Dr. Chris Offong Akpan

MBBS (Sydney), FRACS (Paediatric Surgery)

Dr. Christopher Offong Akpan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy, University of Calabar. He was employed as a Graduate Assistant in the University of Calabar in October, 2002. He has a B.A. (1st Class Hons.) in Philosophy (2000); M.A (Epistemology) 2005; and Ph.D (Philosophy of Social Science) – 2009 from the University of Calabar. He won the University of Calabar “Best Graduating Student Award 1999/2000 Session; Rev. Dr. Camilus Etuk Udo Award for the “Best Student in Philosophy”; and Madam Magdalene Asuquo Otu’s Award for the Best Student in Religious Studies and Philosophy department 1999/2000 Session. He began his teaching in 2003 with undergraduate programmes and in 2012 he also started teaching post-graduate programmes. He has been teaching many courses since then. He is an Associate Editor of his Departmental Journal and has been engaged severally as a Reviewer in both Local and International Journals. He has successfully mentored and supervised four Ph.D students and four M.A students who have all graduated. He has some who are still on their programmes. He has attended up to ten conferences – both internationally and locally. He has been engaged as a member of the local organizing committees for about four conferences. (i) “Feyerabend’s Epistemological Anarchism and its Implications for African Epistemic Heritage” (an M.A Thesis); (ii) “An appraisal of Asouzu’s principles of Complementary Reflection as a model of Explanation for Social Science” (a Ph.D Thesis) etc. He has collaborated with the like of Prof. A. F. Uduigwomen, Dr. Chris Udofia, Dr. Uti Egbeni, etc, to work on research projects, some which have been published in reputable journals. He is currently engaged in a Research on how to Rehumanize Street Urchins in Calabar Metropolis through Philosophical Counselling. Member, Philosophers Association of Nigeria (PAN); Member, Research International Network (RIN); member, Faculties of Arts and Humanities Scholars Association of Nigerian Universities (FAHSANU); Member, International Society for Development and Sustainability (ISDS). Dr. Christopher O. Akpan currently has 19 articles in reputable foreign journals, 11 articles in locally based Journals; and 17 book chapters. He is an Editor of one Book. .