Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang's CV

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Prof Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang

Curriculum Vitae

Full Name: Naana Jane E. S. Opoku-Agyemang PhD/ FGA

Educational Background:

• O’ & A’ Levels, Wesley Girls’ High School, 1964-1971

• DSEF, Universite de Dakar, 1976

• BA (Hons) Ed. University of Cape Coast, 1977

• MA, York University, Toronto, Canada, 1980

• PhD York University, Toronto, Canada, 1986 (Passed with Honors in Major Area of Study)

Recognitions/ Awards/Honors

• Fulbright Senior Scholar, 1993/1994

• Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study and Research into the African Humanities, North Western University, Evanston Campus, Illinois, USA January – August 1994.

• Outstanding Performance in Advancing International Education, School for International Training, 2002 & 2007

• Fulbright American Summer Institute, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb New York and Colorado, USA June 30 – August 12, 2003.

• Publicly Recognized and Honored by the Komenda Traditional Council of the Central Region of the Republic of Ghana for outstanding contributions towards education in the traditional area, 2004

• Member, Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2006

• Ghana National Award of Officer of the Order of the Volta (Highest honor Ghana bestows on her citizens, October 2011)

• Doctor of Laws (LLD) Honoris Causa, University of the West Indies (2010)

• Doctor of Humane Letters (DLitt) Honoris Causa, Winston Salem State University, North Carolina (2011)

• Ghana Women of Excellence Award (Category: Education), 2011

• Outstanding Contribution to Education by the Africa Education Leadership Awards, Mauritius, December 2012

• Citation of Honor by the National Union of Ghana Students Women’s Caucus (February 2012)

• Global Leadership Award, University of South Florida 2012

• Doctor of Humane Letters (DLitt) Honoris Causa, Grand Valley State University (2014)

• Doctor of Letters, (DLitt) Honoris Causa, University of Cape Coast, 2015

• Honorary Fellow, Commonwealth of Learning, 2016

• Leading Women Achievers Award, 2018

Positions:

• National Service Person, Department of English, UCC

• Tutor, Writing Workshop, Your University 1979-1986

• Lecturer 1986

• Senior Lecturer 1993

• Associate Professor 2001

• Full Professor: 2006

• Vice Chancellor, University of Cape Coast (2008-2012)

• Minister of Education (January 2013-January 2017)

• President and Africa Board Chair, Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE since August 2017)

• Chancellor, Women’s University in Africa, since 2018

Previous Academic Posts held with dates

• Teaching Assistant, Department of English, University of Cape Coast, 1977-1978

• Tutor, Writing Workshop, York University, Toronto, Canada, 1979-1986.

• Lecturer, University of Cape Coast, 1986

• Promoted: Senior Lecturer, University of Cape Coast, 1993

• Promoted: Associate Professor of Literature, 2001

• Promoted: Full Professor of Literature, 2006

• Head, Department of English, UCC September, 2000-2002

• Dean, Faculty of Arts, November, 2001 – September, 2002

• Dean, School of Graduate Studies and Research, October 2002-September 2008

• Guest Lecturer, University of Ohio Summer Institute on African Literature, July – August 1996.

• Academic Director, School for International Training, Ghana – African Diaspora Studies, Fall 1997- Fall 2008

• Visiting Professor, Africana Summer Institute, National Council for Black Studies Inc. USA and the University of Ghana, Legon July 9 – August 6 1995.

• Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study and Research into the African Humanities, North-Western University, Evanston, USA January – August 1994.

• Exchange Professor, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA, USA Spring Quarter, 1993.

Major Achievement as National Service Person:

• a. Served as bilingual translator to team of Senior Academic Staff who negotiated an agreement between the University of Cape Coast and L’Universite du Benin at Lome, Togo. This led to the first batch of Togolese students who spent one academic year at the Department of English, University of Cape Coast.

• b. Designed and taught the first Specialist Course in English for Francophone students at UCC

• c. Designed and taught a course in English Language and Literature to the Togolese students. Four out of the five students qualified to join our regular undergraduate students, completing the degree programs with respectable classes. This course has now been developed to become the Proficiency In English, leading to the award of a Certificate

Major Achievements as Senior/Lecturer:

• a. Revived and Taught Specialist Course in English for Francophone students at UCC, from 1988 to 1990

• b. Co-Designed and Taught Specialist Course in English for Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers in Ghana, from 1991-1993

Major Achievements as Academic/Administrative Head

As Warden Adehye Hall, from 1988-1994:

• a. Created and furnished Social/Counseling Room for ease of interaction between student and counselor

• b. Fundraised to roof and paint entire hall of residence, terrazzo and refurbish the hall library and the Junior Common Room.

• c. In anticipation of receiving non-residential students, created Day Room with curtains, bedding and desks to make day students feel part of the hall.

• d. Worked as member of a committee that revised the student handbook that had seen no revisions until then

• e. Raised level of awareness of female students in encouraging them to take active responsibility for the sanitation of the hall. This initiative changed our status to the Cleanest Hall for five consecutive years

As Head of the Department of English

• a. Fundraised to purchase first computer and accessories for the Department

• b. Created a multi-purpose teaching room, furnished with television, speakers and DVD equipment to diversify teaching methodologies in the Department

• c. Classified all Long Essays in the Department for easy reference by students, lecturers and other users

• d. Held monthly meetings (second Sunday afternoon of each month) with all course representatives (over lunch) to determine progress of classes and provide a forum for the discussion of issues relating to the learning experience

• e. With colleagues in the department, restructured the post graduate program in English

As Dean of the Faculty of Arts

• a. Initiated a forum for all graduate students to dialogue, share resources and provide peer support

• b. Initiated an informal get-together of all staff to brainstorm the way forward for the faculty, twice each semester

• c. Initiated program for recognizing the contributions of senior colleagues of the faculty

• d. Initiated a policy of receiving statements of accounts for each department at the end of each month

• e. To highlight communication in the Faculty, included in the agenda of the Faculty Board reports by representatives of the Faculty on each Board and Committee of the University.

