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CURRICULUM VITAE
CHIKWENDU CHRISTIAN UKAEGBU
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS ATTENDED/QUALIFICATIONS
Ph.D. Sociology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 1982
M.A. Sociology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 1978
Certificate of African Studies, Northwestern University,
Evanston, IL, 1978.
B.Sc. (Hons.) Sociology/Anthropology, University of Nigeria,
Nsukka, Nigeria, 1975.
Present Position: Distinguished Senior Lecturer in Sociology,
Northwestern University 2008-
Visiting Professor, ONPS International Summer School, Qingdao
University, China, 2012-Present
PREVIOUS POSITIONS: Professor & Head of Sociology, University of
Wyoming, 2006-08
Associate Professor & Head of Sociology, University of
Wyoming, 2005-06
Visiting Associate Professor of Sociology & International
Studies, Academy of International Economic Affairs, Hsin Chu,
Taiwan, Summer 2005
Visiting Associate Professor of Sociology & International
Studies, Saratov State University, Russia, Fall 2003
Director, International Studies, University
of Wyoming, 2001-2002
Director, African American Studies, University of Wyoming,
1996- 97
Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology, UW 1995-1997
Senior Lecturer, University of Nigeria,
Nsukka. 1987-1995
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ACADEMIC AWARDS & Grants
Faculty Research Grant (WCAS, Northwestern University, 2009-10)
Basic Research Grant (A & S, University of Wyoming)2003-04.
J.P. Ellbogen Meritorious Classroom Teaching Award, 2002
University of Wyoming Alumni Association Faculty Development Award
to present a paper at the International Academy of African
Business and Development, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, April 4-
8, 2002.
University of Wyoming Faculty Grant-in-Aid to study
Entrepreneurial Orientation in Indigenous Private
Manufacturing Firms in Southeast Nigeria, 2001
Excellence in Advising, Univ. of Wyoming, 2000
Extraordinary Merit in Teaching, Univ. of Wyoming, 1999-2000
Ford Foundation/Social Science Council of Nigeria Grant for
research on Organization Structure and Student Unrest in Nigerian
Universities, 1994 (with E. Ezeani and Onyishi).
Rockefeller Foundation Grant for the promotion of science and
technology in Africa, to organize a national workshop on
Science,Technology and Development, University of Nigeria Nsukka,
1994
Fulbright Senior African Research Scholar, University of
California, Berkeley, 1991-92, for Research on Entrepreneurship
and Entrepreneurial Management in Southeast Nigeria.
National Electoral Commission grant to study the 1993 Presidential
Election in Nigeria, 1993.
University of Nigeria Grant to study the management of indigenous
private Manufacturing Firms in Imo and Anambra States,1990.
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Ford Foundation/Social Science Council of Nigeria grant for
research on Structural Adjustment and the Utilization of
Scientific Manpower, 1989.
Northwestern University Graduate Assistantship, 1980-81
University of Nigeria Junior Fellowship, 1976-82
University of Nigeria Prize for best graduating student in
Sociology/Anthropology, 1975.
AREA OF RESEARCH SPECIALIZATION
Sociology of Development
OTHER AREAS OF RESEARCH INTEREST
Ethnicity and Politics in Nigeria
Formal Organization
Entrepreneurship and Industrial Development
African Social Institutions
Science, Technology and Development
Leadership & Public Policy, Nigeria/Africa
TEACHNING INTERESTS/COMPETENCE DEVELOPED OVER THE YEARS
Sociology of International Development
Complex Organizations
Industrial Sociology
Social Change
Global Inequality
Race and Ethnic Relations
African Societies
African Diaspora
Diasporas & Diversity
Political Sociology
Work & Occupations
Comparative Black Experience: U.S., Africa & the Caribbean
Comparative International Criminal Justice
Cities & Change
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Political Economy of Development
Urban Sociology
Sociological Intellectual Community
Sociology of Education
American Subcultures & Ethnic Groups
Global Terrorism
Deviant Behavior
In Progress:
Under Review: Ukaegbu, C.C. “What We Know About Development:
Transformational Leadership for Effective Development in
Post-50 Africa”
Published Works:
Ukaegbu, C.C. 2011. “War and the Making of a Scientific and
Technological Intelligentsia”, in A. Nwauwa & C. Korieh (eds.), Against
All Odds: Igbos in Post Colonial Nigeria, Glassboro, NJ: Goldline & Jacobs
Ukaegbu, C.C.2010 “Development Lag: Imperative of
Transformational Leadership in Sub-Saharan Africa”, in E.
Uchendu, et al (eds.), Perspectives on African Leadership,
Enugu: Snaap Press.
Ukaegbu, C.C. 2007, “Leadership Fatalism and Underdevelopment in
Nigeria: Imaginative Policymaking for Human Development”,
Philosophia Africana, Vol. 10, No. 2, August, pp. 161- 182.
Reprinted in E. Uchendu, et al, 2010.
M. Agboli & Ukaegbu, C.C. 2006, “Business Environment and
Entrepreneurial Activity in Nigeria: Implications for
Industrial Development, Journal of Modern African Studies,
Vol. 44, No. 1, March: 1-30.
Ukaegbu, C. C. 2005”Lessons from Biafra: The Structuration of
Socially Relevant Science in the Research and Production
Directorate”, Social Forces, Vol. 83, No.4, June: 1395-1424
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Ukaegbu, C.C. (2003)”Entrepreneurial Succession and Post-Founder
Durability: A Study of Indigenous Private Manufacturing
Firms in Igbo States of Nigeria.” Journal of Contemporary
African Studies, 21, 1: 27-45.
