Faculty Profile for Dr. Augustine Agwuele

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Dr. Augustine Agwuele
Professor — Anthropology
ELA 258
phone: (512) 245-4726
Scholarly/Creative Work
Awards
Grants
Service

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • 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.
  • Agwuele, A. (2021). Exertions is not connected to success: everyday Yoruba discourse of work and success’. Africa: The Journal of the International African Institute, (91), 810–831. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0001972021000590

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Annual Recognition for significant contributions to the academic acareer of Graduating & Transfer Students. 2007 - 2015
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Favorite Professor, Alpha Chi. 2013
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Dean’s Nominee for Presidential Award in Excellence in Scholarly and Creative activities. 2012
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Favorite Professor, Alpha Chi. 2012
  • Award / Honor Recipient: University Lecture Series Award, Importance of Egalitarianism to human societies. 2012

Selected Grants

  • 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. Carnegie Foundation, Federal, $22000. (Funded: May 11, 2018 - August 10, 2018). Grant.
  • Agwuele, Augustine (Principal). Nonverbal Communication among Seeing and Blind Yoruba adults, REP Texas State University, Institutional (Higher Ed), $8000. (Submitted: 2015, Funded: May 10, 2016 - Present). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Chair
Research Enhancement Program
May 2023-2026
Undergraduate Advisor
Department of Anthropology
August 2023-Present
Reviewer / Referee
Fulbright
January 2022-Present
Member
Fulbright
January 2022-Present
Reviewer / Referee
Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship
December 2021-Present