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Christian Ukaegbu
Distinguished Senior Lecturer
1810 Chicago Avenue
Room 228
Phone: (847) 467-0917
c-ukaegbu@northwestern.edu
Office Hours: (Winter 2012)
Monday and Wednesday 3:30-4:30
Areas of Interest
Development and Change
Political Economy
Organizations
African Studies
Biography
Christian Ukaegbu obtained his bachelors degree in Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and his masters and Ph.D. in Sociology at Northwestern University. He also obtained the Certificate of African Studies from Northwestern University’s Program of African Studies.
Christian served on the academic staff of the University of Nigeria from 1983-1994 where he rose to the rank of Senior Lecturer. He was a Senior Fulbright Research Fellow at the University of California Berkeley in 1991 and a Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Wyoming in 1995. He later joined the faculty of the University of Wyoming full-time and rose to the rank of Professor. He was a Visiting Associate Professor of Sociology and International Studies at Saratov State University, Russia, where he taught Global Terrorism and African Societies; and at the Academy of International Economic Affairs, Hsin Chu, Taiwan, where he taught Globalization, Cities and Economic Change.
Christian served in several administrative capacities at the University of Wyoming including Director of African American Studies, Director of International Studies and Professor and Head of Sociology. He joined Northwestern University as a Distinguished Senior Lecturer in 2008.
Christian’s teaching experience and interests include Social Change, Race and Ethnicity, International Development, African Societies, African Diaspora, Political Economy, Comparative International Crime and Justice, Formal Organizations, Urban Sociology and Global Terrorism among others.
Christian’s research focuses on economic development in Africa with Nigeria as his case country. He has researched and published in Science and technology human capital, ethnicity and politics, indigenous entrepreneurship and enterprise management, public policy and human development. He is currently working on the intersection of politics, entrepreneurship, neo-liberalism and industrial development in Nigeria and Africa.
Courses Taught
SOCIOL 309: Political Sociology Syllabus
SOCIOL 376: Special Topics: African Studies: Past and Present Syllabus
Publications
Leadership Fatalism and Underdevelopment in Nigeria: Imaginative Policymaking for Human Development
Philosophia Africana 2007 DePaul University
Business Environment and Entrepreneurial Activity in Nigeria: Implications for Industrial Development
With Mary Agboli; Modern African Studies 2006
Lessons from Biafra: The Structuration of Socially Relevant Science in the Research and Production Directorate
Social Forces 2005
Working Conditions and Employee Commitment in Indigenous Private Manufacturing Firms in Nigeria
Journal of Modern African 2000
Sociology Robert F. Winch Awards for 2011
Outstanding Graduate Student Lecturer: Marina Zaloznaya
Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Assistants: Fiona Chin and Christopher Carroll
Outstanding Graduate Student Second-Year Paper: Jaimie Morse
Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Published or Presented:
Upcoming Events
Colloquium: Nicola Beisel, PhD - Sociology
February 23, 2012 • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Culture and Society Workshop: Simone Ispa-Landa, Human Development and Social Policy
February 23, 2012 • 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
