“I joined the National Open University of Nigeria as Lecturer II in 2006 from where from where I rose to the rank of a Professor in 2018. I participated in all aspects of academic schedule in the University. I set TMAs and examination questions; wrote six course materials (books); an online facilitator; recorded instruction video(I received University commendation letter with a cash award for this); coordinated examination script marking; been part of examination monitoring team and presently, the Centre Director, Calabar Study Centre.
I am the founder and Director of Noun Theatre; coordinated the NOUN Brand Ambassador Project; an associate producer of advocacy film “”I believe”” for the university. the film is an adaptation of my play, Enough is Enough (2014). I created and taught a course “”Encountering Worlds”” as part of my visiting professor project at the Theatre Academy of the University of the Arts, Helsinki, Finland. in addition, I participated in teaching other courses in the University. I have been an external and internal assessor for two candidates’ promotion to professorship. I have also been an external examiner for undergraduates’ projects at UNIPORT and for Masters projects and PhD dissertations at UNIZIK.”

“(A) Books-Plays
1. Onyekuba, Onyeka (2017 edition.) Abuja. NOUN Press Ltd.
2. Onyekuba, Onyeka. (2017 edition) Into the World. Abuja NOUN Press Ltd.
3. Onyekuba, Onyeka (2017 edition) Whose Fault. Abuja: NOUN Press Ltd.
4. Onyekuba, Onyeka (2017 edition) Regal Dance. Abuja NOUN Press Ltd.
5. Onyekuba, Onyeka (2017 edition) Like Father Like Son. Abuja NOUN Press Ltd.
6. Iwuchukwu, Onyeka (2017 edition) Choices. Abuja NOUN Press Ltd.
7. Iwuchukwu, Onyeka ((2017 edition) Our Honourable Member. Abuja NOUN Press Ltd.
8. Iwuchukwu, Onyeka (2017 edition) Enough is Enough. Abuja NOUN Press Ltd.
9. Iwuchukwu Onyeka (2024) Desires Calabar. University of Calabar Press Ltd. .
10. Iwuchukwu Onyeka (2024) Garb of Advancement. Calabar. University of Calabar Press Ltd.
(A) Books-Plays
1. Onyekuba, Onyeka (2017 edition.) Abuja. NOUN Press Ltd.
2. Onyekuba, Onyeka. (2017 edition) Into the World. Abuja NOUN Press Ltd.
3. Onyekuba, Onyeka (2017 edition) Whose Fault. Abuja: NOUN Press Ltd.
4. Onyekuba, Onyeka (2017 edition) Regal Dance. Abuja NOUN Press Ltd.
5. Onyekuba, Onyeka (2017 edition) Like Father Like Son. Abuja NOUN Press Ltd.
6. Iwuchukwu, Onyeka (2017 edition) Choices. Abuja NOUN Press Ltd.
7. Iwuchukwu, Onyeka ((2017 edition) Our Honourable Member. Abuja NOUN Press Ltd.
8. Iwuchukwu, Onyeka (2017 edition) Enough is Enough. Abuja NOUN Press Ltd.
9. Iwuchukwu Onyeka (2024) Desires Calabar. University of Calabar Press Ltd. .
10. Iwuchukwu Onyeka (2024) Garb of Advancement. Calabar. University of Calabar Press Ltd.
(C) Chapters in Books
1. Iwuchukwu, O.F. (2001) “Integrating Ethnic Minorities in Nigeria for National Development: Ola Rotimi’s Experiment in If and Hopes of the Living Dead” in Eruvbetine (Ed) The Humanistic Management of Pluralism: A Formula for Development in Nigeria. Faculty of Arts, University of Lagos press. Pp 111-120.
2. Iwuchukwu, O.F. (2009) “Revolutionary Trend in Female Creativity: A Study of Tess Onwueme’s Plays” in Eruvbetine (ed) Re-Visioning Humanistic Studies Lagos: African Cultural Institute. University of Lagos Press pp 483 -494
3. Iwuchukwu, O.F. (2011) “Humanism in Conflict Resolution: A Study of Femi Osofian’s Red is the Freedom Road and Emeka Nwabueze’s A Parliament of Vultures in Uche Nwozuzu ed. Theaters and New Horizons. Enugu: Abic Books pp 257-278
4. Iwuchukwu, O.F. (2014) “Revolt and Snail-Sense Feminism in Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo’s Plays” in Emmanuel Adegun and Benedict Nweke (eds) New Perspectives on a Literary Enigma: A Frestscrhrift in Honour of Professor Theodore Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo. Ibadan: University Press. Pp 276-297.
5. Iwuchukwu, O.F. (2016) “Conceptions of Motherhood in Tess Onwueme’s Shakara Dance Hall Queen” in Helen Chukwuma and Preselfannie eds. Meeting Points in Black/Africana Women Literature. Trenton: African World Press pp 237-260.
6. Iwuchukwu, O.F. (2016) “Reconstruction of the Fictive image of the African Woman in Akachi Ezeigbo’s Children of The Eagle” in Helen Chukwuma and Preselfannie McDaniels ed. Meeting Points in Black/Africanna Women’s Liteature. Trenton: African World Press pp75-96.