• f. Initiated a policy of maintenance for the Faculty building

• g. Introduced and implemented idea of harvesting rain in the Faculty to respond to perennial problem of water shortage in the municipality and to raise the level of sanitation in the faculty

As Dean of the School of Graduate Studies and Research

• a. Initiated idea of building a student editorial board in each faculty to enhance peer support

• b. Streamlined the admission process of the Board of Graduate Studies by redesigning the admission form to include referee’s report and a statement of purpose by applicant

• c. Introduced end of semester evaluation forms by both student and supervisor

• d. Revised Graduate Brochure to highlight areas of format and final presentation of thesis/dissertation

• e. Actively supported the creation of sandwich programs to meet the changing profile of the graduate student and employer demands

• f. Encouraged the changing profile of the Graduate Students Association of Ghana (GRASAG) to reflect its true status and place in the University. This led to the institution of GRASAG Seminars at UCC

• g. Organized first post graduate conference at UCC, with focus on teaching and supervision

• h. Proposed the establishment of a School of Graduate Studies and Research at UCC, became its founding Dean

• i. Initiated process of ensuring compliance with suggestions by external examiners

As Academic Director, World Learning/School for International Training, USA (WL/SIT)

• a. Upgraded and provided Academic Direction for the WL/SIT study abroad program originally titled: “Crossroads of the African Diaspora.” This program has been refocused and deepened to be known as “The History and Cultures of the African Diaspora,” a model study abroad program of WL/SIT

• b. Paper on Reciprocity, read at the 40th Anniversary Colloquium of the School for International Training/World Learning (SIT/WL) led to the emphasis on Reciprocity in the development of a strategic plan for SIT/WL

• c. Served on the Executive Council of WL/SIT for two unprecedented terms

• d. Elected as the Chairperson of the World Wide Academic Director Community, comprising some 100 academic directors from each continent of the world; this position also lasted two unprecedented terms

• e. Reviewed the Academic Content of the Study Abroad programs of WL/SIT in the Arts and Culture domain

• f. Broadened our community of friends while encouraging reciprocity

• g. Publicly acknowledged and awarded, on two occasions, as having provided a consistently outstanding quality academic program

As Vice Chancellor

• a. Instituted regular meetings with Deans to discuss issues directly focused on scholarship in the Faculties/Schools

• b. Significantly increased the number of academic staff with terminal degrees through an aggressive recruitment process

• c. Participated the first ever Educational Fair of Universities in Ghana abroad, this occurring during my term as Chairperson of Vice-Chancellors-Ghana (2010-2011)

• d. Adequately resourced the Optometry and Laboratory Technology Departments to warrant their re-opening by the National Accreditation Board

• e. As Chairperson of Vice-Chancellors-Ghana (2010-2011) initiated a Memorandum of Understanding among all member so VCG to ensure more judicious use of in-country expertise

• f. Instituted the Occasional Lecture Series to draw in speakers from a wide array of backgrounds to deepen our knowledge and community relations

• g. Initiated and completed work on the establishment of an Oil and Gas Institute at the University

• h. Moved the discussion on the establishment of a Law Faculty through formulation of courses, establishment of a Law Library through approval from Academic Board and the National Council for Tertiary Education onto the premises of the National Accreditation Board

• i. Completed the Review and publication of the Statutes of the University

• j. Initiated and completed the Strategic Plan for the University

• k. Initiated the construction of Study Centers at Accra, Kumasi and Nyakrom for the Centre for Continued Education

• l. Initiated the Construction of a 68 bed University Guest House in Accra to replace the existing UCC Guest House at Tesano

• m. Initiated and completed the construction of a Teaching and Study Centre for Medical Students at the Central Regional Hospital, Cape Coast through successful fundraising to the tune of over US$ 6million

• n. Initiated the construction of a Diagnostic Centre at the Central Regional Hospital, through successful fundraising of external sources to the tune of over US$ 2 million

• o. Completed the Education Lecture Complex, the University Senior Club House, the 50-bed ward extension to the University Hospital, the Institute for Development Studies Annex

• p. Succeeded in seeking extra budgetary funding to the tune of GHC 4.1 for the future completion of the Science Laboratory Annex building

• q. Encouraged Student groups to share expertise with the youth and schools within the University community

• r. Actively participated in the establishment of the Fisheries College of the University at Anomabo

• s. Increased the national visibility of the university through reception of

• 1. The Citation of Honor by the National Union of Ghana Students Women’s Caucus (February 2012);

• 2. Ghana National Award of Officer of the Order of the Volta ( October 2011)

• 3. Member of Council, National Council for Tertiary Education

• 4. Ghana Women of Excellence Award (Category: Education), 2011

• 5. Chairperson, Graphic Communications Group Limited;

• t. Increased the external visibility of UCC through my nomination as member of the following::

• 1. Governing Board of the Association of African Universities, (AAU);

• 2. Executive Board of the United Nations Educational and Scientific Organization (UNESCO);

• 3. Founding President of the Association of Africa Universities (AWAU)

• 4. Africa Initiative Advisory Board, Canada

• 5. Executive Committee, Commonwealth Universities Study Abroad Consortium (CUSAC)

• 6. Editorial Board, The Harriet Tubman Series on the African Diaspora (Africa World Press Inc)

• 7. Selection Committee, African Humanities Project (AHP) of Carnegie Corporation

Reception of:

1. Doctor of Laws (LLD) Honoris Causa, University of the West Indies (2010):

2. Doctor of Humane Letters (Dlitt) Honoris Causa, Winston Salem State University, North Carolina (2011);

3. Presidential International Scholar Award, Wheelock College, Boston, MA, USA March 2011

Invitation as:

1. Special International Guest, 75th National Convention of the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Clubs, Inc.

