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Abel AKINTUNDE

Assistant Professor
college of MANAGEMENT and SOCIAL ScienceS (COMSS)
Sociology Programme

Dr. Abel Akintoye Akintunde holds a PhD degree in Development Sociology from the University of Ibadan. He has been a lecturer in the Sociology Programme, Bowen University since 2011. He is a transformational speaker and ardent lover of student Development. He has served as the Deputy Director Student Supports Services, Bowen University and He is currently the Head of Programme, Sociology.

Education
  • Ph.D (Sociology of Development) 2016 – (University of Ibadan)
  • M.Sc (Sociology of Development) 2010 – (University of Ibadan)
  • B.Sc (Sociology) 2005 – (University of Jos)
Institutional Service
  • Adhoc Acting Head, Sociology Programme 2020/2021
  • Programme Level Adviser, Level 300 Students 2016/2017
  • Student Staff Adviser, Nigerian Sociology Students’ 
  • Association Nigeria (Bowen University Chapter) 2019/2020
  • Examination Officer, Sociology Programme 2018/2019
  • Member, Students’ Welfare Committee 2016/2017
  • Programme Level Adviser, Freshmen Students 2016/2017 
  • Examination Officer 2012-2014
  • Assistant Examination Officer 2012-2012
  • Student Staff Adviser, Nigerian Sociology Students’ Association of Nigeria (Bowen University Chapter) 2012-2014
  • Member, Students Welfare and Complaints Committee 2012-2014
  • Secretary Departmental Board Meetings 2011 -2013
  • M.Sc Dissertation Examination of Miss Itunnu Olu-Ogunleye, Business Administration 
  • Programme, College of Management and Social Sciences (COMSS). 2021/2022
  • College Chairman, University Mediated Book Reading Programme 2021/2022
  • Member, Disciplinary Committee of Examination Irregularities and Malpractices, College of Management and Social Sciences 2019 till date
  • Chairman, College Admissions Committee 2020/2021
  • Admission Anthem Production, The only Ivory Tower: A musical Anthem written and Composed for the Annual Bowen University Admission Exercise. 2021
  • Initiation of the Fruit-Bearers Club. A Youth Leadership Training and Self-Discovery Group set up to enhance the development of members into KALOS KAGATHOS (Total man) and transformative leaders in the society. 2020/2021.
  • The Bowen Confab Committee 2021/2022
  • Member, End of Year Party Committee 2021/2022
  • Staff Adviser, Bowen Final Year Committee 2020/2021
  • Member, Committee on Design Thinking 2020/2021
  • Member, Ceremonials Sub-Committee on Entertainment 2020/2021
  • Member, Ceremonials Sub-Committee on Logistics and Protocol 2020/2021
  • Member, Ceremonials Committee 2020/2021 
  • Member, Catering Board Committee 2020/2021
  • Akintunde, A.A. Climb Every Mountain. A Musical Solo Performance as Guest Soloist at the Bowen University Matriculation Ceremony. 2017
  • Akintunde, A.A. Climb every Mountain. A Musical Solo Performance as Guest Soloist at the 2018 
  • Bowen University Convocation Ceremony. 2018
  • Chair, Bowen 20th Anniversary Debate Sub-Committee 2020/2021
  • Member, 20th Anniversary Committee 2020/2021
  • Member, Environmental Committee 2020/2021
  • Coordinator, Students Mediated Book Reading Programme 2020/2021 
  • Supervisor, SDC Rehabilitation Reading Plan Programme 2020/2021
  • Coordinator, Bowen University Corpers’ Forum 2020/2021 
  • Bowen University Orator 2019/2020 
  • Member, Bowen Admissions Team 2019/2020 
  • Member, Committee on Send Forth 2020/2021
  • Member, Visitation Panel Review Committee 2020/2021
  • Guest Speaker, Bowen University College of Law Speech Contest, April, 2021
  • Member, IDR and T Sub-Committee 2020/2021
  • Assistant Director, Student Support Services 2020/2022
  • Member, Online Examination Invigilation Team 2019/2020
  • Guest Speaker, Bowen University Communication and Language Arts Annual Speech Festival. April, 2019
  • Liaison Officer, Bowen and 365 Social Media Live 2019 till date
  • Member, Committee on Institutional Webometrics 2019 till date
  • Member, Bowen Strategic Team 2019/2020 till date
  • Member, Committee on Inaugural Lectures 2019 till date 
  • Member, Committee on Repositioning and Rebranding 2019 till date
  • Member, Committee on Send-Forth and Investiture 2019/2020 
  • Member, Bowen Research Committee 2019/2020
  • Member, Committee on Analysis of University Infrastructure 2019/2020
  • Member, Taskforce Committee on Infrastructure plan Implementation. 2019/2020
  • Chairman, Ad hoc Committee on Nairamarley Research among Bowen 
    University Students 2019/2020 
  • Member, Gamaliel Onosode Book Project Committee 2019/2020 
  • Member, Local Organizing Committee for the Hosting of The Fulbright Alumni Association of Nigeria (FAAN) 2019/2020
  • Member, Extended Remedial Programme 2018/2019 
  • Member, Bowen Environmental Committee 2017/2018
  • Secretary, Programme Seminar/ Conference Committee 2016/2017
  • Secretary, Sociology Programme Board 2016-2018
  • Member, Student Welfare Committee 2016/2017
  • Member, Examination Time Table and Registration Committee 2016/2017
Professional Service
  • Songwriting and Anthem Compositions 
  • Akintunde, A.A. 2018: Ambassadors of Truth: A musical anthem written and composed for the Divine Touch International Secondary School. Ado-Ekiti. Ekiti. Nigeria.
  • Akintunde, A.A. 2016: The Hilltop of Excellence: A musical anthem written and 
    composed for the Abdulsalami Abubakar Hall. University of Ibadan. Ibadan. Nigeria.
  • Speaker at the Godly Brains ‘Purpose, Potential and Passion and Conference held at Camp Young, Ede, Osun State. November, 2021.
  • Guest Speaker, Purpose and Self-Discovery on The Gracified Network Global. A Virtual Training on Youth Development, June, 2021.
  • Akintunde, A.A. 2007: The Great Shore of Knowledge: A musical anthem written for the Okpatu Community Secondary School. Udi Local Government Area. Enugu. Nigeria. 
  • Akintunde, A.A., 2018. The Malady of the Celebrity Culture. A talk delivered during the maiden Edition of TEDex Bowen University themed ‘Evolving Change’ held on the 13th of April, 2018.
  • Guest Speaker, Final Year Valedictory Service, Alma Rohm Group of Schools, 
    August. 2017
  • President, Peace Baptist Church Youth Fellowship, Iwo/Oluppona 2012/2013.
  • Choir Director, Peace Baptist Church, Iwo/Oluppona 2013-2022.
Selected Publications

