"I began teaching as a Graduate Teaching Assistant, in the Department of English,
University of Lagos, Nigeria from 2011 - 2015. I was an Adjunct Lecturer (Sandwich) in the Faculty of Education, University of Lagos, Nigeria from 2014 - 2016; and an Adjunct Lecturer, Federal School of Biomedical Engineering, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) from 2017 - 2023. I am a Part-time Instructional/Tutorial Facilitator and a Project Supervisor (Wuse II Study Centre) from 2019 - Date. I am a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English, Faculty of Arts, National Open University of Nigeria. In all these positions, I carried out academic duties such as teaching, setting examination questions, grading scripts and mentoring students. In terms of administrative experience, I was posted to be the North-central Incubation head situated in Dutse-Alhaji in 2021. I was posted to Isulo Community Study Centre as the Acting Study Centre Director in 2021; I was there till 2024. Currently, I am serving as the Acting Study Centre Director of Awka Study Centre in Abagana, Anambra state. In the various positions, I worked with, and managed staff to ensure smooth-running of activities."

"Chapters in Books Published:"Chapters in Books Published:
Ugoala, B. (2022). Who is the Powerful: Deconstructing the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control’s Directives to Nigerian on the Re-opening of Religious Places of Worship. In Asiru and D.O. Orwenjo (Eds.), Deconstructing Corona: The Language of Conspiracy, Power and Indifference in Covid-19 Health Discourses. Germany: LINCOM GmbH. 133 – 146. ISBN: 978 3 96939 134 1.
Ugoala, B. (2022). Visual Grammar. In: Niyi Osunbade, Chuka Ononye, Simon Ajiboye, Onwa Inya, Yunana Ahmed (Eds.), Topics in Pragmatics and Discourse Analysis. Theory of and Practice of Pragmatics, Ilorin: Haytee Press and Publishing Company. 215 – 229. ISBN: 978-978-797-394-3.
Robert, O.S., Nwode, G.C., and Ugoala, B. (2023). Hate Speech, a Source of Linguistic, Religious and Ethnic Intolerance Among the Sub-Saharan African Peoples: The Case of Nigeria. In: Mavengano, E., Mhute, I. (eds) Sub-Saharan Political Cultures of Deceit in Language, Literature, and the Media, Volume II. Palgrave Macmillan, Chapter 7. 125 – 140. ISBN 978-3-031-42883-8 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42883-8  
Osuchukwu, N., Ugoala, B., and Robert, O. S. (2023). Mass Media in Deceitful Pragmatic Misrepresentation of, and the Heightened Intergroup Conflicts Among Sub-Saharan African Ethno-Religious and Linguistic Groups. In: Mavengano, E., Mhute, I. (eds) Sub-Saharan Political Cultures of Deceit in Language, Literature, and the Media, Volume II. Palgrave Macmillan, Chapter 9. 169 – 188. ISBN 978-3-031-42883-8 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42883-8
Journal Articles
Ugoala, B. (2016). Power Enacting Devices by Television Outfits: A Study of the First Recorded Suicide Bombing in Nigeria’. The Journal of Faculty of Social Sciences, 9 (1), 147 - 166. Published by University of Lagos Media Press.
Ugoala, B. (2017). Communicative and Cohesive Devices in President Buhari’s Directive to the Service Chiefs on the Urgency of Fighting Boko Haram Terrorism in Nigeria. Journal of Multimedia Technology & Communication Studies, 3 (1), 187 - 211. Published by World Bank Step-B Centre of Excellence in Multimedia and Cinematography, Department of Mass Communication, University of Lagos, Nigeria. 
Ugoala, B. (2018). Non-Congruent Verbal, News Tickers and Pictorial Elements: A Textual Excursus of the Federal Government/Labour Deliberation of the National Minimum Wage in Nigeria. Communication Review, 8 (1), 1- 22. ISSN: 1596 – 7077. Published by the Department of Mass Communication, University of Lagos, Nigeria.
Ugoala, B. & Yakubu, A. (2018). A Socio-Semiotic Study of the Meaning Potentials in Hash Tagged-messages in Placards of Killings in Benue State, Nigeria. Journal of English Scholars’ Association of Nigeria (ESAN), 21(1), 79 - 102. ISSN: 0029 – 0009. Published by the English Scholars’ Association of Nigeria.
Ugoala, B. (2018). A Linguistic Analysis of Responses of Sex Doll use on the Image of Women in Nigeria. International Journal of Gender and Development Issues, 1 (8), 368 - 382. ISSN: 2360 – 8528. Published by the Institute of Women, Gender and Development Studies (IWoGDS), Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Nigeria.
Ugoala, B. (2019). Interdiscursive Analysis of Newspaper Reports of the 2011 Nigeria Federal Government /Organized Labour Minimum Wage Negotiation. Dutsin-Ma Journal of English and Literature (Dujel), 2 (1), 52 - 69. ISSN: 2659 – 0360. Published by the Department of Languages and Linguistics, Federal University Dutsin-Ma.
Ugoala, B. (2019). Online Flaming: An Analysis of the Semiotic Elements in Senator Dino      Melaye's videos to his perceived Opponents in Nigeria. Journal of Linguistic Association of Nigeria (JOLAN). 22 (2), 17 - 33. ISSN: 0189 - 5680. Published by the Linguistic Association of Nigeria.
Udenze, S. & Ugoala, B. (2019). Building Community and Constructing Identity on WhatsApp: A     Netnographic Approach. Journal of Russian Media and Journalism Studies. 4, 49 - 69. ISSN: 2307 – 1605. Published by the Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia. 
Ugoala, B. (2020). Face Mitigation Strategies in Former Nigeria President of Nigeria Goodluck Ebele Jonathan’s Memoir My Transition Hours, International Journal of Humanitatis Theoreticus, 3 (2), 80 -  93. ISSN: 2714 – 2418. Published by the Department of English, Faculty of Arts, University of Yaoundé I, Cameroon. 
Udenze, S., Edmund, C. O., & Ugoala, B. (2020). Awareness and use of WhatsApp for Banking and Financial Services: A Study of Social Media Users in North-Central Nigeria. Journal of Communication and Media Studies, 1 (1), 80 - 92. Published by Department of Mass Communication, Nnamdi Azikiwe University.