Texas, USA

2. Keynote Speaker, “Effective Women for Effective Change” Old Girls Association of Wesley Girls’ High School UK and Ireland Branch, Sheraton Skyline Hotel, London June 23, 2012

3. Invited Speaker, Africa-US Higher Education Initiative Partners’ Meeting, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, February 2012 a. Created a Forum for Dialogue by all unions and associations in the education sector, thereby reducing the incidence of annual industrial actions in the country

b. Introduced cost saving and efficiency mechanisms by redirecting allowances paid directly to teacher trainees into improving resources for

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the students and tutors; and redirecting research and book allowances paid directly to individuals into the creation of a National Research Fund.

c. Created Second Opportunity for graduates of the Junior High school who could not make the required grades for upward mobility

d. Personally inspected Basic and High Schools, Vocational/Technical Schools, Polytechnics and Universities in all ten regions of the country on unannounced basis, to acquaint myself with the schools on ordinary days.

e. Deepened the Decentralization of Education process of the country

f. Operationalized the National Inspectorate Directorate

g. Increased the enrolment of teacher trainees from 9,000 annually to 15,600 in the 2013-2014 academic year through the introduction of relevant policies.

h. Declared “Zero Tolerance for Absenteeism” in the Schools to reduce the rate of teacher absenteeism and increase time on task in the 2014 year; a year later, the rate had dropped to 9%

i. Designed and began the construction of an additional 200 Senior High Schools to provide more opportunities for a growing population

j. Rebranded Vocational/Technical Training to make it a first choice for students

k. Improved supply of text books in core subjects from three pupils to a text book to four textbooks for pupil

l. Began process to turn Polytechnics into Technical Universities; approved by Parliament in August 2016; inaugurated in December 2106

m. Provided unique opportunity for BECE students to improve performance by creating a special time for this to happen. Piloted in 2014

n. Successfully completed writing project with pupils from upper primary public basic schools in Ghana, titled “Children Writing for Children”

Leadership Roles:

• a. Senior Prefect, Wesley Girls High School

• b. Member of the Executive Council, Adehye Hall Junior Common Room

• c. Vice President, York University Co-Operative Day Care Association (during tenure, averted the occurrence of the annual strike by day care givers through the application of effective negotiation skills

• d. Introduced and presented a concept paper on “Reciprocity” at the 40th Anniversary of the WL/SIT. This maiden paper led to the reshaping of the strategic plan of WL/SIT focused around Reciprocity.

• e. Founding President o the Association of Africa Universities (AWAU)

• f. Founding President, Ghana Association of Universities

• g. Vice Chancellor, University of Cape Coast

• h. Minister for Education

Membership to University /Boards/Committees

• Chair, Academic Board, 2008-

• Chair, Development Committee, 2008-

• Chair, Professional Board, Institute of Education 2008-

• Chair, Board of Graduate Studies, October 2002-Septemeber 2008

• Chair, Faculty of Arts Board, October 2001 – September 2002

• Chair, Publications Board, since 2001

• Chair, Library Board, University of Cape Coast 1996 – 2000

• Chair, Committee on Gender Studies, 1995 – 1996

• Chair, Board of Governors, Universities Practice Secondary School January 1995 – January 2002.

• Vice President, University of Cape Coast National Alumni Association, since 2002

• ‘Hall Warden’ and Counselor, Valco Trust Hall, 2002-2006

• Member, Finance Committee, since 2001

• Member, Development Committee, since 2001

• Member, Scholarships Committee, since 2001

• Member, Academic Board, UCC since 1998

• Member, University Business Management Board, January 1995 – 1998

• Co-coordinator of Projects, Consultancy Unit, January 1995 – 1998

• Member, Board of the Faculty of Arts since 1993

• Departmental Representative, Academic Board, 1999 – 2001

• Representative of Academic Board, Public Relations Committee 1993 – 2000

• Member of Senate, 1988 – 1990

• Warden, Adehye Hall, 1988 – 1994

• Representative of Academic Board, Hospital Board, 1989 – 2000

• Member, Nursery School Committee, 1989 – 1991

• Member, Student Affairs Committee, 1998 – 1994

• Member, Sub-Committee to review Students’ Handbook, 1992

National Boards/Committees

• Board Member as Eminent Person: Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons (2012-2015)

• Chair, National Commission for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) 2013-2-017

• Chairperson, Graphic Communications Group Limited, 2011-2013)

• Nominee of Government, Council of the University College of Education of Winneba, 1998 – 2002

• Lecture Series Co-coordinator, School for International Training, Crossroads of the African Diaspora 1996 – 1997

• Member, Committee to consider possibility of turning Diploma Awarding Institutions into Universities, 1993-1995

• Joint Co-coordinator, a Specialist Program in English Language and Ghanaian Culture for Japan Overseas Co-operation Volunteers, 1991 – 1993.

• External Examiner for English, Diploma Awarding Colleges, Ghana, 1987-1992.

• External Examiner for English, University of College of Education, Winneba, 1992 – 1993

• Chair, English Panel for Developing Syllabi and Programs of Study of Proposed University College Winneba 1991 – 1992

• Associate Editor, Eastern Washington University Press, Cheney, USA since 1993.

• Member, Adjudication Committee, Valco Literary Awards, Ghana, 1993 – 1998

• Warden Adehye Hall, (Only Women’s Hall of Residence) University of Cape Coast, 1988 – 1994

• Founding Member, Board of Governors, Center for Democracy and Development (CDD), since 1998

• Member, Board of Governors, Komenda Secondary Technical School, 1992 – 2000

• Nominee of Government, Cape Coast Municipal Assembly (CCMA), 1994 – 1998

• Member, Environmental and Tourism Sub-Committee of CCMA, 1994 – 1998.

• Representative of CCMA, Board of Governors, Wesley Girls High School, Cape Coast 1994 – 1998.

Membership to International Boards/Committees:

• Member, Global Advisory Council, World Learning Inc. USA 2014-

• Executive Board, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) 2009-2013

• UNESCO Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development, 2015

• WHO High-Level Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth, 2106

• Member, Africa Initiative Advisory Board, CANADA, 2011-2012

• Member of the Executive Committee, Commonwealth Universities Study Abroad Consortium (CUSAC)

• Editorial Board, Slavery, Abolition and Social Justice 1490-2007

Adam Matthew DIGITAL, UK

• International Advisory Board, Nigeria Hinterland Project of York University and UNESCO

• Dean’s Advisory Board, School for International Training, (SIT) USA

• Governing Board, Association of African Universities (AAU)

• Editorial Board, The Harriet Tubman Series on the African Diaspora (Africa World Press Inc USA)

• Selection Committee, African Humanities Project (AHP) of Carnegie Corporation

• Reviewer, University of Ghana Readers Project

• Member, Editorial Board, Wheelock International Journal of Children, Families, and Social Change.