Ukaegbu, C.C. (2000) “Working Conditions and Employee Commitment
in Indigenous Private Manufacturing Firms in Nigeria:
Managing Organizations for Industrial Development”. Journal
of Modern African Studies, Vol. 38, No. pp. 295-324.
Ukaegbu, C.C. (1998) “Commentary: Area Studies and the
Disciplines.” Africa Today, Vol. 45, Nos. 3-4, July-
Dec., pp. 323-336.
Ukaegbu, C.C. (1998) "The Human Factor and the Dilemma of
Nigerian Development: A Structural Analysis". In
Adjiboloso, S. International Perspectives on the Human
Factor in Economic Development. Westport, Connecticut:
Praeger, 97 -117.
Ukaegbu, C.C., (1997a) 'Managers and their Entrepreneurs: Power
and Authority in Indigenous Private Manufacturing Firms in
Nigeria. Scandinavian Journal of Development Alternatives,
Vol. 16, No. 1, March. Reprinted in Anita Spring and B.
McDade, African Entrepreneurship: Theory and Reality,
Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1998, pp.181-
197.
Ukaegbu, C.C. (1997b) "Indiscipline in Nigeria: Causes,
Patterns, Interventions and Implications for National
Development", Issue: A Journal of Opinion (Vol. XXV/1, pp.
63-66.
Ukaegbu, C.C. 1996)"Ethnicity and Electoral Politics in Nigeria:
Voter Behavior at the June 12, 1993 Presidential Election",
International Journal of Group Tensions, Vol. 26. No. 2,
1996, pp. 73-107.
Ukaegbu, C.C. (1995a), 'The Constraining Factors that Undermine
Technological Development and Effective Utilization of
Scientific Manpower: The Nigerian Experience', Review of
Human Factor Studies, Vol. I, No. 2, December, pp. 36-59.
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Ukaegbu, C.C., (1995b), "Work in the Nigerian Civil Service"
Nigerian Journal of Public Administration and Local
Government, Vol. VI, No. 1, January, pp. 44-55.
Ukaegbu, C.C. and Agunwamba, C.C. (1995c),"Conflict and
Consensus in Rural Development". In C.O. Nwanunobi, C.C.
Ukaegbu and E.U.Igbo (eds.), Innovative Approaches to Rural
Development in Nigeria, Enugu, Nigeria: Auto- Century
Publishers.
Nwanunobi, C. O., Ukaegbu, C.C., and Igbo, E.U. eds. (1995d),
Innovative Approaches to Rural Development, Enugu,
Nigeria: Auto-Century Publishers.
Ukaegbu, C.C. and Agunwamba, C.C. (1995e)," Structural
Adjustment and Manpower Utilization: The Case of Nigerian
Scientists and Engineers," in Adjibolosoo, B.S.K. The
Significance of the Human Factor in African Economic
Development, Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Publishers.
Ukaegbu, C.C. (1995f), "Managerial Practice in Indigenously-
owned Private Manufacturing Industries in Nigeria:
Implications for Human Resource Utilization and Enterprise
Durability", in Adjibolosoo, B.S.K. The Significance of the
Human Factor in African Economic Development, Westport,
Connecticut: Praeger.
Ukaegbu, C.C., (1991a) "The Structure of Nigerian Industries and
the Utilization of Scientific/Technological Manpower"
Nigerian Journal of Economic and Social Studies Vol. 33,
pp. 1-19.
Ukaegbu, C.C. and C.C. Agunwamba (1991b): "The Structural
Adjustment Program and the Utilization of Scientific and
Technological Manpower in Selected Industries, Universities
and Research Institutes: Prospects For Nigeria’s
Technological Development", Final Report, Social Science
Council of Nigeria, March.
Ukaegbu, C.C. (1991c), "Mass Farming and Household Food Security
in Nsukka, Nigeria: a reaction to national economic
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instability", African Journal of Behavioral Sciences, Vol.
2, No. 2, pp. 15-25.
Ukaegbu, C.C. (1988), "The Human Factor in National Development:
some reflections on population and development in Nigeria,"
Nigerian Journal of Economic and Social Studies, Vol. 30,
No. 1. pp. 27- 42.
Ukaegbu, C.C. (1987a), "Administrative Behavior in Nigeria: A
Comparison of Private and Public Bureaucracies," Nigerian
Journal of Public Administration and Local Government,
Vol. 1, No. V., June, pp. 113-128.
Ukaegbu, C.C. and C.V. Nwachukwu (1987b), "Occupational Choice
Among Nigerian Scientists and Engineers", Journal of
Research in Learning and Teaching, Vol. 1, No. 1, July,
pp. 134-142.
Ukaegbu, C.C. (1987c), "Job Satisfaction and Skill Utilization
in Research Institutes", Management in Nigeria,
September/October, pp. 14-20.
Ofomata, G.E.K. and Ukaegbu, C.C. eds., (1986) Nigeria in Search
of a Future, Faculty of the Social Sciences, University of
Nigeria, Nsukka.
Ofomata, G.E.K. and Ukaegbu, C.C., "Introduction", Ibid.
Ukaegbu, C.C. (1985a), "Are Nigerian Scientists and Engineers
Effectively Utilized? Issues in the Deployment of
Scientific and Technological Labor for National
Development", World Development, Vol. 13, No. 4,
pp. 499-512.
Ukaegbu, C.C. (1985b), "Educational Experience of Nigerian
Scientists and Engineers: Problems of Technological Skill
Formation for National Self-Reliance", Comparative
Education, Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 173-182.
Ukaegbu, C.C. (1985c), "Can Strategy Change Structure? Austerity
Measures and Economic Structure in Nigeria," Ikenga, Vol.
