology Environmental Sociology | |
2 | Tenure | Sociology of Development Urban Sociology | |
3 | Tenure | Sociology of Development Environmental Sociology | |
4 | Tenure | Industrial Relation Race and Ethnic Relations | |
5 | Tenure | Sociology of Development Rural Sociology | |
6 | Tenure | Industrial Sociology Institutional Analysis | |
7 | Tenure | Criminology Institutional Analysis |