Dr Felicia Oamen | Faculty of Arts

Career Profile

My name is Felicia Oamen. I work as a lecturer in the Department of English, Faculty of Arts, National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), Abuja. I hold PhD and MA degrees from the Department of English, Faculty of Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State. In addition, I hold a BA (English) degree from the University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos.

My research interest is in the critical study of discourse and power. Thus, I apply insights from Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), Pragmatics and Social Semiotics to the study of language of politics, media, gender and visual communication. Recently, my work has also focused on the study of identity politics and other forms of discrimination in migration discourse. Some of my articles on political and media discourse have been published in Discourse and Society, Social Semiotics and The Discourse of Digital Civic Engagement: Perspectives from the Developing World. I have also participated in course material development for NOUN.

The courses include ENG 852 (Advanced Discourse Analysis) and ENG 851 (Bilingualism and Multilingualism). In addition, I have been facilitating GST 101 (Use of English and Communication Skills I), ENG 151 (Introduction to English as a Second Language), ENG 352 (Discourse Analysis) and ENG 432 (Pragmatics) since 2018.

Dr. Felicia Oamen

05025

Headquarters

Faculty of Arts

Department of English

Senior Lecturer

HOD Computer Science/ Deputy Dean/ Ag. Director ICT

foamen@noun.edu.ng

08024552601

BA (English), PGD (Journalism), MA (English), PhD (English)

Senior Lecturer, National Open University of Nigeria, Abuja 2023 till date
Lecturer I, National Open University of Nigeria, Abuja 2021 – 2023
Lecturer II, National Open University of Nigeria, Abuja 2017 – 2021
Facilitator, BA English, National Teachers’ Institute (NTI) 2016 – 2017

Obieje, L.D., Oamen, F., Ambassador-Brikins, H.O.C., Yakubu, A. M. & Orie, E.G. (2024). Influence of communication on the political participation of grassroots women in selected areas of North Central Nigeria. International Journal of Broadcasting and Communication Technology, 10(2),

Oamen, F. & Ashade, R. (2024) A critical study of ethno-political ideology in Nigeria’s campaign discourse of hate. Dutsin-Ma Journal of English and Literature, 9(1), 180-200.

Oamen, F. (2023). Critical discourse analysis of trauma in kidnap victims’ media narratives. The NOUN Scholar, Journal of Arts and Humanities, 174 – 187.

Oamen, F. (2022). Critical pragmatic analysis of gender representations in media reports of

domestic violence. Zamfara International Journal of Humanities (ZIJOH), 101 – 111.

Oamen, F. (2022). Identity construction of Nigeria’s separatist agitation: A critical

discourse. Lagos Papers in English Studies (LAPES), 7(1), 53 – 73.

Eyisi, C.J., Onuh, F., Eyisi, J & Oamen, F. (2022). Glocal intelligibility: The place of

communicative competence in English in Nigerian migrants. NOUN International Journal of Migration and Global Studies (IJMGS), 2(1), 43 – 59.

Oamen, F. & Erimma, G.O. (2022). Nigeria’s settler/ indigene question: A critical study of

COVID-19 media discourse. NOUN International Journal of Migration and Global Studies (IJMGS), 127 – 147.

Oamen, F. (2021). A critical discourse analysis of discrimination in host-migrant COVID-

19 iscourse, The NOUN Scholar, Journal of Arts & Humanities, 1(1), 65 – 77.

Oamen, F. (2021). A social semiotic analysis of gender power in Nigeria’s newspaper

political cartoons. Social Semiotics, 31(2), 266 – 281.

Oamen, F. (2021). Representations in Nigeria’s EndSARS protest: A critical discourse

study. Zamfara International Journal of Humanities (ZIJOH), 1(1 & 2), 29 – 35.

Oamen, F. (2021). Review of the book: Confluences and influences: The emergence of kano

as city-state, by M.U. Adamu. NOUN International Journal of Migration and Global Studies (IJMGS), 1(1), 177 – 180.

Oamen, F. (2020). Ideological media discourses: Nigerian political actors and the fight

against terrorism. Ife Studies in English Language (ISEL), 15 (1 & 2), 62 – 80.

Oamen, F. (2020). Resilience discourse: A critical study of Nigeria’s incumbent and

opposition political campaign speeches. Covenant Journal of Language Studies (CJLS), 8(2), 1 – 19.

Oamen, F. (2019). A critical discourse analysis of sexism in National Open University of

Nigeria’s monthly bulletin. Ife Studies in English Language (ISEL), 14 (1 & 2), 228 – 245.

Oamen, F. (2019). Discursive construction of identity in online Nigerian Newspapers’

settler/indigene discourse. Journal of English Scholars Association of Nigeria (JESAN), 21(2), 158 – 178.

Oamen, F. (2018). Discursive strategies in Nigeria’s 2015 Facebook campaign discourse.

Discourse & Society, 29(5), 47 – 494.

Taiwo, R. & Oamen, F. (2018). Perspectivisation in Nigeria’s political visual communication:

A social semiotic analysis. Covenant Journal of Language Studies (CJLS), 6(2), 1 – 22.

Ayansola, A.O. & Oamen, F. (2018). A case study of online hate speeches’ legitimation

process by Nigerian political actors. Journal of Humanities, ABU, 2 (7), 183 – 206.

Oamen, F. & Fajuyigbe, M. O. (2016). Visual representation of power in selected online

Nigerian newspapers’ political cartoons. In R. Taiwo & T. Opeibi (Eds.) The discourse of digital civic engagement: Perspectives from the developing world. Nova Science Publishers. 133-154.

DISCOURSE ANALYSIS, PRAGMATICS, SOCIAL SEMIOTICS

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8080-2673
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=9O3bEQ0AAAAJ&hl=en

Ugbejeh, O.E., Erimma, G.O. & Oamen, F. (2024). Waste to wealth initiative: A social legal inquiry of the level of awareness of rural women in Zhidu Community, Lugbe, Abuja FCT. NOUN Research Grant.

Obieje, D.L., Yakubu, A.B., Oamen, F. (Co-researcher), Erimma, G.O. & Ambassador-Brikins, H. (2022). A case study of women empowerment and Nigeria’s grassroots political communication in the North Central Region of Nigeria. NOUN Research Grant. (Completed)

Yakubu, A.B., Oamen, F. (Co-researcher), Gbenoba, F. & Iyere, T. (2021). A case study of literature-based approach to English language learning by secondary school students in the North Central Region of Nigeria. NOUN Research Grant. (Completed)