Cecilia Amaoge Eme
EMAIL: mrsceciliaeme@yahoo.com
PHONE: +2348035611899
ADDRESS: 24/21, Ngozika Estate, Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES: Listening to World News, Watching animals in their habitats on NatGeo Wild
MEMBERSHIP STATUS: Member
YEAR OF INDUCTION/ADMISSION: 2019
POST HELD: None
MEMBERSHIP OF COMMITTEE: None
INSTITUTIONAL AFFILIATION: Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Arts, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria
SPECIALTIES: Linguistics (Phonetics & Phonology)
APPOINTMENTS:
– HOD, Department of Linguistics, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka 2009-2013
– HOD, Department of English and Communication Studies, Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa State 2017-2018
– Chairman, Post-Graduate Studies Committee, Department of Linguistics 2007-2008
– Chairman, Faculty of Arts Post-Graduate Committee 2014-2016
– Chairman, Faculty of Arts Curriculum Committee 2014-2016
– Chairman, Faculty of Arts Examination Misconduct Committee 2013-2014
Chairman, Students’Disciplinary Committee 2019-date
– Member, Senate Committee on Hallowed Hour, Federal University, Otuoke 2017-2018
– Member, Senate Committee on the Promotion and Enhancement of the Igbo Language and Culture, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka 2012
PARTICIPATION IN GRANTS AND INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS/PROJECTS: None
COMMUNITY SERVICE:
– Chairman, Akpo Development Association, Women Wing 2007-2010
– Patroness, Nigerian Federation of Catholic Students 2004-2010
– Member, Bazaar Organizing Committee, St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Chaplaincy, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
Biography
Professor Cecilia Amaoge Eme, PhD Linguistics (Phonetics & Phonology), is in Department of Linguistics, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. A distinguished academic and mentor, she has been Editor of and Reviewer for reputable journals, keynote speaker and lead paper presenter at renowned conferences, supervised three PhD and more than fifteen MA works. She authored eight books and over 70 scholarly articles. Her Inaugural Lecture Nchọcha mgbakọ aka… (Linguists in collaborative research with other professionals) was unique; remarkably the first to be written in English and Igbo and presented in Igbo. She has assessed scores of candidates for promotion to Professor. Her research interest areas include Sociolinguistics, Psycholinguistics, and Applied Linguistics. A former sub-Dean, HOD, Chairman Faculty Post-Graduate Committee, she is a member of many learned societies like Nigerian Academy of Letters (NAL), Linguistic Association of Nigeria (LAN), West African Linguistic Society (WALS), and Association of Phoneticians and Phonologists in Nigeria (APPN).
