{"id":14543,"date":"2017-03-08T15:39:50","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T14:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=14543"},"modified":"2017-04-20T02:40:49","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T01:40:49","slug":"ijomah-prof-benedict-imegwu-chukwumah","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/ijomah-prof-benedict-imegwu-chukwumah\/","title":{"rendered":"IJOMAH, Prof. Benedict Imegwu Chukwumah"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date of Birth: Tuesday (Afo) 1* March, 1938 ContactAddress: Federal College of Technology, Akure P.M.B 758 Akure, Ondo State Dr. Ijomah B. Imegwu Chukwumah, BA, MA, Ph.D, ANigerian Sociologist, a distinguished academic, erudite scholar and a social commentator and critic. Education \u2022 Catholic School, Illah, 1944 51 \u2022 Our Lady&#8217;s High School, Onitsha, 1952 56 \u2022 University ofNigeria, Nsukka, I960 63 \u2022 North Western University, Evanston, Illinois. USA, 1966-69. Work Experience \u2022 Dr. Ijomah started as a teacher atAnnunciation Grammar School, Ikerc Ekiti, Western Nigeria, 1957-59, St. Anthony&#8217;s College, Ubulu-Uku 1960 \u2022 Assistant Registrar, University of Nigeria Nsukka, 1963 66 \u2022 Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Sociology, University, North Western University, USA 1967 \u2022 Teacher, Advanced Social Statistics, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Illinois, USA 1968 \u2022 Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Loyola, Chicago, USA, 1968 71 \u2022 SeniorAssistant Registrar, UniversityofNigeria Nsukka, 1974 75 \u2022 Acting head, Dept of Sociology and Anthropology, University ofNigeria Nsukka, 1975, Principal Officer. International Co-ordination, International Secretariat, Festac 1976-77 \u2022 Appointed Registrar, Federal College of Technology, Akure, 1977. Membership of Professional Associations \u2022 Member,American Sociological Association \u2022 Member, American Statistical Association \u2022 Member. Nigerian Anthropological and Sociological Association \u2022 Vice President. Nigerian Anthropological and Sociological Association. 1973-75 \u2022 Member. The Joint Examinations Committee, the Nigerian Institute ofAdministrative Management \u2022 fellow. Seminar on Armed Forces and Society. University of Chicago \u2022 Founder and President. Educational programme, joint University Council for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Nigerian Civil War. 1970-71 \u2022 Secretary. Curriculum Committee. University ofNigeria, Nsukka 1971-75 \u2022 Member. Federal Advisory Committee for Social Development. 1974-77. 1977-80 \u2022 Member, Board of Population and Demography Centre, University ofNigeria, Nsukka 1975 \u2022 Chairman. Research Sub-Committee on Social Development, since 1975 \u2022 Member. Board of Directors Mid West Mass Communication Corporation. Benin City. 1975 \u2022 Consulting Editor, Encyclopedia Britannica Co-editor. World of Man (16 Volumes) Encyclopedia. Britannica. 1968-69 \u2022 Consulting Editor. The Conch \u2022 Associate Editor. International Journal of Military and Political Sociology \u2022 Editor. African Journal ol&#8221; Behavioural Sciences. Publications \u2022 Nationalism and Socio-Political Integration in Nigeria (Schenkman Publishing Company. Cambridge. Massachusetts. USA) and many others. His hobbies are: Photography, exploration of ancient sites. He is married to Agatha Walslerand blessed with eight children<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176,749,2418],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-14543","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia","category-administrator","category-sociologist"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/14543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/14543\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14543"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=14543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}