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Ozodi Thomas Osuji
 Ozodi Thomas Osuji is from Umuohiagu (close to Owerri) in Imo State, Nigeria. Ozodi has doctorate degree from the University of California, Los Angeles. Upon completing his dissertation he secured a professorial position at California State University, Dominguez. After a while it occurred to him that he had spent his ten years in America at college campuses and, as such, does not know how the real America works. He, therefore, decided to leave academia for a while (his intention was to return to it) to go gain real world experience. Thus, he moved to Portland, Oregon and worked for the county mental health system and rose to be the director (N/NE Community Mental Health Center). From there he moved to Seattle and did a similar job (Administrator of Central Area Mental Health) and to Alaska where he was a city’s director of social services (Mental Health, Developmental Disability, Children’s services, Aging Services, Drug Treatment etc).
After over ten years of managing agencies Dr Osuji decided to return to academia and secured a position at the University of Alaska. He taught Organizational Behavior (Psychology) and Political philosophy. Thereafter, Dr Osuji established Africa Institute Seattle. At the Institute they do research on African issues and conduct seminars on the same topics.
Dr Osuji has written on several topics. Some of his books are: Leadership Arts for Africa, Thoughts on Nigeria’s Constitution, Nigeria’s Political Economy etc. Dr Osuji is married and has three children (Ijeoma, Obi and Kelechi). He can be reached at: Ozodi@africainstituteseattleor ozodiosuji@gmail.com |