• Member, Editorial Board, Atlantic Studies

Other Roles:

• Patron, “What Do You Know Club,” UCC

• Patron, Women’s Commission of NUGS

• Patron, Obaa Sima, UCC

• Patron, Ghana Methodist Students’ Union (GHAMSU)

• Co-Editor, Drumspeak (Faculty of Arts Journal, UCC)

• Member of Editorial Board, Center for Continuing Education, UCC

Travel Grants

• WHO High Level Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth (ComHEEG), September 2016, New York & December 2106, Geneva, Switzerland. Role: Commissioner.

• Presidential International Scholar, Wheelock College, Boston, MA, USA March 2011

• Keynote Speaker, National Black Theatre Festival, Winston Salem, August 1 – 6, 2005

• Fulbright American Summer Institute, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb New York and Colorado, USA June 30 – August 12, 2003.

• Conference on Leadership and Strategic Change in Higher Education for Heads of Commonwealth Universities in Africa, University of Abertay, Dundee, Scotland, August 11 – 16, 2002.

• Guest Speaker, Gender Forum, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of Stirling, Scotland, April 1996.

• Visiting Professor, Africana Summer Institute, National Council for Black Studies Inc. USA and the University of Ghana, Legon July 9 – August 6 1995

• Exchange Professor, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA USA Spring Quarter, 1993

Membership/Fellowships of Professional/Learned bodies

• University Teachers Association of Ghana

• Ghana English Studies Association

• African Studies Association, USA

• African Literature Association, USA

• Ghana Studies Council

• International Fulbright Scholars Association

• Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences (Member of Council 2006-2008)

• National Council of Black Studies, USA

• International Advisory Board, Nigeria Hinterland Project of York University and UNESCO

• Commonwealth of Learning (COL)

Details of Research or Major Projects Undertaken

• Children Writing for Children Series in Ghana

• Literature by Women from Ghana: an archival Study : Since 1994; Resulted in several publications that have highlighted little known women writers.

• Developing a Manual for Learning and Writing Skills for Undergraduate Students: 1987-1996; Resulted in the publication of the book, A Handbook for Writing Skills, 1998.

• Developing a Workbook for Writing Skills since 2003

• Collecting Oral Accounts of Resistances to Enslavement in the Upper West and Western Regions of Ghana and in the Ouidah, Abomey and Ganvie districts of Benin 1997 – 2006; Resulted partly in the inaugural address to the Ghana Academy of Arts an Sciences, 2006.

Publications

Books

• Who Told the Most Incredible Story: How Dog’s nose became Dark and other Stories, (Edited by Adwoa A. Opoku-Agyemang) Accra, Ghana: Afram Publications, 2015

• Who told the most Incredible Stories and other Stories , (Edited by Adwoa A. Opoku-Agyemang), Accra, Ghana: Afram Publications 2015

• Who Told the Most Incredible Story: The Singing Competition and other Stories , (Edited by Adwoa A. Opoku-Agyemang), Accra, Ghana: Afram Publications 2015

• Who Told the Most Incredible Story: The Spread of Wisdom and other Stories , (Edited by Adwoa A. Opoku-, Agyemang), Accra, Ghana: Afram Publications 2015

• Who Told the Most Incredible Story: Never Spurn good Advice and other Stories, Accra, , (Edited by Adwoa A. Opoku-Agyemang),Ghana: Afram Publications 2015

• Naana J. S. Opoku-Agyemang: Where There is no Silence: Articulations of Resistance to Enslavement, Accra: Pagelinks, 2008.

• J. R. Anquandah, N. J. Opoku-Agyemang and M. Doormont, (eds) The Trans Atlantic Slave Trade: Landmarks, Legacies, Expectations, Sub-Saharan Publishers, Accra, Ghana, 2006. (463 pages)

• Naana J. Opoku-Agyemang with Paul Lovejoy and David Trotman, (eds). Literary Manifestations of the African Disapora. Africa World Press, Trenton, New Jersey, USA,. Forthcoming, September 2006. (553 pages).

• Naana Opoku-Agyemang with Kwadwo Opoku-Agyemang, The Corpse That Laughed. Accra: Black Mask Limited, 2000 (120 pages).

• Naana Opoku-Agyemang with Kwadwo Opoku-Agyemang, Kweku Ananse and the Wailing Cane. Accra: Black Mask Limited, 2000 (76 pages).

• Naana Opoku-Agyemang with Kwadwo Opoku-Agyemang, Kweku Ananse the Magic Stone. Accra: Black Mask Limited, 2000 (98 pages).

• Naana Opoku-Agyemang with Kwadwo Opoku-Agyemang, Never Spurn Good Advice. Accra: Black Mask Limited, 2000 (85 pages).

• Naana Opoku-Agyemang with Kwadwo Opoku-Agyemang, Who told the most Incredible Story. Accra: Black Mask Limited, 2000 (76 pages).

• Naana J. S. Opoku-Agyemang: A Handbook for Writing Skills Accra: Universities of Ghana Press, January 1998

Chapters in Books:

• “An Analysis of the Exponents of Oppression in Nawal el Sadaawi’s God Dies by the Nile” in Edu-Buandoh, Dora F. and Appartaim, Anita. Between Language and Literature: A Festschrift for Professor Kofi Edu Yankson. Cape Coast: University of Cape Coast Printing Press, 2012, pp. 299-314.

• “Writing for Children in a Fractured World” in Anne V. Adams (ed) Essays in Honor of Ama Ata Aidoo at 70. Banbury, UK: Ayebia Clarke Publishing Limited, 2012 pp. 86-97.

