Dr. Akaenyi, Nkiruka Jacinta is a lecturer in the Department of Performing Arts, Akwa Ibom State University.  She obtained her Ph.D, M.A and B.A from three prestigious Nigerian Universities; University of Port Harcourt, University of Lagos, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka respectively, specializing in Theory and Criticism of Dramatic Literature. In addition to all these, she has successfully supervised four undergraduate projects and has written several plays and articles. Dr. Akaenyi has taught several Postgraduate and  undergraduate courses and she engages in scholarly presentation of papers during conferences both within and outside Nigeria. As part of her administrative experience, she has served in the Department of Performing Arts as an  Examination/ Time-table officer,  and is currently the Head, Department of Performing Arts, a member of Examination Misconduct Committee, Department of Performing Arts, Akwa Ibom State University.  She has earned several grants and awards.

1.Akaenyi, Nkiruka “The Patriarchal Roof: Women, Marriage and Family in Olu ‘Dolapo Ojediran’s Omolewa” The Quint. Vol 13, 4, 2021   

2.Akaenyi, Nkiruka Jacinta. “Reducing Crime through the Theatre: An analysis of Foluke Ogunleye’s Jabulile”. International Review of Humanities Studies, Vol.6 (1), 2021.

 

3. Akaenyi, Nkiruka Jacinta. “Gender Criticism in modern African Drama and Theatre: A study of Patrick Obi’s When Women Go Naked. The Quint: An Interdisciplinary quarterly from the North Vol. 12 (3), 2020, p.  119

 

4. Akaenyi, Nkiruka Jacinta. Conflict Resolution and Peace Building: The Gender Question in Olamma by Tracie Ezeajugh. International Review of Humanities Studies, Vol. 3(2) p.171-2018, 178.

 

(a)   Local Journals.

 

1.Akaenyi, Nkiruka Jacinta (2019) Stereotype representation of Empowered women in selected Nollywood Films.  AKSU Journal of Communication Research vol.4.

 

 

2.Akaenyi, Nkiruka Jacinta and Julie Okoh (2017). Violence against Wives as a   Systematic form of Social Control in Nigerian Drama: A study of Adaugo by Osita Ezenwanebe.   Ikogho:   A Multidisciplinary   Journal, 15 (1).

 

3.Akaenyi, Nkiruka Jacinta and Julie Okoh (2017).   Perception   of   Domestic Violenceamong EmpoweredWomen in selected Nigerian Plays. Ikogho:   A Multidisciplinary   Journal, 15 (1).

 

 

4.Akaenyi, Nkiruka Jacinta. (2017). Gender Ambiguity and Identity Politics in Efo Kodgo Mawugbe’s In the chest of a Woman. AKSU Journal of English, Vol.1, No. 1 pp  75-81.

 

5.Akaenyi, Nkiruka Jacinta (2017) Contesting the Misconception of Theatre Scholarship: A Reading of The Family by  Comish Ekiye . OR-CHE UMA: African Journal of Existential Philosophy 5(1)

 

 

6.Akaenyi, Nkiruka Jacinta. (2017). Representing Society: Osita Ezenwanebe’s Social Vision in Giddy Festival. Ikogho:   A Multidisciplinary   Journal, 17 (3& 4).

 

7.Akaenyi, Nkiruka Jacinta. (2018). Gender Construction and Women’s Perception of Educational Empowerment in Nigeria: A Study of The Fate of Isabella and Nest in a Cage, UNIUYO Journal of Humanities, 22 (2).

 

 

8. Akaenyi, Nkiruka Jacinta(2011). The Taboo Motif and Women Experiences in Modern Nigerian Drama.Orche-Uma: African Journal of Existential Philosophy. 1 (2) September/ October 2010.

9.Akaenyi, Nkiruka Jacinta (2012). Constructing Gender: An Exploration of Nigerian Men’s Conceptualization of Masculinities in Modern Nigerian Drama. Lagos notes and Records,18.   (1 )June 2012.

 

(C)  Chapters in Books (3)                               

1. Akaenyi, Nkiruka Jacinta (2014). Negotiating violence in Osita Ezenwanebe’s Adaugo.In Akoh, Adeoye & Ezenwanebe (eds) Theatre Creativity and Democratic Practice in Nigeria: Proceedings of the 27th Annual Convention and International Conference of the Society of Nigeria Theatre Artists.

2.   Akaenyi, Nkiruka Jacinta(2013).Breadwinner Status and the Risk of Spousal Violence in Modern Nigerian Drama in Otoabasi Akpan,  Jacob O. U&Asuquo Charles Ed. The Scores: A Festchrift in honour of Professor S.W Petters. 

3. Akaenyi, Nkiruka Jacinta (2012). Male Power and Gender issues in Modern Nigerian Drama. In Akorede Yetunde, Gender Theories and Dialectics 

1.Anna Odrowaz-Coates, Stephen Ogheneruo Okpadah and Jacinta Nkiruka Akaenyi (eds) On the Road to Social Exclusion. Poland: Maria Grzegorzewska, 2022.