Curriculum Vitae

Innocent Eberechi CHILUWA, PhDProfessor of Language and Media/Digital Communications Covenant University, OTA, Nigeria(Formerly) Department of EnglishUniversity of FreiburgGermany.Tel. +234-8033536952; +4915218558066E-Mail: innocent.chiluwa@covenantuniversity.edu.ng; ichiluwa@gmail.com.

Eberechi I. Chiluwa is Professor of Language (discourse analysis & pragmatics) and Media/Digital Communications, and immediate past Head, Department of Languages & General Studies, Covenant University, OTA, (Nigeria). He is a Research Fellow and Digital Expert of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH) (Bonn), and a visiting Professor in the Department of English, University of Freiburg, Germany. He obtained a PhD in English and Communication/Media Studies from the University of Ibadan (Nigeria) in 2005 and was a post-doctoral research scholar of the AvH at the University of Freiburg, Germany (2009/10). His research interests are (i) (critical) discourse analysis of media & digital communications – especially discourses produced by social movements, minority groups, rebel groups and terrorist organizations in the form of resistance, protests, activism or dissent in the media and the Internet; (ii) (critical) discourse analysis of online deceptive communications, particularly those associated with phishing, email financial scams and cyber-attacks; and (iii) analysis of socio-political and cultural discourses in the media and the internet, including online religion and the discourses of identity. Prof. Chiluwa has published extensively in these areas.

Personal Profile

Sex MaleMarital Status MarriedNationality NigerianState of Origin AbiaPlace of Birth Umunkiri-Mgboko Umuanunu LGA Obingwa

Academic Qualifications

PhD (English & Media/Communication Studies) 2005 Master of Arts (MA) (English Language) 1998B.A (Hons) (English & Literary Studies)(Second Class Upper Division) 1995GCE Advanced Level 1987GCE O’Level 1984

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Schools Attended with Dates

University of Freiburg, Germany 2010 - 2011University of Ibadan, Nigeria 2000 – 2005 University of Lagos, Nigeria 1997 – 1998University of Calabar, Nigeria 1991 – 1995Gaskiya College, Lagos, Nigeria 1977 – 1982

Additional Qualifications & Skills

(i) University of Cambridge International Examinations Certificate in Teacher Training (IGCSE, English as a Second Language (ESL)

(ii) Computer Skills

Post Qualification Work Experience

(i) Professor (CUASS 14/1), Covenant University (2015- )(ii) Associate Professor (CUASS 13/1), Covenant University (2013 - 2015)(iii) Senior Lecturer, Covenant University (2011-2013)(iv) Lecturer 1, Covenant University, (2008-2011)(v) Lecturer 11, Covenant University, (2005-2008)(vi) Postdoctoral Research (fellowship), University of Freiburg, Germany (2010)(vii) Date of first Appointment in Covenant University – 4th October, 2005

(Lecturer 2 (CUSS 08/01) (viii) Head of Department of Arts & Social Science/Lecturer 2001 – 2005

Global International College (In affiliation with Dean College, London) 1A Ribadu Road, Ikoyi, Lagos

(iv) English Tutor: School Masters Academy, Lekki, Lagos, 1996-1998

Selected Publications in the main research areas.

Research Theme 1: Media & digital discourses of conflict (e.g. extremism, protest and resistance; online activism and social crisis)

1. “A nation divided against itself: Biafra and the conflicting online protest discourses.” Discourse & Communication, 12(4), 2018 (Sage, forthcoming).

2. “SMS & civil unrest.” In: Mehdi Khosrow-Pour (ed.) Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, 4th edition. Hershey PA: IGI Global, 2018, pp. 6275-6285

3. “The discourse of terror threats: assessing online written threats by Nigerian terrorist groups.” Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 40(4), 318-338, (Taylor & Francis, 2017)

4. “On terrorist attacks in Nigeria: Stance and engagement in conversations on Nairaland.” Communication and the Public 1(1), 91-109, (Sage, 2016)

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5. “Language use in crisis situations: a discourse analysis of online reactions to news reports of the Washington Navy Yard shooting and the Nairobi Westgate attack.” In: The Discourse of Digital Civic Engagement: Perspectives from the Developing World. Edited by Rotimi Taiwo & Tunde Opeibi. New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2016, p.35-55 (co-author: Esther Ajiboye)

6. “Radicalist discourse: a study of the stances of Nigeria’s Boko Haram and Somalia’s Al Shabaab on twitter.” Journal of Multicultural Discourses (Taylor & Francis). Special Issue on Social Media, Discourse and Culture, 10(2), 214-235, 2015

7. “War against our children”: stance and evaluation in #BringBackOurGirls campaign discourse on Twitter and Facebook.’ Discourse & Society, 26(3), 267-296, (Sage, 2015 (co-author: Presley Ifukor).

