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Brief Biography of Professor Hakeem Ibikunle Tijani

Executive Director, Office of Global Partnerships-Africa, Morgan State University

Selected Accomplishments ● A scholar, administrator and educationist with over three decades of experience in both traditional and e-learning institutions ● Serve as senior management strategic officer for global partnerships and experiential learning ● Director, National Open University of Nigeria (2017-2019) – Abuja, Nigeria (Distance Learning/MOOC Model) ● NAFSA J-1 & J-2 Certification/Senior International Officer, August 2022 ● Increased number of sponsored doctoral students through signature agreements with federal government agencies in West Africa ● Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, UK and a Member of the Nigeria Academy of Letters ● Tenured Professor and Graduate Faculty at Morgan State University April 2009 ● Full Professor at Adeleke University, 2011 ● Pioneer Deputy Vice-Chancellor in charge of six Colleges and two centers, 2014-2016 ● Pioneer Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Education, and Director of Research, Grants and Linkages at Adeleke University Nigeria, 2011-2014 ● Create and manage data for actual and projection of recruitment, enrollment, retention and general operational services of OGP-Africa, 2020 to date ● HarvardX Continuing Education Certificate (Harvard University) – Leadership and Public Value, March 2023 ● First Asante Distinguished Research Fellow of the University of Georgia, Athens ● Commissioner, State of Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture, 2023-2027

Education Doctor of Philosophy in History, 2005, University of South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa Credit Hours in Education Teacher Certification, 2004, Tarleton State University, Stephenson, Texas Master of Philosophy in History, 1998, University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, England Master of Arts in History, 1990, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos, Nigeria Bachelor of Arts in History with Honors, 1988, Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos, Nigeria Diploma in Automated Logistics, 1999US Army Quartermaster School, Fort Lee, VA Diploma in Paralegal Studies, 2001, US Army Judge Advocate General School, Fort Jackson, SC CPV Certificate – Leadership: Creating Public Value, 2023 HarvardX edX, Harvard University, Center for Continuing Education, Boston, MA

Selected Academic Services and Grants • Member, Morgan Think-tank on College of Interdisciplinary and Continuing Studies since 2021 • Member, USAID Research Technical Assistance in Decolonizing Global Education, 2022 to present • Member, US Bureau of African Affairs (DOS) Universities Partnerships Initiative, 2021 to present • Editor, Journal of Global Education and Partnerships, 2021 to present • Editor, International Journal of Migration and Global Studies (TetFund Funded) 2020 to 2022 • Co-Lead, Social Science Working Group, National COVID-19 Research Consortium (NCRC), March 2020 to present • Chairman, TetFund Ad-hoc Committee on TetFund-Morgan Implementation of Academic Human Capacity Development – Ph.D., Post-doc, and Research and Development Grants • Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Grant £1.9 Million for Decolonising Peace Education in Africa, 2020 - 2024 • Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Grant £69,000 for Contextualising Peace Education in Africa, 2019 • US Embassy Grant $10,000 for First & Second International Conference of the Social Sciences, 2018 & 2019, NOUN, FCT Abuja • Scientific Member and Grantee, UNESCO/ILO General Labour History of Africa 2013-2019 • Latin America, the Caribbean and African Studies Summer Research Grant ($3,500), Morgan State University, 05/2008 • Faculty Travel Grant, Morgan State University, 04/2007 and 11/2007 • Program Funding Award by US Department of Education to set up Program in Latin America and the Caribbean (African Diaspora Focus), 06/2007 • Research Grant, Greenwood Press, Connecticut, 08/2006 • American Historical Association Schmitt Research Grant, 2005 • University Faculty Research Grant, Henderson State University, 11 2004 • University Faculty Development Grant, Henderson State University, 10/2004 • Ellis College Faculty Development Grant, Henderson State University, 10/2004 • McMath Endowment Grant, Henderson State University, 09/2004 • Organization of American Historians Liberty Travel Grant, 06/2004 • Harry S. Truman Institute and Presidential Library, Research Award, 1995/1996

