Dr. BioDun J. Ogundayo
Degrees and Credentials
Ph.D. French and Francophone Literature and Cultures, State University of New York at Buffalo
M.A. French, Queen's University in Canada
M.A. French, University of Lagos, Nigeria
B.A. French, University of Lagos, Nigeria
Short Bio
Dr. Ogundayo has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in Caribbean Studies and Francophone literature at the University of The West Indies in Barbados. He has also taught at SUNY Buffalo; the University of Alberta, Canada; Queen’s University, Canada; Ogun State University, Nigeria; and at Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington. He has been teaching at Pitt-Bradford since January 2001.
Academic Focus
Africana Studies, African & Comparative Literature, Comparative Linguistics, Translation, African Spirituality
Dr. Ogundayo is fluent in Yoruba (his native tongue), French, English and Hausa, and holds reading fluency knowledge of Spanish, Italian, and some Ghanaian languages. He can also read and understand Russian. He also earned a certificate in elementary Chinese language and culture while on sabbatical in Barbados.