8. “Text messaging in social protests.” In: Z. Yan (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Mobile Phone Behavior (vol.2) Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 1024-1031, 2015,

9. “Occupy Nigeria 2012”: a critical analysis of Face book posts in the fuel subsidy removal protests.’ Clina: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Translation, Interpreting and Intercultural Communication 1(1), 47-69, 2015 (University of Salamanca, Spain).

10. “We are after ideals”: a critical analysis of ideology in the tweets by Boko Haram.’ Global Media Journal, African Edition. 8(2), 318-346, 2014 (co-author: Esther Ajiboye).

11. “Twittering the Boko Haram uprising in Nigeria: investigating pragmatic acts in the social media.” Africa Today, 59 (3), 82-102, 2013 (co-author: Adetunji Adegoke).

12. “Social media networks and the discourse of resistance: a sociolinguistic CDA of Biafra online discourse.” Discourse & Society 23(3), 217-244, (Sage, 2012).

13. Language in the news: mediating sociopolitical crises in Nigeria. Frankfurt: Peter Lang. (2012). ISBN 978-3-631-63354 (182 pp.) Reviewed by Desislava Cheshmedzhieva-Stoycheva (University of Shumen, Bulgaria) and published in the Journal of Language and Politics 15(5), 661-663, (John Benjamins, 2016).

14. Labeling and ideology in the press: a critical discourse study of the Niger Delta crisis. Frankfurt: Peter Lang. (2011). ISBN 978-3-631-61562-1 (163 pp.) Reviewed by Mark Nartey (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) and published in Pragmatics and Society, 7(3), 503-506 (John Benjamins, 2016).

15. “Media construction of sociopolitical crises in Nigeria.” Journal of Language and Politics, 10(1), 88-108, (John Benjamins, 2011).

16. “The media and the militants: constructing the Niger Delta crisis.” RASK: International Journal of Language and Communication 32, 41-78, (Institute of Language and Communication, University of Southern Denmark) 2010.

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Research Theme 2: Deceptive communications and online fraud

1. “Congratulations your email account has won you €1,000,000:” Analyzing the discourse structures of deceptive emails.” In: Tony Docan-Morgan (ed.) Palgrave Handbook of Deceptive Communication. Palgrave-Macmillan (in press).

2. Deception & Deceptive Communication: motivations, recognition techniques and behavioral control. Innocent Chiluwa (e.d.) New York, Nova Science Publishers, (2017).

3. “Online deception: a discourse study of email business scams.” In: Chiluwa I. (ed.) Deception & Deceptive Communication: motivations, recognition techniques and behavioral control. New York: Nova Science Publishers, pp. 199-268 (2017). (Co-authors: Isioma M. Chiluwa & Esther Ajiboye).

4. “Email Fraud.” In: Karen Tracy, Cornelia Ilie & Todd Sandel (Eds). The International Encyclopedia of Language and Social Interaction (LSE), Boston: John Wiley & Sons (2015)

5. “The pragmatics of hoax email business proposals.” Linguistik Online 43, 3, (University of Bern, Switzerland (2010).

6. “The discourse of digital deceptions and ‘419’ emails.” Discourse Studies, 11(6), 635-660, (Sage), 2009.

7. “Theresa Heyd, Email Hoaxes: Form, Function, Genre Ecology.” Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2008, Pp. vii, 239. Hb. €95.00. Language in Society, 59(1), 141-142 (Cambridge University Press) (Review).

Research Theme 3: Sociopolitical & cultural discourses and discourses of identity (online and offline)

1. Nation as Grand Narrative: The Nigerian Press and the Politics of Meaning by Wale Adebanwi Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, pp. 391. $125 (hbk). The Journal of Modern African Studies (Cambridge) (2017) vol.55 (3), pp. 522-525 (Review).

