Dr. Ayoola Sanmi Ojo
Lecturer II
Faculty of Arts · Department of English and Literary Studies
Specialization Language
Office: Department of English and Literary Studies
Phone: 08064356877
Email: ayoola.ojo@fuoye.edu.ng
Biography
Ayoola Ojo is a faculty member, with the department of English and Literary Studies, Federal University, Oye-Ekiti and a Doctoral student, English department, University of Ibadan. He was a General Studies tutor at the Centre for General Studies, University of Ibadan where he taught 100 and 200 level students Use of English I and II. His areas of interest include Discourse Analysis, Political Discourse, Critical Stylistics and Pragmatics.
Research Interests
Discourse Analysis Applied Linguistics Stylistics, Memoir Studies and Political Discourse
Qualifications
- PhD, University of Ibadan (2026)
Selected Publications
- A Discourse Analysis of the Nigerian Supreme Court Judgements on Gubernatorial Election Petitions in Southwestern Nigeria between 1999 and 2023
Authors: GN Okata, A Ojo, A Fakoya, S Akinmusuyi
Journal of Pragmatics and Discourse Analysis (2026) - The Place of Language in the Study of Humanities: A critical Discourse Analysis Perspective
Authors: AS Ojo, A Ogunsiji
LASU JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES (LASUJOH) (2025)
Awards
- NYSC Testimonial award in recognition of outstanding contributions to National Service (KW/11C/0758) - NYSC
Paper Presentation - Local
- The Place of Language in the Study of Humanities: A Critical Discourse Analysis Perspective - 5th Biennial International Conference of Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan/ Ibadan (2025)
- What People do with Language and What Language does with People: The Example of The English Language in Nigeria - African Pragmatics Association, University of Ibadan, Ibadan. (2024)
- Exposition of Identity in Olusegun Obasanjo’s My Watch - English Scholars’ Association of Nigeria (ESAN), Lagos State University (2023)