• “Serving the Global World Economy: Africa, Ghana and University of Cape Coast” in Journal of Leadership Studies: Expanding Interdsicplinary Discourse. School of Advanced Studies, University of Phoenix, AZ, 2012 Volume 4 Issue 1 pp 78-81

• “Education and Human Security in Africa” in Human Security in Africa: Perspectives on Education, Health and Agriculture. With G. T. K. Oduro. Eds. Obasango, O. at al. Lagos, Nigeria: Kingsmann Graffix 2010 pp.247-260.

• “The Living Experience of the Slave Trade in Sankana and Gwollu-Literary Manifestations and Implications for Tourism” in J. R. Anquandah and N.J. Opoku-Agyemang, Eds. The Trains Atlantic Slave Trade: Landmarks,

Legacies, Expectations, Accra: Sub-Saharan Publishers, 2008.

• “A Fork in the Road: Ayi Kwei Armah’s Osiris Rising and Florence Ladd’s Sarah’s Psalm on the subject of Homecoming” Africa and Trans-Atlantic Memories: Literary and Aesthetic Manifestation of Diaspora and History, (Eds.) Naana J. Opoku-Agyemang, Paul Lovejoy and David Trotman, Africa World Press Inc., Trenton, New Jersey, 2008 pp. 303-317.

• “Narrative Turns in Ama Ata Aidoo’s No Sweetness Here” Emerging Perspectives on Ama Ata Aidoo eds. Ada U. Azodo and Gay Willentz. Trenton, (NJ), Africa World Press 1999 pp. 127 – 144.

• “A Girl Marries a Monkey: The Folktale as an Expression of Value and Change in Society” Arms Akimbo: Africana Women in Contemporary Literature ed. Janice Liddel and Yakini B. Kemp Gainesville: University Press of Florida 1999 pp. 230 (RPT) * Originally published in Asemka Vol. 7 pp. 5 – 11.

• “Gender Role Perceptions in the Akan Folktale” in Gender Perceptions and Development in Africa: A Socio-Cultural Approach ed. Mary Modupe, Lagos, Nigeria: Kolawole Arrabon Academic Publishers, 1998 pp. 83 – 120.

Articles in refereed journals

• “Serving the Global Knowledge Economy: Africa, Ghana, and University of Cape Coast” Journal of Leadership Studies: Expanding Interdisciplinary Discourse School of Advanced Studies, U of Phoenix, AZ, 2010 Volume 4 Issue 1 pp.78-81 (2010).

• “Remembering Enslavement: Visually and Audibly” (2009)

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• “The Articulation of Change in Literature by Women from Africa” Accepted for Publication in WAVES, A Literary Journal of the University of Gabon, May 2006.

• Selma Alhassan: “Tanofia”: Ghana 1971 – English “ with Esi Sutherland Addy, in Women Writing Africa: West Africa and the Sahel New York: The Feminist Press, 2005, pp. 269 – 271.

• “Reading Love Stories by Women from Ghana” Reading Africa: African Research and Documentation #83 Cambridge University Press, Eds. Stephanie Newell et. Al. 200 pp. 49 – 60.

• “Ola Rotimi’s Our Husband Has Gone Mad Again: A Study on the Nature of Comedy” Legon Journal of the Humanities. Volume XIV 2003 pp. 79 – 100.

• “And Still They Fight: The Material and Cultures Manifestations of Resistance to the Slave Experience in Selected Locales in Ghana and Benin” Drumspeak: Journal of the Faculty of Arts, University of Cape Coast, Forthcoming.

• “A Study of Saadawi’s Narrative Technique in God Dies by the Nile” Accepted for publication in The Legon Journal of the Humanities.

• “Gender Role Perceptions in the Akan Folktale” Research in African Literatures ed. Abiola Irele (Indiana University Press) Vol. 30 No. 1 Spring 1999 pp.116 – 139. *Also Published in Gender Perceptions and Development in Africa: A Socio-Cultural Approach ed. Mary Modupe, Lagos, Nigeria: Kolawole Arrabon Academic Publishers, 1998 pp. 83 – 120.

• “A Reading of Ama Ata Aidoo’s Anowa” The Afro-Centric Scholar: The Journal of the National Council of Black Studies (USA) Vol. 2 Dec. 1993 pp. 70 – 83. * Also published in Nwayibu: Womanbeing and African Literature eds. Phanuel A. Egejuru and Ketu H. Katrak Trenton, NJ (USA): Africa World Press 1997 pp 21 – 31.

• “Recent Female Literary Voices from Ghana” English in Ghana Ed. M.E. Kropo Dakubu Accra: Black Mask Publishers 1997 pp. 225 – 247.

• “Sankofa or the Uses of Memory” Images of African and Caribbean Women: Migration, Displacement, Diaspora University of Stirling: Centre of Common Wealth Studies 1996 pp. 85 – 96.

• “Recovering Lost Voices: The Short Stories of Mabel Dove Danquah” Writing African Women S. Newell, London: Zed 1997 pp. 67 – 80.

• “Lest We Forget: A Critical Survey of Ghanaian Women’s Literature” in Asemka Vol 8 1995 pp. 61 – 84.

• “To Rise Again: of Women and Marriage in Mariama Ba’s So Long a Letter” Asemka Vol. 6 pp. 49 – 68.

• “Releasing the Potential of Women for National development” In Readings on the Green book, Ed. G. K. Nukunya, and Tom Kumekpor, Tripoli, The World Center for the Studies and Researches of the Greenbook, 1990, pp. 26 – 35.

• “The Politics of Silence: The Preschool Child” in Readings on the Greenbook, Ed. G. K. Nukunya and Tom Kumekpor, Tripoli, The World Center for the Studies and Researches of the Greenbook, 1990, pp. 175-180.

• “An Assessment of Toundi’s Character in Ferdinand Oyono’s Houseboy in Awareness, UCC 1976, pp. 48 – 52. Published under maiden name, Jane Sam (an undergraduate effort)

Articles in other sources

• Foreword to The Forgotten Ministry of the Church: ministering to Children with Disability by Anthony Boakye Dapaa, Abusuapa Publicity: Kumasi, pp. vii-vii 2018

Conferences, Seminars, Symposia, Workshops etc.

