Brief History of the Department

English and Communication Studies was one of the foundation/pioneer programmes established at the founding of the University, and was located under the Departments of Humanities, in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.

The programme, as it then was, admitted its first set of students in the 2012/2013 academic session with an initial student-population of 23 and graduating its first set in the 2015/2016 academic session. The programmes under the Department of Humanities were unbundled and granted autonomy in February 2015; thus, English and Communication Studies became a full-fledged department in the University following this unbundling exercise.

In all, the Department has graduated 4 sets of students, and has continued to attract both sabbatical and adjunct academic staff to add flavor to its academic life and culture.

While the department has continued to witness admirable consistent growth in the number of both its students and teaching staff, its graduates have continued to be good ambassadors, representing the Department well as have been continually testified by employers’ ratings over the years.

Staff list in the Department

S/NNameAppointmentArea of Specialization
1.Prof. Diri I. TeilanyoTenuredSyntax and Semantics
2.Prof. Chris C. OnyemaTenuredStylistics and Discourse Analysis
3.Dr. Christian T. DiriTenuredApplied Communication, Development Communication, Print Journalism
4.Dr. Chinedu OgokeTenuredPost-colonial studies
5.Dr. Patricia Ngozi. AnyanwuTenuredAfrican literature and Post-Colonial Studies
6.Dr. Blessing UwasombaTenuredLinguistics
7.Dr. Oyakemeagbegha MusahTenuredBroadcast Journalism and Development Journalism
8.Dr. Franca OkumoTenuredPhonetics and Phonology
10.Dr. Hyginus O. EzeTenuredAfrican Literature and Post-Colonial Studies
11.Miss Ekiyokere EkiyeTenuredLinguistics
12.AliakSandra KpuduweiTenuredEnglish Language
13.Dr. Onyeka IkeTenuredAfrican Literature, Creative Writing, Postcolonial Studies, Ecocritical Studies, Cultural Studies.
14.Charles Okorod uduTenuredEnglish Language
15Mr. Lawrence Kuro Berezi TenuredMass communication, Media Ethics, Media Economics, Political Communication, 
16.Dr. Christabel OnyemaAdjunctLinguistics
18.Prof. Christian C. NgwuSabbaticalDevelopment Communication, Broadcast Journalism
19.Miss Phyllis O. AkpotiTenureAfrican Poetry, African Literature and Oral Literature
20.Miss Joyce Osokien AlemeTenureCommunication Studies
21.Mrs Promise Uzochi EjikeTenureEnglish Language
22.Mr. Obriki Preye SamuelTenureComparative analysis in English and other languages. (with specialization in Morphology)
23.Mr. Dooyum HaakoTenurespeech writing and Editing
24.Dr. Joel Baribor LebeTenure Language Codification,  Artificial Intelligence and Solutions
25.Mr. Sinclaire Edwin EdoghotuTenurePhonetics and Phonology
26.Mrs. Peace Ibekwe TenureCommunication studies,Media and Public Relations.
27.Mr. Williams Mac-Donald SeibaTenureLinguistics, Syntax.
28.Mr. Azibaoguanasi Williams TenureOnomastics, Sociolinguistics, Applied Linguistics and Forensic Linguistics
29.Dr. Merosobo Lawson-Ikuru TenureIndigenous Language Description and Documentation