Farooq Kperogi
Farooq Kperogi | |
|---|---|
| Born | Baruten, Kwara State, Nigeria |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Occupation | Professor |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Georgia State University (PhD) University of Louisiana (M.A) Bayero University (B.A) |
| Thesis | Webs of Resistance: The Citizen Online Journalism of the Nigerian Digital Diaspora (2011) |
| Doctoral advisor | Michael L. Bruner |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | English language, Communication, Social and Behavioral Sciences[1] |
| Sub-discipline | English usage, Media English, Nigerian English, World Englishes[1] |
| Institutions | Kennesaw State University |
| Main interests | New Media, English usage, Journalese[1] |
| Notable works | Glocal English: The Changing Face and Forms of Nigerian English in a Global World |
Farooq Adamu Kperogi (born 1970), is a Nigerian academic, author, grammar purist, public speaker and columnist with Media Trust's two Weekend titles. He was a presidential speechwriter during Obasanjo's administration and has been a reporter and news editor at Nigerian newspapers including the Daily Trust and the now defunct New Nigerian and Daily Triumph. Kperogi teaches journalism at Kennesaw State University in Georgia, United States.[2][3][4] Kperogi is the author of Glocal English: The Changing Face and Forms of Nigerian English, published in 2015.[5][6]
Early life and education
Kperogi was born in 1970, in Okuta, Baruten local government area of Kwara State, Nigeria.[7] He attended Bayero University between 1993 and 1997, where he received bachelor's degree in mass communication. He obtained a master's degree in communication at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and a Ph.D. from Georgia State University in the United States in 2014.[2]
Later life and career
After graduating from Bayero University, Kano, Kperogi started working as reporter with newspapers in Katsina and Kano before joining the Media Trust as correspondent for the now defunct Weekly Trust. He also worked for the now defunct federal government-owned paper, the New Nigerian, in the early 2000s. Kperogi began his academic career between 2000 and 2002 at Kaduna Polytechnic, where he taught journalism and mass communication. He also taught at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria for brief time in 2004.[3] Between 2002 and 2004, Kperogi worked in President Olusequn Obasanjo's administration as a presidential speechwriter and researcher. Kperogi writes two columns, "Politics of Grammar" and "Notes from Atlanta", for the Abuja-based Daily Trust weekend editions.
Works
- Glocal English: The Changing Face and Form of Nigerian English in Global World. New York: Peter Lang, 2015. ISBN 978-1433129261
References
- ^ a b c "About Farooq A. Kperogi". works.bepress.com. Kennesaw State University. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- ^ a b "About me". farooqkperogi.com. Farooq A. Kperogi. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- ^ a b "Farooq Kperogi". socm.hss.kennesaw.edu. Kennesaw State University. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- ^ "Why British English is full of silly-sounding words". bbc.com. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- ^ "Berkeley Insights in Linguistics and Semiotics". www.peterlang.com. Peter Lang. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- ^ "7 Questions to a Linguist: Dr. Farooq Kperogi on "Glocal" English". altalang.com. ALTA. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- ^ "Kperogi: The Man Who Redefined Grammar Column Writing in Nigeria". jarushub.com. JarusHub. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
