Dr. Dibie Appointed North American Editor of the International Review of Politics and Development Journal
November 2, 2007
Kokomo, Indiana—Babcock University BU in Nigeria recently appointed Robert Dibie, Ph.D., professor of public affairs and assistant dean of the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, to be its North American Editor of the institution’s International Review of Politics and Development journal. Dibie will serve as the editor of the journal for two years. At the end of his first term, the editorial board of the journal may choose to extend his appointment for another two years.
Dibie previously served as guest editor of two special issues of the journal of (a) Ethics and Corruption in Nigeria, and (b) NGOs and Sustainable Development in Africa. The mission of the journal is to serve as a vehicle for the best current scholarship on politics, public management and development policies, and to publish essays of broad interdisciplinary appeal.
In July, 2006, Indiana University Kokomo signed a partnership agreement with Babcock University in Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria. President Kayode Makinde of BU, accompanied by Olunkunle Iyanda, BU vice president for development and strategy, and Luke Onuocha, BU vice president for finance visited the Kokomo campus to finalize the agreement with IU Kokomo Chancellor Ruth Person.
As the North American Editor of IRPAD, Dibie will solicit articles from a wide spectrum of academic and policy disciplines (including submissions by conference participants), screen the articles for both content and theoretical rigor, and send the articles to other scholars for blind review. He will be responsible for selecting the final manuscripts to be published based upon the recommendations of the reviewers. Dibie will also advice the editorial board as necessary.
