Professor Olusola Samuel Oyero

Professor Olusola Samuel Oyero is a Professor of Development Communication and Media Studies and the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Anchor University, Lagos. He is an accomplished academic, researcher, university administrator and mentor with a career spanning over two decades in higher education.

He earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan and a Ph.D. in Mass Communication from Covenant University. He also undertook a post-doctoral fellowship at North-West University, South Africa. He commenced his teaching career in 2003 and has steadily risen through the academic ranks, from Assistant Lecturer to Professor.

In university administration, he has served as Head of Department of Mass Communication at both Covenant University and Anchor University, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, Social and Management Sciences at Anchor University, Chair of the Senate Business Committee, Member of the University Governing Council, and Chair of several university committees. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the African Council for Communication Education (Nigeria Chapter) and of Okunland University, Kogi State.

He has supervised undergraduate, master’s and doctoral research, served as an external examiner for postgraduate programmes across several Nigerian universities, and contributed to curriculum development and quality assurance. He has also been Senior Research Associate at the Olusegun Obasanjo Centre for African Studies, National Open University of Nigeria, and Editor-in-Chief of the Anchor University Journal of Humanities, Management and Social Sciences.

His scholarship spans communication, child rights, health communication, development communication, digital media and other social issues, and is devoted to using knowledge to address real problems and improve society. Beyond academia, he is committed to spiritual service and pastoral ministry as a Group Pastor in the Deeper Life Bible Church, Ilogbo Region, Ota, Ogun West.