7. Nos. 1 and 2, pp. 63-77.
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BOOK REVIEWS
Environment and Sustainable Development in Eastern and
Southern Africa: Some Critical Issues, by A.G.M. Ahmed and W.
Mlay, (Journal of African Policy Studies, Vol. No.1, 1997).
Racism: An American Cauldron, by C. O Doob. An invited review
for Addison-Wesley Longman Publishers (June 1997).The Third
edition which manuscript I reviewed was published in 1999.
(Author Unknown), From Where I Stand: Critical Perspectives of
Multicultural America. (Book manuscript reviewed for Harper
Collins Publishers, 1996.
American Ethnicity, 2006 (Book manuscript for McGraw-Hill
Conference Proceedings
Ukaegbu, C.C. 2004, “Improving Manufacturing Technology in
Nigeria: Defining the Focus and Identifying Targets.” In
Connecting Africa to Global Manufacturing: Opportunities
and Challenges, Proceedings of the 7th Africa-USA MANUTECH
Conference, Port Harcourt, Nigeria, July 12-14, 2004.
Ukaegbu, C.C. (2002), “Emasculation of Entrepreneurship: Prelude
to Modeling Enterprise Survival in Nigeria”, Proceedings of
the International Academy of African Business and
Development (IAABD), University of Port Elizabeth, South
Africa, April 3- 6.
Ukaegbu, C.C. (2001), “Prospects for Enterprise Durability in
Indigenous Private Manufacturing Firms in Nigeria: Some
Sociological Variables in African Industrial Development,”
in Advancing Knowledge Development in African Business,
IAABD Conference, Washington, D.C., April 4-7.
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OPINION ARTICLES & Guest Columns in Newspapers
Ukaegbu, C.C. 2014. “Memo To The National Conference”, The
Nation, April 14, Lagos, Nigeria
Ukaegbu, C.C. 2011. “Merit, Corruption, Social Capital and
Development in Post 50 Nigeria”, The Nation, September, 30,
Lagos, Nigeria
Ukaegbu, C.C. 2011, Dilemma of Education in Nigeria,” The
Nation, July 25, Lagos, Nigeria
Ukaegbu, C.C. 2011, “Imperative of Developmental State in Post
50 Nigeria”, June 30, Lagos, Nigeria
Ukaegbu, C. C. 2011. “What Next for Nigeria’s Development?” The
Nation, June 10, Lagos, Nigeria
Ukaegbu, C.C. 2010. “Industry for Gainful Employment in Post-50
Nigeria”, The Guardian, December 6, Lagos, Nigeria
Ukaegbu, C.C. 2010. “Imaginative Policymaking for National
Development”, The Guardian, Thursday, October 28, 2010,
Lagos, Nigeria
Ukaegbu, C.C. 2010. “National Development in Post-50 Nigeria”,
The Guardian, Sunday, September 26, Lagos, Nigeria.
Ukaegbu, C.C. 2010. “Nigeria: Beyond Good Governance at 50”,
Leadership, Monday, June 26, Abuja: Nigeria
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CONFERENCE PAPERS/PRESENTATIONS
Ukaegbu, C. C. (2013, What We Know About Development: Leadership
and African Agency for Development in Post 50 Africa,
Presented at the Ken Nnamani Center for Leadership and
Development (KNCLD), Abuja Nigeria, November 15.
Ukaegbu, C. C. (2011), “Beyond Good Governance: Leadership for
Development in Post 50 Africa”, Presented at the 54th Annual
Meeting, African Studies Association, Marriott Wardman Park
Hotel, Washington, D.C., USA.
Ukaegbu, C.C. (2011), “Leadership for Development in Post 50
Nigeria: Imperative of a Developmental State, Presented at
The Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Nigeria,
Nsukka, September,1
Ukaegbu, C. C. (2010), “The State, Entrepreneurship, and
Private Sector Development in Nigeria: Implications For
Public Policy” Center for Democracy and Development, Abuja,
Nigeria, July 28.
Ukaegbu, C.C. (2010), “The State and Enterprise in Nigeria”,
Sociology Colloquium, Northwestern University, Evanston,
IL, May.
Ukaegbu, C. C. (2010), “Igbo Entrepreneurs: Resilient in
Turbulence?” Igbo Studies Association 8th Annual Conference,
E. Franklin Frazier Center for Social Work Research, Howard
University Law School Campus, April 9-10.
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Ukaegbu, C.C. (2009), “Entrepreneurship and Industrial
Development in Nigeria: Theoretical and Policy
Implications” First Public Scholars in Africana Studies
Conference, Indiana University Purdue University,
Indianapolis, October 29-31.
Ukaegbu, C.C. 2009), “War and the Making of an Organic
Scientific and Technological Intelligentsia” International
Conference on the Biafra-Nigeria Civil War”, Marquette
University, Wisconsin, September 25-26
Ukaegbu, C.C. (2009), Panel Moderator, “Sino-Africa Relations”,
Conference on Africa in Motion: Global Health, Markets &
Human Rights, Program of African Studies, Northwestern
University, Evanston, IL., February 6 & 7.
Ukaegbu, C. C. 2008, “Igbo Scientists in Biafra: A Forgotten
Intelligentsia” Presented at the 51st Annual Meeting of the
African Studies Association, Chicago Sheraton & Towers,
Nov. 13-16, Chicago ILL.
