{"id":9856,"date":"2017-02-07T12:58:49","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T11:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=9856"},"modified":"2017-12-04T14:35:01","modified_gmt":"2017-12-04T13:35:01","slug":"chukwumah-ijeoma-imegwu","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/chukwumah-ijeoma-imegwu\/","title":{"rendered":"CHUKWUMAH, Ijeoma Imegwu"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date of Birth: Contact Address: Thursday (Afo) V March 1938 Federal College of Technology Akure PMB 758, Akure Ondo State )r. Ijeoma B. Imegwu Chukwumah, B.A, MA. Ph Dis distinguished Nigerian sociologist, academic and social critic who has written extensively md spoken at numerous conferences on the need to re-evaluate societal values and systems. Such top social crusaders for reorientation of national goals and values are rare gems in every generation. Ile is one ofthe prophetic voices who have been on the vanguard of national re-orientation and edirection. Education Dr. Chukwumah attended the following institutions \u2022 Catholic School Illah. 1944-1951 \u2022 Our Lady High School Onitsha 1952 1956 \u2022 University of Nigeria Nsukka, 1960 1963 \u2022 Northwestern University , Evanston Illinois USA 1966 1969 He has made tremendous impact across theglobe asa teacher, top academic, strategic planner and shrewd administrator and technocrat. His wide range of experience has been used to service to the development ofthe wider world. Hebegan his work as a teacher. \u2022 Tutor, Annunciation Grammar School Ikere- Ekiti. Western Nigeria . 1957 1959 \u2022 St. Anthony&#8217;s College, Ubulu-Uku 1960 \u2022 Assistant Registrar. University of Nigeria Nsukka 1963 1966 \u2022 Teaching Assistant, Dept of Sociology. North Western University. Evanston 1967 \u2022 Teacher. Advanced Social Statistics. Northern Illinois University, Dekalb. Illinois. USA 1968 \u2022 Assistant Professor of Sociology. University of Loyola, Chicago. USA. 1968 1971 \u2022 Senior Assistant Registrar. University of Nigeria, Nsukka 1974 1975 \u2022 Ag Head. Dept of Sociology and Anthropology. University of Nigeria Nsukka 1975 \u2022 Principal officer, International Co-ordinator, International Secretarial, FESTAC 1976 1977 \u2022 Registrar. Federal College of Technology. Akure 1977 \u2022 Secretary Curriculum Committee. University of Nigeria Nsukka. 1971 -1975 (In charge ofAcademic Matters) Member Federal Advisory Committee for Social Development. 1974-1977:1977 1980 \u2022 Member. Board of Population and Demography Centre. University of Nigeria Nsukka 1975 \u2022 Chairman . Research Sub-Committee on Social Development since 1975 \u2022 Member, Boardof Directors, Midwest MassCommunication Corporation. Benin City. Dr Chukwumah belongs to a number of national and international bodies which include: \u2022 Member, American Sociological Association \u2022 Member, American Statistical Association \u2022 Member, Nigerian Anthropological Association \u2022 Vice President. Nigerian Anthropological and Sociological Association 1973 1975 \u2022 Member Joint Examinations Committee \u2022 Member,Nigerian Institute of Administrative Management \u2022 Fellow Seminaron Armed Forcesand Society. University of Chicago Founderand President, Educational Programme, Joint University Council for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Ni\u00bberian Civil War. 1970 1971 He has published many works and has been on the editorial board ofmany learned academic journals, books and monographs including \u2022 Consulting Editor. Encyclopaedia Britannica Co-editor. World ofMan (16 volumes) Encyclopaedia Britannica 1968 1969 \u2022 Consulting Editor . The Conch \u2022 Associate Editor. International Journal of Military andPolitical Sociology, \u2022 Editor, African Journal ofBehavioural Sciences Further Publications include: \u2022 Nationalism andSocio-Political Integration in Nigeria. Cambridge Massachusetts, Schenkman Publishing Co, This is among the foremost Igbo top administrators and learned academic whose main interest in public life was Service to Society and Improvement oflife for the generality ofpeople and not to use positions oftrust to build up personal wealth and empire. He is a clean and upright man who has served the country with dedication and commitment. His Hobbies include photography, exploration ofancient sites.. He is married to Agatha Walster and blessed with eight children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-9856","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/9856","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\/4"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/9856\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9856"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=9856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}