2. “Discursive pragmatics of t-shirt inscriptions: constructing the self, context and social aspirations.” Pragmatics and Society 7(3), 436-462 (John Benjamins), 2016 (co-author: Esther Ajiboye)

3. “Texting and relationship: examining discourse strategies in negotiating and sustaining relationships using mobile phone.” Covenant Journal of Language Studies 3(2), 17-38, 2015 (co-authors, L. Chimuanya; E. Ajiboye; A. Peter)

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4. “Online negotiation of ethnic identity.” In: Current Linguistic and Literary Issues in Digital Communication in the Globalised Age. Edited by S. Adekoya; R. Taiwo; K. Ayoola & A. Adegoju. University of Ife Press (Nigeria), pp. 81-110, (2014).

5. “Citizenship, participation and CMD: the case of Nigeria.” Pragmatics and Society 3(1), 61-88, (John Benjamins), (2012).

6. “Politeness in openings and closings of personal emails.” In: Isaiah Bariki: Domwin Kuupole & Moses Kambou (Eds). Aspects of Language Variation, Acquisition and Use. Festschrift for Prof. E. Kwofie. Cape Coast: University of Cape Coast Press, Ghana, pp. 36-62, 2012.

7. “Discursive pragmatics of unsolicited advice in ‘Lifestyle Weblogs’.” Papers in English and Linguistics. Ife, 12, 147-179 (Obafemi Awolowo University: Nigeria), (2011).

8. “Discursive practice and the Nigerian identity in personal emails.” Handbook of Research on Discourse Behaviour and Digital Communication: Language Structures and Social Interaction.’ Edited by Rotimi Taiwo. Hershey; New York: IGI, pp. 112-129, (2010).

9. “Ethno-pragmatics of Ońunwa performance of the Igbo of Nigeria.” Journal of Multicultural Discourses, 4 (3), 279-295, (Routledge), (2009).

10. A speech act analysis of adverts of soft drinks in Nigeria, 2000-2006.’ Babcock Journal of Mass communication, 1(3), 29-38, (Babcock University, Nigeria) (2007).

Research Theme 4: (Digital) religious discourse; language and social interaction

1. “Texting and Christian practice.” In: Zheng Yan (e.d.) Encyclopedia of Mobile Phone Behavior (vol.1) Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 369-376 (co-author: Emmanuel Uba) (2015).

2. “Community and social interaction in digital religious discourse in Nigeria, Ghana and Cameroon.” Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture 2, (1), 1-37, University of Durham, UK. (2013).

3. “Online religion in Nigeria: the Internet church and cyber miracles.” Journal of Asian and African Studies 47(6), 734-749, (Sage), 2012.

4. “Religious vehicle stickers in Nigeria: a discourse of identity, faith and social vision.” Discourse & Communication 2 (4), 371-387, (Sage), 2008.

5. “SMS text-messaging and the Nigerian Christian context: constructing values and sentiments.” International Journal of Language, Society & Culture, (IJLSC) Issue 24, 11-20, (University of Tasmania: Australia) (2008).

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FULL DETAILS OF ALL PUBLICATIONS

Books 1. Chiluwa, I. (2012) Language in the news: mediating sociopolitical crises in Nigeria.

Frankfurt: Peter Lang. ISBN 978-3-631-63354 (182 pp.) Reviewed by Desislava Cheshmedzhieva-Stoycheva (University of Shumen, Bulgaria) and published in the Journal of Language and Politics 15(5), 661-663, (John Benjamins), 2016.

2. Chiluwa, I. (2011) Labeling and ideology in the press: a critical discourse study of the Niger Delta crisis. Frankfurt: Peter Lang. ISBN 978-3-631-61562-1 (163 pp.) Reviewed by Mark Nartey (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) and published in Pragmatics and Society, 7(3), 503-506 (John Benjamins), 2016.

Edited Volumes

3. Chiluwa, I. (ed.) (in press) Deception & Deceptive Communication: motivations, recognition techniques and behavioral control. New York, Nova Science Publishers.

4. Chiluwa, I., Ifukor, P., Taiwo, R. (eds.) (2014) Pragmatics of Nigerian English in digital discourse. Munich: Lincom Europa. ISBN 978 386 288 5336 (104pp.)

5. Taiwo, R. & Chiluwa, I. (eds.) (2012) Computer-mediated discourse in Africa. New York, Nova Science Publishers. ISBN 978-1-62100-497-4 1 (182 pp.)

Course text

6. Chiluwa, I. (2010) Pragmatics. Lagos: National Open University of Nigeria. ISBN 978-058-404-8 (132pp.)

Articles in Journals

2018

7. “A nation divided against itself: Biafra and the conflicting online protest discourses.” Discourse & Communication, 12(4), 2018 (Sage, forthcoming).

