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Post by Shymmex on Dec 24, 2015 20:46:31 GMT
Eileen Wilson-Oyelaran
 Dr. Eileen Wilson-Oyelaran assumed the role of 17th President of Kalamazoo College in July 2005. She brings to her work a record of distinction in the realm of higher education and early child development, both in this country and in Nigeria where she taught and served as an academic administrator for more than 14 years. Her legacy at K includes innovative reinvigoration and integration of the K-Plan as well as academic improvements that include the new open curriculum, the Shared Passages Seminar series, three new academic majors, two new intercollegiate sports, the social justice leadership program, and new career and professional development opportunities like the Guilds of Kalamazoo College. The diversity of the campus community reflects the world where K students will live and work. And the difficult systemic changes have begun that will make the learning environment equitable and inclusive for each member of K's diverse learning community. Her legacy also includes new campus spaces that students and employees use to solidify the sense of community that characterizes Kalamazoo College. A native of Los Angeles, Dr. Wilson-Oyelaran earned her B.A. in sociology from Pomona College, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in education from the Claremont Graduate University. She was no stranger to international education, having completed an undergraduate study abroad experience in England where she studied the education of immigrant children. She was also the recipient of the Thomas J. Watson Traveling Fellowship, which enabled her to execute independent research in Ghana, Nigeria, and Tanzania. After completing her doctoral work in early childhood development, she accepted her first academic position at the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) in Nigeria, teaching in both the departments of education and psychology. Ife, where she served as a department chair and Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, would be her academic home for 14 years. Dr. Wilson-Oyelaran's scholarly focus is in child development and education in cross-cultural context, and she has published widely in this area. While in Nigeria she served as a consultant for UNICEF (Nigeria) and designed a series of baseline surveys that became the model for assessing the status of children under five throughout the country. In 1988 when her family left Nigeria for the United States, Dr. Wilson-Oyelaran became visiting scholar in education at North Carolina Wesleyan College and then associate professor and chair of the department of education at Winston-Salem State University. In 1995, she became Dean of the College at Salem College, and rose to the position of Vice President of Salem Academy and College and Dean of the College. She also served as acting president of Salem College for a brief period. Her honors and awards are legion and include the Kent Fellowship, American Council on Education Fellowship and the Visionary Leadership Award presented by the Claremont Colleges Intercollegiate Office of Black Studies. A strong proponent of equity and inclusion, Dr. Wilson-Oyelaran has been honored nationally and locally for her work on behalf of young women and girls. She is the recipient of the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education (AACTE) Gender Equity Architect Award, the Salvation Army's Strong, Smart, and Bold Award, and the YWCA Woman of Vision. She is married to Dr. Olasope Oyelaran and they have raised four wonderful children-Adedoyin, Oyindasola, Omosalewa, and Oyeyinka
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Post by Shymmex on Dec 24, 2015 20:48:03 GMT
Dr Emmanuel Adegbite
 Dr Emmanuel Adegbite is an Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) in Accounting at Durham University. He researches, teaches and consults in the broad areas of Accounting, Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility. His research has been published in leading peer-reviewed academic journals including the Journal of Management Studies; Journal of Business Ethics; and International Business Review. Prior to joining Durham University, he was Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Finance at the Newcastle Business School. He obtained his PhD from Cass Business School, London. Research Specialities His research interests are focused on the governance and responsibility of the modern corporation. His publications are aimed at developing an institutional framework for examining corporate governance and corporate social responsibility in varieties of capitalism, presenting implications, not only to the academy but, to the business sector and the polity. His works have facilitated deeper insights into the nature, practice and complexity of the corporate accountability phenomenon in weak institutional contexts. Apart from being a foremost expert on corporate governance in developing economies, he works with businesses, NGOs and governments, in the broad areas of instrumental and strategic corporate social responsibility, corporate governance, and business ethics. He frequently engages with industry players, policy makers, opinion leaders and the general public in exploring how good governance can minimise corruption in both the public and private sectors. Doctoral Supervision and Examination He currently supervises 4 doctoral students working on corporate governance and responsibility research. He has supervised a doctoral student to completion and has served as an external PhD examiner at many UK universities. Awards and Indicators of Esteem Emmanuel received the Dean’s Award for Research Excellence in 2014. His research has been supported by many internal and external grants including a recent £28,425 award from the British Academy to study CSR in weak institutional contexts and another £310,045 by the Tony Elumelu Foundation to study ‘Africapitalism’. His research is frequently presented in several countries at leading international conferences. He holds Visiting Professorships at the Covenant University, Nigeria and at the Toulouse Business School, France. Emmanuel serves as the international academic delegate of the Durham University Business School for Africa where, he leads the school’s academic, governmental and corporate engagement in the region.