Ukaegbu, C.C. (2006)”Private Sector and Public Policy in
Nigeria: Implications for Poverty Reduction.” Presented at
the International Conference on Nigeria 2007: Political,
Social and Economic Transitions, Program of African
Studies, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA,
Nov. 2-4
Ukaegbu, C.C. (2004), Constraints to Industrial Development in
Nigeria, 47th Annual Meeting of the African Studies
Association, New Orleans Marriott, November 11-14.
Ukaegbu, C.C. (2004), “Improving Manufacturing Technology in
Nigeria: Defining the Focus and Identifying Targets”.
Presented at the 7th Africa-USA Conference on Manufacturing
Technology, Hotel Presidential, Port Harcourt, Nigeria,
July 12-14.
Ukaegbu, C.C. (2003) Panel Discussant, “Igbo Youth Since
Colonialism”, African Studies Association Conference,
Boston, MA, October 30-November 2.
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Ukaegbu, C.C. (2003) Technological Preconditions or Human Will?
Lessons from the Biafran Research and Production (RAP).
Presented at the First International Conference on Igbo
Studies: A Tribute to Simon Ottenberg, Africana Studies and
Research Center, Cornell University, Ithaca, New
York, April 3-6.
Ukaegbu, C.C. (2002) “Technology, Business Management, and
Family Firms in Nigeria: The Igbo Example,” Presented at
the 45th Annual Meeting of the African Studies
Association, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, DC,
December 5-8.
Ukaegbu, C.C. (2002) “Scientists, Scientific Practice and
Constraints to Technological Development in Nigeria:
Implications for Industrial Development.” Presented at
the 6th USA-Africa Conference on Manufacturing
Technology (MANUTECH), NICON NOGA-Hilton, Abuja, July 8-
11, 2002.
Ukaegbu, C. C. (2002) “Emasculation of Entrepreneurship: Prelude
to Modeling Enterprise Survival in Nigeria”, Presented at
the International Academy of African Business and
Development, University Port Elizabeth, Port
Elizabeth,South Africa, April 4-8.
Ukaegbu, C.C. (2001)” Enterprise Survival and Durability in
Southeast Nigeria, Presented at the African Studies A
Association Conference, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Houston,
Texas,USA, Nov. 14-18.
Ukaegbu, C.C. (2001) “Prospects for Enterprise Durability in
Indigenous Private Manufacturing Firms in Nigeria: Some
Sociological Variables in African Industrial
Development”,Presented at the International Academy of
African Business and Development, Double Tree Hotel,
Washington, DC, April 4-8.
Ukaegbu, C.C. (2001)”Scientists, Engineers and Constraints to
”Technological Development in Africa: The Case of Nigeria,
Ibid.
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Ukaegbu, C.C. (2001)”Scientists, Engineers and Constraints to
Technological Development in Africa: The Case of Nigeria”,
Presented at the Conference on Technology and Development
in Africa, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign,
April, 25-28.
Ukaegbu, C.C. (1999)”Scientists, Engineers, and Scientific
Practice in Nigeria: Suggestions for Research in Science,
Technology and Development in Africa,” Presented at the
42nd Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Nov. 11-14.
Ukaegbu, C.C. (1999) “The Burundi Crisis: Genocidal
Implications.” Presented at the Symposium on, “The
History of Genocide: Our Obligations to the Next Century.”
Western Wyoming Community College, Rock Springs, WY, April
16-17.
Ukaegbu, C.C. (1998) “Federalism and Collective Identity:
Nigerian Responses to the Annulled June 12, 1993
Presidential Election.” Presented at the 41st Annual
Conference of African Studies Association, Hyatt Regency,
Chicago, Illinois, Oct. 29- Nov., 1
Ukaegbu, 1997. "Politics, Human Rights and Criminal Justice in
Nigeria. Presented at the American Society for Criminology
Conference, Sheraton Hotel, San Diego, Nov. 18-22.
Ukaegbu, C.C. 1997. "Federalism and National Identity in
Nigeria." An Invited paper presented at the Conference on
Nigerian Federalism, Central State University,
Wilberforce, Ohio, May 28-29.
Ukaegbu, C.C. & Ebere Onwudiwe (1997). "Nigerian Federalism and
Party Politics." An invited paper presented at the
Conference on Nigerian Federalism, Central State
University, Wilberforce, Ohio, May 28-29.
Ukaegbu, C.C. (1996). "Labor and Entrepreneurship: Working
Conditions in Indigenous Private Firms in Nigeria". An
Invited Lecture, Center for African Studies, Central
State University, Wilberforce, Ohio, October 17.
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Ukaegbu, C.C. (1996)"Ethnicity and Electoral Politics in
Nigeria: Voter Behavior at the June 12, 1993 Presidential
Election." Presented at the Conference on Philosophy,
Politics, and Development in Africa, Institute of Global
Cultural Studies, Binghamton University, SUNY, Binghamton,
N.Y. June, 7-9.
Ukaegbu, C.C. (1996) "Ethnicity and Democratization in Nigeria".
An Invited Lecture by the International Studies Program,
University of Montana, Missoula, April 20-23. I also gave
two seminars in two classes during this visit, namely;
"Ethnicity and Internal Security in Africa"(Introduction to
the Third World class). "Managers and Entrepreneurs in
Nigeria" (Development Administration class).
Ukaegbu, C.C. (1995) "Managers and their Entrepreneurs: Power
and Authority in Indigenous Private Manufacturing Firms in
Nigeria", Presented at the Carter Lecture Series Symposium
on African Entrepreneurship, Center for African Studies,
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. November 1-2.
Ukaegbu, C.C. (1994), "Constraints to Technological Development
in Nigeria: A Human Capital Perspective", Presented at the
National Workshop on Science, Technology, and Society in
Nigeria, Enugu, Nigeria, November.
