Gordon Senanu Kwame Adika is a Senior Research Fellow in the Language Centre, University of Ghana where he also serves as the Acting Director of the Centre.

He holds a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Ghana with previous academic backgrounds in English, Linguistics, and Applied Linguistices from both the University of Ghana and the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.

His areas of specialization include language in education, English for academic purposes, discourse analysis, and applied linguistics.

He has been in academia for the past 20 years teaching English and conducting research in the general area of Applied Linguistics.

Apart from several journal articles, his book on aspects of English in Ghana Deviant Usage and Confusing Words published by Black Mask (Ghana) is a noteworthy addition to studies on varieties of English.