7. Iwuchukwu, O.F. (2019) Focu-Feminism: Towards Women’s Self-Concept. African Feminisms in the Global Arena: Novel Perspectives on Gender, Class Ethnicity and Race. New Jersey: Goldline and Jacobs Publishing. Pp 77-96
8. Iwuchukwu, O.F. (2023) “Tess Onwueme’s Revolt against some Feminism Postulations for Women Writers” in Maureen Eke ed. EMERGING PERSPECTIVES ON TESS OSONYE ONWUEME: Women, Youth, and Eco-literature. Trenton: African World Press pp 165-182
1. Iwuchukwu, O.F. (2010) “Effectiveness of Training on Instructional Material Development for the Academic Staff of The National Open University Of Nigeria”. Conference Proceedings The IODL and ICEM International Joint Conference and Media Days 2010, Anadolu University, Eskisehir, Turkey. 4th-8th October. Pp417-426.
2. Iwuchukwu, O.F. (2013) “Reaching the Unreached Women through Open and Distan Learning”. Conference Proceeding, Pan Commonwealth Forum (PCF7)Abuja, Nigeria.
3. Iwuchukwu O.F. and Genevieve Kelikume (2014) “The Cooperation between Centre for Lifelong Learning of the Naional Open University of Nigeria and the Private Sector to curb Unemployment: The training of Technical Crew in the Performing Arts”. Conference Proceeding, ICDE International Conference, Moscow.
Articles in Learned Journals
1. Iwuchukwu, O.F. (2004) “The Town Crier and the Quest for Social Justice in Ola Rotimi’s Plays” in Journal of Cultural Studies. Vol. 6, No. 2. pp276-298
2. Iwuchukwu, O.F. (2006) “Resource Control as a Power Consolidation Mechanism: A Study of Tess Onwueme’s The Desert Encroaches and Ban Empty Barn” in Arts and Humanities Quarterly Vol 1, Number 1 July. pp11-18
3. Iwuchukwu, O.F. (2005) “Monkey Dey Work, Baboon Dey Chop: The Way Tess Onwueme Sees It in Then She Said It” Ukala(ed) Abraka Humanities Review. Vol. 1 No.1 . Faculty of Arts, Delta State University, Abraka. pp53-64
4. Iwuchukwu, O.F. (2008) “Humanism in Conflict Resolution: A Study of Femi Osofisan’s Red is the Freedom Road and Emeka Nwabueze’s A Parliament of Vultures” in AJELLS Vol. 2008. pp145-159.
5. Iwuchukwu O. F. and Dorothy Ofoha (2013)”An Assessment of Practical Skills in Study Materials Developed in the national Open University of Nigeria”. West African Journal of Open and Disance Learning (WAJOFEL) volume 2, No 2 January 2013. NOUN Press, Lagos. pp i75-192

6. Iwuchukwu, O. F. (2013) “Racism and Identity Crisis in Tess Onwueme’s Riot in Heaven” in CLCWEB: Comparative Literature and Culture. Purdue University. Volume 15, (2013) Issue 1, Article 15. 2-7
7. Iwuchukwu, O. F. (2013) “Classification and Criticism of Nigerian Literary Drama”. International Journal of Arts and Humanities Vol. 21. No. 6. May. pp 70-82
8. Iwuchukwu, O. F. (2013) “Plea Bargaining: A Recreation of George Orwell’s Animal Farm in Nigeria”. International African Research Review Vol 22. No. 6 pp 190-202
9. Iwuchukwu, O.F. (2013) “Gender Equality for Sustainable Development in Nigeria” in Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa (Volume 15, No. 3, 2013) 79-90
10. Iwuchukwu, O.F. (2013) “Dislodging the ‘University of Nkwo Nnewi’ Through Open and Distant Learning” in Igbo Studies Review. Number 1, 2013 137 -150
11. Iwuchukwu, O.F. (2013) “”Performing Arts in Open and Distant Learning (ODL) Curriculum for Youth Employability”” African Research Review Vol. 7 (2) Serial No. 29, April 2003, 227-24
12. Iwuchukwu, O.F. (2014) “Ifeoma Okoye’s Call for Cultural Regeneration in The Fourth World in Journal of English Studies Volume 7 2014
13. Iwuchukwu, O.F. (2014) “The Perception of English Literature Students on E-Examination and Online (Web-Based) Learning” in Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education-TOJDE Anadolu University, Eskisehir Turkey, January 2014 Vol. 15: Number 1, Article 11. 152-155
14. “The Other Face of Apartheid in Ifeoma Okoye’s The Fourth World and Festus Iyayi’s Violence”. Africa Literature Association Conference Johannesburg, South Africa from April 9-13 2014
15. Iwuchukwu, O. F.(2014) “Racism And Identity Crisis In Tess Onwueme’s Riot In Heaven” CLCWeb Comparative Literature and Culture (Purde University USA)
16. Iwuchukwu, O. F.2014) “Messianic Heroism in Tess Onwueme’s The Reign of Wazobia’, Awka Journal of English Language and Literary Studies (AJELLS) Vol 5, No 1
