Mrs. Asa John Ghevolor
DepartmentEnglish & Literary Studies
DesignationLecturer II
EmailAbout Mrs. Asa John Ghevolor
Mrs Asa John Ghevolor Lectures in the Department of English and Literary Studies, University of Calabar. She joined the services of the University, as a Graduate Assistant in November 2010. Since the successful completion of her M.A in the area of Sociolinguistic Gender Studies and in particular Feminist Linguistics, she has been impacting the lives of her students as a teacher of knowledge and morals. As an academic who is currently on study fellowship with the university, in pursuit of a Doctorate, she has participated as well as presented papers in several local and international conferences and seminars. Also, some of her papers have been published in reputable journals both locally and internationally while some are awaiting publication. Mrs Asa John Ghevolor is a member of several professional and academic bodies including Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), Reading Association of Nigeria (RAN), African Literature Association (ALA), English Teacher’s Association of Nigeria (ELTAN) and Faculty of Arts and Humanities Association of Nigerian Universities (FAHANU).
| S/N | Qualification | School Atttended | Started | Finished |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First School Leaving Certificate (FSLC) | Holy Child Convent Primary School, Efut Abua Calabar | 1985 | 1990 delete_forever | |
| Senior School Certificate (WAEC) | Federal Government Girls College, Calabar (SSS) | 1994 | 1996 delete_forever | |
| B.A. (Hons) English and Literary Studies | University of Calabar. Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria | 1998 | 2002 delete_forever | |
| Certificate in Computer Appreciation | City College of Computer & Management Studies, Calabar | 2002 | 2002 delete_forever | |
| M.A. English Language | University of Calabar. Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria | 2005 | 2013 delete_forever | |
| Post Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) | National Teachers Institute, Kaduna, Calabar Centre | 2008 | 2009 delete_forever |
| S/N | Publication |
|---|---|
| Ghevolor, A. J. & Essien- Eyo, A. (2018). Transculturalism versus feminist ideology in Ama Ata Aidoo’s The dilemma of a ghost. CALEL: Currents in African Literature and the English Language Vii(i) 48- 54 | |
| Ghevolor, A. J. & Ekpe, S. I. (2016). Third-wave feminist linguistics: A discursive approach to female specific interests in Maya Angelou’s Gather together in my name. International Journal of Arts and Humanities (IJAH) Bahir Dar-Ethopia. 5(2), 181-189. | |
| Ghevolor, A. J. (2013). The Impact of Women’s Conversational Style on Ideological and Socio-cultural Stability in Toni Morrison’s Sula. CALEL: Currents in African Literature and the English Language. 6, 132-141 |
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| S/N | Conference | Description | Started | Finished |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21st International Conference on African Literature and the English Language (ICALEL), Calabar. May 4th-7th, 2011. | "The impact of women’s conversational style on ideological and socio-cultural stability in Toni Morrison’s Sula". | 2011-05-04 | 2011-05-07 | |
| 22nd International Conference on African Literature and the English Language (ICALEL), Calabar. May 7th-11th, 2013. | 2013-05-07 | 2013-05-11 | ||
| 24th International Conference on African Literature and the English Language (ICALEL), Calabar. May 3rd --6th, 2016. | ). "Transculturalism versus feminist ideology: a conversational analysis of Ama Ata Aidoo’s The dilemma of a ghost". | 2016-05-03 | 2016-05-06 | |
| 9th University of Uyo Conference on Language and Literature (UCOLL), February 21st – 24th 2017. | “Repositioning of female language in the 21st Century: a lexico-semantic analysis of female body and female space in Chinweizu’s Anatomy of female powerâ€. | 2017-02-21 | 2017-02-24 | |
| 10th Pan African Literacy for All (PALFA) Conference, Abuja. August 27th – 31st 2017. | "Literacy, oral language and rhetoric". | 2017-08-27 | 2017-08-31 | |
| 44th Meeting of the African Literature Association (ALA), Washington DC, USA. May 23rd – 26th 2018. | “Feminist stylistics in Sefi Atta’s Everything good will comeâ€. | 2018-05-23 | 2018-05-26 | |
| 19th Annual Africa Conference at the University of Texas at Austin, USA, March 29th – 31st 2019. | "Language and gender * identity in Sefi Atta’s Everything good will come". | 2019-03-29 | 2019-03-29 |