Chapters in Books already published

  1. Olufikayo kunle Oyelade and Abel Akintoye Akintunde (2022) The Context of Covid-19 and Indigenous Pentecostal Warfare Prayer in Southwestern in ‘Nigerian Pentecostalism and COVID-19: Dynamics, Worship, and Creativities’, Igboin, B.O and Adedibu, B. A., GALDA VERLAG. Germany Pg 105 -121.
  2. Ayokunle Olumuyiwa Omobowale, Olufikayo Kunle Oyelade, Olugbenga Samuel Falase Abel Akintunde (2021). Max Weber: The Art of Verstehenism, Everyday Sociology and the Subjective Understanding of Social Action in Sociological Theory and Practice, edited by Olayinka Akanle and A. O. Olutayo, Ibadan University Press. Pg 91-103. ISBN: 978-978-8550-43-3
  3. Abel Akintoye Akintunde and Ayokunle Olumuyiwa Omobowale (2018) Conceptualizing and Framing Realities of Africa’s Development. The Development of Africa: Issues, Diagnosis and Prognoses. Social Indicators Research Series 71. Springer International Publishing. Pg 9-28.DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-66242-8
  4. Abel Akintoye Akintunde, Fikayo Oyelade, Scholastica Ngozi Atata, Ayokunle Olumuyiwa Omobowale A.O., (2017) Research Methods in Social and Management Sciences: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches. In Methods and Techniques in Sociological Research, edited by Adetola, O., Aborisade, R. and Fasanmi, S. (2017). Ibadan University Press. Pg 109-122. ISBN: 978-978-8529-35-4.