17. Iwuchukwu, O. F. (2015) “ War and Humanity in Festus Iyayi’s Heroes . CUJLASS Cuttington University of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. Volume 2, Number 1. pp 115-123”
18. Iwuchukwu, O. F. (2015)”Focu Feminism: A Panacea for for Self-Assertion and Self-Actualisation for Nigerian Woman”. OFO: Journal of Transatlantic Studies. Vol. 5. Nos. pp 29 -40 (In collaboration with the African Studies Program, Bowling Green University, Bowling, Ohio USA)
19. Iwuchukwu, O. F. (2016) “Experiments in Theatre Practice: NOUN Theatre and the Challenges of Open and Distance Learning”. COJOTH: Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu University Journal of Theatre Arts and Humanities. Vol. 2, Numbers 2 & 3 May 2016. pp58 – 75
20. Iwuchukwu, O. F. (2017) “The Nigerian Playwright and Liberation”. The Crab: Journal of Theatre and Media Art. No. 12 June 2027. pp 145-161. (Department of Theatre Arts, University of Port Harcourt),
21. Iwuchukwu, O. F. (2017) “From Docility to Self-Assertion and Empowerment: Women in Selected Plays written by African Women”. The Journal of Communicative English. Vol. 15, June2017. Pp275-283
22. Iwuchukwu, O. F. (2017) “Nigeria: The Challenges of (for) female Playwright”. Critical Stages/Scenes and Critiques: The ITAC Journal/ Revue de I’AICT – June 201 (International Association of Theatre Critics in Collaboration with Department of Theatre and College of Fine and Applied Arts , University of Illinois USA PP 1- 8
23 Iwuchukwu, O. F. (2017) “The Folklore and the Formation of Personality From Childhood in Awka”. Journal of Nigerian Folklore Vol. 1 No. 2 December 2017. Centre for the Study of Nigerian Languages and Folklore, Ado Bayero University, Kano
24. Iwuchukwu, O. F. (2017) “The Role of African Woman in Revolutionary Struggle: A Study of NgugiWaThiong’ O’s The Trial of Dedan Kimathi and Femi Osofisan’s Morountodun. Ganga Journal of Language and Literary Studies. Vol.5 N0 5
25. Iwuchukwu, O. F. (2017). “Exile in PedeHollist’s Short Stories” Ganga Journal of Literary StudiesVol 5 No 5 pp204-206
26. Iwuchukwu, O. F. (2018) “Never Cut the Rope: returning and Rebuiding in PedeHollist’s So the Path does not Die”Africology: The Jounal of Pan African Studies A:JPAS Vol. 2 No 2, January 2018. Pp 186-1999
27. Iwuchukwu, O. F. (2018) “ The Other Face of Apatheid in IfeomaOkoye’s Beyond the Fourth Wall and Festus Itayi’s Violence”. Africology: The Jounal of Pan African Studies A:JPAS Vol. 2 No 4 March 2014.pPp 266.1- 266.14
28. Iwuchukwu, O. F. (2018). Creating Employment through Performing Arts in an Open and Distance Learning (ODL) System” MAIDJAD: Maiduguri Journal of Arts and Design. Volume III, May 2018. pp 112-117
29. Ofoha Dorothy and Onyeka Iwuchukwu (2019 “Employer’s Perception and Expectations of Professional Competency of Distance Learning Graduates: A Tracer Study of Nursing Graduates of the National Open university of Nigeria (NOUN)”. OPEN Praxis Vol. 10 issue 3, July- to September 2019. Pp265-278
30. Iwuchukwu O. F. (2019). “ The State of the Nation in AkachiAdimoraEzeigbo’s Fractures and Fragments”. WORDSMITH; A Journal of Students of English Department of English and Literary Studies. UNIZIK Vol. September”

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“RESEARCH GRANTS
1. Iwuchukwu, O.F. and D. Ofoha (2012) “An Assessment of Competency –based Learning Elements in Study Materials Developed by the National Open University of Nigeria”.
Sponsor: Commonwealth of Learning (COL) through the Regional Training and Research Institute for Open and Distance Learning (RETRIDAL) Report submitted to COL and an aspect published.
2. Iwuchukwu, O.F. and D. Ofoha (2013) “Employers’ Perception and Expectations of Professional Competency of Distance Learning Graduates: A tracer study of Graduates of National Open University of Nigeria”.
Sponsor: Commonwealth of Learning (COL) through the Regional Training and Research Institute for Open and Distance Learning (RETRIDAL) Report submitted to COL and an aspect published.
3. Romiszowski, Alexanda J., Onyeka Iwuchukwu, Bankole Abiola, Dorathy Ofoha, Omotayo Abisoye, Olajumoke Odeyemi and Felix Olakulehin(2010) “Course Team Approaches to ODL Materials Development in a Distributed but ICT-Challenged Environment”
Sponsor: National Open University of Nigeria. Report submitted to the University Management. Excerpts Published.”