Curriculum vitae
Prof. Dr. Abdalla Uba Adamu, Department of Information and Media Studies, Faculty of Communication, Bayero University Kano, Nigeria.
- Professor of Media and Cultural Communication
- Professor of Science Education and Curriculum Development
- Former Vice-Chancellor, National Open University of Nigeria (2016–2021)
- European Union Visiting Professor, University of Warsaw, Poland (2012)
- Rockefeller Resident Fellow, Bellagio Study Center, Italy (1993)
- Fulbright Senior African Research Scholar, UC Berkeley (1991–1992)
Prof. Adamu’s research follows transnational media flows and their impact on Muslim Hausa popular culture, especially literature, film, music and the performing arts. He promotes netnography as a method for documenting Hausa online media, and chairs Visually Ethnographic Networks, the Institute of Islamic Calligraphy and Geometric Designs, and Innovative Educational Synergy Consultants in Kano. Read the full synopsis.
Academic qualifications
- 1988
- D.Phil., University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, England
- 1983
- M.A. (Science Education), Chelsea College, University of London
- 1982
- Postgraduate Diploma in Science Education, Chelsea College, University of London
- 1979
- B.Sc. (Education, Biology and Physiology), Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
Appointments
- 2021
- Visiting Sabbatical Professor of Mass Communication, Kaduna State University
- 2016–2021
- Vice-Chancellor, National Open University of Nigeria
- 2019
- Visiting Professor, Humboldt University, Germany
- 2015
- Visiting Professor, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, United States
- 2012
- Professor of Media and Cultural Communication, Bayero University Kano
- 2012
- Visiting Professor, University of Warsaw, Poland
- 2010
- Visiting Professor, University of Florida, Gainesville, United States
- 2004
- Visiting Professor, University of Cologne, Germany
- 1997
- Professor of Science Education and Curriculum Studies, Bayero University Kano
- 1994
- Associate Professor in Science Education and International Comparative Higher Education
- 1991–1993
- Senior Lecturer, Science Education
- 1988–1991
- Lecturer I, Science Education
- 1984–1988
- Lecturer II, Science Education
- 1981–1984
- Assistant Lecturer, Science Education
- 1980–1981
- Graduate Assistant, Science Education
- 1979–1980
- Biology and Agricultural Science Teacher, Ekwerazu Girls Secondary School, Umoarkrika