Dr. Purity Ada Uchechukwu

Dr. Purity Ada Uchechukwu is a PROFESSOR in MODERN EUROPEAN LANGUAGES Department, Faculty Of Arts in Nnamdi Azikiwe University

Dr. Purity Ada Uchechukwu

Staff Profile

I was born in Lagos Mainland, Health Center, Apapa on the 6th of July 1971. I had my primary and secondary school education in Festac-Town, Lagos. After secondary school, left for Austria where I underwent in in-house training in Hospitality on Alpengasthof, Vomperberg and took professional certificate courses in Hospitality Management in Wirtschaftskammer, Schwaz, both in Tyrol, Austria. I moved to Innsbruck, where I began a brief sojourn at Leopold Franzens Universität, Innsbruck (University of Innsbruck), and wrote the German entrance examinations into the university while working at the same time in Holiday Inn, later Hilton Innsbruck. I gained admission to study translation, but decided to move to Germany for my studies. Moving to Germany, I gained admission in 2003 to study Romance linguistics at Otto-Friedrich Universität Bamberg, in Germany. I concluded my Masters in Iberian Romance Philology (Spanish/Italian) in 2007. In the same year, 2007, I began a PhD programme in the same university, and graduated in 2010 with Magna cum Laude in Romance studies and Linguistics. I eventually returned home to Nigeria in 2010 and got employed as a Spanish Lecturer in the Department of Modern European Languages, Faculty of Arts, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. I started as a Lecturer II, and moved steadily through the ranks to the level of an Associate Professor in 2019.

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Modern European Languages, Faculty Of Arts, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka.
Faculty/Unit:
FACULTY OF ARTS
Department/Sub-Unit:
MODERN EUROPEAN LANGUAGES

Academic Qualifications

Degrees / Basic Certificates
1Otto-FRiedrich University, Bamberg, Germany. (Doctor of Philosophy, January, 2012)
October, 2007 to February, 2010
PhD Romance Studies/Linguistics Romance Linguistics
2Otto-Friedrich University, Bamberg, Germany. (Master Degree, October, 2007)
October, 2003 to October, 2007
Dipl.-Rom.Univ Romanistik/Romance Studies
3Festac Girls' Secondary School. (SSCE, May, 1989)
December, 1983 to December, 1988
Statement Of Result

Relevant/Working Experience

1Head of Department, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
February, 2021 to January, 2022
2Head of Department, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
October, 2019 to February, 2021
3Ag. Head of Department, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
November, 2018 to October, 2019
4Chairman, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
October, 2018 to November, 2018
5Ag. Head of Department, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
November, 2017 to November, 2017
6Chairman, Conference of the Linguistics Association of Nigeria (CLAN)
November, 2015 to November, 2015
7Ag. Head of Department, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
June, 2015 to June, 2015
8Ag. Head of Department, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
December, 2014 to December, 2014
9Chairman, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
June, 2014 to October, 2019
10Chairman, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
October, 2012 to October, 2014
11Examination officer. Department of Modern European Languages, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
October, 2010 to February, 2019

