Prof. Francis Egbokhare
Prof. Francis Egbokhare
Guest Speaker, Pre Colloquium
Guest Speaker, Pre Colloquium
Prof. Francis Egbokhare
Francis Egbokhare has been a full professor of Linguistics at the University of Ibadan since 1999. He is a versatile scholar who has distinguished himself in many fields and endeavours, locally and internationally. Professor Egbokhare is the a former President of the Nigerian Academy of Letters and President, Open Distance and e-Learning Association of Nigeria; President of Naija (Nigerian Pidgin) studies Association. He is a one time branch secretary of ASUU, founding editor of The Scholar.
Professor Egbokhare is patron and member of Advisory Board of Centre for Digital Humanities, University of Lagos. He is a member of the Board of African Languages Technology Initiative among others.
He was chair of Humanities subcommittee of National Research Fund of TETFUND (2019-2022), a member of Research Development and Strategy Committee of TETFUND. Francis is consultant and researcher in Higher Education Management and Distance Learning. He has been part of COL and NUC activities as a consultant and trainer. He has worked in diverse initiatives of RETRIDOL of the National Open University of Nigeria.
He is a former Chairman of Council of National Institute for Nigerian Languages and is currently a member of Council of Edo State University Iyamho and Dominion University Ibadan. He has served as Chairman of PIC of proposed West Midlands Open University, proposed Adin Open University and has helped in setting up many ODL Centres in many dual mode institutions, and helped to develop course materials in others. He served as a member of board of distance learning of ABU.
Francis is Chairman BOT of LAN, a member of BOT of Association of Phoneticians and Phonologists of Nigeria among others.
Professor Egbokhare is a Fellow of some academic and professional bodies, among which are: the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung, The Nigerian Academy of Letters, West African Linguistic Society, Linguistic Association of Nigeria, Association of Nigerian Authors, Institute of Development Administration of Nigeria and Institute of Social Work of Nigeria. He is a recipient of the Distinguished Alumnus Award of the University of Benin. He has been a Visiting Scholar to Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, USA, the University of Georgia at Athens, USA, University of Hamburg and the National Univerities Commission.
He is an exceptional humanistic scholar with very deep ideological passion for nation and people. Professor Egbokhare is a highly published linguists who has done very fundamental works in grammar and phonology of Edoid languages. His latest work is a dictionary of Nigerian Pidgin. His interest in linguistics extends from phonetics and phonology, language and culture documentation, Nigerian pidgin studies, language, society and development; language, business and economic development; forensic sociolinguistics and digital humanities.
He is a very active youth coach and mentor to many youth entrepreneurs. He speaks regularly as keynote speaker in wide ranging fields to professional bodies, government officials, the military and social organizations. His writings and speaking engagement are diverse showing his deep capacity for critical, creative and strategic thinking. He is a regular public analyst, a newspaper columnist and a poet.
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