Divine Agodzo, MA

Assistant Professor of Media + Communication

Divine Agodzo holds an MA in communication with a specialization in communication education from Spring Arbor University (Michigan) and a BA in journalism from Concordia University (Montreal). He has 20 years combined experience in journalism, strategic corporate/organizational communication, public relations, and business communication. Divine’s journalism experience includes working as a magazine staff writer in Ghana and as a freelancer for Canadian publications including The Montreal Gazette, Enterprise magazine and various community newspapers. Divine served in both agency and in-house roles in public relations, with a focus on writing communication collateral such as news/media products, speeches for company executives, employee engagement messages from business leaders, and corporate reports (annual reports, accountability reports, etc.), to name a few. Divine’s public relations portfolio includes projects for clients including Okanagan wineries, Canadian financial institutions, BC government ministries/agencies, professional associations, and non-profits.

After leaving a media relations management role with a leading credit union, Divine now serves business clients as a communication consultant, in addition to teaching. He lives in Surrey, BC with his wife Roseline and their two children, Edem and Esem.

See: LinkedIn Profile

 

  • Master of Arts, Communication (Spring Arbor University, Michigan, USA)
  • Bachelor of Arts (distinction), Journalism (Concordia University, Montreal, Canada)

Expertise

Business/professional communication (organizational, corporate, PR, marketing, technical), Public communication, Strategic communication, Writing (for public relations, journalism, brand journalism, content marketing)

Publication & Papers

  • Strom, B., & Agodzo, D., More than talk: A Covenantal Approach to Everyday Communication (5th ed.; Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt, 2018)
  • “Burying their heads in the Sand”: Critical Race Media Literacy and Surrey School District Teachers. Multicultural Education 24, no. 1, (2016): 25-30. 
  • Woods, R. H., Skarritt-Williams, K., Chan, C., Waters, K., & Agodzo, D., "Motivations for Reading the Left Behind Book Series: A Uses and Gratifications Analysis," Journal of Media and Religion 15 no. 2 (2016): 63-77.
  • "Digital faith: An Autoethnographic Examination of the YouVersion Bible App," paper presented at the 13th International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. (June 2015)

Awards & Honours

  • Gordon Fisher Award for most outstanding BA Journalism graduate, Concordia University 
  • Frank B. Walker Journalism Award for best writer, Concordia University 

  • MCOM 111 Introduction to Mass Communication
  • MCOM 191 Research & Writing in Communication
  • MCOM 252 Introduction to Public Relations
  • MCOM 351 Business & Technical Writing
  • MCOM 372 Cross-cultural Communication
  • MCOM 475 Communication & Diversity