Creative Output

Books
1Uchechukwu Purity Ada. (2011, February) A Corpus-Based Analysis Of Igbo And Spanish Copula Verbs Edumail Publications, includes CD of Corpus data, pp 1-246
Book Chapters
1Chinedu Uchechukwu, Purity Ada Uchechukwu. (2022, September) Is the Igbo Language Dying? Agunze Chib Ikokwu Foundation, pp 93-117
2Uchechukwu Purity Ada. (2022, December) Linguistic Cohabitation of Spanish and English in the United States Emerging Trends in The English Language And Literary Studies In Post Covid 19 Nigeria: A Festschrift for Jane Ifechelobi, published, pp 139-147
3Uchechukwu Purity Ada. (2020, February) Contradictions in the Feminine Ideologies of the Spanish Falange: an Analysis Perpetual Prints, pp 147-153
4Uchechukwu Purity Ada. (2014, September) La situación del español en Nigeria Libros de la Catarata, Casa África,, pp 481-492
5Uchechukwu Purity Ada. (2012, September) Language Conflicts And Resolution In Spain: Lessons For Nigeria Orbit Communications Ltd., pp 41-53
6Uchechukwu Purity Ada. (2010, October) Language Expansion As A Globalization Process. The Hispanization Of The United States Nimo: Rex Charles & Patrick Ltd., The Humanities and Globalization in the 3rd Millenium, pp 655-662
7Uchechukwu Purity Ada. (2009, September) How Democracy Furthers a Language: the Catalan Example Rex Charles & Patrick Ltd.
Journal Articles
1Uchechukwu Purity Ada. (2023, April), ". An Analysis of ‘(Pre)parados’, ‘Mileurista’, ‘Ni-ni’ as used to describe the Young Unemployed in Spain.", KIU Interdisciplinary Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol. 4, (Issue 1), pp 277-289
2Uchechukwu Purity Ada. (2021, August), "Learning Spanish Online during the Lockdown in Nigeria: Challenges and Prospects", NATOG, Vol. 7, pp 37-54
3Uchechukwu Purity Ada. (2021, June), "LA PENÍNSULA IBÉRICA BAJO EL REINO MUSULMÁN (SIGLOS VIII-XI): UN ANÁLISIS HISTÓRICO", Journal of Modern European Languages and Literatures (JMEL), Vol. 14, pp 72-83
4Uchechukwu Purity Ada. (2019, July), "Is Spanish As A Heritage Language In The US Endangered?", The International Journal of Humanities & Social Studies, Vol. 7, (Issue 7), pp 425-432
5Uchechukwu Purity Ada. (2019, February), "A Proposal For Afro-Hispanic Peoples And Culture As General Studies Course In African Universities", Humanities, Vol. 8, pp 2-11
6Uchechukwu Purity Ada. (2016, September), "Lenguas Españolas, Lenguas Oficiales Y Lenguas Cooficiales: ¿una Cuestión De Denominación?", Journal of Modern European Languages and Literatures (JMEL), Vol. 7, pp 115-124
7Uchechukwu Purity Ada. (2016, August), "Afro-Hispanics And Self-Identity: The Gods To The Rescue?", Ogirisi. A New Journal of African Studies, Vol. 12, (Issue 3), pp 319-338
8Uchechukwu Purity Ada. (2016, March), "Spanish In Sub-Saharan Africa: Whither Nigeria?", UJAH: Unizik Journal of Arts and Humanities., Vol. 17, (Issue 3), pp 300-323
9Uchechukwu Purity Ada. (2015, June), "The Prototypical Igbo Copula Verb", Igbo Language Studies Series, Vol. 1, pp 47-62
10Uchechukwu Purity Ada. (2014, July), "Equivalentes Españoles De Unos Sufijos Extensionales En Igbo", Journal of Modern European Languages and Literatures (JMEL), Vol. 2, pp 13-26
11Uchechukwu Purity Ada. (2014, August), "LA GLOBALIZACIÓN Y EL ESPAÑOL EN LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS COMO SEÑA DE IDENTIDAD AMERICANA", index comunicación, Vol. 2, (Issue 4), pp 181-191
12Uchechukwu Purity Ada. (2014, September), "La globalización y el español en Estados Unidos como seña de identidad americana", index l comunicación, Vol. 4, (Issue 2), pp 181-191
13Uchechukwu Purity Ada. (2013, August), "Does Spanish Pose A Real Threat To American Identity?", The Creative Artist. A Journal of Theatre and Media Studies, Vol. 7, (Issue 2), pp 64-79
14Uchechukwu Purity Ada. (2011, March), "Spanish In The United States As An Example Of The Interaction Between Language, Politics And Ethnicity", UJAH: Unizik Journal of Arts and Humanities, Vol. 10, (Issue 1), pp 158-172
15Uchechukwu Purity Ada. (2011, January), "Spanish-English False Friends: Possible Problems For The Nigerian Learner Of Spanish As A Foreign Language", UJAH, Vol. 12, (Issue 1), pp 84-95
16Uchechukwu Purity Ada. (2011, October), "Some Igbo Extensional Suffixes And Their Spanish Equivalents", Igbo Language Studies Series, Vol. 4, pp 141-161, The Extensional Suffix in Igbo
17Uchechukwu Purity Ada. (2011, August), "The Transitivity of Psych Verbs In Spanish And Igbo", Igbo Language Studies Series 5, Vol. 5, pp 175-193
18Uchechukwu Purity Ada. (2011, October), "The Realization Of The Igbo Preposition ‘a’ In Spanish", Igbo Language Studies Series, Vol. 1, pp 124-135
19Uchechukwu Purity Ada. (2010, January), "Can The Spanish Diccionario Panhispánico De Dudas Serve As A Model For A Cross Dialectal Igbo Dictionary?", Nsukka Journal of African Languages and Linguistics, Vol. 5, pp 145-154, Volumes 5 & 6. 2009-2010
20Uchechukwu Purity Ada. (2009, May), "Das Diccionario panhispánico de dudas: Ein methodisches Vorbild für ein überdialektales Igbo-Wörterbuch?", NATOG, Vol. 5, pp 98-121
Other Relevant Publications
1Uchechukwu Purity Ada. "WESTERN SAHARA: NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECONOMY", (Others, 2016 March)
2Uchechukwu Purity Ada. "The Role of Latin America and the Caribbean in the Struggle for the Decolonization of Western Sahara: A Decolonial Perspective", (Others, 2016 March)

