Nana Aba Appiah Amfo

Nana Aba Appiah Amfo
Nana Aba Appiah Amfo in 2020
Vice-Chancellor of University of Ghana
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 August 2021
Preceded by	Ebenezer Oduro Owusu
Personal details
Born	Nana Aba Appiah (1971-09-30) 30 September 1971 (age 50)
Education	Holy Child School Archbishop Porter Girls’ School
Alma mater	University of Ghana (BA) Norwegian University of Science and Technology (MPhil; PhD)
Profession	Academic University Administrator
Academic background
Academic work
Discipline	Linguistics
Institutions	University of Ghana, Legon

Nana Aba Appiah Amfo (born 30 September 1971) is a Ghanaian Linguist, University Administrator and currently the Vice-Chancellor at the University of Ghana.^[1][2][3] Until her appointment, she was the Pro Vice-Chancellor for Academics and Students Affairs at the University of Ghana in West Africa.^[4][5]

Early life and education[]

Born in Kumasi, Nana Aba Appiah Amfo had her early education at University Primary School (KNUST Basic School), Services Primary School at Takoradi and Goldfields School Complex in Tarkwa.^[6] Amfo attended Holy Child School for her O’ Level education and later attended Archbishop Porter Girls’ Secondary School for her A’ Level. She proceeded to the University of Ghana for a Bachelor's degree in French and Linguistics. She completed the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway in 2001 with an MPhil degree in Linguistics and acquired a PhD degree in 2007 from the same university in Linguistics.^[7]

Career[]

Amfo began her career as a Lecturer at the Department of Linguistics at the University of Ghana in 2001. After leaving to pursue further studies in Norway, she returned to Ghana and continued lecturing at the University of Ghana. She was promoted to the rank of Senior Lecturer in 2007, the same year she obtained her PhD. She became an Associate Professor in 2011, and Professor in 2017.^[8] She was elected an Executive Committee member of Fédération Internationale des Langues et Littératures Modernes.^[9][10] Nana Aba Amfo served as the Pro Vice-Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs at the University of Ghana from November 2019 to July 2021.^[11] In July 2021, she was appointed as the Acting Vice Chancellor. ^[12] She received professional management training from the University of Applied Sciences, Germany, INSEAD and Harvard Business School.^[13] She has served as the Chairperson of the Department of Linguistics (2013-14) and the Dean of the School of Languages.^[13] Amfo serves on the Advisory Board of Coalition of People Against Sexual and Gender-Based Violence and Harmful Practices (CoPASH) under the auspices of the UNFPA.^[8]

Memberships and fellowships[]

• Member, Society of Communication, Medicine and Ethics
• International Pragmatics Association (first African to be a Consultation Board member in Association's history)
• West African Linguistics Society
• Linguistics Association of Ghana (President, 2010-2014)
• Foundation Fellow, African Humanities Program of the American Council of Learned Societies
• Fellow, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
• Commonwealth Professional.

Research[]

Amfo's research interests has been mainly about  linguistic sub-discipline of Pragmatics.

Personal life[]

Together with her husband, Frank Amfo, they have three children, Yoofi, Maame Araba and Efua Benyiwa.^[6]

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