Ukaegbu, C.C. (1994) "Indiscipline in Nigeria: Causes,
Patterns, and Interventions," Presented at the National
Orientation Agency Workshop on Attitudinal Adjustment,
Nike Lake Hotel, August 23-25.
Ukaegbu, C.C. (1993) 'Ethnicity and the 1993 Presidential
Elections in Nigeria': A Research proposal presented at the
1993 Presidential Elections Research Project, National
Electoral Commission, Abuja, June, 3-4.
Ukaegbu, C.C., (1992) "Building Business Relationships Between
the United States and Nigeria", A Keynote Address Presented
at the Inaugural Ceremony of the Nigerian-American Chamber
of Commerce, Northern California Chapter, Oakland Hilton
Hotel, Oakland California, September 17.
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Ukaegbu, C.C. (1992) 'Re-entry Issues and Professional
Reintegration', Presented at the Institute of International
Education (IIE) Leadership Conference, Canterbury Hotel,
San Francisco, California, U.S.A., July 1.
Ukaegbu, C.C., (1992) 'Doing Business in Nigeria', Presented at
Econoconsult Orientation Session for American Businessmen
going to West Africa on Business Trip, 1901 Harrison
Street, Oakland CA USA, 5th April.
Ukaegbu, C.C. (1992) 'Entrepreneurial Industry in Nigeria',
Presented at the James Coleman Center for African Studies,
University of California, Los Angeles, U.S.A., April 17.
Ukaegbu, C.C. and C.C. Agunwamba; (1992) 'Structural Adjustment
and the Utilization of Scientific and Technological
Manpower in Nigeria', Presented at the Visiting Scholar
Forum, Dept. of Sociology, University of California,
Berkeley, April 7; Also presented at the Visiting Scholar
Lectures, Center for African Studies, University of
California, Berkeley, U.S.A., April 23.
Ukaegbu, C.C., (1992) 'Political Leadership and Durability of
Civilian Democracy in Nigeria: Lessons for Third Republic
Politicians', Presented at the Berkeley-Stanford Joint
Conference on The Second Revolution: Emerging Democracy
Movements and Civil Society in Africa, UC Berkeley, May 2.
Ukaegbu, C.C., (1992) "Private Indigenous Enterprise in
Nigeria". Presented at the Africa Table, Stanford
University, Palo Alto, CA, January 29.
Ukaegbu, C.C., (1991) "Enterprise Durability Among Indigenously-
Owned Private Manufacturing Industries in Nigeria".
Presented at the Visiting Scholar Lecture Series, Center
for African Studies, University of California, Berkeley,
CA, November.
Ukaegbu, C.C. and C.C. Agunwamba, (1990) "Conflict and Consensus
in Rural Development: the neglected dimension". Paper
Presented at the Workshop on Innovative Approaches to
Rural Development in Nigeria; Department of
Sociology/Anthropology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka,
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May 28-31.
Agunwamba, C.C. and Ukaegbu, C.C. (1990) "An Innovative Approach
to the Land Tenure Question". Presented at the Workshop
on Innovative Approaches to Rural Development in Nigeria;
Department of Sociology/Anthropology, University of
Nigeria, Nsukka, May 28-31.
Ukaegbu, C.C., "Statistics and Databases for Industrial
Development in Nigeria: An organization development
perspective". Lecture delivered at the Inauguration of Zone
"C" of the Nigerian Institute of Industrial Management,
Federal Secretariat, Port-Harcourt, November 4, 1988.
Ukaegbu, C.C., (1988) "The Human Factor in National Development:
Reflections on Population and Development in Nigeria".
Presented at the Concorde Hotel, Owerri, Nigeria, February
24-26,
Ukaegbu, C.C., (1988)"Work in the Civil Service". Presented to
the Social Science Council of Nigeria, University of
Ibadan, July 17-19.
Ukaegbu, C.C., (1985) "Western Social Theory and Third World
Development: Implications for Industrialization and Change
in Nigeria". Presented at the Nigerian Anthropological and
Sociological Association Conference (NASA), University of
Port-Harcourt, November 11-13.
Ukaegbu, C.C. (1985) "Austerity Measures and Economic Structure
in Nigeria: Some Historical and Sociological Causes of the
Current Crisis. Paper Submitted at the Seminar on Nigerian
Economy and Society Since the Berlin Conference 1884 -
1885, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Ahmadu Bello
University, Zaria, Nigeria Nov. 11 - 14.
Ukaegbu, C.C., (1985) "The Structure of Nigerian Industries and
the Utilization of Scientific and Technological Manpower:
Effects on Technological Development". Paper Presented at
the National Conference on Mass Mobilization and National
Self-Reliance, University of Port- Harcourt, March 23-27.
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Ukaegbu, C.C., (1984) "Are Nigerian Scientists and Engineers
Effectively Utilized?" Paper Presented at the NASA
Conference at the University of Jos, January 12-14.
Ukaegbu, C.C., (1984) "The Status of Scientific and
Technological Professionals in Nigeria: A Framework for
Research in Sociology of Work in A Developing Country".
Paper Presented at the NASA Conference at the University
of Jos, January 12-14, 1984.
Ukaegbu, C.C., (1983) "Job Satisfaction as a Measure of Human
Resource Utilization: Definitions of
Scientific/Technological Manpower Utilization in Nigeria":
Presented at the 9th Annual Third World Conference
(McCormick Inn, Chicago Illinois, U.S.A., March 23-26,
Organized by Governors State University, Parkforest
Illinois.
Ukaegbu, C.C., (1983) "The Sectoral Context of Scientific and
Technological Roles": Social Structure and Personality in
the Work Attitudes of Nigerian Scientists and Engineers.
