Brief Biography 

Dr Dare came to Bradley in 1996 as a visiting professor and was appointed associate professor the following year. In his teaching, he draws on a rich academic and professional background.  He filed stories for Nigeria’s most influential newspaper, The Guardian, from more than a dozen countries, among them India, South Africa, Namibia, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Togo, Ethiopia, and Germany.  In 1994, he was one of four African journalists invited by the State Department to cover The White House Conference on Africa.

Between 1986 and 1995, he was at various times editorial writer, editorial page editor and chair of the Editorial Board of The Guardian. A selection from his award-winning column, “Matters Arising,” was published under the same title in 1993 by Paperback Publishers, Ibadan Nigeria.  The column also attracted scholarly attention, featuring as the subject of two Master’s theses and a doctoral dissertation.

Another selection, drawing on Dr Dare’s more recent columns for the Nigerian newspaper, The Comet, now The Nation, is in preparation.

In summer 2000, Dr Dare served as an editorial writer for The Seattle Times and member of its Editorial Board, under a fellowship from the American Society of Newspaper Editors Institute for Journalism Excellence.

Previously, Dr Dare was a senior lecturer in the mass communication program of the University of Lagos, Nigeria, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses.  He ran journalism clinics in Nigeria for the Center for Foreign Journalists, and in Ghana and Zimbabwe for the Friedrich Naumann Stiftung.  He also served as external examiner for the Nigerian Institute of Journalism.

He is the author of several chapters in books on mass communication, senior editor of a book of readings on the media in Nigeria. His work has appeared in such diverse publications as Africa Media Review, The Nieman Reports, West Africa, Matatu and, before they ceased publication, the African Guardian, and African Commentary.  He has also served as a consultant to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and its British counterpart, the Department for International Development (DFID).

Education:

    B.Sc. with First Class Honors in mass communication
    University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria.  1974

    M.S (Journalism), print journalism and foreign 
    Correspondence emphases.
    Columbia University, New York. 1977.
                     
    Ph.D. (Journalism Track), with concentrations in
    International Communication and Public Policy Analysis
    Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.  1983

Dissertation:

    “The News Agency of Nigeria:  A Study of Its Role in the
    Flow of News and the Role Conceptions of Its Staffers.”

Teaching Areas:

    News writing and reporting
    Communication Law
    International Communication
    Communication Theory

Research:         

    Political communication
    Media and democratization
    Media and national development

Research in Progress:             

    Nigeria media law and policy

Dr Dare’s prizes and distinctions include the following:

Fellowship of the American Society of Newspaper Editors
Institute for Journalism Excellence, 2000.
   
Faculty Achievement Award for Excellence in Teaching
College of Communications and Fine Arts,
Bradley University, 1998/99.

Human Rights Watch Hellman/Hammet Grant in recognition of courage in the face of political persecution, 1996.

Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism
The Nieman Foundation at Harvard University, 1995
   
Nigerian Media Review Award for distinguished commentary, 1992.

Chancellor’s Vice Chancellor’s and Faculty prizes for best graduating
journalism student, University of Lagos, 1974