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Dr. Augustine Agwuele

  • Professor - Anthropology

Education

Doctorate Degree

PhD in Linguistics

University of Texas at Austin, 2005

Master's Degree

MA in German

Friedrich Schiller Univ of Jena, 1998

  • Agwuele, Augustine. Outreach Grant, Federal, $1600. (Funded: June 2017). Grant.
  • Agwuele, Augustine. The study of Yoruba language for forensic speaker identification purposes, REP, $8000. (Funded: 2010). Grant.
  • Agwuele, Augustine. Verena and Kenneth J. Wilson Research Program: Book project, Verena and Kenneth J. Wilson Research Program:, Other, $1500. (Submitted: April 2025, Funded: January 2026 - Present). Grant.
  • Agwuele, Augustine. Book project, International Studies, Texas State University, $900. (Submitted: February 2025). Grant.
  • Agwuele, Augustine. Carnegie Foundation, Federal, $22000. (Funded: May 11, 2018 - August 10, 2018). Grant.
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  • Agwuele, A. (2025). Explicating Ohún Ìgboro: A Yoruba Agentive Device for Rapid Social Mobility. Journal of African Cultural Studies, 38(1), 66–84. https://doi.org/10.1080/13696815.2025.2588764
  • Agwuele, A. (2024). Greyness Is Aged, Bearded Is Adult: Yoruba Age and  Seniority. Nordic Journal of African Studies, 269–285.
  • Agwuele, A. (2023). Mwaghavul language and culture. In in Beale-Rosano-Rivaya, Y.C. (ed.). Minority and Minoritized Languages and Cultures: A resource for teaching about language in the Humanities. San Marcos, Texas Stte University Press. Retrieved from https://pressbooks.txst.edu/minoritylanguages/
  • Agwuele, A. (2023). “Ohùn-Yoruba anti-archy youth attitude and expressions.” The Mouth: Critical Studies on Language, Culture and Society, 10, 140–158. Retrieved from https://themouthjournal.com/
  • Agwuele, A. (2023). ““Igboro ni mo wa”: Popular Linguistic Innovation among  Yoruba youth in urban cities. In Deborah Pellow and Suzanne Scheld (eds.)  Africa and Urban Anthropology: Theoretical and methodological contributions from contemporary fieldwork. NY: Routledge.
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  • Award / Honor Recipient: Favorite Professor, Alpha Chi. 2013
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Favorite Professor, Alpha Chi. 2012
  • Award / Honor Recipient: DAAD Scholarship, Friedrich Schiller University-Jena, Germany. 1992
  1. Chair

    Research Enhancement Program

  2. Member

    Search Committee: Medical Anthropologist position.

  3. Member

    Merit Committee

  4. Co-Chair

    Library Partners Committee

  5. Undergraduate Advisor

    Department of Anthropology

  6. Chair

    Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award Committee

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