Chinelo Ejueyitchie
Biography
Dr. Chinelo Achebe Ejueyitchie (she/her) is affiliate faculty in the Department of Africana Studies and Senior Lecturer II in the Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston. She earned her doctorate in U.S. English Education from Teachers College, Columbia University, and her scholarship explores Postcolonial and Anglophone African literatures, educational reform, feminist postmodern theories, and auto/biographical inquiry.
Area of Expertise
Women's and Gender Issues, Literatures of the African continent and the African diaspora, Postcolonial Literatures, Literary Theories (particularly Feminist, Poststructuralist, Postcolonial, and Transnational), Educational Reform, Issues of Representation in Writing, particularly Auto/Biographical forms
Degrees
MA, English Studies, University of Guelph
EdD, English Education (Teaching Literature), Teachers College, Columbia University
Additional Information
Dr. Ejueyitchie's research and teaching examine how literature, history, and education illuminate questions of identity, memory, social justice, and the diverse experiences of African and African diasporic communities.
Prior to joining UMass Boston, Dr. Ejueyitchie taught at Columbia University and Hunter College, the City University of New York. She currently serves on the boards of the Christie and Chinua Achebe Foundation, African Integrated Development Enterprise (AIDE), and Steps Beyond Remediation: The College Completion–Career Readiness Initiative. As the daughter of renowned Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe, she is honored to carry forward a family legacy of advancing African literature and intellectual inquiry while pursuing her own interdisciplinary scholarship and mentoring the next generation of scholars. Through her teaching, she encourages students to engage critically with postcolonial histories, cultures, and literatures while examining questions of power, gender, colonialism, and resistance that continue to shape the contemporary world.
Whether examining Africana literary classics, feminist thought, or the experiences of minority communities, Dr. Ejueyitchie's work invites students to view African and diasporic experiences through historically grounded, globally informed, and critically engaged perspectives.
Courses Taught:
WGS 150
WGS 200
WGS 220
WGS 240
WGS 300
AFRSTY 100
AFRSTY 110
AFRSTY 111
AFRSTY 150
AFRSTY 260
AFRSTY 292G
AFRSTY 320