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, University of
Nigeria, Nsukka from 2008-2010, 2016-till date, and
also at the University of Benin, where she was the pioneer Head, Department of
Social Work from July 2011 to May, 2013.
Prof Uzoma Okoye is a member of Nigerian Association of Social Workers
(NASOW) and she is currently the Vice President of Nigerian Association of
Social Work Educators. She is part of UNFPA team that monitored census in
Nigeria (2007), Sudan (2008) and Pakistan (2017).
She has conducted field
researches bothering on different topical social issues such as physically challenged
students, Child rights, perception of the elderly by the youth, care giving and
social support for the elderly by their families, impact of HIV/AIDS on the
elderly, gender issues and so on. She is
also the author of over forty journal articles and book chapters in different
areas of social work. She has attended many local and international conferences
and served as resource person in many workshops.
Dr Okoye has supervised
and graduated over twenty Masters students and eight PhD students. She teaches
research methods, social work practice methods and social gerontology both at
undergraduate and post graduate levels. She is married to Prof CMI Okoye and
they are blessed with four children.
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