Dr. Adaobi Olivia Ihueze
Dr. Adaobi Olivia Ihueze is a LECTURER I in ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE Department, Faculty Of Arts in Nnamdi Azikiwe University
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Staff Profile
I, Adaobi Olivia Ihueze is from Umuohi Ihembosi in Ekwusigo of Anambra State of Nigeria. I have a PhD in English (Literary Studies) in 2017, MA in English (Literary Studies) in 2011 from Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka and BA (ED) in 2003 from Imo State University, Owerri. My area of specialization is Gender Studies and African Literature.
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Address: | English Language And Literature, Faculty Of Arts, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. |
Faculty/Unit: | FACULTY OF ARTS |
Department/Sub-Unit: | ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE |
Social Profiles
Interest Areas
Academic Qualifications
| Degrees / Basic Certificates | |
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| 1 | Nnamdi Azikiwe University,Awka. (Doctor of Philosophy, December, 2017) October, 2012 to December, 2017 Ph.D English Language & Literature/Literary Studies |
| 2 | Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. (Master Degree, September, 2011) October, 2008 to September, 2011 M.A English Language & Literature/Literary Studies |
| 3 | Imo State University, Owerri. (Bachelor Degree, September, 2003) October, 2000 to September, 2003 B.A.(ED) Education / English |
| 4 | College Education Eha-Amfu. (NCE, December, 1991) October, 1988 to June, 1991 NCE Library Science/English Languge |
| 5 | Ideke Girls' Secondary School, Odekpe. (SSCE, June, 1986) September, 1982 to June, 1986 WASC |
Relevant/Working Experience
| 1 | CEP Coordinator, Department of English and Literature, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka February, 2024 to Present |
Creative Output
| Book Chapters | |
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| 1 | Adaobi Olivia Ihueze. (2023, March) Drama and Literary Appreciation Patrobas Nigeria Limited, pp 211 - 224 |
| 2 | Adaobi Olivia Ihueze. (2022, May) The Fate of Nigerian Women in Armed Conflict Situations: An Appraisal of Adichie and Agbasimalo's Novels Igi Global, pp 387-395 |
| 3 | Adaobi Ihueze. (2022, December) Trauma behind Closed Doors in While Men Slept Chukazlive Press, pp 312 -317 |
| 4 | Adaobi Olivia Ihueze. (2021, July) Literary Devices And Figurative Language In Fundamental English For Communicative Purposes Fab Educational Books, pp 211 - 224 |
| 5 | Adaobi Olivia Ihueze. (2021, May) Tears of Blood (A Short Story) NJPSS, Vol. -1, (Issue -1), pp 21-25 |
| 6 | Adaobi Olivia Ihueze. (2021, July) Drama and Literary Appreciation FAB Educational Books, pp 220-234 |
| Journal Articles | |
| 1 | Adaobi Olivia Ihueze, Okoronkwo Ezinne Jimia and Ike Chidimma Blessing. (2025, March), "Monstrous Women or Victims of Patriarchy? A Theoretical Exploration of Female Monstrosity in My Sister, the Serial Killer and Woman at Point Zero", Advanced Educational Research & Reviews, Vol. 2, (Issue 1), pp 23 - 28 |
| 2 | Adaobi Olivia Ihueze, Ebele Peace Okpala. (2025, April), "Childlessness in Ifeoma Odinye's My African China: A Turn around", Archives of Humanities and Social Sciences Research, Vol. 2, (Issue 2), pp 1 - 6 |
| 3 | Adaobi Olivia Ihueze, Ike Chidimma Blessing. (2024, June), "Child Narration and Trauma in Ahmadou Kourouma’s Allah is NotObliged andUzodinma Iweala’s Beasts of No Nation", Journal of Literary Society of Nigeria, (Issue 14), pp 157-167 |
| 4 | Adaobi Olivia Ihueze. (2024, January), "Unveiling the Veiled Struggles: Gender, Marriage, and Prostitution in On Black Sisters' Street", Nnadiebube Journal of Gender Studies, Vol. 1, (Issue 1), pp 40 - 48 |
| 5 | Adaobi Olivia Ihueze, Ngozi Jacinta Ozoh. (2024, April), "Jane Eyre’s Enduring Resilience: A Bridge between the 19th Century and Modern Women", Archives of Humanities and Social Sciences Research, Vol. 1, (Issue 2), pp 1 - 5 |