Presented at the 9th Annual Third World Conference
(McCormick Inn, Chicago Illinois, U.S.A., March 23-26,
Organized by Governors State University, Parkforest,
Illinois.
Ukaegbu, C.C., (1982) "The Challenge of Authentic Development:
An Introspective Approach to Socio-Economic Development in
Africa". Paper Presented at the Africa Presence Week
Symposium, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, May
27,
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Introduction to Sociology (ONPS-Qingdao University, Summer, 2014)
Organizational Behavior (ONPS-Qingdao University, Summer 2014)
International History (ONPS-Qingdao University, China, 2014
Introduction to Psychology (ONPS-Qingdao University, Summer, 2014)
Sociology or Organizations (NU Winter 2014)
Cities in Society, (NU Spring 2014)
Comparative Industrialization, (NU Spring 2014)
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American Subcultures & Ethnic Groups (NU Spring, 2014)
Work & Occupations (NU Winter 2014
Global Inequality ( NU Spring (2013)
Cities & Society (NU Fall 2012)
American Subcultures & Ethnic Groups (NU Fall 2012)
Global Inequality (NU Spring 2012)
Industrial Revolutions (NU Spring 2012)
Work & Occupations (NU Winter 2012)
American Subcultures & Ethnic Groups (NU Winter 2012)
Work & Occupations: A Global Perspective (NU Winter 2012)
American Subcultures & Ethnic Groups (NU Winter 2012)
Sociology of Complex Organizations (NU Fall 2011)
Diasporas & Diversity (NU Fall 2011)
School & Society (NUSCS Summer, 2011)
Sociology of Complex Organizations (NU Spring 2011)
Global Inequality (NU Spring 2011)
Sociology of Complex Organizations (NU Winter 2011)
Work & Occupations: A Global Perspective, (NU Winter 2011)
American Subcultures & Ethnic Groups (NU SCS, Winter 2011)
Sociology of Organizations, NU Fall 2010
Diasporas & Diversity, NU Fall 2010
Work & Occupation, NU Winter, 2010
Diasporas and Diversity, NU Winter, 2010
Problems of Contemporary American Cities, NU Fall 2009
Political Sociology, NU Fall 2009
Industrialism & Industrialization, NU Fall 2009
Sociology of Complex Organizations, NU Summer 2009
African Societies, NU Spring 2009
Political Sociology, NU Spring 2009
Political Economy of Development Graduate Seminar), UW Spring
2008
Sociological Intellectual Community, UW Fall 2007
Urban Sociology, UW Fall 2007
Deviant Behavior UW Summer 2007
Sociological Intellectual Community, UW Spring 2007
African Diaspora, UW Spring 2007
Principles of Sociology, UW Fall 2006
Urban Sociology, UW Fall 2006
Deviant Behavior UW Summer 2006
Comparative Criminal Justice, UW Fall 2005
Political Economy of Development (Graduate Seminar), UW Fall
2005
Cities and Change (Graduate Seminar) UW Spring 2005
African Societies, UW Spring 2005
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Global Terrorism, UW Spring 2005
Race and Ethnic Relations, UW Fall 2004
Sociology of International Development, UW Fall 2004
Comparative Criminal Justice, UW Telecourse, Fall 2004
Global Terrorism, UW Online, Summer 2004
Comparative Criminal Justice, UW Spring 2004
African Diaspora, UW Spring 2004
Sociology of International Development, UW Fall 2003
Race and Ethnic Relations, UW Fall 2003
Global Terrorism, Saratov State University, Russia, Fall 2003
African Societies, Saratov State University, Russia, Fall 2003
Comparative Criminal Justice, UW, Spring 2003
African Societies, UW, Spring 2003
Sociology of International Development, UW Casper Campus, Spring
2003
Globalism and Terror, UW Fall 2002
African Diaspora, UW Honors Program Fall 2002
Sociology of International Development, UW Spring 2002
Sociology of International Development, UW Casper Campus
Comparative Criminal Justice, UW Fall 2001
Comparative Criminal Justice, UW (Telecourse), Fall 2001
African Diaspora, UW Fall 2001
Graduate Seminar on Advanced International Development, UW,
Spring 2001
African Societies, UW Spring 2001
Sociology of International Development UW, Casper, Spring 2001.
Race and Ethnic Relations, Univ. of Wyoming, Fall 2000
African Diaspora, Univ. of Wyoming, Fall 2000
Comparative Criminal Justice, Univ. of Wyoming, Outreach
Telecourse, Fall 2000
Comparative Criminal Justice, Univ. of Wyoming, Spring 2000
African Societies, Univ. of Wyoming, Spring 2000.
Comparative Criminal Justice, University of Wyoming, Summer 1999
and 2000. This course is offered from an international
perspective.
Race and Ethnic Relations, Univ. of Wyoming, Fall 1999
African Diaspora, Univ. of Wyoming, Fall 1999
Sociology of International Development, University of Wyoming;
UW/Casper Campus, Spring 1999
Social Change, University of Wyoming, Spring 1999
African Diaspora, UW School of Extended Studies TeleCourse,
Spring 1999
Race and Ethnic Relations, University of Wyoming, Fall 1998
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African Diaspora, University of Wyoming (Honors Program); UW
Offcampus Credit Telecourse, Fall 1998
Race and Ethnic Relations, University of Wyoming, Spring 1998
Socilogy of International Development, Univ. of Wyoming,
Spring 1998
Hot Spots: Conflict and Change in the World Today, Univ. of
Wyoming, Spring, 1998 (Team-taught by 4 Professors. I taught the
segment on “Conflict in Sudan”).