2017

8. The discourse of terror threats: assessing online written threats by Nigerian terrorist groups. Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 40(4), 318-338, (Taylor & Francis), 2017, DOI:10.1080/1057610X.2016.1194025

2016

9. On terrorist attacks in Nigeria: Stance and engagement in conversations on Nairaland.Communication and the Public, 1 (1), 91-109, (Sage), 2016 (co-author: Akin Odebunmi).

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10. Discursive pragmatics of t-shirt inscriptions: constructing the self, context and social aspirations. Pragmatics and Society 7(3), 436-462 (John Benjamins), 2016 (co-author: Esther Ajiboye)

2015

11. Radicalist discourse: a study of the stances of Nigeria’s Boko Haram and Somalia’s Al Shabaab on twitter. Journal of Multicultural Discourses. Special Issue on Social Media, Discourse and Culture, 10(2), 214-235, (Routledge), 2015

12. ‘War against our children’: stance and evaluation in #BringBackOurGirls campaign discourse on Twitter and Facebook.’ Discourse & Society, 26(3), 267-296, (Sage), 2015 (co-author: Presley Ifukor)

13. ‘Occupy Nigeria 2012’: a critical analysis of Facebook posts in the fuel subsidy removal protests.’ Clina: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Translation, Interpreting and Intercultural Communication 1(1), 47-69, 2015 (University of Salamanca, Spain).

14. ‘Texting and relationship: examining discourse strategies in negotiating and sustaining relationships using mobile phone.’ Covenant Journal of Language Studies (CJLS), 3(2), 17-38, 2015 (co-authors, Lily Chimuanya; Esther Ajiboye; Ada Peter).

2014

15. ‘We are after ideals’: a critical analysis of ideology in the tweets by Boko Haram.’ Global Media Journal, African Edition, 8(2), 318-346, 2014 (University of Cape Town, South Africa) (co-author: Esther Ajiboye).

2013

16. ‘Twittering the Boko Haram uprising in Nigeria: investigating pragmatic acts in the social media. Africa Today, 59 (3), 82-102, (spring), 2013 (Indiana University Press: Indiana, USA (co-author: Adetunji Adegoke).

17. ‘Community and social interaction in digital religious discourse in Nigeria, Ghana and Cameroon. Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture (JRMDC), 2(1), 1-37, 2013 (Durham University: UK).

18. ‘West African English in digital discourse.’ Covenant Journal of Language Studies (CJLS), 1(1), 42-62, 2013 (Covenant University: Nigeria).

2012

19. ‘Citizenship, participation and CMD: the case of Nigeria.’ Pragmatics and Society, 3(1), 61-88, 2012 (John Benjamins: Amsterdam)

20. ‘Online religion in Nigeria: the Internet church and cyber miracles.’ Journal of Asian and African Studies 47(6), 734-749, 2012 (Sage: Los Angeles, London…).

21. ‘Social media networks and the discourse of resistance: a sociolinguistic CDA of Biafra online discourses.’ Discourse & Society, 23(3), 217-244, 2012. (Sage).

2011

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22. ‘The press and the ideological war in Nigeria: a corpus-based critical analysis of ‘militants’ and ‘freedom fighters.’ Working Papers: Journal of English Studies, Issue 5, 69-92, 2011 (University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria).

23. ‘Media construction of socio-political crises in Nigeria. Journal of Language and Politics, 10(1), 88-108, 2011 (John Benjamins: Amsterdam).

24. ‘On political participation: discursive pragmatics and social interaction in Nolitics.’ Studies in Literature and Language, 2 (2), 80-92, 2011 (Canadian Academy of Oriental and Occidental Culture: Montreal).

25. ‘Media representation of Nigeria’s Joint Military Task Force in the Niger Delta crisis.’ International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 1 (9), 197-208, 2011 (Center for Promoting Ideas: Louisville, Kentucky, USA).

26. ‘Discursive pragmatics of unsolicited advice in ‘Lifestyle Weblogs’. Papers in English and Linguistics. Ife, 12, 147-179, 2011 (Obafemi Awolowo University: Nigeria)

27. ‘Literature as discourse: constructing Lagos women in Helon Habila’s Waiting for an Angel. Journal of the Linguistic Association of Nigeria, 14 (2), 107- 118, 2011 (co-author: Remi Akujobi).

2010

28. ‘Nigerian English in email informal messages.’ English World-Wide, 31(1) 40–61, 2010 (John Benjamins: Amsterdam).