• Webinar, A Fundacion Mujeres por Africa

Theme: Women, Pandemic and Economic Crisis: A Gendered Framework

Role: Panelist

Date: June 29, 2020

• Webinar, Association of African Universities

Theme: Academic Survival During Covid Pandemic: Perspectives of Eminent Higher Education Leaders

Role: Panelist

Date: June 18, 2020

• Ashesi University Collaborative Stakeholders’ Forum

Theme: Covid 19 -Test of Ghana’s Education System: Policy Implications and New Pathways

Role: Panelist

Date: June 16, 2020

• Lagos State University Virtual conference

Theme: STEM Education in Africa

Role: Special Guest of Honor

Date: May 6, 2020

• Women’s Day, University of Cape Coast

Theme: “I am Gender Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights’

Role: Keynote Speaker

Date: March 4, 2020

• Presentation of FAWE Strategic Plan at AU Headquarters

Role: Africa Board Chair, FAWE

Date: February 8, 2020

• 1st International Conference of the Faculty of Education-National Open University of Nigeria

Role: keynote Speaker: “Revitalizing Education for the Attainment of Sustainable Development Goals for Africa”

Venue: National Open University of Nigeria

Dates: September 23-27, 2019

• Times Higher Education/World Academic Summit

Role: Opening Keynote Speaker

Venue: ETH Zurich University, Switzerland

Dates: September 10-12, 2019

• Association of African Universities: Conference of Rectors, Vice-Chancellors and Presidents of African Universities (COREVIP)

Role: Special Guest

Venue: Al-Azhar International Conference Center, Cairo, Egypt

Dates: July 8-11, 2019

• Women Deliver 2109 Conference, Vancouver, Canada 1. Moderator: The Power of Integration

Roles: 21

2. Concurrent Speaker: Intergenerational Dialogue about Gender Transformative Education

3. Panelist: United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI)

4. Panelist: Integration Matters and What’s the Recipe?

5. Bilateral Discussions with Alice Albright, Global Partnership for Education

Venue: Vancouver Convention Centre, Vancouver, Canada

Dates: June 3-6, 2019

• Pulling together to achieve transformative education for Girls and Women in Conflict

Roles:

1. Opening and Closing Remarks

2. Panelist: Why Focus on Girls and Women Education?

Venue: Windsor Golf and County Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya

Date: May 22, 2019

• Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Publication of Ayi Kwei Armah’s The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born

Venue: Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang Auditorium and Domwini Daabre Kuupole Conference Centre, Amissah-Arthur Language Center, University of Cape Coast

Role: Chair of Opening and Closing Sessions

Date: April 16, 2019

• Strategic Approaches to Building Community Coalitions on Partnerships

Venue: Accra City Hotel

Role: Keynote Speaker

Date: April 11, 2019

• MasterCard Foundation Gender Consultation Meeting

Role: Invited Participant

Venue: Labadi Beach Hotel, Accra

Date: April 5, 2019

• Family Life Series

Role: Speaker: “Balancing Church and Family Responsibilities”

Venue: Immanuel Methodist Church, East Airport, Accra

Date: March 29, 2019 22

• Strategic Plan Validation Workshop for FAWE

Role: Chair, Validation Committee

Venue: FAWE House, Nairobi, Kenya

Dates: October 31-November 1, 2018

• Educational Conference on Improving Teacher Quality in Ghana: The Role of Women in Educational Leadership

Role: Keynote Speaker

Topic: Offsetting the Challenges of Women in Educational Leadership

Venue: Holiday Inn, Accra, Ghana

Date: October 3, 2018

• Faculty of Arts Colloquium: Attaining the SDGs 4 &15: The Role of the Humanities

Role Keynote Speaker: The Humanities Matter, Still!

Venue: Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang Auditorium

Date: September 2018

• UNESCO’s Partners’ Forum: Structured financing Dialogue

Role: Panelist on “The Data Challenge: UNESCO’s Role in Monitoring and Reporting on the Sustainable Development Goals

Venue: UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France

Dates: September 11-12, 2018

• Workshop for Staff of the Association of African Universities

Venue: Secretariat, AAU, Accra

Role: Consultant

Date: July 31, 2018

• 3rd Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Ghana (CARLIGH)/Association of African Universities (AAU) Conference

Theme: Managing Research Output for National Development: Trends and Issues

Role: Keynote Speaker

Venue: Conference Hall Association of African Universities, Accra

Dates: July 9-13, 2018

• Sustainable African Cities: Debating Current Challenges and Exploring Future Pathways

Role: Participant

Venue: Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences Complex, Accra, Ghana

Dates: July 3-6, 2018 23

• Global Women Economic and Social Empowerment Summit

Role: Special Guest

Venue: Labadi Beach Hotel, Accra, Ghana

Dates: July 4-5, 2018

• THE Young Universities Summit

Role: Speaker

Venue: University of South Florida, Tampa, USA

Dates: June 5-7, 2018

• Global Education Monitoring Report

Third Meeting of The Advisory Board

Role: Board Member

Dates: 31 May - 1 June 2018

Venue: UNESCO Headquarters Paris, France

• Unlocking the World’s Potential: Leading and Innovating for Quality Education in Africa (A WISE Event)

Role: Delegate

Venue: Marriott Hotel, Accra

Date: May 9, 2018

• Pan African High-Level Conference on Education: Bridging the continental and global education frameworks for the Africa We want

Role: Speaker

Paper Presented: “Nourishing the STEM pipeline: How Higher Education Policy and Leadership retains Women in Science”

Venue: Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya

Date: April 25-27, 2018

• International Leadership Conference for Women in Higher Education

Role: Speaker.

