PROFILE OF PROF UZOMA ODERA OKOYE Prof. Uzoma Odera Okoye graduated in 1989 with a BSc from the Department of Sociology/Anthropology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. She was the best graduating student in her class and so the department encouraged her to apply as a staff. She joined the services of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka as a Graduate Assistant. At that time the Social Work unit of the department of Sociology/Anthropology were in need of staff and she was among those who were co-opted to do a Master degree in Social Work, a decision she has never regretted. Prof Okoye was a Fulbright Scholar to Boston College USA in 1999/2000 session and obtained her Doctor of Philosophy (Phd) degree in Social Gerontology (Study of elderly people) in 2002. She became a Professor of Social Work in October 2011. She was and still is one of the founding staff of the Department of Social Work, University of Nigeria,Nsukka since 2007. She served as Head, Department of Social Work, Univer