Dr.Adetayo Alabi is a professor of African and other World Literatures and Cultures at the University of Mississippi.
Research Interests
Dr. Adetayo Alabi has research interests in African, African American, Caribbean, and other Postcolonial and World Literatures; Autobiographical Genre in Comparative Black Literatures; Literary Theory, particularly Postcolonial, Globalization, Feminist Theories.
Biography
Dr. Alabi attended Obafemi Awolowo University and received his B.A. Honors in English Studies. He received his M.A. in English Language from the University of Ibadan and his M.A. in English Language and Literature, University of Guelph. He later received Ph.D. in English from the University of Saskatchewan.
Courses Taught
- HON 101 Freshman Honors I
- ENG 222 Survey of World Literature since 1650
- ENG 349 Modern/Contemporary Genres
- ENG 373 Studies in 20th & 21st centuries Comparative Black Literature
- ENG 375 Survey of 20th and 21st c. African Literature
- ENG 441 Comparative Black Literatures
- ENG 437 Major Author of the 20th Century
- ENG 619 Studies in African and African Diasporic
- ENG 692 Cultural Studies
- ENG 695 Directed Reading in American Literature
- ENG 696 Directed Research
- ENG 370 Studies in World Literatures
- ENG 371 African Literature
- ENG 745 Studies in World Literature
- ENG 747 Studies in African and Africa Diasporic
- AAS 371 African Literature
- AAS 373 Studies in Comparative Black Literature/ Caribbean Literature
- AAS 441 Comparative Black Literatures
Education
B.A. English, Obafemi Awolowo University (1988)
M.A. English, University of Ibadan (1991)
M.A. English, University of Guelph (1993)
Ph.D. English, University of Saskatchewan (1998)