Tracy Nneka Nnanwubar, MA, MATESOL

Part Time Instructor of Education
Based on my TESOL research experience, I see that there are common underlying proficiency models between English and additional languages. This presents critical thinking skills that can be leveraged to produce better academic writing. My teaching philosophy is to create a cognitively enabling environment for learners to utilize English vocabulary in writing outcomes that creatively model the form, structure, and rhetorics of written communication.

Tracy is an English For Special Purposes expert, Communications Specialist, and Certified Management Consultant who aspires to a PhD in Writing. She has 23 years of combined professional experience in English education, executive management, business development, marketing communications strategy, research communications projects, and sales and brand management; with strong problem-solving, creative thinking, and on-the-job leadership skills. Born in Nigeria, Tracy has worked in the USA, Belgium, Ukraine, Kenya, Uganda, Egypt, South Africa, Ghana, Benin Republic and published her first book in India. To learn more about her teaching and literary background, please visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tracynnanwubar/

  • Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) (2023)
  • Master of Arts in English Literature (2019)
  • Graduate Diploma in Business and Entrepreneurial Management (2017)
  • Bachelor of Arts in English Language (2008)

Expertise

Written communication, academic literacy, creative writing, writing pedagogy, TESOL education, academic writing, and business writing.

  • Communications Lead for developing Toolkit & Capacity Building for Sub-saharan Africa's Health Sector funded by Guttmacher Institute, USA (October 2021 to February 2023)
  • Research Communications Expert for MAMAYE Evidence for Action Project funded by The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (July 2021 to May 2022)
  • Commonwealth-sponsored “This is Lagos” documentary about my life, for broadcast on British and Nigerian TV. (2005)

Awards & Honors

  • AFRISOC Mentee at the University of Oxford in the UK (2019)
  • Youth Enterprise Scale-Up Program Finalist supported by the THNK School of Creative Leadership in Amsterdam (2018)
  • McKinsey’s 2017 Next Generation Women Leaders Award Finalist (2017)
  • World Bank Scholarship recipient at Lagos Business School’s Enterprise Development Centre (2017)
  • ANBUKRAFT award for “Best New Fiction” and “Creative Excellence in Literature” (2012)
  • MasterCard-sponsored Resident Writer at the London 2012 Olympics (2012)
  • Colonel Farleigh S. Dickinson International Scholarship for an MFA in Creative Writing (2010)
  • Creative Writing Scholarship of the PALF at New York University (2008)

Recent Publications

  • BCcampus's "Building Blocks of Academic Writing" review on developing written communication skills for the academic genre (2023)
  • Red Pepper and English Tea (2012)

Affiliations & Memberships

  • Fellow of the Institute of Management Consulting
  • British Council Partner for IELTS
  • Affiliate of TakeIELTS by the European Association For Education
  • Member - PEN America
  • Member - Association of Nigerian Authors
  • Member - Society for Book & Magazine Editors of Nigeria

  • Academic Literacy (Oral and Written)