Dr. Eugene Ngezem

Full Professor

Office: Arts & Sciences A and S, G110 R
English
College of Arts & Sciences
EugeneNgezem@clayton.edu
Phone: (678) 466-4734

Biography

Dr. Eugene Ngezem was born in Cameroon studied in Cameroon and in the U.S. Dr. Ngezem wanted to be a college professor right from junior high. As a teenager, he was nicknamed “professor Ngezem” because he wrote “professor Ngezem” on the cover of all his notebooks. This dream led him to obtaining a B.A. in English, M. A. in English Literature, and Ph.D. in English Literature, with distinction.
At the professional level, he has years of university teaching experience in the U.S., India and in Cameroon, Africa. He joined Clayton State as an undergraduate and a full-status graduate faculty in 2008. His scholarship and teaching focus are on modern and contemporary English Literature, 19th-century British Literature, world literature, and postcolonial literature. Dr. Ngezem has published more than two dozens juried, peer-reviewed articles in the U.S., Europe, Asia, and Africa on poetry, drama, and prose. Since his arrival at CSU, he has published several peer-reviewed articles.
Dr. Ngezem has also presented several juried papers at international and national conferences in the U.S. and beyond.
In terms of service, Dr. Ngezem serves several committees in his department, college and the university. In addition, he is the founder of and advisor to Clayton State African Students Association (CSASA), and founder the English department newsletter, The Vibrant Voice. At the community level, he has rendered several services, including coaching soccer, making presentations, and leading non-governmental organizations.

Education

Ph D, English Literature, University of Yaounde 1, 2002

MA, English Literature, University of Yaounde 1, 1994

BA, English, University of Yaounde, 1992

Awards and Honors

International Engagement, , Award, 2016

Duty Consciousness and Leadership Skills, Attrah Development Association, Award, 1996

Support of International Programs, Clayton State office of International Programs, Honor, 2012

Support and Encouragement for Students, Clayton State Campus Life, Honor, 2011

Lifetime Award, LECDALIFE, Award, 2023

Intellectual Contributions

Eugene Ngezem, "Lust and Loss in Ravenhill’s Shopping and F****ing & Kane’s Blasted: Troubling Trends in a New Culture", International Journal for Innovation Education and Research – December 2022

Eugene Ngezem, "Bitter Relationships: Samuel Beckett, Harold Pinter, Athol Fugard, and Culture of Violence", Setu: Bilingual Journal – March 2022

Eugene Ngezem, Veering from an Object at the Periphery to a Subject at the Center: Women’s Sexual Power and the Collapse of Masculinity in Aristophanes’ Lysistrata and Pinter’s The Homecoming, Alizes – December 2010

Eugene Ngezem, Tennessee Williams’ South and Southern Women: Casualties of Modern American South, ANNALES of Faculty of Arts and Sciences, University of Yaoundé 1 – Fall 2009

Eugene Ngezem, “Cultural Clash and Collapse: Despoliation, Dissention, and Dispossession in Manjula Padmanabhan’s Harvest.”, GNOSIS (An International Journal of English Language and Literature) – January 2015

Service to the University & University System of Georgia

University, Ad Hoc Bylaws Committee 2024-2025, Committee Member – October 2024 to Present

College, AS P&T, Committee Member – August 2020 to Present

Teaching Interest

. Modern British Literature
. Modern Drama
. Contemporary British Literature
. 19th Century British Literature
. World Literature
. Postcolonial Literature
. British Literature Survey courses
- English Composition

Research Interest

. Modern/Contemporary Literature
. 19th Century British Literature
. Postcolonial Literature
. Gender Studies
. Comparative literature