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Post by Shymmex on Dec 24, 2015 20:49:53 GMT
Prof. Alfred Akisanya Professor Akisanya studied Mechanical Engineering at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria where he obtained a First Class, BSc (Honours) degree and M.Sc degree in Mechanical Engineering. He worked briefly for Shell Nigeria before subsequently studying for his PhD on Interfacial Fracture at Cambridge University Engineering Department under the supervision of Prof. Norman Fleck, FRS, and with funding from Shell-Cambridge Commonwealth Trust. He worked briefly as Research Associate at Cambridge University with Prof. Alan Cocks on the mechanics of powder compaction before joining the lecturing staff of Aberdeen University Engineering Department. Prof Akisanya is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer (CEng) and Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (FIMechE). External Responsibilities External PhD examiner for Universities of Cambridge, Oxford, Surrey and Leicester, Newcastle, and Universite Pierre & Marie Curie - Paris 6. Referee for different international scientific journals including: Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids; International Journal of Solids and Structures; International Journal of Mechanical Sciences; The European Journal of Mechanics A/Solids; Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures; International Journal of Fracture; Journal of American Ceramics Society; Journal of Biomechanics. Referee of grant proposals for the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. Professional Review Interviewer of Chartered Engineer applicants for the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE). Member of the Academic Standard Panel (ASP) of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Admin Responsibilities Deputy Head of School of Engineering, University of Aberdeen Dean of Sub-Saharan Africa Affairs Programme Leader for BEng/MEng Petroleum Engineering
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Post by Shymmex on Dec 24, 2015 20:50:58 GMT
Alfred Soboyejo
. Professor of food, agriculture,biological engineering. Ohio States university  Alfred Soboyejo is a professor in Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering as well as Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at The Ohio State University. Dr. Soboyejo was a Fullbright scholar and received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University. Dr. Soboyejo specializes in multivariate analysis of biological systems, and has published two books on the topic, and co-authored over 10 book chapters. Dr. Soboyejo is a lifetime fellow and member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, a faculty fellow of the NASA John Glenn Research Center, and has been awarded multiple awards from the National Science Foundation.
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Post by Shymmex on Dec 24, 2015 20:52:07 GMT
Olufunmilayo Olapade
Professor of medicine and human genetics University of chicago  Dr. Olopade, a board certified internist and medical oncologist, is the Walter L. Palmer Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine and Human Genetics, Associate Dean of Global Health and Director, Center for Clinical Cancer Genetics at The University of Chicago. An international leader in cancer genetics, Dr. Olopade seeks to identify BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers and those at risk for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer earlier in life, intervene aggressively to reduce risk and preempt disease development She studies molecular mechanisms of tumor progression in high-risk individuals as well as genetic and non-genetic factors contributing to tumor progression in diverse populations. Her laboratory is focused on using whole genome technologies and bioinformatics to develop innovative approaches to accelerate progress in cancer research, improve quality of care and reduce costs of cancer care. An expert in individualized treatment for the most aggressive forms of breast cancer, Dr. Olopade has developed novel population management strategies that include comprehensive risk reducing strategies and prevention, as well as earlier detection through advanced imaging technologies. Dr. Olopade is an elected member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation, the Association of American Physicians, the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society. She has received numerous honors and awards, including honorary degrees from Bowdoin University and Princeton University, Doris Duke Distinguished Clinical Scientist and Exceptional Mentor Award, American Cancer Society Clinical Research Professorship, MacArthur Foundation "Genius" Fellowship and Officer of the Order of the Niger Award. Dr. Olopade currently serves on the Board of Directors for the American Board of Internal Medicine, the National Cancer Advisory Board, the Susan G Komen for the Cure and the Lyric Opera.
