Dennis Chima Ugwuegbu is the first

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professor of psychology. He is also the co-founder of the Department of Psychology

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and served as the department’s first professor and chair for over fifteen years. He is one of 36

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. He is the managing director of SERC.

Early life and education

He was born on 2 November 1942 in Orlu, Imo State, Nigeria. His father, Ugwuegbu Osuoha Uzoechi Nwaoha, was a farmer, and his mother, Margaret Nwannediya, was a trader and farmer. He had his education at

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, B.A., 1966, M.A., 1968 and

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, Ph.D., 1973.

Career

He lectured at the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria, between 1973 and 1977. He was a senior lecturer at the same institution between 1978 and 1982. He was the first professor of psychology and department chair between 1982 and 2004. He worked as a

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between 1982 and 1983. Also to

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, as a visiting professor between 1999 and 2003. He was the board chairman of Owerri Digital Village, 1980–1990. He serves as the coordinator for Examination Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates.

Memberships

* He is a member of

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. * He is the founder and the president of African Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues. * He is a member of Nigerian Psychological Society. He was the president of Nigerian Association for the Gifted and Talented. * He is an executive member of Igbo Community Development Association (executive member).

Publications (journals and articles)

Ugwuegbu has written over 250 scientific journal articles and books. Some of these are: * (With Geder Siann) Educational Psychology in a Changing World, Allen & Unwin (London, England), 1980, 5th edition, 1989. * (Editor, with S.O. Onwumere) Social Research and Information Gathering, Federal Government Press (Lagos, Nigeria), 1987. * (Editor) Youth and Pornography, Federal Government Press (Lagos, Nigeria), 1991. * (With Ben U. Eke) The Psychology of Management in African Organizations, Quorum Books (Westport, CT), 2001. * The Shifting Tides of Value Orientation: A Case for National Development, Vantage Publishers (Ibadan, Nigeria), 2004. * Black jurors' personality trait attribution to a rape case defendant Dr. Denis Chimaeze E. Ugwuegbu (University of Ibadan).

References

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