Professor Tracie Chima Utoh-Ezeajugh
A Professor of Theatre and Film Design at the Nnamdi Azikwe University, Awka, Anambra State in Nigeria, Tracie Chima Utoh-Ezeajugh is a prolific academician who has won several awards and recognition for her work. Her PhD Dissertation was selected as the University of Port Harcourt’s entry for the NUC Best Dissertation of the Year Award – 2006, the Life Time Achievement Award of the Society of Nigeria Theatre Artists (SONTA) – 2013, Anambra State
Government’s Literary Excellence Award – 2013 and the Fellowship Award (FSonta), Society of Nigeria Theatre Artists – 2018.
Prof. Tracie Chima Utoh-Ezeajugh has been and is a member of several academic/University committees. She is a member of the University General and Academic Regulations (GAR) Review Committee (2022 till date), Chairman, Humanities and Social Science Research Ethics Committee (2022 till date), Member: NUC National Technical Committee on Nigerian Universities Arts and Culture Festival (2011 till date), Member: Committee for the Establishment of Igbo Village as a Post-Graduate Degree Awarding Centre and a Centre for the Promotion of Studies in Igbo Culture and Civilization (2018), member: Curriculum Committee for the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Centre for Migration Studies (2018- Date), member: University/Industry Research Exhibition Committee (2014- 2018), member: University Intellectual Property Policy Drafting Committee (2014- 2018) Chairman: University Convocation Carnival Committee (2016) Chairman: Faculty Entertainment Committee (2010-2012). Chairman: Faculty Conference Committee (2012-2014 ). Chairman: Faculty Project Committee (2012-2014) Member: Committee for the Promotion of Igbo Language and Culture (2011), Secretary (LOC), Annual Faculty of Arts Conference Committee (2008- 2012) Member: Faculty Post-Graduate Committee (2006-Date). Secretary: (LOC), Prof. Ezenwa Ohaeto Memorial International Conference, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria, 28th November to 1st December 2007. Publicity Secretary (LOC), Professor Femi Osofisan International Conference on Performance, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, 17th – 21st June 2008. Member: Faculty Academic Brief Committee (2008-2009). Coordinator: Departmental Post Graduate Programme (2010-2013) Secretary: Departmental Board; Theatre Arts Department, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria (2000-2006).
Prof. Tracie Chima Utoh-Ezeajugh has written literary works which were recommended literature texts in both secondary and tertiary schools in Anambra, Abia, Ebonyi states and the Federal Capital, Abuja. She also wrote over 11 plays and novels, as well as over 68 journals and articles and edited several books and journals. She is also involved in film production and has so far produced 3 films. Prof. Tracie Chima Utoh-Ezeajugh’s administrative experience includes Sub-Dean: Faculty of Arts, 2010, Deputy Director, NAU Centre for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities (2011-2012), Director: NAU Centre for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities (2012-2014), Head, Department of Theatre and Film Studies, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria (2014- 2017), Dean, Faculty of Arts, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria (2016- 2019), Director, Center for Arts, Culture and Humanities, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria (2020-2022).
She is currently the Director of the Centre for Migration Studies, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria (2022-date).