Associations/Memberships/Global Service • Member, Nigeria COVID-19 Research Consortium (NCRC) since 2019 • Chairman/Member, NUC Accreditation and Resource Verification Panel – Since 2012 • Fellow, Society for Peace Studies and Practice (SPSP) since 2018 • Fellow, Royal Historical Society, United Kingdom since 2010 • Member, International Council for Open and Distance Learning (ICDE) since 2018 • Member, Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) since 2019 • Member, United States Distance Learning Association since 2020 • Member, Association of Education and International Administrators since 2020 • Member, Nigerian Academy of Letters (NAL) since 2016 • Member and Former Vice President (Southwest Zone), Historical Society of Nigeria (HSN) 2014-2016 • Member, International Labour Organisation Scientific Committee on General Labour History of Africa, Geneva, Switzerland 2010-2016 • Member, UK Research and Innovation, Africa Regional Group 2016-2017 • Member Board of Directors, Eko Club International, USA/Worldwide 2007-2009 • Member, Free Frank Foundation, New Philadelphia, IL, USA 2005-2006 • Chair, Special Projects Committee, Eko Club, Washington DC/MD 2006 - 2009 • General Secretary, Nigerian Studies Association (USA) 2010-2012 • Member & General Secretary, Nigerian Studies Association, USA 2010 - 2016 • Member, African Studies Association, USA since 1995 • Member, African Studies Association, UK since 1995 • Member, American Historical Association, USA since 1995 • Bicentennial Member, Library of Congress, USA • Member, Historical Society of Nigeria since 1988 • Member, Nigerian Academy of Letters since 2014 • Member, World History Association, USA since 2009 • Member, Southern Interdisciplinary Roundtable on African Studies, USA 2007 - 2012 Awards/Academic Distinction • Asante Distinguished Research Scholar, The University of Georgia-Athens, Georgia, USA, 2014 • Harry S. Truman Institute and Library Research Award, 1996 • Commonwealth Universities Scholarship for Academic Staff Award (UK) 1994-1997 • First Historical Society of Nigeria, Lagos State University and University of Lagos respectively, Award 1990 • Best Graduating Master of Arts History Degree, University of Lagos, 1990

Selected Publications 1. “The Central Awori Group,” in Odumosu (ed.) Lagos State in Maps, 1990, 36-41 2. “Census: A Factor in Nigeria’s Instability - Lessons for the 1991 Head Counts,” in Johnson, S. (ed.) Readings in Selected Nigerian Problems (Lagos, 1990), 30-38 3. “Rural Settlement and Development in Modern Lagos,” in Odumosu (ed.) Lagos State in Maps,1990, 51-55 4. "The End of an Era? The Military and the Political Process in Liberia," in Essays in History - Journal of the Historical Society of Nigeria, no.7, December 1990, Lagos, Nigeria, 116-134 5. “The Relevance of Political Economy as a Tool of Historical Analysis with Reference to Nigeria,” in Johnson, S. Dimensions in Nigeria’s Foreign Policy (Lagos, 1990), 111120 6. “The Career of Seriki Abass (Faremi Williams) in Badagry, 1870-1919,” in Ogunremi, G.O. et al; (eds.) Badagry: The History, Culture and Tradition of an Ancient City (Ibadan, 1994), 354-364 7. “Stages in the Economic History of Lagos,” in Noah, A.O. (ed.) Fundamentals of General Studies (Lagos, 1995), 147-151 with Said Ologunro. 8. “History of Lagos State,” in Tayo Odumosu (ed.) Lagos State in Maps (Ibadan, 1996), 710 9. “Communists and the Nationalist Movement,” in Toyin Falola (ed.) Nigeria in the Twentieth Century (Durham, 2002), 293-313 10.“McCarthyism in Colonial Nigeria: The Ban on the Employment of Communists,” in Oyebade, A. (ed.) The Foundations of Nigeria (Trenton, 2003), 647-668 11.“The ‘New’ Lagos Town Council 1950-1953,” in Toyin Falola & Steven Salm (eds.) Nigerian Cities (Asmara, 2003), 255-270 12.