29. ‘The pragmatics of hoax email business proposals.’ Linguistik Online 43, 3/2010 (University of Berne: Switzerland).

30. The Media and the Militants: Constructing the Niger Delta Crisis. RASK: International Journal of Language and Communication 32, (University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, 2010, pp. 41-78.

2009

31. ‘The discourse of digital deceptions and ‘419’ emails.’ Discourse Studies, 11(6), 635-660, (Sage), 2009

32. ‘News headlines as pragmatic strategy in Nigerian press discourse. IJLSC, Issue 27, 63-71, 2009 (University of Tasmania: Australia).

33. ‘Ethno-pragmatics of Ońunwa performance of the Igbo of Nigeria.’ Journal of Multicultural Discourses, 4 (3), 279-295, 2009 (Routledge, London).

2008

34. ‘Assessing the Nigerianness of SMS text-messages in English.’ English Today 93, 24, (1), 51-56, 2008 (Cambridge University Press).

35. ‘Religious vehicle stickers in Nigeria: a discourse of identity, faith and social vision.’ Discourse & Communication 2 (4), 371-387, 2008 (Sage, Los Angeles; London...).

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36. ‘SMS text-messaging and the Nigerian christian context: constructing values and sentiments.’ International Journal of Language, Society & Culture, (IJLSC) Issue 24, 11-20, 2008 (University of Tasmania: Australia).

2007

37. ‘Metaphors of power and corruption in media discourse in Nigeria.’ Benson Idahosa University Discourse 2(1), 95-110, 2007 (Benson Idahosa University, Nigeria).

38. ‘A speech act analysis of adverts of soft drinks in Nigeria, 2000-2006.’ Babcock Journal of Mass communication, 1(3), 29-38, 2007 (Babcock University, Nigeria).

39. ‘The literary artist as a visionary: Festus Iyayi and the literature of change.’ BIUDISCOURSE 2(2), 95-106, 2007 (Benson Idahosa University, Nigeria).

40. ‘Grammatical strategies in mass media English in Nigeria. The Journal of Communicative English (JCE), 3, 97-117, 2007 (Benue State University, Nigeria).

41. ‘English and the church in Nigeria.’ Kiabara: Journal of Humanities, 13, (1), 51-63, 2007 (University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria).

2006

42. ‘A critical linguistic study of language variation and ideological differences in media discourse in Nigeria.’ Ibadan Journal of English Studies, 3, 87-99, 2006 (University of Ibadan, Nigeria).

43. ‘Media language and the pragmatics of local idioms in Nigeria: implications for language teaching.’ Journal of Communicative English, 2, 17-32, 2006 (Benue State University, Nigeria).

Chapters in Edited Books & Encyclopedia

2018

44. “SMS & civil unrest.” In: Mehdi Khosrow-Pour (ed.) Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, 4th edition. Hershey PA: IGI Global, 2018, pp. 6275-6285

2017

45. “Online deception: a discourse study of email business scams.” In: Chiluwa I. (ed.) Deception & Deceptive Communication: motivations, recognition techniques and behavioral control. New York: Nova Science Publishers (2017) (co-authors: Isioma M. Chiluwa & Esther Ajiboye).

46. “Congratulations your email account has won you €1,000,000:” Analyzing the discourse structures of deceptive emails.” In: Tony Docan-Morgan (ed.) Palgrave Handbook of Deceptive Communication. Palgrave-Macmillan (forthcoming).

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2016

47. ‘Language use in crisis situations: a discourse analysis of online reactions to news reports of the Washington Navy Yard shooting and the Nairobi Westgate attack.’ In: The Discourse of Digital Civic Engagement: Perspectives from the Developing Word. Edited by Rotimi Taiwo & Tunde Opeibi. New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2016, p.35-55 (co-author: Esther Ajiboye).

2015

48. ‘Email Fraud.’ The International Encyclopedia of Language and Social Interaction (LSE), Karen Tracy, Cornelia Ilie & Todd Sandel (eds.) Boston: John Wiley & Sons 2015

49. ‘Texting and Christian practice.’ Encyclopedia of Mobile Phone Behavior (Vol.1),Zheng Yan (e.d). Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2015, 369-376 (co-author: Emmanuel Uba)

50. ‘Text messaging in social protests.’ Encyclopedia of Mobile Phone Behavior (Vol.2) Zheng Yan. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2015, 1024-1031.

