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Patience Akpan-Obong,
PhD EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Political Science, 2003 Dissertation: “Toward
a Nigerian information society: Information and communication technologies as
tools for socio-economic development – A case study” Supervisor: Dr. Tom Keating Major fields of
study: International Relations and Comparative Politics of Developing Countries. MJ, Journalism, 1996
Master’s Research Project: “Newspapers
through the window: Creation of the online newspaper” Gordon N. Fisher Fellowship, 1994-1995 The
Polytechnic, National Diploma in Mass Communication, 1984 Recent Courses
Taken: CIS 119AL: Introduction to Oracle Database Management, Summer 2005 Certificate of Completion: GCU Online Faculty Training, June 30- Certificate of completion: Moderating
Effective Online Discussions, Certificate of completion: Designing &
Teaching Outstanding Online Course, MAJOR
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
• Andrew Stewart Memorial Graduate Prize, • Canadian International Development Research Centre Doctoral Research
Award, 2001 • Social Sciences and Research Council of • Sir Walter H. Johns Graduate Fellowship, University of • Women in International Security (WIIS) Summer Symposium, 2000 • Margaret Brine Scholarship, 2000 • • Federal Government of Canada female doctoral student grant, 1998,
1999, 2000 • • • • • • Gordon N. Fisher Fellowship,
University of Toronto, 1994/1995 TEACHING AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Faculty Associate, Course:
WST 300 – Women in
Contemporary Society Faculty Associate, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Sessional Lecturer, Department of Political Science,
University of Alberta, Canada, 2000-2002 Courses: Pol S 110 – The
Politics of Globalization (Spring 2000, Fall 2000, Spring 2001 and Spring
2002); Pol S 357 – The Research Positions and Teaching
Assistantships Institutional Research Associate, Office of Institutional
Effectiveness and Assessment, Maricopa Community Colleges District Office,
Tempe, Arizona, October 2004 to August 2005 Research Analyst, Dept. of Strategic Data, Teaching Assistant, Department of Political Science, University of
Alberta, Canada, 1998-2000 Courses: Two sections of Pol
S 260 – Introduction to International Relations, and Pol
S 200 – Introduction to Comparative Politics Teaching
Assistant, Department of Political Science, Teaching Assistant, St. Patrick’s Resource Centre, Related Work Experience and Competencies • Certified online classroom
instructor • Oracle database
manager •
Reporter/Photographer, Western Catholic Reporter, Edmonton, Canada,
1996-1998 • Copy Editor, Ottawa
Citizen, • Assistant Editor, African
Concord magazine, Lagos, Nigeria, 1991-1994 • Journalist in various positions
with the National Concord and The Punch newspapers, PUBLICATIONS
• “Information
technologies and partnership for • “Basic-needs to
globalization: Are ICTs the missing link?” in Information Technology for Development 10 (23): 261-274. • “From the
margins to the center: Information and communication technologies as tools
for development,” in • “ • “ Publication in progress • With Titi Omo-Ettu, “Rural Telephony
and Universal Access in SCHOLARLY
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
• “Toward a Nigerian
Information Society: ICTs as tools for
socio-economic development” – Preliminary findings and analysis,” a final
research report submitted to the Canadian International Development and
Research Centre (IDRC), August 2002. • “Nigerian women go
online: Patterns of information and communication technologies usage by women
in Nigeria,” presented at the conference of the Canadian Association of
African Studies at the University of Toronto during the Congress of the
Social Sciences, May 24-June 1, 2002. • “Toward a Nigerian
Information Society: Information and communication technologies as tools for
socio-economic development – A research in progress” presented at the annual
conference of the Canadian Association of African Studies during 2001
Congress of the Social Sciences, Laval University, Quebec, May 27-30. The
paper was essentially a discussion of the Ph.D. dissertation and the research
done up to that point. • “Theorizing
information and communication technologies and development: A critical
approach” presented at the annual conference of the Social Sciences
Association (South West Region) in Forth Worth, • “From the margins to the center: Information and
communication technologies as tools for development,” presented at the annual
conference of the Canadian Association of African Studies during the Congress
of the Social Sciences, University of Alberta, May 2000. • “Africa and the new information and
communication technologies: Prospects for socio-economic development”
presented at a conference on the social implications of computers in
developing countries organized by the International Federation for
Information Processing in Cape Town, South Africa, May 24-26, 2000. • “On the margins of the information
society: A feminist analysis of • “Africa in the age
of a global network society: The challenges ahead” presented at the annual
international conference of the Association of Third World Studies in San
Jose, Costa Rica, Nov. 18-21, 1999. • “State as the distant other: Conception
of the state in Nigerian languages” presented at the conference of the
Canadian Association of African Studies, |