African Societies, University of Wyoming, Fall 1997.
Race and Ethnic Relations, University of Wyoming, Fall 1997.
Sociology of International Development, University of Wyoming,
Summer 1997.
African Diaspora, University of Wyoming, Summer 1997.
Introduction to African American Studies, University of Wyoming,
Spring 1997.
African Social Institutions, Univ. of Wyoming, Spring 1997.
Hot Spots: Conflict and Change in the World Today, Univ. of
Wyoming, Spring 1997 (Team-taught by 6 Professors. I taught
the segment on "Conflict in Burundi",).
Hot Spots: Conflict and Change in the World Today, University of
Wyoming, Summer 1996 (Team-taught by 7 Professors, I taught
the segment on "Conflict in Nigeria",).
Sociology of International Development, University of
Wyoming, Summer 1996.
Juvenile Delinquency, University of Wyoming, Summer 1996.
Race and Ethnic Relations, UW, Fall 1996.
The Condition of Blacks in Africa, America and the Caribbean,
UW, Fall 1996 (Honors Program).
Juvenile Delinquency, UW, Fall 1996.
Social Inequality, University of Wyoming, Casper Campus,
Spring 1996.
Social Change, University of Wyoming, Spring 1996.
African Societies (Honors Program), University of Wyoming,
Spring 1996.
Introduction to African American Studies, University of Wyoming,
Fall 1995.
Crime in Comparative Perspective, University of Wyoming,
Fall 1995. (An international perspective).
African Social Institutions (Graduate Independent Research,
Fall 1995).
Condition of Blacks in Africa, America and the Caribbean,
Summer 1995, University of Wyoming.
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Sociology of International Development, University of Wyoming,
Spring 1995.
Race and Ethnic Relations, University of Wyoming, Spring 1995.
African Societies, University of Wyoming, Spring 1995.
Industrial Sociology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (U.N.N)
Undergraduate and Postgraduate 1993/94.
Race and Ethnic Relations, U.N.N., Undergraduate and
Postgraduate, 1993/94.
The Military and Development, U.N.N., Undergraduate, 1993 -
1994.
Sociology of Knowledge, Science and Technology, (UNN)
Undergraduate, 1994.
Communication for Nurses, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN),
Sandwich Program in Public Administration and Local
Government, 1992/93.
Urban Sociology, Undergraduate and Postgraduate (UNN) 1994.
Prejudice and Discrimination, California State University
Hayward, California, U.S.A., Summer 1992. (This course
examined the manifestations of various theories of
prejudice and discrimination using race, ethnicity, gender,
class and religion in the United States and other
societies).
Industrial Sociology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka,
Undergraduate and Postgraduate, 1983-91.
Sociological Theory, UNN, Undergraduate and Postgraduate,
1985-91.
Sociology of Development, UNN, Undergraduate 1985-88;
Postgraduate, 1984-90; 1993.
Examiner: Sociology of Work and Industrial Relations (SWIR 9),
Nigerian Institute of Industrial Management, 1986-91.
Formal Organization, UNN, Undergraduate and Postgraduate,
1987-91.
External Examiner: Master in Industrial and Labor Relations
(MILR) and M.Sc. Programs, Department of Sociology,
University of Ibadan, Nigeria, 1988-91.
Sociology of Knowledge, Science and Technology, UNN,
undergraduate, 1990-91.
Sociology of Education, UNN, Undergraduate, 1986-91.
Social Research Methods, UNN, Undergraduate, 1985-86.
Work and Occupations, UNN, Undergraduate, 1983-84.
Social and Cultural Change, Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL,
1982-83.
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Race and Ethnic Relations, Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL,
1982-83.
Sociology of Deviance, Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL,
1982-83.
Juvenile Delinquency, Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL,
1982-83.
Marriage and Family, Oakton College, Des Plaines, IL, 1982-83.
Social Problems, Oakton College, Des Plaines, IL, 1982-83.
Introduction to Sociology, Oakton College, Des Plaines, IL,
1982-83.
Introduction to Sociology, Teaching Assistant to Professor
Charles Moskos, Department of Sociology, Northwestern
University, Evanston, IL, 1980
Introduction to Sociology, Teaching Assistant to Professor
Albert Hunter, ibid, 1981
Race & Class, Teaching Assistant to Professor Bernie Beck, ibid,
1978
Political Anthropology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria,
1976-77.
EDITORIAL ASIGNMENTS
World Development 2010-
Referee Philosophia Africana 2007- Referee Southern Rural Sociology 2007-
Referee Social Forces, 2005-
Referee, Journal of Modern African Studies, 2002-
Referee, Journal of African Business, 2002-
Referee, Journal of Contemporary African Studies 2000-
Referee, African Studies Review, 1999-
Editorial Board, Nigerian Journal of Public Administration and
Local Government, 1994
Consulting Editor, Ibom Journal of Sociology, Department of
Sociology, Akwa Ibom State University, Uyo, Nigeria, 1992-94.
Consulting Editor, Nsukka Journal of History, 1990-94
Consulting Editor, Nigerian Journal of Social Studies,
University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1988-94.
Assistant Editor, Nigerian Journal of Sociology and
Anthropology, 1985-87.
