Profile of faculty members | Department of Communication Studies
Name: (Mrs.) Adwoa Sikayena Amankwah
Position: Senior Lecturer, Dep’t of Communication Studies
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Name: (Mrs.) Adwoa Sikayena Amankwah
Position: Senior Lecturer, Department of Communication Studies
Qualifications
- PhD Candidate, University of South Africa, UNISA
- Masters (MA) in Communication Studies
- Postgraduate Diploma in Communication Studies
- Bachelor in Educational Foundations – (B(Ed) – Speciality English & French)
- Certificate of Further Education (Communication and Media) General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS)-United Kingdom.
Email: [email protected]
Community Service
- 2015 July – date: Editor, CSUC Website
- 2015 (March) – date: Reviewer – International Journal of Communication (IJOC–California, USA)
- 2012- date: Member, CSUC Journal Editorial Board (JASAT)
- 2013-date: Coordinator, Print & Broadcast Laboratory Programmes (CSUC)
- 2011- date: Member, Research and Publications Seminar Series (CSUC)
- 2010-2012: Member, Welfare Constitution Review Committee
- 2010- date: Member, Annual Report Preparation Committee
- 2011-2012: Member, Strategic Plan Review Committee
- 2009-08/2013: Head of CSUC Communication Studies Department
- 2009-date: Editor of the CSUC Communicator – a departmental news magazine
Research Interests
- New media and political communication,
- Journalism,
- media ethics and mass communication
Recent Publications
- “Amankwah, A. S and Assibey Bonsu G. (2012)Gendering the Agenda: A Look at the Front Page Photographs of a National Newspaper, International Journal of Business Management and Economic Research, Vol 3(6), 641-645 Available online at www.ijbmer.com/ ISSN: 2229-6247.
- “The Tragic Hero of the Classical Period” published by the English Language and Literature Studies; Vol. 2 No. 3. September, 2012. (by Adade Yeboah Asuamah, Ahenkorah Kweku (Dr.) & Adwoa Amankwah
- “The Tragic Hero of the Post-Classical Renaissance” published by the Studies in Literature and Language; Vol 5, No. 3, December 2012 (byAdade Yeboah Asuamah & Adwoa Amankwah)
- 2014 – “An investigation into the methods of cartoonists as social communicators in Ghana” (in-press with the Journal of Applied Science, Arts and Theology, JASAT) – (by Adwoa S. Amankwah, Adade Yeboah Asuamah & Prof. Opoku Agyemang)
Ongoing Research
- 2014 – “The influence of the ‘Brown Envelop’ on Journalistic Practice in Ghana” (on-going by Adwoa Amankwah, Emmanuel Ako Gyima, James Quansah and Dr. Kweku Ahenkorah)
- 2014- “The Use of Web 2.0 Technologies as political campaigning tools for elections in Ghana (An evaluation of the activities of the two major political parties – NPP & NDC.” (Ongoing – by Adwoa Amankwah)
Consultancy works done
- Organiser and Facilitator – The PEEC Programme for Churches and Christian Groups: deals with building the oral and written (communication) skills of ministers, church leaders and Christian youth
- Editor – God’s kingdom-minded women: Divine Diplomats for unique assignments(A book written by Rev. Dr. David Okai and published in July, 2015)
- Editor – General and Christian Literature
Name: (Mr.) Asuamah Adade-Yeboah
Position: Senior Lecturer, Head Of Communications Studies Department
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Name: (Mr.) Asuamah Adade-Yeboah
Position: Senior Lecturer, Head Of Communications Studies Department
Qualifications
- PHD Candidate – Universidad Empresarial De Costa Rica.
- Masters (MA) in Communication Studies
- M. A. Comparative Literature – KNUST, Kumasi
- B. A. (Hons) English/Law – KNUST – Kumasi
- Diploma in English / Education – UCEW- Winneba
Community Service
- Member, Admissions’ Promotion Committee
- Chairman, Official Launching and Building Naming Committee – 2014
- Member, Committee of Enquiry into fogged WASCE Certificates – 2015
- Member, CSUC Interior Management Committee (IMC) for Executive Hostel – 2013
- Chairman, CSUC Bi-annual Official Newsletter – 2011
- Secretary – Ashanti Region Assemblies of God Church Electoral Committee
- Member, Assemblies of God General Council Consultative Assembly
- Member and Representative for all Private Institutions (Ghana) National Academic and Professional Writing Teachers’ Association (NAPWTA)
- Vice Board Chairman, Assemblies of God Senior High School
Research Interests
- Communicative Language Teaching (CLT)
- Second Language Acquisition (English)
- Comparative English Literature
- English and Media
- Discourse / Content Analysis.
- English Language and Literature Studies.
- Academic Writing/Communication Skills
Recent Publications
- Thesis Statement: A vital Element in Expository Essays published in Journal of Language Teaching and Research , Jan. 2014
- The Tragic Hero of the Modern Period: The European Concept published in Studies in Literature and Language , June 2013
- The Tragic Hero of the Modern Period: The African Concept published in English Language and Literature Studies , Dec. 2013
- The Tragic Hero of the Post – Classical Renaissance published in Studies in Literature and Language, Dec. 2012
- The Tragic Hero of the Classical Period Published in English and Literature , September, 2012
- The Tragic Hero of the Neo-Classical Period published in International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, July, 2012
- Facebook Usage: Patronage Motivations of Students of Christian Service University College. (Tella, F., Yarhands Arthur Adade – Yeboah, A. published in CASS Journal of Arts and Humanities , 2011
- An Investigation into the Methods of a Cartoonist as a Social Communicator (Amankwaah, A., Adade-Yeboah, A., Opoku-Agyemang – accepted for publication, in JASAT, CSUC.
Consultancy work
- Editing of books and research works
- “The marks of True Christian Worshippers” – 2015
- ‘’Golden Nugget English Books’’ – 2013 Revised version
Name: (Mr) Fortune Tella
Position: Lecturer, Department of Communication Studies
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Name: (Mr) Fortune Tella
Position: Lecturer, Department of Communication Studies
Email: [email protected]
Qualifications
- PhD Candidate, University of South Africa.
- Master of Arts in Communication Studies
- Graduate Diploma in Communication Studies
- Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies
- Advanced Certificate in Project Management
Community Service
- Coordinator, Research & Publications Seminar series, CSUC
- Coordinator, Publicity & Public relations, CSUC
- Former Head, Department of Communication Studies
Research Interests
- Social media usage
- Crisis communication
- internal communication and the impact of the Internet on public relations work
Recent Publications
- Research Article: Facebook Usage: A study of patronage motivations of students of the Christian Service University College, Kumasi published in the CASS Journal of Art & Humanities, January-March, 2014, Vol. 3, No.1, pp. 58-88.
- Book: Public Relations Writing and Practice: A Contemporary Exposition.
Consultancy Works
Newmont Ghana, Shell Ghana, Metrica and the United States of America Department of Commerce
