Matthew Iwuchukwu
EMAIL: matthew.iwuchukwu@unn.edu.ng
PHONE: +2348030944360
ADDRESS: Department of Foreign Languages & Literary Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN).
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES: Reading and writing magazine and newspaper articles, writing forewords and introductions to books of general interest, reading/writing articles and comments and posting them to social media, reading/writing and responding to emails, browsing on the Internet, receiving and sending SMS, getting involved in community, secondary school and church development activities, etc.
MEMBERSHIP STATUS: Member
YEAR OF INDUCTION/ADMISSION: 2019
POST HELD: None
MEMBERSHIP OF COMMITTEE: None
INSTITUTIONAL AFFILIATION: University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN).
SPECIALTIES: Francophone African literature, literary theory and criticism, sociocriticism and discourse analysis, fictional space, language policy in Nigeria, teaching and promotion of French as a second official language, translation theory and practice, and Nigerian literature written in/translated into French.
APPOINTMENTS: Professor and Senator at UNN (Oct 2005-Present), Senior Lecturer at UNN (Sept 1997- Sept 2005), Senior Lecturer at Abia State University, Uturu (1996-1997), Postdoctoral Fellow at Laval University, Quebec, Canada (1991-1995), Visiting Lecturer at the University of Sherbrooke (1989-1990); Visiting Professor/Scholar at Delta State University, Abraka (2004-2005), University of Calabar (2011-2012) and University of Uyo (2018-2019), Adjunct Professor at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka (2014-2015) and Ebonyi State University (2007-Present), External Examiner at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka (2019-Present), Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ikwo, Ebonyi State (2019-Present) and Federal College of Education, EhaAmufu (2011-Present). Others appointments at UNN are: Associate Dean (2010-2011), Head of Department (2014-2018), Chairman, Alleged Case of Examination Malpractice Committee (2013-2014) and Chairman, Journal Impact Factor Verification Committee, etc. In addition, Chairman, NUC Ad-hoc Accreditation Panel to Lagos State University, Olabisi Onabanjo University and University of Ilorin (2016); Member, NUC Accreditation Instrument Review Team (2016) and Member, Ministerial Technical Committee on Nigeria French Language Project (2008), etc. Furthermore, Assistant Lecturer II at College of Education, Akwanga (1981-1982), Education Officer at Federal Government Girls’ College, Langtang (Aug-Sept 1981), NYSC Teacher at the Community Secondary School, Langtang (1980-1981), Auxiliary (WASC) Teacher at the Community Primary School, Okposi-Umuoghara, Ezza (1973-1975), etc.
PARTICIPATION IN GRANTS AND INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS/PROJECTS: TETFund International Conference sponsorship abroad, University of Ottawa (Canada 2015), International Training Workshop on Teaching Methods in French (France 2005), Canadian Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Programme (Canada 1984-1988), AUPELF/UREF African Literary Dictionary Project in French (France 2001), Postdoctoral Fellowship, Laval University, Quebec (Canada 1991-1995), and Postgraduate Seminar Grant, Canadian Association of African Studies/University of Alberta, Edmonton (Canada 1987).
COMMUNITY SERVICE: Active participation in community, college and church development activities as follows: PRO and Member, Igwe-in-Council, Adazi-Enu (2015-Present), Chairman, Board of Governors of Divine Mercy College, Adazi-Enu (2017-Present), Chairman, Harvest and Bazaar Sales, St. Dominic’s Parish, AdaziEnu ( 2019), Secretary, Amalgamated Knights of Adazi-Enu (2017-Present), Member, Order of Knights of St. John International, Onitsha Grand Commandery (2017-Present), Member, Ofala Festival Planning Committee, Adazi-Enu (2015-2016), Member, Adazi-Enu Nze Elili Ukwu/Ozo Title Holders (2016-Present) and Town Union Land Committee (2015-Present), Pioneer Patron, Adazi-Enu Undergraduates’ Association (1996-Present), Patron, Tiv Students Association, UNN (2014-Present) and Ohaneze Ndi Igbo Students’ Wing, UNN (2014-Present), Vice-President. University Staff Cooperative Society Ltd., UNN (2013-Present), Secretary, Catholic Men Organization, Alvin Loving UNN (2002-2007), Harvest & Bazaar and Building Committees, St. Peter’s Chaplaincy, UNN (2003-2007), etc.
Biography
Matthew Iwuchukwu is a Professor of French in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literary Studies at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN). An internationally acclaimed Professor and Scholar with a very successful and robust academic track record in teaching, research, postgraduate supervision, publishing, administration and human capital development, he received his PhD in French from the University of Sherbrooke in Canada, MA degree in French from the University of Jos in Nigeria and BA, First Class Honours degree in French from the University of Lome in Togo. A former Associate Dean of Arts and Head of Department at UNN, former Commonwealth Scholar and Postdoctoral Fellow at Laval University in Quebec (Canada), he gets involved in research in Francophone African literature, literary theory and criticism, language policy in Nigeria, teaching and promotion of French as a second official language, translation theory and practice, and Nigerian literature written in/translated into French.
