Taiwo Olubunmi Abioye
EMAIL: tbunmiabioye@gmail.com
PHONE: 08065503508
ADDRESS: Koladaisi University, Ibadan.
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES: Travels, Biographies, Non-fiction
POST HELD: 1. 2019 till Now: Dean, Faculty of Arts, Management and Social Sciences, Koladaisi University, Ibadan, Oyo State.
2. 2014 – July 2016: Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Chairperson, Senate Business Committee, Covenant University, Ota. Ogun State.
3. 2012 – 2014: Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration) Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State.
4. 2008 – Oct 2012: Ag. Head, Department of English & Literary Studies (Now Department of Languages & General Studies), Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State. MEMBERSHIP STATUS: Member
YEAR OF INDUCTION/ADMISSION: 2019
MEMBERSHIP OF COMMITTEE:
1. 2019 Till now: Koladaisi University: Chair, University Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) Committee.
2. 2019 Till Now: Chair of the Board, School of Preliminary and Advanced Studies (SPAS).
3. 2014-2016: Senate Business Committee, Covenant University, Ota.
4. 2014-2016: Staff/Students’ Appellate Committee, Covenant University, Ota.
5. 2014-2016: DVC’s Committees: Covenant University, Ota.
6. 2008: Chairperson, Covenant University Convocation Planning Committee (Letter of Commendation).
7. 2008: Member, University Internship Programme Committee, CU, Ota.
8. 2007: Member and Secretary, Committee on “The Idea of a University”, CU, Ota.
9. 2007- 2008: Member, University Quality and Academic Standards Committee, CU, Ota.
10. 2007- 2009: Member, University Academic Advisory Committee, CU, Ota.
11. 2006-2008: Member, School of Postgraduate Studies Committee, CU, Ota.
12. 2006: Member, Covenant University Convocation Planning Committee.
13. 2001: Member, Faculty of Social Sciences Students’ Orientation Programme, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.
14. 2000-2005: Member, Systemic Functional Linguistics Association of Nigeria (SYSFLAN) Consultative Forum.
15. 1999-2000: Member, Constitution Drafting Committee, Ahmadu Bello University Gender &Women Studies Group (GWSG).
16. 1999-2000: Member, Proposal Drafting Committee to USAID and UNICEF on Women Education in Ahmadu Bello University and its Environs.
INSTITUTIONAL AFFILIATION: Department of English and Literary Studies, Koladaisi University, Km 18, Oyo-Ibadan Express Road, Ibadan.
SPECIALTIES: Critical Discourse Stylistics, Language Education, Media Discourse, Women and Cultural Studies
APPOINTMENTS: 1. From 2014 Till Now: External Assessor at the Postgraduate level and Professorial cadre.
2. 2020: JAMB: Oyo State Coordinator of Resident Monitors in the Virtues Vanguard Group for UTME. March.
3. 2019: Member, NUC Accreditation Team to Saadatu Rimi College of Education, Kumbotso, Kano. November.
4. 2019: JAMB: FCT Abuja, Coordinator-in-charge of NYSC members’ Training and Monitoring under “Youths of Virtues” for UTME. April.
5. 2018: Member, NUC Resource Verification Team to Kwara State College of Education, Oro. July.
6. 2017-2018: Research Cluster Leader of Covenant University Women Development and Human Security Initiatives (CUWD&HSI).
7. 2013: JAMB Centre Coordinator, Ota, Ogun State, on the introduction of CBT.
8. 2008-2011: Ogun State Resource Person, NTI Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Project Nationwide Retraining Workshop for Teachers (English).
9. 2006-2008: Ogun State Facilitator, Tutoring Workshop for the Joint British Council/NTI Continuing Professional Development Course (CPD), A British Council/ NTI Programme for English Language Teachers (ELT) in Nigeria & Africa. NTI.
PARTICIPATION IN GRANTS AND INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS/PROJECTS: (i). 2018: XIX ISA World Congress. Toronto, Canada. July. Open Sessions 1 & 2
Organisers (RC 25):
(a). Taiwo Abioye and Amado Alarcon; Frida Petersson and Keiji Fujiyoshi.
(b). Hate Speech & National Development Session Organisers (RC 32): M. Egharevba, A. Eguavoen & T. Abioye.
(ii). 2018: Organised the International Literacy Day activities and the Launch of Literacy and Empowerment Programme for Women in Oke-Odan, Ogun State. Sept 8th.
(iii). 2015: Led the University Team to Lancaster University and University of East London, UK on Summer Programme, Collaborations and Linkages. July.
(iv) 2015: Represented the University in Cote D’Ivoire at the Regional Launch of the
West African Virus Epidemiology (WAVE) Project. 16th March.
(v) 2013: Led the University Team to Fayetteville State University and University of
Wisconsin, Madison, USA on Summer Programme, Collaborations and Linkages. July.
(vi) 2010 & 2018: ISA grant for 2010 and 2018 World Congress Gothenburg, Sweden & Toronto, Canada.
(vii) 2010-2014: Member, Editorial Board of International Journal: Language, Discourse & Society. ISSN: 2339-4192.
(viii) 2010-2014: Executive Board Member & Secretary, RC 25: Language & Society Research Committee of the International Sociological Association (ISA).
COMMUNITY SERVICE: 1. 2020: JAMB: Oyo State Coordinator of Resident Monitors in the Virtues Vanguard Group for UTME. March.
2. 2019: Mentioned on the NUC Database of Gold Plus and Gold Reviewers (Nigerian University Professors): Abioye, Taiwo Olubunmi, Serial No:148.
3. 2019: Member, NUC Accreditation Team to Saadatu Rimi College of Education, Kumbotso, Kano. November.
4. 2019: JAMB: FCT Abuja, Coordinator-in-charge of NYSC members’ Training and Monitoring under “Youths of Virtues” for UTME. April.
5. 2018: Member, NUC Resource Verification Team to Kwara State College of Education, Oro. July.
6. 2013: JAMB Centre Coordinator, Ota, Ogun State, on the introduction of CBT.
7. 2008-2011: Ogun State Resource Person, NTI Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Project Nationwide Retraining Workshop for Teachers (English).
8. 2006-2008: Ogun State Facilitator, Tutoring Workshop for the Joint British Council/NTI Continuing Professional Development Course (CPD), A British Council/ NTI Programme for English Language Teachers (ELT) in Nigeria & Africa. NTI.
9. Reviewer for some Journal and Conference Papers since 2008.
10. 1990-1994: IJMB Examiner
Biography
Prof. Taiwo Olubunmi Abioye holds a PhD degree in English from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria-Nigeria. Her academic focus in interdisciplinary knowledge and its discourses include Critical Discourse Stylistics, Applied Linguistics, Pragmatics, Media Language, Sustainable Development Goals, Women and Children Issues and English Literacy. She has been teaching and researching at the tertiary level since 1988. She has authored and co-edited several books. In the course of her research work, she has coordinated, organized and participated in conferences, seminars and workshops within and outside Nigeria.
She has supervised scores of undergraduate projects, postgraduate dissertations and theses at Postgraduate Diploma, Masters and Ph.D levels, and has publications in high impact local and international scholarly journals. At different times, she has been Head of Department, Dean, Session Organizer, Keynote Speaker, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, and State Facilitator. She is a member of several academic, professional and research bodies at the national and international levels.