Academic Leadership Qualities

Supervisions
1"La nominalisation en francais, espagnol et izon: une analyse comparee" (2018). Completed Masters project by Tabugbo Adaugo Promise 2015066002F
2"Compounding in Igbo, Spanish and Yoruba Verbs" (2021). Ongoing Masters project by Ewurum Chioma Valerie 2017056006F
3"Phonological Interference in Pronouncing Spanish Sounds by Igbo Native Speakers" (2022). Ongoing Masters project by Ikwuagwu Esther 2016056003F
4"A Comparison of Aspect in Spanish and Igbo" (2022). Ongoing Masters project by Ekwelundu Chioma Celestina 201805600IF
5"A Comparative Study of Igbo and Spanish Verbal Inflexional Affixes" (2022). Ongoing Masters project by Smart Princess Favour 2017056004F
6"A Contrastive Analysis of English and Spanish Copula Verbs" (2022). Ongoing Masters project by Odogu Ugonna Vera
Grants
1Collaborator: "Learning about Ndi igbo" (July, 2021 to September, 2022). Completed sponsored grant by Agunze Chib Ikokwu Foundation (ACIF)
2Collaborator: "Spanish Scholarship University of La Rioja" (October, 2016 to June, 2017). Completed sponsored grant by Mujeres por Africa
3Collaborator: "La enseñanza del español en África subsahariana" (February, 2012). Completed sponsored grant by Spanish Embassy, Accra
Editorships
1Editor, "Journal of Modern European Languages and Literatures (JMEL)" (June, 2021)
2Editor, "Journal of Modern European Languages and Literatures (JMEL)" (November, 2021)
3Editor, "Journal of Modern European Languages and Literatures (JMEL)" (June, 2021)
4Editor, "Journal of Modern European Languages and Literatures (JMEL)" (October, 2021)
5Editor, "Journal of Modern European Languages and Literatures (JMEL)" (June, 2021)
6Editor, "Journal of Modern European Languages and Literatures (JMEL)" (July, 2020)
7Editor, "Journal of Modern European Languages and Literatures (JMEL)" (July, 2020)
8Editor, "Journal of Modern European Languages and Literatures (JMEL)" (July, 2020)
9Editor, "The Humanities and National Identity" (October, 2013)
10Editor, "The Humanities and National Identity. Faculty of Arts Conference Proceedings" (October, 2013)
Reviewerships
1Reviewer, ""The Mexican threat: the construction of a new enemy. A brief analysis of Samuel Huntington´s representation of Mexican immigration to the United States."" (January, 2022)
2Reviewer, ""Language and Identity"" (May, 2022)
3Reviewer, ""The Mexican threat: the construction of a new enemy. A brief analysis of Samuel Huntington´s representation of Mexican immigration to the United States."" (February, 2022)
Contributions to the University/Society
1Collation Officer, "INEC" (February, 2019 to February, 2019)
2Chairman, Media and Logistics, "Faculty of Arts Alumni Grand Homecoming" (February, 2018 to April, 2018)
3Correspondent, "Fundación Duques de Soria de Ciencia y Cultura Hispánica" (December, 2018)
4Deputy Director, "Centre for Arts, Culture and the Humanities" (December, 2018 to February, 2019)
5Member, "Faculty of Arts Direct Teaching and Laboratory Cost (DTLC) Committee" (March, 2015 to March, 2016)
6Faculty of Arts ICT Officer, "Nnamdi Azikiwe University ICT Officers" (February, 2014 to February, 2019)
7Secretary, "Faculty of Arts Academic Promotion Committee" (November, 2010 to November, 2012)
8Coordinator, "Nnamdi Azikiwe University UMITT Training" (May, 2010 to May, 2015)