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ACADEMIC/ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE/COMMITTEES/Service
International Studies Committee-NU 2011-
Freshman Adviser, NU 2010-12
Ad hoc Committee on Promotions, Continuing Lecturers (NU), 2010
Faculty Fellow, Willard Hall, NU 2009-
Undergraduate Committee- Sociology, NU 2009-
Environment & Natural Resources Student Research & Creative Activities Grant Committee,
University of Wyoming 2006- 2008
College of Arts & Sciences Teaching Committee, U.W. 2002-2005
International Education Steering Committee, UW 2001-02
International Board of Advisers, UW 2001-02
University Studies Sub-Committee 2001
Member, Civil Rights Review Board, UW 2000-2001
Mentor, Wyoming Initiative for Student Empowerment (WISE), UW
2000
Member, International Studies Advisory Board, International
Studies Program, University of Wyoming, 1998-2006
Graduate Committee, International Studies Program 1998-2006
Faculty Adviser, Organization of Active Students in Sociology
(OASIS) Dept. of Sociology, University of Wyoming, 1998-
2001
Member, Undergraduate Committee, Dept. of Sociology, University
of Wyoming, 1997/98
Graduate Committee, Dept. Of Sociology, Spring 1998
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Director, African American Studies,
University of Wyoming, 1996- 97
Minority Students Services Coordinating Committee, University of
Wyoming, 1996/97
Minority Staff and Faculty Committee, University of Wyoming,
1996/97
Coordinator, Postgraduate Studies, Department of
Sociology/Anthropology, University of Nigeria,
Nsukka 1993- 94.
Examinations Officer, Department of Sociology/Anthropology,
University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1984-91.
Member, University of Nigeria Consultancy Board, 1989 - 1994.
Member, University of Nigeria Vehicle Loans Committee, 1990-91.
Coordinator, Faculty Week, Faculty of Social Sciences, 1985-86.
Staff Adviser, Nigeria Sociological and Anthropological Students
Association, University of Nigeria Chapter, 1976/77; 1984-
86.
Staff Adviser, Mbaise Federation of University Students,
University of Nigeria, Nsukka Chapter, 1990-92.
MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Member, African Studies Association (U.S.A.)
Member, American Sociological Association (U.S.A.)
Member, Igbo Studies Association (U.S.A.)
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RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Urban Redevelopment, Lagos, Nigeria (On-going)
Politics & Development in Nigeria (On-Going)
Diasporas & Diversity (On-going)
Principal Investigator, Entrepreneurship In Indigenous Private
Firms in Nigeria,1991– Present; Conducted Fieldwork in Southeast
Nigeria in 2001, 2002 and 2004;Political Economy of
Entrepreneurship (Fieldwork 2009-writing continues)
Field Supervisor World Bank-Federal Ministry of Education survey
of out-of-school children and youths, 1993.
Principal Investigator, Field Study of Voting behavior in 1993
Presidential Election in Nigeria, 1993-94
Senior African Fulbright Research Fellowship and Principal
Investigator to examine, The Potential Durability of Emerging
Indigenous Private Industries in Nigeria for Industrial
Development (1991- 1992).
The Structural Adjustment Program and the Utilization of
Scientific and Technological Manpower in Nigeria (with
Rev.Dr. C.C. Agunwamba) (1989-1990).
Principal Investigator: Mass Farming and Food Security in Nsukka
(1990).
Member, University of Nigeria Operations Research Group on Post
Harvest Strategies in Africa (1988-1992).
Member, University of Nigeria Operations Research Group on
Training and Maintenance in Nigerian Research Institutes (1991).
Member, University of Nigeria Operations Research Group
Committee on Quality Control in Nigerian Industries (1988-
1991).
Member of the University of Nigeria Operations Research Group on
the Equipment Situation at the University of Nigeria (1990).
Sole Investigator: Job Satisfaction Among Nigerian Scientists
and Engineers: Aspects of Utilization of Scientific and
Technological Manpower (Ph.D. Dissertation), Department of
Sociology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, U.S.A.
1982.
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Research Assistant to Professor Allan Schnaiberg, Cox Study on
American Corporations, Department of Sociology, Northwestern
University, Evanston, IL., 1981.
Principal Investigator: Women Education in Katsina, Nigeria
(1976)
Research Supervisor: Follow-up Study on War-Displaced Children,
University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1976-77.
Community Award: Unsung Heroes Award: African Lifestyles
(Chicago, IL 2013)
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Member, Elders’ Council- Chicago- for the Promotion of Black
Studies, Dominican University, River Forest, IL 2010-
Coach, Junior Girls Soccer (Voluntary) Summer 2003
Assistant Coach, Laramie Junior Soccer, Spring 2001
Eucharistic Minister, St. Paul’s Newman Parish, Laramie, 2001-08
Lector, St. Paul Newman Church, Laramie, Wyoming 1997- Spring,
1999
Chairman, Ezinihitte Community, Nsukka, Nigeria, 1993-94
Volunteer Guest Speaker, 'Group Dynamics and Management
Techniques in Small Social Development Projects", To
Students of St. John's Seminary, Nsukka, Nigeria.
Volunteer Guest Speaker, "The Role of the In-law in Igbo
Society", (To Nigerwives, a group of foreign women,
including Americans, married to Nigerians. The talk was
aimed at the cultural adjustment of the women) May 8,
1993.
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Volunteer Guest Teacher, 'Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart and
African Culture'. (To Students of Albany High School,
Albany, CA U.S.A. as parental participation), 1992.
Member, St. Augustine's Parish Choir, Oakland, CA U.S.A. 1991-
92.
Vice-Chairman, Aladinma Ezinihitte (An association that promotes
healthy relationships among the Ezinihitte community in
Nsukka, Nigeria) 1990-91.
Secretary, Izu Mbaise, Nsukka (An organization of intellectuals
and senior civil servants to promote and advise on the
development of Mbaise community), 1989-91.
President, University of Nigeria Sociological Students
Association, 1974-75.