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Post by Shymmex on Dec 24, 2015 20:54:45 GMT
Bankole Johnson
Professor of medicine, University of Maryland  Bankole A. Johnson, DSc, MD, MPhil, FRCPsych (born 5 November 1959) is a licensed physician and board-certified psychiatrist throughout Europe and the United States who served as Alumni Professor and Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at the University of Virginia. Johnson's primary area of research expertise is the psychopharmacology of medications for treating addictions, and he is well known in the field for his discovery that topiramate, a gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) facilitator and glutamate antagonist, is an effective treatment for alcoholism. Professor Johnson also received national media attention for his appearance in the Home Box Office (HBO) original documentary feature, "Addiction", which won the prestigious Governors Award, a special Emmy Award, from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Professor Johnson recently accepted an appointment to join the University of Maryland as the Chairman of Psychiatry and to lead a Brain Science Research Consortium in the neurosciences.
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Post by Shymmex on Dec 24, 2015 20:56:22 GMT
Adetola Motunrayo
Adetola Motunrayo is the Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa. Migrated to Canada in 2001, took up a job offer on arrival in Brookfield as a Family Physician and later became the Senior Medical Office in Charge of Brookfield- Bonnews hospital. He is a certificant of the College of Family Physician in Canada and recently became Fellow of the College of Family Physician of Canada.
He has additional qualifications in Dermatology and Independent Medical Examination.
He moved to Ottawa in the summer of 2005 to start his solo family practice which has now
metamorphed into Zoemed Clinic in Ottawa. He is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Family
Medicine at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Medicine.
He is also an examiner for the College of Family Physician of Canada, Peer reviewer for the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario and has been the General Secretary of the Canadian Association of Nigerian Physicians and Dentists. He is also the CME director of that organisation.
He retains an active interests in what goes on in Nigeria, hence writes articles in the Nigeriaworld.com. He completed his undergraduate medical education in 1990 at the Ogun State University, now Olabisi Onabanjo University. After his national service in 1992, he began his post graduate education in Internal medicine at the Ogun State University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu and University College hospital, in Ibadan.
He later travelled to South Africa where he worked for 6 years and also completed his post graduate training in Family and Emergency Medicine at the University of Witwaterstrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. He worked as senior and then Principal Medical Officer at the hospitals in Klerksdorp and Pietersburg.
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Post by Shymmex on Dec 24, 2015 20:59:15 GMT
Professor Aderemi Kuku
 Professor Aderemi Kuku started his University teaching and research career in 1965 at the then University of Ife as an Assistant Lecturer in Mathematics and was promoted Lecturer in 1967. He moved to the University of Ibadan as a Lecturer in 1968 and rose through the ranks to become a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Ibadan in 1982. Professor Aderemi Kuku was Head Mathematics Department, University of Ibadan (1983-86) Dean, Post-Graduate School, University of Ibadan, (1986-90), and Foundation Chairman, Committee of Deans of Postgraduate Schools in Nigerian Universities (1986-90). He was Professor of Mathematics at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics, (ICTP), Trieste, Italy (a United Nations Research Centre in mathematics and Physics) 1995-2003. Professor Aderemi Kuku has been the William W.S. Clayton Endowed Professor of Mathematics at the Grambling State University, Grambling, Louisiana, USA. He was president of the African Mathematical Union for nine years 1986-1995. He is also the President of the African Academy of Sciences. Professor Kuku has rendered numerous academic and scientific services to Nigeria. Africa and the world. He has several visiting positions outside Nigeria some of which include: 1. Member, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ, USA 2003-2004. 2. Visiting Research Professor, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI), Berkeley, California, USA. Fall 1992, 2004. 3. Visiting Professor, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York,USA Spring Semester 1993. 4. Visiting Professor, Max-Planck Institute fur Mathematik, Bonn, Germany.
