Faculty Management PROFILE

Biography

Patrick UDENDE is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Mass Communication, Faculty of Communication and Information Sciences, University of Ilorin. He has been teaching, carrying out research, and is well involved in administrative activities. He has served as Sub-Dean of the Faculty and is currently the Departmental Postgraduate Coordinator. His areas of research interest include New Media Studies, Political Communication, and Public Relations and Advertising. Dr. Udende has to his credit over thirty publications published in international and national outlets covering journals, edited conference proceedings, and chapters in books. He has successfully supervised about 20 Masters dissertations and is currently supervising three Ph.D. theses. Dr. Udende is a member of the African Council for Communication Education (ACCE), Nigeria Chapter; Association of Media and Communication Researchers of Nigeria (AMCRON), and Association of Communication Scholars & Practitioners of Nigeria (ACSPN).