African Humanities Program/ American Council of Learned Societies
FUOYE Academic Staff Profile
Dr. Victoria Oluwamayowa Gbadegesin
Reader / Associate Professor
Department of English and Literary Studies, Faculty of Arts
Area of Specialization: Gender, Media and Cultural Discourse
Biography
Dr Victoria Oluwamayowa Gbadegesin holds a PhD in English Language from the University of Ibadan. She is a Reader in the Department of English and Literary Studies at the Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria, and the current Deputy Director of the Institute of Part-Time Studies, FUOYE. Her research interests include multimodal media discourse, gender studies, environmental discourse, and cultural linguistics. She is a fellow of the African Humanities Program of the American Council of Learned Societies and a visiting fellow at the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH) at the University of Cambridge. She is well published.
Research Interests
Multimodal media discourse, Gender studies, Environmental discourse/Ecocinema, and Cultural linguistics
Qualifications
| Degree | Institution | Year |
|---|---|---|
| PhD | University of Ibadan | 2016 |
| M.A. | University of Ibadan | 2011 |
| B.A. | Obafemi Awolowo University | 2008 |
Awards
African Humanities Program/ American Council of Learned Societies
University of Cambridge’s Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH)
Membership of Professional Bodies
Member
Member
Fellow
Paper Presentation - Local
LSA conference Lagos Nigeria
LSA conference Lagos Nigeria
2024 The Sustainability in the Extractive Industries (SITEI) Conference
Paper Presentation - International
research symposium tagged Representations of Power, Ecology and Place in the Global South. Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Cambridge.
eminar of the Department of Literary Studies in English, Rhodes University, Makhanda, Eastern Cape South Africa
016 Africa Conference at University of Texas at Austin
Postgraduate Ph.D Supervision
A Pragma-Discursive Analysis of Selected Care-Giver-Autistic Patient Interaction in Ibadan Metropolis, Oyo State
Postgraduate M.Sc Supervision
A Pragmatic Analysis of Ekiti State Governor’s Monthly Media Chats
2.Construction of Identities In Selected Christian Sermons on Insecurity in Nigeria
3.A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Linguistic Representations of Violence in Selected War Texts.
Language, Ideology, and Negotiation Of Identities in “Ifepade” and “Kini Ki N Se” Matchmaking Programme
5.The Multimodal Portrayal of Crime, Success and Profligacy in Selected Naira Marley’S Songs
Course Teaching
Spoken English 9Practical0
Spoken English and Introduction to Phonetics
Phonology of English
Discourse Analysis and Pragmatics
Varieties of English
Research Methods
Sociolinguistics
Psycholinguistcs
Language and National Development
Advanced English Phonetics and Phonology
Psycholinguistics
Selected Publications
Social media dating shows and match-making routines: between humour and hate speech
Authors: Famoroti Odunayo and Victoria Gbadegesin
Journal of Gender Studies • 2026
Open publicationNegotiating boundaries through reality shows: a multimodal study of Big Brother Naija
Authors: Gbadegesin V.O and E. I. Adeniyi
Critical African Studies • 2025
Open publicationA Multimodal Discourse Analysis of Crime in Selected Naira Marley’S Songs
Authors: Ayokunle Tomilola and V. O. Gbadegesin
Journal of English and Communication in Africa • 2025
Open publicationThe Many Troubles of the Flaccid Penis: A Corpus-Based Discourse Analysis of Male Infertility in Ayobami Adebayo’s Stay with Me
Authors: Gbadegesin V.O
The Journal of Men’s Studies • 2024
Open publicationLanguage, Visuality and Representation of Nigeria-China Relations in Nigerian Digital Space.
Authors: Onanuga P. A. and V. O Gbadegesin
AGIDIGBO: ABUAD Journal of the Humanities • 2024
Open publicationNegotiating Sexual Boundaries through Reality Shows: A Multimodal Study of Paraphilic Behaviours in Big Brother Naija
Authors: Gbadegesin V.O and Olufunwa H
AGIDIGBO: ABUAD Journal of the Humanities • 2024
Open publicationdentity and Silence: Rethinking the Environmental and Political Space in Okey Ndibe’s “Arrows of Rain”
Authors: Ngwaba I., V. O. Gbadegesin and C. I. Ibeku (2024
AHYU: A Journal of Language and Literature • 2024
Open publicationMultimodal Interaction and Audience Engagement in MTN Project Fame West Africa
Authors: Gbadegesin V.O
Journal of English Scholars Association of Nigeria. • 2023
Open publicationThe Politics of Digital Image Manipulation (Memes) in the New Media.
Authors: Gbadegesin V.O
African Humanity: Creativity, Identity and Personhood. Abimbola Asojo and Toyin Falola (eds)Durham: Carolina Academic Press • 2021
Open publicationA Conversation Analysis of MTN Project Fame West Africa Music Reality Show
Authors: Gbadegesin V.O
TOJA: The Oye Journal of Arts • 2021
Gender Ideology and Identity in Humorous Social Media Memes
Authors: Gbadegesin V.O
Digital Scholarship in Humanities • 2020
Open publicationMultimodal Construction of Stardom in Music Reality Shows: MTN Project Fame West Africa in Perspective,
Authors: Oyeleye A. L. and Gbadegesin V.O
Contemporary Music Review • 2020
Open publicationBargaining Tactics or Deliberate Rebellion? Multimodal Challenge to Hegemonic Masculinity in Reality Shows.
Authors: Gbadegesin V.O
ender & Behaviour, • 2020
Open publicationA Functional Theory of Campaign Discourse Analysis of Some Nigerian 2015 Presidential Election Campaign Video Advertisements
Authors: Onanuga P. A. and V. O Gbadegesin
Papers in English and Liguistics • 2019
A Multimodal Interaction Analysis of Selected 2015 Nigerian Election Campaign Adverts
Authors: Gbadegesin V. O. and Onanuga P.A
Communicatio • 2018
Open publicationThe Enactment of Ideology and Self-Presentation in Political Campaign Videos of the 2015 General Election in Nigeria
Authors: Gbadegesin V. O. and Onanuga P.A
Discourse, Context and Media • 2018
Open publicationInteraction in the Musical Space: A Study of MTN Project Fame West Africa
Authors: Gbadegesin V. O
Oye: Journal of Language, Literature and Popular Culture • 2017
Open publicationHegemony and Conflict in Wole Soyinka’s Death and the King’s Horseman
Authors: Ogunkunle V.O
Recent Developments in African Linguistics and Literature: A Florilegium for Francina Moloi • 2014
Open publicationPower, Responsibility and Language: Soyinka’s A Play of Giants and the Conative Function of Language
Authors: Ogunkunle V.O
OSAS • 2014
Ideological Import of Names in Lineage Panegyrics in Yoruba Films
Authors: Ogunkunle V.O
The Criterion Journal of English • 2013
Open publicationA Semiotic Reading of the Symbols of Yoruba Traditional Marriage
Authors: Ogunkunle V.O
Theory and Practice in Language Studies • 2013
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