| 6 | Adaobi Olivia Ihueze, Ike, Chidimma Blessing. (2024, June), "Interwoven Dynamics of Family and Society in Ikechukwu Ezema's The Reward", Journal of Innovative Research in Management and Humanities, Vol. 5, (Issue 1), pp 86-199 |
| 7 | Adaobi Olivia Ihueze, Grace Nweke. (2024, August), "Images of Subjugation and Echoes of Resistance in Selected Poems of Agostinho Neto", NIGERIAN JOURNAL OF AFRICAN STUDIES (NJAS), Vol. 6, (Issue 1), pp 67-75 |
| 8 | Adaobi Olivia Ihueze, Ike Chidimma Blessing. (2024, July), "The Knife: A Psychoanalytic Exploration of Toxic Inheritance in My Sister, the Serial Killer", International Journal on Studies in English Language and Literature (IJSELL), Vol. 12, (Issue 7), pp 1 - 6 |
| 9 | Ihueze Adaobi Olivia, Obi Ifeoma D.. (2024, August), "INJUSTICE IN THE SHADOWS: EXPLORING THE IMPACTS OF CORRUPTION ON MARGINALISED COMMUNITIES IN UCHE NNYAGU’S AT THE CENTRE OF NO-MAN’S-LAND", International Journal of Literature, Language and Linguistics, Vol. 7, (Issue 3), pp 1-7 |
| 10 | Ihueze Adaobi Olivia,Uche Nnyagu, Udoh Chinwe. (2024, September), "NARRATOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF IGBO FOLKLORIC DISCOURSE: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL ENCODING IN SELECTED IGBO TALES", African Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Research, Vol. 7, (Issue 3), pp 297-305 |
| 11 | Adaobi Olivia Ihueze, Okoronkwo Ezinne Jimia. (2024, November), "UNCAGED VOICES: MAYA ANGELOU'S EXPLORATION OF INTERSECTIONALITY IN I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SING", Nigerian Journal of Arts and Humanities (NJAH), Vol. 4, (Issue 3), pp 99-105 |
| 12 | Adaobi Olivia Ihueze, Okoronkwo Ezinne Jimia. (2024, December), "BREAKING FREE: FEMALE EMPOWERMENT AND STRUGGLE AGAINST PATRIARCHY IN BUCHI EMECHETA'S HEAD ABOVE WATER AND SECOND CLASS CITIZEN", ESTAGA: JOURNAL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERARY STUDIES, Vol. 1, (Issue 2), pp 1-23 |
| 13 | Adaobi Olivia Ihueze, Okoronkwo Ezinne Jimia. (2024, December), "Women against Fundamentslism: The Journey of Zoya in the Struggle for the Afghan women's Freedom", Journal of Innovative Reseach in Management and Humanities, Vol. -5, (Issue 2), pp 266 - 279 |
| 14 | Adaobi Olivia Ihueze, Chidimma Blessing Nneka Ike. (2023, December), "Deciphering Humanity's Shadow: Symbolic Depiction of Decadence in Oyinka Braithwait's My Sister, the Serial Killer", Quest Journals: Journal Humanities and Social Science, Vol. 11, (Issue 12), pp 121 - 127 |
| 15 | Adaobi Olivia Ihueze, Ijeoma Anyachebelu. (2023, January), "The Pain Behind The Veil In Ann Iwuagwu’s Arrow Of Destiny", Quest Journal of Research in Humanities and Social Science, Vol. 11, (Issue 1), pp 595 - 599 |
| 16 | Adaobi Olivia Ihueze, Ike Chidimma Blessing. (2023, September), "AN IN-DEPTH EXPLORATION OF VENGEANCE AND ITS IMPACT IN CHIMAMANDA ADICHIE'S PURPLE HIBISCUS", Nnadiebube Journal of Languages and Literatures, Vol. 1, (Issue 1), pp 71 - 82 |
| 17 | Adaobi Olivia Ihueze, Ike Chidimma Blessing. (2023, November), "Trauma and its antisocial effects: A comparative analysis of contemporary African fiction", Journal of Research in English, Vol. 5, (Issue 2), pp 301- 309 |
| 18 | Adaobi Olivia Ihueze, Ebele Peace Okpala. (2023, February), "Fanning the Embers of Slavery: Human Trafficking in Tamara and Pain in the Neck", The Criterion: An International Journal of English, Vol. 4, (Issue 1), pp 127 - 138 |
| 19 | Adaobi Olivia Ihueze, Ngozi Jacinta Ozoh, Ebele Peace Okpala. (2021, February), "Women And Power In Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo's Last Of The Strong Ones", The Criterion: An International Journal in English, Vol. 12, (Issue 1), pp 309 -318 |
| 20 | Adaobi Olivia Ihueze, Ebele Peace Okpala, Ngozi Jacinta Ozoh. (2021, August), "Unearthing the Exploits of Matriarchy in Ifeoma Okoye's The New Business Woman", LIWURAM: Journal of the Humanities, Vol. -22, (Issue -1), pp 71-78 |
| 21 | Adaobi Olivia Ihueze, Ngozi Jacinta Ozoh. (2021, January), "ENTANGLED WEB OF WOMEN’S RESILIENCE: A STUDY OF SECOND CLASS CITIZEN BY BUCHI EMECHETA", INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL OF AFRICAN & ASIAN STUDIES (IJAAS), Vol. -7, (Issue -2), pp 144-150 |
