Uche Ugwueze

Lecturer

Uche Ugwueze – Uche.Ugwueze@csulb.edu

PhD Academic specialties/ Area of interest:

  • African
  • African American and African Caribbean Literature and History
  • Reimagining African Diaspora
  • Families and Communities
  • Africana Theories of Gender Relationships
  • Third World Theories of Gender Relationships
  • Freshman Composition
  • Prebaccalaureate
  • Language Skills
  • Creative Writing

Publications

Books

  • 2014: Reimagining the African American Family through African Cultural Values and Structures, Authorhouse, Bloomington, Indiana
  • 2012: Guns in Every House (novel) Authorhouse, Bloomington, Indiana
  • 2011: African Culture, Identity and Aesthetics: The Igbo Example Authorhouse, Bloomington, Indiana
  • 2007: Married to a Stranger (novel) Authorhouse, Bloomington, Indiana
  • 2005: Tears without Cry (novel) Triumph Books, New York
  • 1999: The Blunt Blade (novel) St Teresa’s Press, Enugu, Nigeria
  • 1988: Wet in the Sun (novel) Serap Press, Enugu, Nigeria

Book Chapters

  • 2011: “African Culture as a Resource for African Development,” in Beyond Advocacy:  Multidisciplinary Essays in Honor of Anthony Mogboh (SAN) Fourth Dimension Publishers, Enugu, Nigeria

Education Information (degrees and Universities attended)

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Literary Studies, University of Nigeria, 2006; Dissertation:  A Comparative Study of Female Characters in the novels of Buchi Emecheta, Jamaica Kincaid and Alice Walker
  • Master of Arts Degree, Literature, University of Nigeria, 1993
  • Bachelor of Arts Degree in Education and English, University of Nigeria, 1987

Courses taught

  • African Literature and Culture
  • African American Literature
  • African American Theater
  • International Black Children’s Literature
  • Prebaccalaureate
  • Language Skills
  • Freshman Composition
  • African World Peoples and Societies
  • African American History to 1865 Gender and Womanhood in Africana Studies

Community Affiliations

  • Los Angeles World Affairs Council
  • Odinamba Women’s Cultural Association of Southern California

Professional Affiliations

  • National Council for Black Studies
  • Modern Language Association

Special Distinctions

  • On September 17-18 2014, Dr. Ugwueze participated in the World Peace Summit tagged “The Summit for the World Alliance for Religions of Peace”  in Seoul South Korea. Her paper was entitled” Women as Peacemakers: The African Example”
  • On February 14 2015, and June 20 2015 respectively, Dr. Ugwueze made guest appearances on a television show Yaba TV Show on Channel 13 KCOP

Links Dr. Ugwueze’s website