Understanding the Adjustment Issues in Digital Humanities Among Female Academics in Advanced Career
Gbenusola Akinwale 
& Victor Ojakorotu
Issue: Vol.5 No. 3 May 2024 Article 1 pp. 24-37
DOI : https://doi.org/10.38159/jelt.2024531 | Published online 24th May, 2024.
© 2024 The Author(s). This is an open access article under the CCBY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
It is no news that the world is a global village, the trend and advancement in digital content are not limited to the Sciences, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), but have extended to the humanities as well. Digital humanities are a new pathway to modern research in humanities. Pedagogy in traditional humanities has changed in the last few decades. Academics are now compelled to teach, research and offer their services with the latest innovations. There are numerous challenges with catching up with the glimpse of digital technology in service delivery in all areas of research in current times. Dealing with large data seems impossible and time-wasting with the traditional Pedagogy of humanities. Female academics in advanced careers are facing more challenges in learning and using digital tools in their day–to–day activities, hence several of them are perceived or seen as inefficient/stagnated in advancing their careers. This study identified the adjustment issues particularly faced by female advanced career academics. The study used a mixed method approach to select ten (n=10) female academics with a mean age of 60 who were purposively selected for the study from the University of Lagos, Nigeria. The participants agreed that adjusting to digital humanities has been challenging and they highlighted the present state of their abilities in using digitals as instructional materials. The study concluded that the challenges confronting female academics are numerous, hence why catching up with the digital humanities and other related issues is responsible for the stagnation and less research output among female academics. The study recommended that there should be continuous training programmes for female academics in Nigeria. This study contributes to the growing literature on empowering women in academia.
Keywords: Digital Humanities, Adjustment, Advance Career, Female Academics
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Gbenusola Abike Akinwale (PhD) is a Developmental Psychologist trained at the University of Lagos, Nigeria. A trained Psychologist and behaviour analyst, who also works as a gender specialist. She is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of International Relations and Politics, North West University, South Africa. She teaches Psychology at Undergraduate and graduate levels at the University of Lagos.
Victor Ojakorotu is a scholar of International relations and an astute professor at North West University, South Africa. He holds a PhD in International Relations from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. A First Class Honours graduate (BSc) from the prestigious Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria in International Relations and an MSc. Degree in the same school. He has actively worked at various capacities as an academic of repute in the last 28 years, specifically, he worked for Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, University of Kwazulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, and Monash University, Johannesburg. Currently, he holds a position as Deputy Director, School of Government Studies, North West University, Mafikeng – South Africa and recently appointed as an Honorary Professor at the Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University (SMU) South Africa. His research interests span across several areas which are not limited to peace and conflict issues, social movements, environmentalism, peace advocacy and inter-ethnic harmony in local communities in Africa.
Akinwale, Gbenusola & Victor Ojakorotu.”Understanding the Adjustment Issues in Digital Humanities Among Female Academics in Advanced Career.” Journal of Education and Learning Technology 5, no.3 (2024): 24-37. https://doi.org/10.38159/jelt.2024531
© 2024 The Author(s). Published and Maintained by Noyam Journals. This is an open access article under the CCBY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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