| 22 | Ihueze A.O.,Ozoh N.J.,Okpala E.P.,. (2020, April), "Individual As a Victim of The Society In Ngozi Chuma -Ude's Teachers on Strike", Awka Journal of English Language and Literary Studies, Vol. 7, (Issue 1), pp 177 -193 |
| 23 | Adaobi Olivia Ihueze, Ngozi Jacinta Ozoh,. (2019, February), "Re-reading Chimamanda Adichie's Americanah And Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo's Trafficked: The Vision Of The Writers In Social Reformation And Nation Building", International of English Research, Vol. 5, (Issue 2), pp 24 -30 |
| 24 | Adaobi Olivia Ihueze. (2019, March), "Breaking The Silence: An Appraisal Of Some Nigerian Female War Writers", Interdisplinary Journal of African & Asian Studies, Vol. 5, (Issue 2), pp 1-17 |
| 25 | Adaobi Olivia Ihueze. (2018, February), "The African Immigrant's Tales In A Thing Around Your Neck And Americanah", Creatve Artist: A Journal of Theatre and Film Studies, Vol. 12, (Issue 2), pp 83 - 101 |
| 26 | Adaobi Olivia Ihueze, Tracie Chima Utoh-Ezeajugh, Ngozi Jacinta Ozoh. (2018, September), "The Writers' Tools: Literary Techniques In Half Of A Yellow Sun, Roses And Bullets,and Dsetination Biafra", International of English Research, Vol. 4, (Issue 5), pp 12-21 |
| 27 | Adaobi Olivia Ihueze. (2016, July), "Women And Violent Conflicts In Destination Biafra,Half Of A Yellow Sun And Roses And Bullets", Creatve Artist: A Journal of Theatre and Film Studies, Vol. 10, (Issue 2), pp 1 -22 |
| 28 | Adaobi Olivia Ihueze, Rems Umeasiegbu. (2015, March), "Proverb Usage In African Literature", International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention, Vol. 4, (Issue 3), pp 30-35 |
| 29 | Olivia Adaobi Ihueze. (2015, April), "Folklore In Literature: A Tool For Culture Preservation And Entertainment", International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention, Vol. 4, (Issue 4), pp 57- 61 |
| 30 | Ihueze Adaobi Olivia. (2013, March), "Incorporation Of Proverbs In Literature", International Journal of English Language and Literature Studies, Vol. 2, (Issue 1), pp 62-69 |
Academic Leadership Qualities
| Supervisions | |
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| 1 | "Child Narration and Trauma in Selected African Novels" (2024). Completed Masters project by Amuche Grace Nweke; Reg No. 202002611P. |
| Editorships | |
| 1 | Editor, "Journal of Innovative Research in Management and Humanities" (March, 2023) |
| 2 | Editor, "Awka Journal of English Language and Literary Studies (AJELLS)" (July, 2021) |
| Reviewerships | |
| 1 | Reviewer, "Awka Journal of English Language and Literary Studies" (July, 2023) |
| 2 | Reviewer, "International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovations Society" (July, 2023) |
| 3 | Reviewer, "International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS)" (January, 2023) |
| Examinerships | |
| 1 | Examiner, "Masters Defence" (October, 2020 to April, 2024). Completed Internal-Internal Exam |
| 2 | Examiner, "Masters Defence" (October, 2010 to September, 2024). Completed Internal-Internal Exam |
| Contributions to the University/Society | |
| 1 | CEP Coordinator, "Department of English Language and Literature, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka" (February, 2024) |
| 2 | Member, "Faculty of Arts Grants, International Cooperation and Linkage Committee" (June, 2023) |
| 3 | Secretary, Departmental Board, "Department of English and Literature" (May, 2023) |
| 4 | CEP Committee, "Department of English and Literature" (May, 2023) |
| 5 | Member, Continuing Education Programme, "Department of English and Literature" (May, 2023) |
| 6 | Member, Committee on Linkages /Research on Law and Literature, "Department of English and Literature" (May, 2023) |
| 7 | Secretary, Departmental Board, "Department of English and Literature" (February, 2022 to May, 2023) |
| 8 | Member, Results Committee, "Department of English and Literature" (May, 2022 to May, 2023) |
| 9 | Member, CEP Committee, "Department of English and Literature" (May, 2022 to May, 2023) |
| 10 | Academic Adviser, Regular, "Department of English and Literature" (May, 2022 to May, 2025) |
