Digitization and social movements; social media and society; digital civil disobedience; online activism and protests; Sociopolitical and cultural discourses in the media and the Internet.
Adewale Fadugba is a scholar, researcher, and educator whose work stands at the intersection of African studies transnational politics, and digital public life. He holds a PhD in Africana and American Studies from the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, where his research interrogates the forces that drive social movements, civic engagement, and digital communications, examining how communities organize, resist, and forge solidarity in an era defined by rapid technological transformation and shifting political landscapes.
Fadugba's scholarship is animated by a commitment to understanding power in all its forms, how it is contested, reclaimed, and reimagined across the African continent and its diaspora. His work centers on questions of identity, collective action, and the increasingly pivotal role of digital technologies in mobilizing communities and reshaping 21st-century social and political life.
Equally devoted to education as a transformative practice, Fadugba is a passionate advocate for Student Success and Academic Support. He designs and facilitates dynamic workshops that empower students with the practical tools, critical strategies, and institutional resources necessary to excel academically and professionally. His investment in student development reflects a core conviction: that rigorous scholarship must be inseparable from a genuine commitment to nurturing the next generation of thinkers, leaders, and change-makers.
His dedication to teaching has not gone unrecognized. Fadugba is the recipient of the University at Buffalo's Excellence in Teaching Award, a testament to his ability to bring intellectual rigor, cultural depth, and pedagogical care into every classroom.