51. ‘Computer-mediated communication,’ Issues in the Study of Language and Literature: Theory and Practice. Ikenna Kamalu & Isacc Tamunobelema (eds). Ibadan: Kraft Books, 2015, 222-237

52. Corpus Linguistics. Issues in the Study of Language and Literature: Theory and Practice. Ikenna Kamalu & Michael Nwala (eds). Ibadan: Kraft Books, 2015, 332-342

2014

53. ‘Tweeting the 2011 Bombings in Nigeria: Pragmatic Acts in Nigerian English.’ In: I. Chiluwa, P. Ifukor & R. Taiwo (Eds). Pragmatics of Nigerian English in Digital Discourse. Munich: Lincom Europa, 2014, pp. 10-21 (co- author: Adegoke Adetunji).

54. ‘Online negotiation of ethnic identity.’ In: Current Linguistic and Literary Issues in Digital Communication in the Globalised Age. S. Adekoya; R. Taiwo; K. Ayoola & A. Adegoju (Eds). Obafemi Awolowo University Press, 2014, pp. 81-110.

2012

55. ‘The discourse of ‘Nolitics’ in the NaijaPals online community website.’ In: Computer-Mediated Discourse in Africa.’ Edited by Rotimi Taiwo & I. Chiluwa. New York: Nova Science publishers, pp. 19-40, 2012.

56. ‘Politeness in Openings and Closings of Personal Emails.’ In: Isaiah Bariki; Domwin Kuupole & Moses Kambou (Eds). Aspects of Language Variation, Acquisition and Use. Festschrift for Prof. E. Kwofie. Cape Coast: University of Cape Coast Press, Ghana, pp. 36-62, 2012.

201010

57. ‘Discursive practice and the Nigerian identity in personal emails.’ Handbook of Research on Discourse Behaviour and Digital Communication: Language Structures and Social Interaction.’ Rotimi Taiwo (Ed). Hershey; New York: IGI Global Publishers, 2010, pp. 112-129.

58. ‘A Discourse of Naming among Christian Charismatic Movements in Nigeria.’ Language, Literature and Discourse: A Festschrift in Honour of Prof. Lekan Oyeleye. Ayo Ogunsiji, Ayo Kehinde and Akin Odebunmi (eds.) München: Lincom, GmbH, Germany 2010, pp. 233-248.

59. ‘The colour of English in Nigerian newsmagazines.’ Language Policy, Planning & Management: A Festschrift for Ben O. Elugbe. Ozo-Mekuri Ndimele (Ed.). Port Harcourt: M&J Orbit Communications, 2010, pp. 417-429.

2009

60. ‘Confrontation in media discourse: a critical strategy towards national development.’ Culture, Media, Technology and Psycho-Social Development in Nigeria. Alaba Simpson & Esther Akinsola (Eds). Lagos: Interlingua, 2009, pp. 114-130.

2007

61. ‘Discourse features of the language of Nigerian newsmagazines.’ Perspectives on Media Discourse: Taiwo, Odebunmi & Adetunji (eds.) München: Lincom GmbH. Germany, 2007, pp. 222-249.

Conference Proceedings

62. ‘Language in the News: Implications of Lexical Variation in Media Reports of Militancy activities in Nigeria.’ Izaskun Elorza & Ovidi Carbonelli Cortes (Eds.). Language Analysis in Cross-Cultural and Intercultural Communication: Mapping Language across Cultures (MLAC10). 5-7 July, 2010. University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain, 2014, pp. 59-70.

Book Reviews

63. Chiluwa, I. (2017) Nation as Grand Narrative: The Nigerian Press and the Politics of Meaning by Wale Adebanwi Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 2016. Pp. 391. $125 (hbk). The Journal of Modern African Studies 55(3), 522-525 (Cambridge).

64. Chiluwa, I. (2010). ‘Theresa Heyd, Email Hoaxes: Form, Function, Genre Ecology.’ Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2008, Pp. vii, 239. Hb. €95.00. Language in Society, 59(1), 141-142 (Cambridge University Press).

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Creative Writing

65. Chiluwa. 1. Lona of Leicester. RoseDog Books. Pittsburgh: P.A, 2012.

PhD Thesis: Discourse Pragmatics of News Headlines and Lead Stories in Tell, The News and Newswatch Magazines, 1996–2002 (2005).

Conferences, Symposia/Workshop presentations

(i) Third Biennial International Conference of the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria: 14-18 March, 2017: Theme: Polity Debacle and the Burden of being in Africa. Paper presented: Online Secessionist Cyber Discourses in Nigeria: The case of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOD) (with Esther Ajiboye).

