Gbenro Adesina
Two female scholars, Professor Aituaje Irene Pogoson and Dr Olufunke Adekemi Fayehun resume today as the first female Heads of Departments (HODs), Political Science and Sociology, respectively, in the Faculty of The Social Science, University of Ibadan (UI).
Professor Pogoson is the first female HOD since the Department of Political Science became a full-fledged department in October 1963. She is taking over from Professor Emmanuel Remi Aiyede.
A professor of International Relations, Pogoson holds a B. A. degree in History (1981), from the University of Ibadan and also obtained her Masters (1984) and Doctoral (1994) Degrees in Political Science from the same institution.
She is the first female lecturer in the Department of Political Science. Between 2005 and 2007, she was a Policy Analyst on Governance with the Independent Policy Group, a UNDP/Soros Foundation founded policy Think-Tank for President Olusegun Obasanjo.
Fayehun is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology. She is the first female HOD since the department became a full-fledged discipline in 1960.
A demographer, she obtained B.Sc. in Statistics, M.Sc and PhD in Sociology (Demography Option) at the University of Ibadan.
Fayehun is the current Chair of the Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA) Board of Management.
She is taking over from Professor Ezebunwa Nwokocha.
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