Paper Presented: “The journey of a Woman in Higher Education; the struggles with male counterparts, promotions…”

Venue: AAU Headquarters, Accra Ghana

Date: November 24, 2107

• High Level Meeting on Ending Child Marriage in Africa

Role One: ‘An Overview of Child Marriage in West and Central Africa’. Title of Paper: “Child Marriage and Education”

Role two: Remarks on behalf of CSO from the Regional Coalition on Ending Child Marriage

Venue: Dakar, Senegal

Dates: October 20-25, 2017

• Tenth Anniversary of the Association of West Africa Universities

Theme: The Role of Universities in the Sustainable Development Goals

Role: Plenary Speaker

Paper Presented: “Gender Equity, Sustainable Development and Universities”

Venue: Niamey, Niger

Dates: September 18-21, 2017

• Forum of African women Educationalists (FAWE)

Theme: Towards gender Equality in Education: Positioning Youth to champion Africa’s Education Agenda

Venue: Intercontinental Hotel, Lusaka, Zambia

Dates: August 23-25, 2017

• WHO High-Level Commission on Health, Economic Employment and Growth

Role: Commissioner

Venue: United Nations Headquarters, New York, USA

Dates: September 20, 2016

• WHO High-Level Commission on Health, Economic Employment and Growth

Role: Commissioner

Venue: Geneva, Switzerland

Dates: December 14-15, 2016

• Pan Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning

Theme: Open, Online and Flexible Learning: The Key to Sustainable Development

Venue: Traders Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Dates: November 27-30, 2016

• 200th Session of UNESCO Executive Board Meeting

Role: Representative of Ghana to UNESCO 25

Venue: UNESCO Headquarters, Paris

Dates: October 3-19, 2016

• UNESCO’s 50th Anniversary of International Literacy Day, co-hosted by USAID and the Library of Congress

Venue: Library of Congress, Jefferson Building, Washington DC

Paper Presented: “The ignored Links in Literacy”

Dates: September 7-9, 2016

• UN Broadband Commission

Venue: Yale Club, New York

Date: September 20, 2016

• Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) Conference of University Leaders 2106

Theme: “Defining the Responsible University, Society, Impact and Growth”

Role: Chair of Panel: “Responsible Use of Scholarships”

Venue: Accra International Conference Center, Ghana

Dates: July 27-29, 2016

• World Youth Forum

Busan, Seoul, South Korea

July 3-14, 2016

Role: Invited Guest

Paper Presented: “To resolve youth issues and cultivate global youth leaders”

• 199th Session of UNESCO Executive Board Meeting

Role: Representative of Ghana to UNESCO

Venue: UNESCO Headquarters, Paris

Dates: April 4-15, 2016

• Global Education and Skills Forum

Venue: Atlantis The Palm, United Arab Republic, Dubai

Dates: March 12-13, 2016

• Member, President’s State visit to Scotland

Dates: March 15-20, 2016 26

• MASHAV and Teacher Task Force High Level Conference “Achieving Education 2030 Agenda with Quality Educators”

Venue: Jerusalem, Israel

Dates: February 15-17, 2016

• World Education Forum, UK

Role: Guest Speaker

Topic: “The Importance of Progression routes within Skill covering both Education and Schooling”

Dates: January 17-21, 2016

• 38th Session of UNESCO General Conference

Role: Leader of Ghana Delegation

Venue: UNESCO Headquarters, Paris

Dates: November 3-18, 2015

• Swedish Africa Higher Education Conference

Venue: University of Skovde, Gottengurg, Sweden

Paper Read: “Sustainable International Collaborations”

Dates: 9-11 November, 2015

• UK Study Tour and Critical Mass Conference on Social Enterprise

Role: Invited Guest

Venue: Royal Institution, London

Dates: October 19-22, 2015

• Broadband Commission

New York

September 2015

• University of Southern California

• FARA Conference

September 2015

• Conference of District Directors of Education

Role: Keynote Speaker

Venue: Takoradi Polytechnic, Ghana

Dates: August 25, 2015 27

• 19th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers: “Quality Education for Equitable Development: Performance, Paths and Productivity”

Role: Chair of the African Ministerial Caucus

Venue: Nassau, The Bahamas

Dates: June 22-26, 2015

• International Launch of the 2015 Education for All Global Monitoring Report

United Nations Headquarters

New York, USA

April 9, 2015

Role: Invited Participant to Share the Successes of Ghana in the EFA

• African Library and Information Association Conference

Role: Guest of Honor

Date: May 30, 2015

Venue: Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA)

• International Conference on ICT Post 2015

Role: Invited Guest

Venue: Incheon, China,

Dates: May 23-25, 2015

• Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)

Role: Participant in High Level Panel on ESD 2030: “Setting the Stage”

Venue: Oakwood Premier Hotel, South Korea

Dates: May19-22, 2015

• Leadership and Governance Forum for Senior Women in African Governments

Venue: Yale University, CT, USA

Dates: May 4-8, 2015

• Visit to Contracta Firm,

Venue: Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Dates: March 28-April 2, 2015

• State Visit to the Republic of Botswana

Dates: March 9-11, 2015 28

• Ministerial Conference of Science, Technology and Innovation of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)

Tehran, Iran

Venue: February , 2015

Paper Presented: “Science, Technology and Innovation for Economic Growth”

• Conference of Ministers of Education of the African Union (COMEDAF) Meeting on Education 2015

Role: Member

Venue: Kigali Serena Rwanda

Date: February 8, 2015

• Sub-Saharan African Regional Conference on Education Post 2015

Role: invited Speaker, Participated in Ministerial Roundtable

Venue: Kigali Serena Hotel, Rwanda

Date: February 9-11 2011

• State Visit to the Republic of Germany

Dates: January 17-21, 2015

• Skills Development Program

Venue: Kigali Serena Hotel

Dates:

• Meeting of the Executive Board, Forum for African Women Educationalists

Nairobi, Kenya

• 9th General Assembly, Forum of African Women Educationalists

Venue: The Boma Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya

Dates: August 13-16, 2014

• RUFORUM Biennial Conference

Role: Invited Speaker

Venue: VIP Grand Hotel. Maputo, Mozambique

Dates: July 19-25, 2014

• Global Partnership for Education 2nd Pledging Conference

Venue: Brussels, Belgium

Papers Read: “Domestic Resource Mobilization” and “The role of Business in Transforming Global Education”