(ii) 66th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Theme: Communicating with Power. Fukuoka, Japan. 9-13 June, 2016. Paper presented: Online Discourse of Radical Movements: Exploring Stance in Nigerian Islamist Groups Web Discourses.

(iii) 14th International Pragmatics Conference. Theme: Language and Adaptability. University of Antwerp, Belgium. 26-31 July, 2015. Paper presented: The Pragmatics of Written (Terror) Threats: assessing online threats by Nigerian terrorist groups.

(iv) 65th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). Theme: Communication across the Life Span. San Juan Carribean Hilton Hotel, Puerto Rico. 21-25 May, 2015. Paper presented: Texting and Relationship: Examining discourse strategies in negotiating and sustaining relationships using mobile phone.

(v) 59th Annual Conference of the International Linguistic Association. Theme: The Linguistic of Rhetoric and Debate. University of Paris 2. Pantheon-Assas, 12 Place du Pantheon 75005, Paris, France. 22-24 May, 2014. Paper presented: Language Use in Crisis Situations: A Study of Rhetorical Strategies in Online Reactions to News Reports of the Washington Navy Yard Shooting and the Nairobi Westgate Attack.

(vi) 58th Annual Conference, International Linguistic Association. Theme: English-Global and Local. Kingsborough Community College, City University of New York, NY. USA 12-14 April, 2013. Paper presented: West African English in Digital Discourse.

(vii) Ife English Language, Literature and Communication Conference. Theme: Language, Literature and Communication in the Globalised and Digital Age. Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. Nigeria. 20-23 August, 2012. Paper presented: Twittering the Boko Haram Uprising in Nigeria: Investigating Pragmatic Acts in the Social Media.

(viii) International Conference on Digital Religion. Center for Media, Religion and Culture. Theme: When Religion Meets New Media. University of Colorado,

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Boulder, USA, 12-15 January, 2012. Paper presented: Sociolinguistics of Digital Religious Discourse in West Africa.

(ix) Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis across Disciplines (CADAAD, 2010). Theme: Ideology, Identity and Interaction. University of Lodz, Poland, 13-15 September, 2010. Paper presented: Ethnic Militia, the Press and the Nigerian Government: examining the discourse of ‘amnesty’ and ‘identity.’

(x) The International Association of Media and Communication Research 2010. Theme: Communication and Citizenship: Rethinking Crisis and Change. University of Minho, Braga, Portugal. 18-22 July, 2010. Paper presented: Online Religion in Nigeria: the Internet Church and Cyber Miracles.

(xi) Mapping Language across Cultures: Textual Analysis in Cross-cultural and Intercultural Communication (MLAC10). University of Salamanca, Spain. 5-7 July, 2010. Paper presented: Language in the News: Implications of Lexical Variations in Media Reports of Militancy in Nigeria.

(xii) Fifth International Symposium on Politeness, Basel, Switzerland. Theme: Politeness and Impoliteness, on-and off-line. University of Basel, Switzerland. 30th June - 2nd July 2010. Paper presented: Politeness Strategies in Personal Emails.

(xiii) Corpus Linguistics Advanced Research Education and Training (CLARET) Workshop, Lancaster University, United Kingdom. 24th May, 2010. Theme: Corpus Compilation and Annotation.

(xiv) International Conference of the Association for the Study of New Literatures in English (ASNEL/GNEL 2010). Theme: Contested Communities: Communication, Narration, Imagination. Bayreuth University, Germany. 13-16, May, 2010. Paper presented: The Media and the Militants: Constructing the Niger Delta Crises.

(xv) Text-Mining in the Digital Humanities: the Interface between Conceptual History, Critical Discourse Analysis and Corpus Linguistics. Workshop: Lancaster University, United Kingdom, 13-14, May, 2010. Paper presented: ‘Militants’ or ‘Freedom Fighters?’ The Press and the Ideological War in Nigeria.

(xvi) Developments in Linguistic Pragmatics. 5th Lodz Symposium, University of Lodz, Poland, 7-9 May, 2010. Paper presented: The Positive Side of Confrontation: A Look at the Nigerian Press. New

(xvii) Nigeria English Studies Association Conference. Theme: English in the Nigerian Environment: Emerging Patterns and New Challenges. University of Uyo, Nigeria. September 18 -21, 2007. Paper presented: The Nigerianness of SMS Text Messages in English.