“Reflections on African Historians and the Teaching of African History Across the Atlantic,” Academic Forum 22 (2004-05), 79-84 13.“ECOWAS – Economic Community of West African States,” in Robert W. McColl (ed.) Encyclopedia of World Geography, 3 Volumes (Golson Books: Facts-on-File, New York, 2005): 280-281 14.“Ghana,” in Robert W. McColl (ed.) Encyclopedia of World Geography, 3 Volumes (Golson Books: Facts-on-File, New York, 2005): 373-374 15.“Nigeria,” in Robert W. McColl (ed.) Encyclopedia of World Geography, 3 Volumes (Golson Books: Facts-on-File, New York, 2005): 665-667 16.“Abubakar Tafawa Balewa and Nigeria’s Foundation of a Non-Neutralist Foreign Policy,” in Olayiwola Abegunrin (ed.) Nigeria and Global Foreign Policy in the Twentieth Century (New York: Nova Publishers, 2006), 129-140 17.“A Reassessment of British Administrative Plans and Socio-Political Policies in Nigeria,” Journal of History and Diplomatic Studies, Volume 3, 2006, 33-56 18.“Industries as Catalyst of Urban Development: A Microanalysis,” in Nigeria Urban History,2006, 183-190 19. “Legal Aspect of Urban Development,” in Nigeria Urban History, 2006, 167-182 with Mosope Fagbongbe. 20.Nigeria Urban History: Past and Present (Oxford/Lanham: University Press of America, 2006) Edited. 21.“Reflection on Nigeria’s Urban History,” in Tijani, H. I. (ed.) Nigeria Urban History Past and Present (University Press of America, 2006), 1-14 22.“Rockefeller Brothers Fund and Modernization of the Pharmaceutical Industry in Nigeria,” in Toyin Falola & Matthew Heaton (eds.) Traditional and Modern Health Systems in Nigeria (Africa World Press, 2006), 147-160 23.“The Lagos Awori Frontier: 19th Century History of Migrations and Transformation of an African Community,” Ife Journal of History, Vol.4 No. 2 March 2007, 1 - 22. Also, in the Journal of the Historical Society of Nigeria, Volume 16, No. 1, 2006, 141-155 24.“Urban Neglect and Under development of a Border Town,” in Nigeria Urban History, 2006, 119-132 with Abolade Adeniji. 25.“Urban Politics in a Yoruba Frontier - Mushin,” in Toyin Falola & Ann Genova, (eds.) The Yoruba in Transition: History, Values and Modernity (Carolina Academic Press, 2006), 75-84 26.“Urbanism and Ethnic Crises since the 1980s,” in Nigeria Urban History, 2006, 201210 with Olayemi Akinwumi. 27.“A Survey of Early African History,” in Glenn Phillips, (ed.) Introduction to African Diaspora, Fourth Edition (Tapestry Press, Massachusetts, 2007), 69-74 28.Britain, Leftist Nationalists and the Transfer of Power in Nigeria, 1945-1965 (New York/London: Routledge, 2005) REPRINTED 2006 & 2007 29.“The Career of Akinpelu Ipossu in Lagos and Epe C. 1790-1875,” in Kolapo, F. & Akurang-Parry, K. (eds.) African Agency and European Colonialism: Latitude of Negotiations and Containment (Lanham-Maryland: University Press of America, 2007), 17-24 30.“The Darfur Crisis: Arab Imperialism and African Resistance?” Journal of Humanities, Volume 2, No. 1 (2007): 138-139 – (with Farouk Raheemson). 31.“Forging a link: Diaspora developmental activities for the homeland – The case of Eko Club International,” Journal of Global Initiatives: Policy, Pedagogy, Perspective, Volume 3, No. 1 (2008): 65-78 32.“Britain and the foundation of anti-Communist policies in Nigeria, 1945-1960,” African and Asian Studies, Volume 8, (2009): 47-66 33.“The United States’ Economic and Political Activities in Colonial West Africa,” in Alusine Jalloh and Toyin Falola (eds.) United States and West Africa: Interactions and Relations (Rochester, NY: Rochester University Press, 2009), 112-122 34.Africa and the Wider World (Boston: Pearson Publishing, 2010) – Edited with R. Njoku & T. Jones 35.“Colonial Policies and Systems,” in Africa and the Wider World (Boston: Pearson Publications, 2010) 36.“Decolonization,” in Africa and the Wider World (Boston: Pearson, 2010) with Ashley Carter 37.“Falola and the Pedagogy of African History across the Atlantic”, in Niyi Afolabi (ed.) Toyin Falola: The Man, the Muse, The Mask (Durham: Carolina Academic Press, 2010), 619-639 38.“Building “Sound” Industrial Relations in Nigeria: The British and Organised Labour, 1940s-1960,” Lagos Historical Review, Vol. 11 (2011): 21-36 39.