About OMOTAYO Elizabeth Adesumbo, PhD

Chief Lecturer|B.A., M.A., PhD. (English)

School

SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES

Department

General Studies

Programme

National Diploma & Higher National Diploma

Selected Publications

Omotayo, Elizabeth Adesunmbo (2004): “The Primary Tropes in the literary Canons of Black Diasporan Literature”. Journal of Contemporary Education Issues, Vol. 2 (ISSN 1119 – 8249).

Omotayo, Elizabeth Adesunmbo (2004): “Feminism and the femaleAfrican writers”. Journal of Management and Humanities. (ISSN 11117 -1847)

Ajayi A.B. and Adesunmbo E. Omotayo (2007): “Ritual Structure and the Rites of Passage in Wole Soyinka’s DEATH AND THE KING’S HORSEMAN”. Journal of Language for Cultural and Technological Development (JOLCATED) (ISSN; 1597 – 4776) 129-140.

Omotayo, Elizabeth Adesunmbo, (2011): “The Need for Gender Sensitivity in the Drive for Entrepreneurial Education in Nigeria”. The Ilaro Journal of Management, Arts, Science & Technology, TIJMAST 2 (1) 63-69.

Omotayo, Elizabeth Adesunmbo and T.O. Oduola, (2014): “Gender and communication factors in business enterprise succession in Nigeria”. LASU Journal of Social Sciences.

Omotayo, Elizabeth Adesunmbo (2014): “Management of growth in entrepreneurial ventures in Nigeria: A review”. International Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies and Sports Science. Vol. 4(2). Pp. 616 -631.

Omotayo, Elizabeth Adesunmbo (2014): ‘’Attitude of Nigerian Polytechnic students to language learning through literature’’. Lasu Journal of Humanities, Vol.10 (1).

Ladele, Omolola A. &Adesunmbo E Omotayo. “Migration and Identities in Chika Unigwe’s Novels.” CS Canada Studies in Literature and Language, Vol 14 (3), 2017

Omotayo, Elizabeth Adesunmbo. (2018) “The Dynamic Interplay of the Global and Local Environments: A Sociocultural Perspective of Chimamanda Adichie’s Americanah” Journal of African Literature Association (JALA)

Ladele, Omolola &AdesunmboOmotayo. “A Creative Historiography of Female Writers in Nigeria” .Lasu Journal of Humanities, Dec 2018.

Omotayo, Elizabeth Adesunmbo. “Women Depicting Women: Instances from NoViolet Bulawayo’s We Need New Names” in Covenant University Language Journal. Dec. 2018.

 

Conferences Attended

Ajayi, Adewale B. and Elizabeth AdesunmboOmotayo (2006): “Leadership Style and Communications: A Behavioral Approach”. Delivered at the First Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics Conference held at Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro. Ogun State. June, 2006. pgs. 269 – 273.

Ajayi, Adewale B. &AdesunmboOmotayo. (2006). “Ritual Structure and Rites of Passage in Wole Soyinka’s Death and the King’s Horseman” read at the National Conference on Languag, Culture and Literary Studies for Technological Emancipation: The 21st Century Challenges. Yaba College of Technology, Yaba – Lagos. June 2006.

Omotayo, Elizabeth Adesunmbo (2008):” Gender Differentials in Access and Utilization of the Internet: A case study of Lagos, Nigeria. Delivered at the National Conference on Development of the School of Management Studies. Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro. November, 2008 152-155

Jiboku Oladele, Elizabeth AdesunmboOmotayo, &Esohe Ajao, (2011): “Development Communication and Poverty Reduction in Selected Communities of Ogun State” Delivered at the 7th National Conference of School of Management Studies, Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro. March 2011. 401- 405

Jiboku Oladele, Elizabeth AdesunmboOmotayo, & V. Idakwo(2011): “Language Policy for Innovative Technological Institutions and Nigeria’s Vision 20:2020” Delivered at the 4th National Conference of Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics,(FPI Chapter) Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro. September 2011. 179-183

Omotayo, Elizabeth Adesunmbo, (2015); “Aspects of Globalization and Migration in Chimamanda Adichie’s Americanah and Chika Unigwe’s On Black Sisters’Street”. Delivered at the ASUP Zone C Conference held at Federal Polytechnic Ilaro. Ogun State. May 2015.

OmotayoAdesunmbo& Omolola Ladele. “Migration and Identities in Chika Unigwe’s Novels”. Delivered at the 6th Toyin Falola International Conference (TOFAC) 4th-6th July 2016 held at Redeemer’s University Ede, Osun State.

Omotayo, ElizabethAdesunmbo. “Perception and Communication of the Economic Recession Among Special Groups in Lagos”. Delivered at the 11th Annual National Conference of the School of Management Studies, Federal Polytechnic Ilaro, Ilaro. Ogun State. 28th – 30th November, 2017.

Omotayo, Elizabeth Adesunmbo. (2018) “The Interplay of Global and Local Environment in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah” presented at African Literature Association (ALA) conference held in Washington DC 23rd - 26th May, 2018.

Omotayo,Elizabeth Adesunmbo (2018) “Women Depicting Women: Instances from NoViolet Bulawayo’s We Need New Names” presented at the Faculty Women’s Advance 1st International Women’s Conference (CU-IWMC 2018) at Covenant University Ota. 11th -12th September, 2018.

Omotayo, Elizabeth Adesunmbo. “Female Depictions of Technology and Identity Changes in NoViolet Bulawayo’s We Need New Names” Read at the Federal Polytechnic Ilaro’s 1st International Conference on Knowledge & Technological Innovation for Global Competitiveness held from 5th – 8th November, 2018.

Omotayo, Elizabeth Adesunmbo. “The Africanity of New Afrodiasporans in America: A Study of Bulawayo’s and Mbue’s Debut Novels.” Being a paper presented at the 6th International Conference on Africa and its Diaspora (BICAID), African Studies Institute, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. USA. Held November 13-16, 2019 with the theme “The African Diaspora: Afrocentrism, Africanity, and Emergence of the Global Africa Agenda.”

Omotayo, Elizabeth Adesunmbo. “Modern Slavery Narratives and Identities in Darko’s and Unigwe’s Novels”. INTCESS 2020 Dubai Conference. 21st-22nd January 2020. Dubai, UAE.

Summary of Profile

Elizabeth Adesunmbo OMOTAYO holds B.A and M.A degrees in English and Literature in English respectively from the University of Ibadan, Ibadan. She is a Chief Lecturer in the Department of General Studies, Federal Polytechnic Ilaro, Ilaro where she has for more than two decades been involved in the teaching of the following courses: Use of English, Communication in English, Technical English, Business Communication and Literary Appreciation. She completed her PhD at the Department of Languages and General Studies, Covenant University, Ota.   Her PhD thesis is tittled, New African Diaspora female fictionat. She is a member of Modern Language Association (MLA), African Literature Association (ALA) and Women in Technical Education (WITED).