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Post by Shymmex on Dec 24, 2015 21:00:47 GMT
James Adedayo Oguntuase
 Currently in Italy, Nigerian born and soley Nigerian trained, James Adedayo Oguntuase earned his Ph.D. in 2001, but has published 18 papers in mathematics since 1998. This promises to be a stelar career. BSc.(Hons., 1987) Mathematics Ondo State University (Now University of Ado-Ekiti), Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria; MSc. (1992) Mathematics, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria; PGD Computer Science (2000) University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria Ph.D (2001) Mathematics Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria thesis: On weighted norm inequalities for a certain class of integral operators; Advisor: Christopher Olutunde Imoru
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Post by Shymmex on Dec 24, 2015 21:02:11 GMT
Adebisi Agboola
 Born: August 11, 1964 place: Ogbomoso, Nigeria B.A (Hons) Math University of Cambridge, England (1985); Certificate of Advanced Study in Math (with distinction) University of Cambridge, England (1986); M.A Math Columbia University (1988) Ph.D. Mathematics Columbia University (1991) Dissertation: Abelian Varieties and Galois Module Structure in Global Fields Advisor: Ted Chinburg area: Number Theory and Arithmetic Algebraic Geometry Full Professor of Mathematics at theUniversity of California at Santa Barbara After earning his Ph.D. from Columbia (thesis advisor Ted Chinburg), Dr. Agboola spent a year at MSRI in Berkeley. Currently he is an Associate Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara
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Post by Shymmex on Dec 24, 2015 21:03:54 GMT
Olusola Akinyele
 Born: May 11, 1944 birthplace: Ibadan, Nigeria B.S. (1968) Mathematics University of Ibadan Ph.D. (1971) Mathematics University of Ibadan thesis: Studies in Abstract Harmonic Analysis on Semigroups; advisor: Adegoke Olubummo Professor of Mathematics of Bowie State University Olusola Akinyele obtained a B.S. (Second Class Upper Division) degree in Mathematics on June 24 1968, and a Ph.D degree in Mathematics on June 26, 1971 both at the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. His thesis, Studies in Abstract Harmonic Analysis on Semigroups under the esteemed Nigerian Professor Adegoke Olubummo He is a chief representative of Nigeria's very strong school in ordinary differential equations. His recent interests are towards stability and boundedness of solutions to higher order equations. From ?-?, Dr. Akinyele was Professor in the Department of Mathematics, University of Ibadan; Ibadan, NIGERIA. Currently, he is in the U.S. at HBCU Bowie State College in Maryland.
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Post by Shymmex on Dec 24, 2015 21:05:41 GMT
George Olatokunbo Okikiolu
 Dr. George O. Okikiolu is the father of Katherine Okikiolu. The two of them are one of the few successful father-daughter researchers combinations in mathematics. He has published more papers, over two hundred, than any other Black Mathematician. His first paper appeared in 1967, and his Ph.D. was in 1972. In the late 1970s, Dr. George Okikiolu formed a company, Okikiolu Scientific and Industrial Organization, London which published his first book and publishes a journal, Bulletin of Mathematics. ResearchTo date he has published over 290 papers many, after the first 50, appear in his own journal, the Bulletin of Mathemmatics.
