Dr. Ngozi U. Emeka-Nwobia is a Carnegie Scholar and a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Linguistics and Literary Studies, Ebonyi State University, Nigeria.

She obtained her PhD in Sociolinguistics / Discourse Studies from the Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki – Nigeria, and has academic backgrounds in linguistics and sociolinguistics from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.

She is a former recipient of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC)’s Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa 2013 Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowship Award and 2014 Doctoral Dissertation Completion Fellowship Award.

Dr. Emeka-Nwobia has many publications focusing on Sociolinguistics and (Critical) Discourse Studies, including political and religious discourses, gender discourses, peace/conflict discourses, and women and African studies.

She is a member of the Linguistics Association of Nigeria, Association for Promoting Nigerian Languages and Culture, African Studies Association, Igbo Studies Association (International) and the International Pragmatic Association.