Dr. Nancy Ernest Irek
DepartmentTheatre and Media Studies
DesignationLecturer I
EmailAbout Dr. Nancy Ernest Irek
Dr. (Mrs) Nancy Ernest Irek started her career as a Civil Servant in Cultural Centre Board of Cross River State Government in 1993 as Cultural Officer 11 and her appointment was confirmed in 1995. She was redeployed to the then Ministry of Public Utilities to cover the activities of the office of the Commissioner in 2004. She was later posted to the Office of the Wife of Cross River State Governor as Chief Information Officer where she rose to the rank of Director of Information in 2015. Dr Irek later transferred her services to the University of Calabar, Calabar as Lecturer I in the Department of Theatre, Film and Carnival Studies in 2015. She has been teaching, researching and mentoring students in the Department since joining the University. She is presently serving the Department as Examinations Officer and Welfare Officer. Dr Nancy Irek has published many articles in both local and international peer reviewed journals. She has attended many local and international conferences in her area where she presented papers. Dr Irek is a member of many professional bodies including the Society of Nigeria Theatre Artists, Nigerian Union of Journalists and Nigerian Women Journalists. Dr Irek loves playing table tennis and football, reading and listening to good music. She is married with children.
| S/N | Qualification | School Atttended | Started | Finished |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLSC | St. Thomas Primary School Nkwerre, Imo State | 1973 | 1977 delete_forever | |
| WASC | St. Catherine Girl’s Secondary School, Nkwerre 1983 | 1980 | 1983 delete_forever | |
| NCE | Federal College of Education, Obudu, Cross River State | 1985 | 1988 delete_forever | |
| BA (Hon.) Media Arts | University of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River State | 1988 | 1991 delete_forever | |
| M.A. Arts Management | University of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River State | 2002 | 2009 delete_forever | |
| PhD Arts Administration | University of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River State | 2009 | 2015 delete_forever |
| S/N | Publication |
|---|---|
| Irek, N. E., & Adora, C. U., (2018), Folk Music and Songs in a Recessed Economy: A Survivalist Proposal, Banchi: Nasarawa Journal of Theatre and Media Arts, ( 5 (1), 68-87. | |
| Irek, N. E., & Adora, C. U., (2018), Theatre as a Tool for Actualization of the Agenda of Change in Nigeria, Ikoro: Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 10 (1&2) 66-75. | |
| Irek, N. E., & Adora, C. U., (2018), Interrogating the Indifferences in the Application of Statistical Techniques I n Theatre Scholarship, Sankofa: Journal of the Humanities, ( 6 (1), 13-39. | |
| Irek, N. E., & Charles, A. U., (2018), Theatre as a Tool for the Actualization of Change in Governance in Nigeria, Ikoro: Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 10 (1&2), 66-75 | |
| Irek , N. E., (2018), Prophetic Reflection on Good Governance in Nigeria: Discourse on Chinua Achebe’s The Trouble with Nigeria Chinua Achebe and the Convolution of Immortality: Reassessing the Writer in Relation New Realities, 86-92. | |
| Irek , N. E., (2018), Advertising as an Effective Promotional Tool for Theatre Marketing in Nigeria, Nsukka; Ikenga International Journal of Institute of African Studies, (18 ( 1), 47-53. | |
| Irek, N.E., & Charles, E., (2016), Developing the Arts Industry through the Theatre Profession, JOTAMS, ( 1 (2), 143-151. | |
| Irek, N. E., (2016), Music as a Tool for Communicating Good Governance in Nigeria: A Periscopic Survey of Selected Nigerian Musicians, West African Association for Commonwealth Literature and Languages Studies Journal, (4 (1), 1-20. | |
| Irek, N. E., & Charles, E., (2015) Media Marketing: The Theatre in Perspective, West African Irek, Association for Commonwealth Literature and Languages Studies Journal, (3 (2), 89-98. | |
| Irek, N. E., & Charles, E., (2015), Theatre Practice In Nigeria: Surveying the Past and Present, Ifok Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies , (2 (1) 30-39. |
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| S/N | Conference | Description | Started | Finished |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The First Faculty of Arts International Conference. Held at The University of Calabar International Conference Centre, University of Calabar Nigeria. | Theatre as a Tool for the Actualization of Change in Governance in Nigeria, | 2016-04-12 | 2016-04-15 | |
| Chinua Achebe and the Convolution of Immortality: Re-Assessing the Writer in Relation to New Realities. Held at the Institute of African Studies University of Nsukka, Nigeria | Prophetic Reflection on Good Governance in Nigeria: A Discourse on Chinua Achebe’s The Trouble with Nigeria. | 2017-05-22 | 2017-05-25 | |
| The 30th Annual Convention and International Conference of the Society of Nigeria Theatre Artists November, (SONTA) Held at the Department of Theatre and Film Studies, University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. | Harnessing Folk Music (Singing) as Business Venture for Economic Survival in Nigeria | 2017-11-01 | 2017-11-03 | |
| Maiden Edition of the Faculties/Humanities Association of Nigerian Universities (FASAANU) held at the University of Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria. | 2018-04-09 | 2018-04-13 | ||
| 2nd calabar international conference of theatre & media 2019. theme: theatre media and integration in a globalized world held at the Chinua Arts theatre, University of Calabar, Nigeria. | Arts Administration And National Integration in Contemporary Nigeria. Held at the University of Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria, 27-31 August 2019 | 2019-08-27 | 2019-08-31 |