Education

• BA (Honors) English & Linguistics, University of Ghana, Legon, 2000
• MA Archival Studies, University of Ghana, Legon, 2002
• MA Speech Communications, Central Michigan University, 2005.

Teaching Experience

• Graduate Teaching Assistant, America's Diverse Cultures, Spring 2007 - present. SYLLABUS(PDF)
• Instructor, Introduction to Speech Communication, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, August 2002- December 2003.
• Teaching Assistant, English & Linguistics Dept, Univ. of Ghana, Legon, March 2001- August 2001
• Teaching Assistant, Toase Secondary School, Ashanti Region, Ghana, September 1996-July 1997.

Research Interests

African Studies
African Cinema and Film
Communicology of Human Sexuality and
Interpersonal Relationships

Research Positions

• Research Associate, The Nollywood Project, a collaborative research venture on the Nigerian video movie industry sponsored by the Global Media Research Center, a unit of the College of Mass Communications and Media Arts at SIUC.
• Research Assistant, Professor Kwesi Yankah, Dean, Faculty of Arts, University of Ghana, September 2000 – August 2002.
• Research Assistant, Centre for Democracy and Development, Ghana, September 2000- March 2001. 
• Editorial Advising Committee (Member) – The Sage Encyclopedia of Alternative Media. September 2008 – Present.

Publications

• 2007 "Semiotic Silence: Its Use As a Conflict-Management Strategy in Intimate Relationships." In Semiotica 167: Pp.283-308 [Abstract]
• 2008 "Ghanaians and Uncomfortable Issues". IN The New Legon Observer Vol. 2 No. 13, (21st August).
• Glocalization Trends: The Case of Hip-Life Music in Contemporary Ghana. International Journal of Communication.

Review

• “Hate Fags?” Examining Some U.S Rap Discourse on Homosexuality. Gender & Language.
• The Use of Silence As a Conflict Management Strategy in Intimate Relationships. Journal of Pragmatics.

Accepted & Forthcoming in Social Movements Encyclopedia

• Protest under Domination in Africa: The Case of Ghanaian Highlife & Nigeria’s Afrobeat.
• White Supremacists Tattoos as Alternative Media.
• Popular Nigerian Videos & Political Critique.