African Studies Program

Victor Temitope Alabi is both a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Linguistics and an Associate Instructor of Yoruba in the African Studies Program at IU. He received his BA degree in English from the University of Ilorin, and his MA degree in English from the University of Ibadan in Nigeria. He has published in academic journals such as Issues in Intercultural Communication, and Yoruba Studies Review, and has presented papers at conferences like ACTFL, ACAL, ASA, NCOLCTL, KFLC. He was Fulbright FLTA for the IU African Studies Program from 2014-2015. Victor is the current President of the African Languages and Cultures Club and a Past-President of the Graduate Students in African Studies (GSAS) student organization. Victor volunteers extensively for the African Studies Program and its outreach events.