Prof. Benjamin Olumuyiwa POPOOLA, Ph.D.

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Prof. Benjamin Olumuyiwa Popoola, Ph.D., is a Professor of Journalism, Communication and Media Studies and immediate past Deputy Vice Chancellor, Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, Nigeria. At various times in the past, he was the Head of Department of Communication and Media Studies, Director of Media Centre, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, pioneer Dean of the Faculty of Communication and Media Studies, and Member of the Governing Council, Senate and the Appointments and Promotions Committee, of Ajayi Crowther University. He studied at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, where, in 1998, he bagged Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Honours in Mass Communication, with First Class Honours, and won the prizes for the best graduating student in the Department, and the best final year student in the Faculty. Thereafter, he bagged the Master of Science (M Sc) degree in Mass Communication from the University of Lagos, Nigeria. As in Nsukka, he earned the University teaching assistantship award and was recognized for recording the best performance on the programme. In 2012, his persistent thirst for knowledge, hard work and excellence was crowned at the Nigeria’s Premier University, the University of Ibadan, where he was awarded the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph D) in Media and Cultural Studies. He has taught and researched journalism for over twenty-five years in Nigeria. His major areas of research interest are: Media and Society, Media, Peace and Security Studies, Media and Critical-cultural Studies, and Political Communication.