Ugoala, B. (2020). A Generic Power Relations Assessment of the Linguistic Items in the Proscription Order of Boko Haram, IPOB and Shiites in Nigeria. Lagos Review of English Studies: A Journal of Language and Literary Studies (LARES). 19 (2), 1 - 21. ISSN: 0023-8503 Published by the Department of English, University of Lagos, Nigeria.
Ugoala, B. & Israel, P. C. (2020). Practs in First Official Speeches of Presidents Muhammadu Buhari and Nana Akufo-Addo on Coronavirus Pandemic. Open Journal of Modern Linguistics, 10, 740 - 764. https://doi.org/10.4236/ojml.2020.106045 ISSN Online: 2164 - 2834. Scientific Research Publishing.
Abayomi, A. & Ugoala, B. (2020). Lawyers’ antics and nonverbal impoliteness in Nigerian court documents: An example of Mosojo versus Oyetayo. Inkanyiso: The Journal Humanities & Social Science, 12 (2), 230 -242. ISSN: 2077 – 2815. Published by Academic Publishing and Editing, University of Zululand, South Africa.
Ugoala, B. (2020) Adaptability and Linguistic creativity of Nigerian English in internet memes. International Journal of Integrative Humanism. 12 (2), 50 - 65. ISSN: 2026 – 6286. Published by the Department of Classics and Philosophy, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast Ghana.
Ugoala, B. (2021) Assessing WhatsApp for Communication in A Youth Organisation: A      Dual Method Approach. Jurnal Sosialisasi, Jurnal Hasil Pemikiran, Penelitian , dan Pengembangan Keilmuan Sosiologi Pendidikan, Turkish Journal of Communication Review, 8 (2), 31 - 44. https://ojs.unm.ac.id /sosialisasi/issue/view/1403. ISSN: 2772 – 3086. 
Jauro, L. & Ugoala, B. (2021). An Evaluation of Pragmatic Features of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Maiden Speech on Covid-19 in Nigeria. Journal of English Teachers’ Association of Nigeria (JELTAN). 11, 37-46. ISSN: 2476 – 8561. Published by English Language Teachers Association of Nigeria. 
Ugoala, B. (2021). Meaning and Signalling Pattern of Scam SMS in Nigeria. Kalangu Journal of Language and Literary Studies, 2(1), 26-41. ISSN: 2735 – 9255. Published by the Department of English and Modern Languages, Federal University of Lafia, Nasarawa State, Nigeria.
Olaniyi, O. & Ugoala, B. (2021). A Semiotic Reading of the Nigeria’s Currency Notes. Ilorin Journal of English Studies (IJES), 6,  36 - 65. ISSN: 0795 – 2309. Published by the Department of English, Faculty of Arts, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria.
Ugoala, B. & Olaniyi, O. (2021). Clause as representative in Donald Trump’s letter to the World  Health Organisation on Covid-19, Jos Journal of the English Language, 4 (1), 1-19. ISSN: 2795 – 2517. Published by the Faculty of Arts, University of Jos, Nigeria.
Ugoala, B. (2022). Power in words: An Analysis of the Flaming Devices in President Vladimir Putin’s Speech Before the February, 2022 Attack on Ukraine. Kampala International University Journal of Humanities, 7 (2), 171 - 179, ISSN:2415-0843 Available at: <https://www.kampalajournals.ac.ug /ojs/index.php/kiuhums/article/view/1482>. ISSN: 2415 – 0843. Published by College of Humanities and Social Sciences of Kampala International University. Kampala, Uganda.
Ugoala, B. (2022). Multimodal Analysis of Memes in Tweets of Responses to Nigeria’s Minister of Health’s Statement on Resident Doctors in Nigeria. Zamfara International Journal of Humanities, 1 (3), 28 - 46. www.zijohonline.com ISSN: 2811 – 1621 Published by Faculty of Arts, Federal University Gusau, Zamfara State, Nigeria.
Udenze, S. and Ugoala, B. (April, 2022). The Coronavirus Health Crisis, Social Media, and Online Health Information Seeking Behaviour of Older Adults in Nigeria. Türkiye İletişim Araştırmalan Dergisi / Turkish Review of Communication Studies 41, 23 - 37.  ISSN: 2630 – 6220.  Published by Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Ugoala, B. & Osuchukwu, N. (2023). Internet Fake News and Issues of Misrepresentation and Misinterpretation. The NOUN Scholar: Journal of Humanities, 2 (1), 54 - 65. ISSN: 2814 – 3396. Published by the Faculty of Arts, National Open University of Nigeria.
Ugoala, B. (2023). Achieving Error-free posts in Asynchronous facilitation: Findings from the Discussion Forum Posts of 100 Level Students of National Open University of Nigeria. West Africa Journal of Open Flexible Learning (WAJOFEL), 11 (2), 97 - 114. ISSN: 2276 – 6472. Published by Regional Training and Research Institute for Distance and Open Learning (RETRIDOL). 
Ijebuonwu, F. C. & Ugoala, Bibian (2023). A Stylistic Analysis of the Acceptance Speech of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the presentation of certificate of return by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). International Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (9), 1 pp. 1-11 doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.20469/ijhss.9.20001-1
Alawiye, T. E., & Ugoala, Bibian (2023). An Analysis of Conjunction Found in the Campaign Speech of Bola Ahmed Tinubu at Chatham House London. International Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (9), 1 pp. 12-19 doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.20469/ijhss.9.20001-1
Ugoala, B. (2024). A Multimodal Framework for Analysing Cartoons: A Study of Selected WhatsApp Corona Virus Cartoons. WAUU Journal of International Affairs and Contemporary Studies (WJIACS), West African Union University Institute Press, 4 (1), 74-84.
Omole, D. & Ugoala, B. (2024). A Multimodal Study of Selected Campaign Posters of All Progressives Congress’s Presidential Candidate In Nigeria 2023 General Elections. Sapientia Global Journal of Arts, Humanities and Development Studies (SGOJAHDS), Vol.7 No.1 March, 2024; p. 261 – 275. ISSN: 2695- 2319 (Print); ISSN: 2695-2327 (Online)