Current Research: (i) Online activism in Sub-Sahara Africa, conflicts and terrorism

Post-Doctoral Fellowship/Awards/Research Grants

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(i) Georg Forster Research Fellowship for post-doctoral research (German Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Bonn). University of Freiburg, Germany, (October 2009-January, 2011)

(ii) Alexander von Humboldt (German) Language Scholarship at the Goethe Institute, Freiburg, Germany October 2009 - Jan. 2010

(iii) Research Grant – Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Covenant University (€6,000) May 2011 - April, 2012

(iv) Humboldt’s 3-month return fellowship at the University of Freiburg, May - August, 2014

(v) Humboldt’s 3-month return fellowship at the University of Freiburg, September – November, 2017

In-Service Awards

(i) David Oyedepo High Impact Journal Publication Award, Covenant University, June 2012

(ii) Best Lecturer Award, Department of English & Literary Studies, Covenant University, Ota, 2006 & 2009

(iii) Best Academic Staff Award, Global International College, Lagos, 2004

Academic Linkages/Association Membership

(i) Member – International Communication Association (ICA)(ii) Member – International Pragmatic Association (IPrA)(iii) Member – International Association for Media and Communication

Research (IAMCR)(iv) Member – International Linguistic Association (ILA)(v) Member – Nigeria English Studies Association (NESA)(vi) Member – Nigeria Linguistic Association (NLA)

Peer Recognition

(i) Reviewer – Pragmatics and Society (John Benjamins, Amsterdam)(ii) Reviewer – Sage Open Journals (Sage, Los Angeles, London)(iii) Reviewer – Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication (Wiley-Blackwell)(iv) Reviewer – International Journal of Applied Linguistics (Wiley) (v) Reviewer – Social Semiotic (Taylor & Francis) (vi) Reviewer – Discourse, Context and Media (Elsevier) (vii) Reviewer – Journal of International and Intercultural Communication (Taylor &

Francis)(viii) Reviewer – Discourse & Society (Sage)(ix) Reviewer – Terrorism and Political Violence (Taylor & Francis)(x) Reviewer – Media, War and Conflicts (Sage) (xi) Reviewer - African Affairs – (Oxford) etc.

Editorial Board Membership

(i) Journal of International and Intercultural Communication (Taylor & Francis)(ii) Journal of Multicultural Discourses (JMD) (Routledge)

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External Examiner outside Home University

(i) External Examiner, Department of English/Postgraduate School, Obafemi Awolowo University, (OAU), Ile-Ife, Nigeria

(ii) External Examiner, The Institute of Postgraduate Studies & Research (IPSR), Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Bandar Barat, Kampar, Perak, Malaysia.

(iii) External Examiner, Research and Development Centre, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India.

Committee Membership/Administrative Contributions

(i) Member of Senate, Covenant University(ii) Head, Department of Languages & General Studies (iii) Head, College of Leadership Development Studies (CLDS) Publication

Committee(iv) Editor-in-chief, Covenant Journal of Language Studies (CJLS)(v) Member, University Publication Committee(vi) Member, Covenant University Journals Committee (vii) Member, Postgraduate Studies Committee, Covenant University(viii) Head, sub-committee, Discourse, Media and Society Research Cluster(ix) Member, University Road Safety Committee

Courses Taught

(i) ENG 323 – Discourse Analysis(ii) ENG 412 – Pragmatics(iii) ENG 424 – English for the Mass Media(iv) ENG 823 – Advanced Discourse Analysis (MA)(v) ENG 825 – Pragmatics (MA)(vi) ENG 924 – Topics in Analysis of Discourse in English (M.phil./PhD)(vii) Former Coordinator of the General Studies (Communication in English)

ProgrammeExtra-Curricular Activities/Hobbies

(i) Reading, creative writing, playing the piano(ii) Playing table-tennis & watching football

Referees

(a) Prof. Dr. Dr. hc. Christian MairDepartment of EnglishUniversity of Freiburg,Rempartstr. 15, D-79085Freiburg, GermanyEmail: christian.mair@anglistik.uni-freiburg.de

(b) Emeritus Professor Jacob L. MeyInstitute of Language and Communications

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University of Southern Denmark, OdenseDenmark.jam@sdu.dk

(c) Prof. Albert L. OyeleyeDepartment of EnglishUniversity of IbadanIbadan, Nigerialekan.oyeleye@mail.ui.edu.ng

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