Prof. Theresah Patrine Ennin
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About

Dr. Theresah Patrine Ennin is a Senior Lecturer of Literature at the Department of English, College of Humanities and Legal Studies at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana where she teaches and engages in research. She  served as the Coordinator for Advocacy and Research at the Centre for Gender Research, Advocacy and Documentation (CEGRAD) at UCC from 2019 to 2023. . She obtained her PhD in African Languages and Literature from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the USA where she was a Fulbright Scholar. She had her Master of Philosophy degree in English from the University of Cape Coast in 2001 as well as her Bachelor of Education from the same university.

Currently, she is a member of the African Literature Association, Modern Languages Association and The African Studies Association, USA.  Her academic awards include an ASA Presidential Fellowship Award 2018, an ACLS/African Humanities Program Fellowship 2015, A Fulbright-Weston Award for Best Student Sun-Saharan Africa, 2009 and A Mellon-Wisconsin Fellowship in 2013. Dr. Ennin has published in Journals such as the West Africa Review, Spectrum: A Journal on Black Men, and Research in African Literatures. She is also the author of the book, Men Across Time: Contesting Masculinities in Ghanaian Film and Fiction.

Focus & expertise

Recent activity

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Award Jan 2018

African Pathways Programme (APP)/ BRICS Teaching and Research Mobility Grant.

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Award Jan 2018

Presidential Fellowship

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Fellowship Jan 2018

African Studies Association Presidential Fellowship

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Award Jan 2015

African Humanities Programme Fellow

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Fellowship Jan 2015

African Humanities Fellowship

Background

🎓 Education & qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy in African Languages and Literature

University of Wisconsin

2013

Master of Philosophy in Literature in English

University of Cape Coast

2005

Career & positions

Coordinator

Centre for Gender Research, Advocacy and Documentation

Sep, 2020 to Sep, 2020

Coordinator (Research)

Centre for Gender Research, Advocacy and Documentation

Sep, 2020 to Jan, 2023

Coordinator (Advocacy)

Centre for Gender Research, Advocacy and Documentation

May, 2023 to May, 2024

Teaching & projects

I believe that learners come to the classrooms with a lot of background information that is important as a building block for me as a teacher to take advantage of and hinge my teaching on, so that learning becomes an adding on to what the student knows. I believe that learners should be given a conducive environment to learn and interact with the learning experiences in a safe place. Teaching is an interactive relationship between the learner and the teacher as facilitator.

Teaching philosophy

Publications ORCID 0000-0002-9448-9446 →

2014 Masculinities in Ghanaian Fiction and Film journal article
2014 The Making of Akan Men: Confronting Hegemonic Masculinities in Ayi Kwei Armah’s The Healers and Ama Ata Aidoo’s Anowa. journal article
2012 Aidoo’s Men: Subverting Traditional Masculinity in Ama Ata Aidoo’s Changes: A Love Story journal article

Honors & affiliations

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African Pathways Programme (APP)/ BRICS Teaching and Research Mobility Grant.
National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences and South African BRICS Think Tank · 2018
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Presidential Fellowship
African Studies Association USA · 2018
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African Humanities Programme Fellow
ACLS · 2015
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Fulbright Scholar
ACLS/IEE/Fulbright · 2008
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African Studies Association Presidential Fellowship
ASA · 2018
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African Humanities Fellowship
African Studies Association · 2015
Member
African Studies Association · 2018
Member
African Literature Association · 2009

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