Articles that have already appeared in learned Journals 

  1. Abel Akintoye AKINTUNDE and Ifekristi T. Ayo-Obiremi. 2022. With My Selfie I Can Be Me and Even More: Towards A Feminine Photo-Construction and Presentation of The Self in Everyday Life. African Journal for the Psychological Studies of Social Issues. Vol 25 (1), 63-75.
  2. Olufikayo Kunle Oyelade, Oluwaseun Oludele Jegede, Abel Akintoye Akintunde and Ayokunle Olumuyiwa Omobowale 2021. The Intersection of the Sacred and the Profane in Urban Markets in Ibadan, Nigeria, Comparative Sociology, 20(5), 571-589. doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/15691330-12341539.
  3. Akintunde, A.A and Omobowale, A.O. 2021. The Reconstruction of the Throwaway Society: The Context of Electronics Waste Merchandise in Lagos, Nigeria. African Journal for the Psychological Study of Social Issues. Vol 21(3),102-111
  4. Abel Akintunde and Muyiwa Omobowale 2019. “The Construction Dialectics of E-waste Materiality among Regulatory Agents and Merchants in Lagos, Nigeria”. Benue Journal of Sociology. Vol 7(1)316-336.
  5. Abel A. Akintunde, 2018. Faked in China: Nation Branding, Counterfeit Culture and Globalization. A Book Review. Cultural Sociology 12(4)569-571. DOI: 10.1177/1749975518784232 
  6. *Kudus Oluwatoyin Adebayo, Olugbenga Samuel Falase and Abel Akintunde (2017), “Here We are Equal! Soccer Viewing Centers and the Transformation of Age Social Relations among Fans in South-Western Nigeria”. International Journal of Soccer and Society Taylor and Francis Online. (2017): 20.2. 360-376. https://doi.org/10.1080/14660970.2017.1323739.
  7. A. O. Olutayo, Obatunde Bright Adetola, A. O. Omobowale, Olayinka Akanle, A.D. Busari, A. Akintunde. 2017. “Modernization and Development: A Historico-Contemporary Approach Through Justin Labinjoh’s Narratives”. The Nigerian Journal of Sociology and Anthropology 15(1)17-33.
  8. Mofeyisara Oluwatoyin OMOBOWALE, Olayinka AKANLE, Abel Akintoye AKINTUNDE, Ayokunle Olumuyiwa Omobowale, A.O (Ed.), 2016: King Sunny Ade: Liberal Sexuality, Reproductive Health and the Paramour. Africa Notes Vol. 40(3) 64-78.

Manuscripts accepted for publication:

  1. AKINTUNDE, A. A 2022. Mapping of Social Lives of Waste Electronics (E-Wastes) in Nigeria’s Second-Hand Commodity Space”. Fuwukari Journal of Social Sciences. Vol 2(3).
  2. Ediomo-Ubong, N and Akintunde, A. A. 2022. The ‘cannabis problem’ in Nigeria: A Critical Analysis of Supply, Consumption and Policy Responses. Edited by open Society Initiative of West Africa (OSIWA). Centre for Research and Information on Substance Abuse (Crisa). 

Articles that have already appeared in Refereed Conference Proceedings 

  1. *Oladele, F., Adeleke, E.O. and Akintunde, A. (2013). Accounting Beyond Practice: Bridging the Gap through Tertiary Institutions, in Science and Education Potentials: Making Tertiary Institutions meet the Challenges. 2013 Book of Proceedings of 1st International Conference Science and Education Development Institute: Akure, Nigeria. Pp 188-193.