| 11 | Secretary, "Department of English and Literature" (January, 2020 to February, 2022) |
Membership of Professional/Relevant Bodies
| 1 | Full Member, "Association for the Promotion of African Studies (APAS)" - 260 (member since 2024), https://www apas.africa |
| 2 | Full Member, "Literary Society of Nigeria" - 282 (member since 2020), https://twitter.com/litsocietynig |
| 3 | Full Member, "Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria" - AN/S/07955 (member since 2007), https://trcn.gov.ng/ |
Relevant Events Attended
| Conferences | |
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| 1 | "2025 International Conference on Migration and Sustainable Development: Problems and Prospects", (Centre of Excellence in Migration and Global Studies, National Open University and TETFUND), 11th February, 2025 to 12th February, 2025; Abuja |
| 2 | "The first Professor Akachi Ezeigbo International Conference on Gender", (Centre for Gender Studies (CGS) in collaboration with Centre for Migration Studies (CMS)), 17th October, 2024 to 18th October, 2024; Awka |
| 3 | "2nd Biennial Conference of the Nigerian Academy of Letters", (Nigerian Academy of Letters), 18th June, 2024 to 21st June, 2024; Awka |
| 4 | "2024 APAS 8th International Conference", (The Association for the Promotion of African Studies), 22nd May, 2024 to 25th May, 2024; Abuja |
| 5 | "CMS NAU 1st International Conference, 2024 – “NIGERIA AND MIGRATION TODAY: THE DIVERSE STRATEGIES OF STATE AND NON-STATE ACTORS”", (Center for Migration Studies, Nnamdi Azikiiwe University, Awka), 2nd February, 2024 to 2nd February, 2024; Awka |
| 6 | "2023 International Conference - Arts and Arts of Nation Building.", (Faculty of Arts, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka.), 19th October, 2023 to 20th October, 2023; Awka |
| 7 | "Celebrating The Diversity Of African Literature", (Literary Society of Nigerian(LSN) in Conjunction with the Department of English, University of Benin, Benin City), 17th March, 2020 to 20th March, 2020; Benin |
| 8 | "Humanities And Leadership In Africa", (FACULTY OF ARTS, NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY, AWKA), 25th October, 2019 to 26th October, 2019; Awka |
| 9 | "Emerging Trends In Language And Literary Studies", (Department of English Language and Literature, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka), 7th June, 2016 to 11th June, 2016; AWKA |
| 10 | "INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HUMANITIES QUALITY CONTROL, POLICY IMPLEMEMTATION AND NATION BUILDING", (FACULTY OF ARTS, NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY, AWKA), 14th May, 2014 to 17th May, 2014; AWKA |
| Workshops | |
| 1 | "Quality Assurance: An Index of Academic Exceptionalism", (Faculty of Agriculture, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka), 18th October, 2023 to 18th October, 2023; Awka |
| 2 | "Faculty Improvement Programme on Mobile Assisted English Language Learning and Teaching", (British Council), 31st January, 2023 to 31st January, 2023; Zoom |
| Other Events | |
| 1 | "Training Programme For Core Subject Teachers(Application Of Modern Teaching Methods For Improved Students Learning Outcomes)", (Anambra State Education Programme Investment Project (World Bank Assisted)), 9th April, 2018 to 13th April, 2018; AWKA |
| 2 | "Training Programme For Core Subject Teachers", (Anambra State Education Programme Investment Project (World Bank Assisted)), 8th August, 2016 to 12th August, 2016; AWKA |
| 3 | "CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMME FOR JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS UNDER THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL PROJECT", (NATIONAL TEACHERS' INSTITUTE kADUNA,NIGERIA), 20th December, 2012 to 29th December, 2012; kADUNA |
| 4 | "Regional Serminar On Grassroot Mobilization Of Nigerian Women Through Effective Co-Ordination, Management And Implementation Of Government Programmes And Policies", (University of Port Harcourt, College of Continuing Education in Collaboration with Universal Development & Educational Research Centre), 21st July, 2000 to 21st July, 2000; Port Harcourt |