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Post by Shymmex on Dec 24, 2015 21:24:25 GMT
Ebenezer Adodo University of Surrey  BIOGRAPHY Ebenezer (Ben) joined the School of Law as a lecturer in April 2013, after a stint as a post-doctoral researcher at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore. He holds a visiting lectureship as module convenor of International Trade and Shipping Law (LLM International Business Law pathway) at the Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College London. He was called to the bar as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria on the 23rd of January 2001. He obtained his LLB and LLM degrees from the Obafemi Awolowo University Ife, LLM by research and PhD in law degrees from the National University of Singapore. At NUS, he was awarded full scholarships to pursue the programmes, along with the University President’s Graduate Fellowship. His doctoral thesis, the first in NUS Faculty of Law to secure a book contract from Oxford University Press UK in 40 years, was undertaken at the feet of Emeritus Professor Peter Ellinger and Professor Tan Yock Lin. The work was published in February 2014 under OUP's law practitioner titles, but a full electronic version is available by subscription on www.olrl.ouplaw.comRESEARCH INTERESTS Ben's primary areas of research are: Banking and international banking law, as well as the mechanics of syndicated bank loans agreements, inter-bank electronic funds transfers Modes of financing sale of goods contracts and other business transactions by means of performance bonds, documentary letters of credit, bills of exchange International Trade Strategies for construing contractual business documents Marine insurance and reinsurance Carriage of Goods by Sea contracts. Conflict of laws (private international law), including International commercial litigation He also takes a lively interest in questions of democracy, democratisation and human rights protection in Africa, including the vexed issue as to why the continent continue to walk barefooted despite having been endowed with the widest range and largest deposits of natural resources in the world.
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Post by Shymmex on Dec 24, 2015 21:25:18 GMT
Prof. Abiodun Alao Kings College London  Abiodun Alao is Professor of African Studies at King’s College London. He teaches on the ALC M.Sc. programmes and supervises Masters/PhD students. He is also the Chair of the Centre’s Examination Board. Abiodun holds a Bachelor’s in History and Masters in International Relations from the Universities of Ibadan and Ife respectively. He holds a Doctorate in War Studies from King’s College London where he was a Ford Foundation Doctoral Scholar and also held the SSRC-MacArthur Post-Doctoral Fellowship. Apart from extensive publications on African security issues, he has undertaken numerous assignments for international organisations, including the United Nations, African Union, European Union, World Bank, ECOWAS and for individual countries. In 2000, he was part of the team that undertook a comprehensive Threat Assessment for Rwanda after the genocide and between 2001 and 2002 he was among the Team of Academic Experts that advised the Office of the UN Secretary General on the Civil War in Sierra Leone. He co-authored the Concept Note for the Common Defence and Security Policy for the Africa Union in 2003 and also co-authored the first post-Civil War National Security Strategy Framework for Liberia. He was also a member of the King’s College London team that worked on the “Development of Donor Countries Effectiveness in Fragile States”. Previously, he held teaching and research position at the Obafemi Awolowo University Ile Ife, Nigeria and was a Visiting Research Associate at the University of Zimbabwe. He also holds a Visiting Professorship position at the Nigerian Defence Academy. Areas of Research Interests • Emerging Powers and Global Leadership • The Politics of Natural Resources Management • Religious Radicalisation and Political Violence • Politics, Security and International Relations in Africa
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Post by Shymmex on Dec 24, 2015 21:26:05 GMT
Prof Imran Oluwole Smith SOAS
He is the first Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) to get the job. An alumnus of the Hague Academy of International Law, Netherlands, he is a legal consultant and member, Council of Legal Education. He is a Professorial Research Associate, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK, and has been an Expert Witness on Nigerian Law before the High Court of Justice in England on several occasions. He is the author of many books cited by lawyers and the courts. A Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, UK, and the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN)
Professorial Research Associate
Name:Professor Imran Oluwole Smith
Address: SOAS, University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XGBuilding:Russell Square: College Buildings
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