Membership of Professional/Relevant Bodies

1Professional Member, "American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese" (member since 2019), https://www.aatsp.org/login.aspx
2Research Member, "Corresponsal del Observatorio Permanente del Hispanismo (OPH)" (member since 2018), https://ophispanismo.com/observatorio/
3Professional Member, "Linguistic Association of Nigeria (LAN)" (member since 2010), https://lan.org.ng/

Relevant Events Attended

Conferences
1"International Conference of the Nigerian Association of Teachers of German (NATOG)", (Department of Modern European Languages/NATOG), 14th July, 2021 to 15th July, 2021; Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka/Virtual
2"VI International Conference on Afro-Hispanic, Luso-Brazilian & Latin American Studies (ICALLAS)", (School of Languages, University of Ghana), 28th July, 2018 to 28th July, 2018; University of Legon, Ghana
3"American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP)Centenary Conference", (AATSP), 25th June, 2018 to 28th June, 2018; University of Salamanca, Spain
4"Emerging Trends in Language and Literary Studies", (Department of English Language and Literatures, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka), 7th June, 2016 to 11th June, 2016; Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
5"Humanities and Human Development", (Faculty of Arts), 4th May, 2016 to 7th May, 2016; Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
6"Aspects of Igbo Lexicography", (Chinedu Uchechukwu), 23rd November, 2015 to 24th November, 2015; Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
7"Conference of the Linguistic Association of Nigeria", (Linguistic Association of Nigeria), 2nd November, 2015 to 6th November, 2015; Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
8"The Humanities and African Values", (Faculty of Arts Conference), 18th June, 2015 to 20th June, 2015; Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
9"Tone in Igbo", (Chinedu Uchechukwu), 24th November, 2014 to 26th November, 2014; Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
10"Humanities, Quality Control, Policy Implementation and Nation Building", (Faculty of Arts Conference), 14th May, 2014 to 17th May, 2014; Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
11"International Congress of African Women Hispanists “Ñ”", (Mujeres por Africa), 29th April, 2014 to 30th April, 2014; Université Félix Houphouet Boigny de Cocody, IvoryCoast
12"The Humanities and National Identity: Ethnicity, Security and Social Stability", (Faculty of Arts Conference), 1st May, 2013 to 4th May, 2013; Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
13"The Transitivity Problem of the Igbo Verb", (Chinedu Uchechukwu), 28th November, 2011 to 29th November, 2011; Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
14"Igbo Extensional Suffixes", (Chinedu Uchechukwu), 2nd December, 2010 to 2nd December, 2010; Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
15"23rd Annual Conference of Linguistic Association of Nigeria (CLAN)", (Linguistic Association of Nigeria), 29th November, 2010 to 3rd December, 2010; University of Portharcourt, Rivers state
16"The Humanities and Globalization in the 3rd Millennium", (Faculty of Arts Conference), 6th May, 2010 to 9th May, 2010; Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
17"Ten Years of Democracy in Nigeria", (Faculty of Arts Conference), 6th May, 2009 to 9th May, 2009; Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
Workshops
1"REUNIÓN CORRESPONSALES OPH", (Fundacion Duque de Soria, Espana), 21st December, 2023 to 21st December, 2023; Teams
2"OBSERVATORIO PERMANENTE DEL HISPANISMO (OPH) REUNIÓN DE CORRESPONSALÍAS", (Fundacion Duque de Soria, Espana), 23rd March, 2023 to 23rd March, 2023; Teams
3"Lo que el tsunami digital no debería barrer", (Editorial Difusion), 8th April, 2021 to 8th April, 2021; Webinar
4"Aprendizaje significativo en el aula de ELE (I)", (University of Salamanca/Instituto Cervantes), 1st August, 2016 to 5th August, 2016; Salamanca, Spain
5"Spanish Language and Culture Workshop (II)", (NUC and Spanish Embassy, Abuja), 18th June, 2012 to 13th July, 2012; NUC, Abuja
6"Spanish Language and Culture Workshop (I)", (NUC and Spanish Embassy, Abuja), 31st May, 2010 to 25th June, 2010; NUC, Abuja
7"Readings on the Igbo Preposition", (Chinedu Uchechukwu), 1st December, 2009 to 2nd December, 2009; Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
Seminars
1""¿DELE O SIELE? Debate sobre la evaluación certificativa en español"", (Editorial Edinumen), 17th January, 2024 to 17th January, 2024; zoom
2"The Nigerian Open Science Symposium", (Eko Connect), 1st September, 2021 to 2nd September, 2021; zoom
Webinars
