Dr Oluwafemi Bolanle Jolaoso obtained a PhD in English from the University of Ibadan in 2018. He has taught Use of English at the University of Ibadan for two sessions (2016/2017 and 2017/2018) and has also lectured as a full-time lecturer at Lead City University, Ibadan for four and half years. While at Lead City University, Ibadan, he taught both undergraduate and graduate courses and successfully supervised master's degree dissertations and PhD theses. Dr Jolaoso served as undergraduate project coordinator and later as the PG coordinator for the Department of Languages and Literature, Lead City University, Ibadan. When he had a year to become a Senior Lecturer, he resigned from his appointment at Lead City University and joined Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State through a fresh appointment in 2023 as a Lecturer I in the Department of English and Literary Studies. Dr Jolaoso has attended several academic conferences and seminars and has published in both local and international journals.
List of Publications
1.Jolaoso, O. B.& Shojonwo, O. B. (2023). Pragmatic Analysis of 2019 Nigerian Presidential Election-Related Newspaper Cartoons. ELS Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 6(1), 160-172. https://doi.org/10.34050/elsjish.v6i1.24983
2. Jolaoso, O. B., Odeleye, D. A. &Dairo, N. A. (2022). Ideological Strategies in President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2022 New Year Speech. In B. A. Adeyemi et. al. (Eds.) International Conference on Pragmatic Human Capital for Sustainable Development: Referred Conference Proceedings, 6th – 8th June, 2022.
3. Jolaoso, O. B. & Olajimbiti, E. O. (2021). “Regrets for Leaving the ‘Zoo’?”: Regret Construction Strategies in the Online Discourses of Nigerian Migrants. ELS Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 4,(4): 515-526. http://doi.org/10.34050/elsjish.v4i4.18819
4. Robbin, A. A. & Jolaoso, O. B. (2021). An Exclusive Interview with Prof. Afolakemi Olasumbo Oredein, the Dean of Postgraduate School, Lead City University, Ibadan on how Postgraduate Studies Survived Covid-19 Lockdown. In A. A. Robbin et. al. (Eds.) Management of Education for Sustainable Development in a Changing World. Ibadan: College Press, 18 – 22.
5. Jolaoso, O. B.&Olajimbiti, E. O. (2020). The Pragmatics of Concealment in Selected Interactions between Terminally-ill Patients and their Caregivers. International Journal of Language and Literary Studies, 2,(3): 80-93. https://doi.org/10.36892/ijlls.v2i3.322
6. Jolaoso, O. B. (2020). Discourse Functions of Conversation Strategies on Channels Television’s Politics Today. Oye: Journal of Language, Literature and Popular Culture, 2, (1): 129 – 145.
7. Jolaoso, O. B. (2020). Interaction Engagements in the Discourse of Channels Television’s Politics Today. Journal of Management, Techniques and Skills, Volume 5, 38-51.
8. Jolaoso, O. B. (2020). Linguistic Implications of Social Class in Femi Osofisan’s Morountodun. Journal of Language, Theatre and Literary Studies, Vol.1, 135-141.
9. Jolaoso, O. B.&Onyemaechi, C. F. (2019). Introduction to Comparative Literature In D. A. Odeleye (Ed.) Administration and Education for Sustainable Development. Ibadan: College Press. 317-322.
10. Oyeleye, A. L. &Jolaoso, O. B. (2017). Conversation Strategies in the Discourse of Channels Television’s Politics Today, 2014 – 2015. Further Thoughts on Language, Education and the Curriculum Nexus for Sustainable Development in Nigeria: A Festschrift in Honour of Clement Olusegun Olaniran Kolawole. D. Fakeye et.al. (Eds.). Ibadan: Constellation Books. Pp. 453-468.