Dates: June 25-27, 2014 29

• Higher Education and Development: Tackling 21st Century Challenges

Dates: June 24-June 25, 2014

Paper Read: “Governing Higher Education systems: Experiences of Reform”

Venue: Wilton Park, London

• World Education and Skills Forum

Dates: March 15-17, 2014

Role: Invited Panel Participant

Venue: J. W. Marriott Marquis, Dubai, UAE

• The Education World Forum

Dates: 19-22 January 2014

Role: Invited Participant

Venue: Central Hall Westminster, London

• 192nd UNESCO Executive Board Meeting

Role: Ghana’s Permanent Delegate

Venue: UNESCO Headquarters, Paris

Dates: September 22- October 11, 2013

• High Level TVET Mining Study Tour

Venue: Sydney, Hunter Valley, Brisbane, Australia

Dates August 4-10, 2013

SkillsDMC Annual Conference

Date: August 8, 2013

Paper Presented: “Skills on a Global Stage”

• 6th Africa Agricultural Science Week and FARA General Assembly

Paper Read: Africa Feeding Africa Through Agricultural Innovation: Education and Human Resource Development to Enable Africa Feed Africa

Date: 19, July 2013

Venue: Accra International Conference Centre, Accra Ghana

• THE FIRST GHANA-FRANCE HIGHER EDUCATION CONFERENCE

Venue: THE COCONUT GROVE HOTEL, ACCRA

Role: Keynote address 30

Date: 18TH JUNE 2013

• Advancing Good Governance in International Development

Role: Discussant

Venue: Rhodes House, Oxford University

Dates: June 6-8, 2013

• 71st Governing Board Meeting of the Association of African Universities and 13th Annual General Conference

Role: Member of Governing Council and Moderator of Panel Discussion

Venue: Hotel Okoume and Omar Bongo University, Libreville, Gabon

Dates: May 25-31, 2013

• 191stth UNESCO Executive Board Meeting

Role: Ghana’s Permanent Delegate

Venue: UNESCO Headquarters, Paris

Dates: February 3-18, 2013

• 190th UNESCO Executive Board Meeting

Role: Ghana’s Permanent Delegate

Venue: UNESCO Headquarters, Paris

Dates: October 3-18, 2012

• “Where There is no Silence: Articulations of Resistance to Enslavement” Event: Year of Ghana Program

Role Keynote Speaker

Venue: Kennesaw State University, GA, USA

Date: September 6, 2012

• (18th) Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers (18CCEM)

Theme: 'Meeting the demand for post-secondary education: Practical solutions to difficult questions'.

Venue: University of Mauritius, Mauritius

Dates: 27-30 August 2012.

• 6th World Women University Presidents/Vice Chancellor Forum

Theme: Sustainable Development Through University Partnerships to Empower Women for Leadership Roles 31

Role: Chair

Venue: The Rainbow Towers, Harare, Zimbabwe

Dates: August 15-16, 2012

• Conference of the Role of Private Universities in Higher Education in Africa

Role: Chair of a Plenary Round Table Discussion

Venue: African Union Conference Centre, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Dates: August 8-10, 2012

• Climate Change and Population Conference on Africa

Role: Invited Speaker

Topic: Climate Change and the Humanities

Venue: University of Ghana

Dates: July 01-04, 2012

• 1st National Women’s Conference of the Distance Education Students Association of Ghana (DESAG)

Role: Keynote Speaker

Venue: Centre for Distance Education Conference Centre, UCC

Date: July 5, 2012

• “Effective Women for Effective Change” Old Girls Association of

Role; Keynote Speaker

Venue: Sheraton Skyline Hotel, London

Date: June 23, 2012

• Commonwealth Universities Study Abroad Consortium (CUSAC) Executive Board and General Meetings

Role: Board Member, Africa Representative

Venue: Keele Management Center, Keele University, Strattfordshire, England

Dates: April 25-28, 2012

• Going Global 6 Conference: Changing Education for a Changing World

Role: Invited Participant

Venue: Queen Elizabeth Conference Center, London

March 13-15, 2012

• 189th UNESCO Executive Board Meeting

Role: Ghana’s Permanent Delegate

Venue: UNESCO Headquarters, Paris

Dates: February 25-March 9, 2012 32

• Africa-US Higher Education Initiative Partners’ Meeting

Role: Invited Speaker

Topic:

Venue: United Nations Conference Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Paper Read: “Lessons from Higher education Partnerships in sub-Saharan Africa”

Dates: February 13-15, 2012

• 4th Annual Congress of Distance Education Students Association of Ghana (DESAG)

Role: Guest of Honor

Venue: Ghana National Association of Teachers Hall, Kumasi

Date: October 15, 2011

• 187th UNESCO Executive Board Meeting

Role: Ghana’s Permanent Delegate

Venue: UNESCO Headquarters, Paris

Dates: September 26- October 6, 2011

• Ghana Education Fair in the UK

Role; Leader of Delegation of Vice Chancellors Ghana

Venues: Cambridge University, Reading Cardiff and University of Reading

Dates: August 10-21, 2011

• ECOWAS Meeting on Education

• Venue: Lome, Togo

• Covenant University

Role; Distinguished Speaker to deliver Convocation Address at 6th Graduation Ceremony

Topic: “Mapping Out Pathways for Continued Relevance of Universities in Africa”

Venue: Covenant University, Lagos, Nigeria

Dates: July 20-24, 2011

• Workshop for Boards of State Owned Media

Role; Participant

Venue: Bejaya Hotel, Elmina

Dates: June 9-11, 2011 33

• Board Meeting, AAU Association of African Universities

Role: Board Member

Venue: Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Dates: May 28-29, 2011

• COREVIP 2011 – Conference of Rectors, Vice Chancellors and Presidents of African Universities

Role: Member

Venue: Stellenbosch University Governing, South Africa

Dates: May 30-June 3, 2011

• 186th UNESCO Executive Board Meeting

Role: Ghana’s Permanent Delegate

Venue: UNESCO Headquarters, Paris

Dates: May 9-19 2011

• UNESCO Meeting of Group of Experts on Financial and Administrative Matters,

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