1""Publishing Ethics"", (Taylor & Francis Group), 23rd February, 2022 to 23rd February, 2022; zoom
2"¿Qué hago con los textos mapeados de Aula internacional Plus?", (Editorial Difusión), 16th February, 2022 to 16th February, 2022; zoom
3"Publishing Your Research Open Access", (Taylor & Francis Group), 19th January, 2022 to 19th January, 2022; zoom
4"Get your paper published: The 5 mistakes to avoid", (TRESS ACADEMIC), 18th January, 2022 to 18th January, 2022; zoom
5"CARLA Presentation: Acquisition of Discourse Markers and Fillers in L2 Spanish and Their Usage in Spontaneous Conversation", (CARLA - Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition), 28th October, 2021 to 28th October, 2021; zoom
6"La gramática indispensable para tus clases", (Editorial Difusión), 27th October, 2021 to 27th October, 2021; zoom
7"Las claves del DELE: ¿cómo superar el examen con éxito?", (Editorial Difusión), 29th September, 2021 to 29th September, 2021; zoom
8"Los 5 sentidos de la cultura", (Klett World Languages), 23rd September, 2021 to 23rd September, 2021; zoom
9"“Los 5 sentidos de la Cultura. Ideas para el mes de la Herencia Hispana.”", (Klett World languages), 23rd September, 2021 to 23rd September, 2021; Online
Other Events
1"Conference Of The Nigerian Association Of Teachers Of German (NATOG)", (Department of Modern European Languages and NATOG), 14th July, 2021 to 15th July, 2021; Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
2"The Preposition In Igbo", (Igbo Language Symposium), 1st December, 2019 to 1st December, 2019; Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
3"International Conference On Afro-Hispanic, Luso-Brazilian & Latin American Studies (ICALLAS)", (School of Languages, University of Ghana), 7th August, 2018 to 10th August, 2018; University of Ghana, Legon
4"Centenary Conference Of The American Association Of Teachers Of Spanish And Portuguese (AATSP)", (American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP)), 25th June, 2018 to 28th June, 2018; Salamanca, Spain
5"Issues In The Teaching And Learning Of The Igbo Language", (Igbo Language Symposium), 28th November, 2016 to 28th November, 2016; Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
6"Aprendizaje Significativo En El Aula De ELE (I)", (Universidad de Salamanca and Instituto Cervantes), 31st August, 2016 to 31st August, 2016; University of Salamanca, Spain
7"Emerging Trends In Language And Literary Studies", (Department of English and Literary Studies), 7th June, 2016 to 11th June, 2016; Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
8"Aspects Of Igbo Lexicography", (Igbo Language Symposium), 23rd November, 2015 to 24th November, 2015; Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
9"The Humanities And African Values", (Faculty of Arts Conference), 18th June, 2015 to 20th June, 2015; Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
10"The Humanities, Quality Control, Policy Implementation And Nation Building", (Faculty of Arts Conference), 14th May, 2014 to 17th May, 2014; Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
11"International Congress Of International Congress Of African Women Hispanists “Ñ”African Women Hispanists “Ñ”", (Women for Africa Foundation - Fundación Mujeres por África), 29th March, 2014 to 30th March, 2014; Université Félix Houphouet Boigny de Cocody, IvoryCoast
12"The Humanities And National Identity: Ethnicity, Security And Social Stability", (Faculty of Arts Conference), 1st May, 2013 to 4th May, 2013; Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
13"The Classification Of Igbo Verbs", (Igbo Language Symposium), 26th November, 2012 to 27th November, 2012; Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
14"Spanish Language And Culture (II)", (NUC and Spanish Embassy, Abuja), 18th June, 2012 to 13th July, 2012; NUC, Abuja
15"The Transitivity Problem Of The Igbo Verb", (Igbo Language Symposium), 28th November, 2011 to 29th November, 2011; Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
16"Extensional Suffixes And Clitics In Igbo", (Igbo Language Symposium), 2nd December, 2010 to 2nd December, 2010; Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
17"23rd Annual Conference Of Linguistic Association Of Nigeria (CLAN)", (Linguistic Association of Nigeria), 29th November, 2010 to 3rd December, 2010; University of Port Harcourt
18"Spanish Language And Culture Workshop (I)", (NUC and Spanish Embassy, Abuja), 31st May, 2010 to 25th June, 2010; NUC, Abuja
19"The Humanities And Globalization In The 3rd Millenium", (Faculty of Arts Conference), 6th May, 2010 to 9th May, 2021; Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
20"Ten Years Of Democracy In Nigeria", (Faculty of Arts Conference), 6th May, 2009 to 9th May, 2009; Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka