Career Profile
My career as a university teacher has been an interesting one. By this, I mean it has been a challenging life of intellectual endeavours that have impacted so much rigorousity both in my philosophical thinking and character. Growing through the ranks from the lowest rung of the ladder to the highest rung wasn’t an easy task, that is, from the graduate assistant position to the rank of a professor. I was appointed to the university system 1n 1984 and became a professor in 2004.
I know that one has to work hard in terms of reading, writing, and publishing one’s research outputs, so this made the profession really engaging and challenging. Right from the inception and as a young graduate, the awareness has been that it is either you publish or perish. No lazy person, in those days when I started, can survive the rigours of being an accomplished scholar.
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I have always believed that it is in the academia that some modicum of objectivity can be found, but alas, it is a near mirage. Unhealthy rivalry, untamed ambition, the scramble for position, and a lot of intrigues pervade the system, thereby making the university environment difficult to excel absolutely. However, despite this, I have found the university system a place to a large extent, where there’s still some sanity.
Combining academic with administrative work makes a serious scholar an all-rounder. That is the reason why a 24-hour day is almost not enough to finish up a day’s job. What you don’t have, you don’t give, but you have to be an epitome of good character before you can give it to your students. So, the system is a training ground for robust character, tolerance, and endurance.
Prof. Ayodele Oladele Fadahunsi
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afadahunsi@noun.edu.ng
B.A Hons, M.A Ibadan PhD. [Lagos]
42 years of Unbroken Career and Service
58 publications
Metaphysics and Logic
Institutional based research grant (TETFUND), 2023, 3Million