“Introduction,” in The African Diaspora: Historical Analysis, Poetic verses, and Pedagogy (California: University Readers/Cengage, 2011) 40.“Poetic Verses and Historical Analyses as a Pathway to Students’ Learning of the African Diaspora,” in Notes and Records: An International Journal of African and African Diaspora Studies, volume 1, no. 1 (2011): 17-34 41.The African Diaspora: Historical Analyses, Poetic Verses, and Pedagogy (California: University Readers/Cengage, 2011) 42.Union Education in Nigeria: Labor, Empire and Decolonization since 1945 (New York/London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012) 43.Developing World Class Universities in Nigeria: Challenges, Prospects, and Implications (Ebonyi: Federal University Leadership Monograph Series, 2013) 44.“Dr. Abubakar Ibiyinka Olorun-Nimbe: Islam, Western Modernity and the Making of a Twentieth Century Elite,” in Siyan Oyeweso and Muhibudeen Raheemson (eds.) Actors and Institutions in the Development of Islam in Lagos State (Ibadan: Matrixcy Books, 2013), 536-562 45.“Oba Adele Ajosun (1740s-1832): Diplomacy and Differentiation in Traditional Pre Colonial Government System in Lagos,” in Siyan Oyeweso (ed.) Torch Bearers of Islam in Lagos State (Ibadan: Matrixcy Books, 2013), 29-49 46.“Ade Ajayi and the Pedagogy of Teaching and Learning about Africa,” in Michael Omolewa and Akinjide Osuntokun (eds.) The (Lagos: BookCraft Ltd. 2014): chapter 22 47.The Rots in Nigerian Education System (Abuja: Association of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities Commission Monograph Publication, 2014) 48.Towards a Sustainable Pedagogy for Liberal Arts (Humanities) Education in Africa: A Policy Paper (TrustAfrica Higher Education Publication, Dakar, Senegal, 2015) 49.“Decolonizing Colonial Pedagogy and Developing World Class Universities in Nigeria: The Role of Oye Ibidapo-Obe,” in Joy Eyisi and AfamIcha-Ituma (eds.) Building Entrepreneurial Universities in a Developing Economy: Issues, Challenges and Prospects (Ebonyi: FUNAI University Press, 2016), 274-284 50.Nigeria in Transition: Interrogating the Nexus between Human Capacity Development, Labour Union Education and National Security (Abuja: National Open University of Nigeria Press, 2017) 51.“Religious Accommodation in Two Generations of Adeleke Family,” in Insa Nolte, et. al.(eds.) Beyond Religious Tolerance: Muslim, Christian and Traditionalist Encounters in an African Town (London: James Curry, 2017) 52.“NURTW 40 Years After: Labour Union Education, Partnership and Human Capacity Development,” Public Lecture, Eagle Square, Abuja, 2018 53.“Humanitarian and Peace Diplomacy: The United States and the Nigeria-Biafra War, 1967-1970,” in Bogoro, E. S. et. al; Readings in Peace and Conflict (Society for Peace Studies and Practice, 2019) 54.“ILO and its ACTRAV Activities in sub-Saharan Africa during the Glorious 1960s,” in The Momentous 1960s – Reflections on an African Decade. Comparative, vol. 4; 2019: 68-83. University of Leipzig 55.“The International Labour Organization,” in Bellucci, S. and Eckert, A. (eds.) General Labour History of Africa: Workers, Employers and Governments 20th-21st Centuries (London: James Curry, 2019) with Daniel Maud and Luca Puddu 56.Repositioning Research at the National Open University of Nigeria: Role of the Centre of Excellence in Migration and Global Studies (NOUN Printing Press, Abuja, 2020) 57.“Nigerianization as Decolonization: Britain and Human Capacity Development in Nigeria, 1945-1960,” in Marcelo Caruso and Daniel Maud (eds.) Decolonization(s) and Education: New Polities and New Men (Berlin/Oxford: Peter Lang, International Academic Publishers, 2020 58.“Decolonizing Educational and Digital Humanities in African Higher Education,” Pedagogy: Teaching and Learning in Contemporary Nigeria (Houston: African Diaspora Press) 2021 59.Pedagogy: Teaching and Learning in Contemporary Nigeria (Houston: African Diaspora Press) 2021. Edited with Adegbite Tobalase 60.“General Introduction,” Teaching and Learning for Sustainable Development in Nigeria (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, New York) 2021 61.Abdallah Uba Adamu: The Vision, the Muse and the Transformation of NOUN, Public Lecture, Abuja, 2021