Adelaja Oriade
Adelaja Oriade is a third-year Ph.D. student and an instructor of record at 91探花, Media Arts and Studies department. He also serves as a Peer Advisor of the International Student and Faculty Services (ISFS), 91探花. In addition, He has served as a Teaching Assistant in the Media Arts & Studies Department of 91探花 (2019-2020), and a reviewer for the 91探花 Graduate Student Senate (GSU) 2021 Original Work Grants and Travel Awards (OWG).
For his Ph.D. dissertation, Adelaja investigates the perspectives of Black immigrants and African Americans about the casting for historical African and African American movies in Hollywood. Also, as a passionate ally of the African LGBTQ community, he explores indigenous, innovative, and efficient channels to navigate the homophobic laws and unchecked victimization of Africans whose sexualities do not conform to predominant heterosexuality. Adelaja frames his research in mass communication, post-modern, and post-colonial theories.
Before joining the Ph.D. program at Ohio University,鈥疉delaja completed a鈥疊achelor of Science degree in Mass Communication from the鈥罢补颈鈥疭辞濒补谤颈苍鈥疷苍颈惫别谤蝉颈迟测鈥(2010) and a Master of Arts degree鈥痠n Communication and Language Arts鈥痜rom鈥痶he鈥University of Ibadan (2017), Nigeria.鈥
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