Ofulue, C., Opateye, J., Awolumate, S., Olakulehin, F.K., Adesina, A., Yabo, A. M., Ugoala, B., Oluyide, O., & Ojedeji, S. (2024). Developing a research agenda for resilient systems and innovative practices in ODeL: Findings from a national study. Journal of Learning for Development, 11(2), 323-348.
Ugoala, B. (2024). Generation Z’s Lingos On Tiktok: Analysis of Emerging Linguistic Structures. Journal of Language and Communication, 11(2), 211-224. Published by Universiti Putra Malaysia Press. e-ISSN: 2637-0875 "

My research interests are on: Multimodal Discourse Analysis, Media Discourse, Pragmatics, and Social Semiotics.

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6628-4400

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=SlIhKzQAAAAJ&hl=en

a) Joint Research Grant, Tetfund (2021-2023) Ofulue, C., Opateye, J., Awolumate, S., Adesina, A., Olakulehin, F., Ugoala, B., Yabo, A., Ojedeji, S., and Oluyide, O.: Setting an Agenda for Research into Open Distance and e-Learning in the Global South: Nigeria as a Case Study. (Co-researcher)a) Joint Research Grant, Tetfund (2021-2023) Ofulue, C., Opateye, J., Awolumate, S., Adesina, A., Olakulehin, F., Ugoala, B., Yabo, A., Ojedeji, S., and Oluyide, O.: Setting an Agenda for Research into Open Distance and e-Learning in the Global South: Nigeria as a Case Study. (Co-researcher)
b) Joint Research Grant, Senate (2023). Okonkwo, C. Akper, G., Ugoala, B., and Mbanefo, R. Assessment of National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) Stakeholders’ Readiness for Development of Authentic Assessment for Graduates Employability. (Co-researcher)
c) Joint Research Grant, ACETEL (2023). Okonkwo, C., Akper, G., Ugoala, B., and Omuya, S. Assessment of National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) Stakeholders’ Readiness for Technology-driven Teaching and Learning using TPACK and 21st Century Skills. (Co-researcher)