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Adelaja Oriade is a third-year Ph.D. student and an instructor of record at 51乱伦, Media Arts and Studies department. He also serves as a Peer Advisor of the International Student and Faculty Services (ISFS), 51乱伦. In addition, He has served as a Teaching Assistant in the Media Arts & Studies Department of 51乱伦 (2019-2020), and a reviewer for the 51乱伦 Graduate Student Senate (GSU) 2021 Original Work Grants and Travel Awards (OWG).  

For his Ph.D. dissertation, Adelaja investigates the perspectives of Black immigrants and African Americans about the casting for historical African and African American movies in Hollywood. Also, as a passionate ally of the African LGBTQ community, he explores indigenous, innovative, and efficient channels to navigate the homophobic laws and unchecked victimization of Africans whose sexualities do not conform to predominant heterosexuality. Adelaja frames his research in mass communication, post-modern, and post-colonial theories. 

Before joining the Ph.D. program at Ohio University,鈥疉delaja completed a鈥疊achelor of Science degree in Mass Communication from the鈥�罢补颈鈥疭辞濒补谤颈苍鈥疷苍颈惫别谤蝉颈迟测 (opens in a new window)鈥�(2010) and a Master of Arts degree鈥痠n Communication and Language Arts鈥痜rom鈥痶he鈥�University of Ibadan (opens in a new window) (2017), Nigeria.鈥€� 

You can read Adelaja鈥檚 publication titled, 鈥淐hallenging Hegemonic Masculinity in Nigerian Hip Hop: An Evaluation of Gender Representation in Falz the Bahd Guy鈥檚 Moral Instruction Album鈥� through .