Faculty - Okeke

Phil OkekeDr. Phil Okeke-Ihejirika

Degrees

B. Ed., Education and Economics (University of Ibadan, Nigeria)
M. Sc. Economics (University of Ibadan, Nigeria)
Ph.D. Education (Dalhousie University)

Research

Dr. Okeke-Ihejirika, known to her students as Dr. Phil, is also an adjunct professor in the Social Science Faculty of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria. Her research and teaching focus on Gender and Development in Africa as well as on Gender Issues in Migration and Settlement in Canada. Her publications in journals and books reflect a continuing contribution to the debates in these fields. She is actively involved in building cross-Atlantic linkages with scholars, academic institutions, and local communities with the aim of improving the conditions of women's life Africa. She also works with international organizations such as the Rotary International Foundation as well as various immigrant serving organizations and social agencies in Canada.

Selected Publications

Gendering Transformations: Culture, Race, and Identity in Africa and Her Diaspora. Co-edited with Korieh, C. London: Routledge (Forthcoming)

“Beyond Women’s Access and Representation in Africa’s Higher Education: Investigating the Institutional Cultures of Three Nigerian Universities”. Report Submitted to the Multi-National Working, Council for the Development of Economic and Social Research in Africa (2007) 

Negotiating Power and Privilege: Igbo Career Women in Contemporary Nigeria. Athens: Ohio University Press. (2004)

"Contesting Identities of Colour: African Female Immigrants in the Americas." Hettie V. Williams (ed.). Color Struck: Essays on Race and Ethnicity in Global Perspective. University Press of America. (2007)

“FTAA and the Well Being of New Populations in the New World: African and Caribbean Women’s Struggles for Economic Autonomy in Canada” In Knight Andy (ed.), Remapping the Americas. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press (2007)

 

“Gender Equity in Africa’s Higher Education: The challenge of Transcending Access and Transformation,” Ndulo (ed.), Power, Gender and Social Change in Africa and the Diaspora. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. (2007)

 

“Higher Education for Africa’s Women: Prospects and Challenges,” in Abdi, Ali A., Pulampu, Korbla P. & Dei, George (eds.). African Education and Globalization. 79-92. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. (2006)

 

“Achieving Gender Equity in Africa’s Institutions of Tertiary Education: Beyond Access and Representation,” in Abdi Ali A. and Cleghorn, Ailie (eds.). Issues in African Education: Sociological Perspectives. 159-174. New York: Palgrave and Macmillan. (2005)

 

with Denise, Spitzer “Homeland vs Identity: The Experiences of First Generation African Youth in Multicultural Canada." In Wisdom J. Tettey and Korbla P. Puplampu (eds), The African Diaspora in Canada: Negotiating Identity and Belonging. 205-224. Calgary: University of Calgary Press.(2005)

“The Second Coming: African Women as a Racialized Trans-migrant Group in a Canadian Context,” F. Harris (ed.), Resisting Racism and Xenophobia: Global Perspectives on Race, Gender and Human Rights. 175-190. Walnut Creek: AltaMira Press. (2005)

“Higher Education for Africa’s Women: Partners with or Cheerleaders for Men?” In Paul T. Zeleza and Adebayo Olukoshi (eds.), African Universities in the Twenty-First Century, Volume II, 480-492. (2004)

with Onu, G. “A Bottom-up Approach to Cleaning Up: African Women and Shared Governance at the Local-Government Level.” African Journal of Political Science and International Relations. (2007)

with Onu, G. “Women, NEPAD and Nation Building: Revisiting a Dying Debate.” African Sociological Review. 10(2): 72-93. (2006)

“The Content and Research Base for Women’s Education in Africa: Postcolonial Realities and Outcomes.” Journal of Postcolonial Education. 2 (1): 7-22. (2003)