Background
Solomon Ogbede Iyasere was born on January 18, 1940, in Benin City, Nigeria. He was the son of the late Johnson Uigwe and Esimotogiwa Okoro Iyasere.
Solomon Ogbede Iyasere was born on January 18, 1940, in Benin City, Nigeria. He was the son of the late Johnson Uigwe and Esimotogiwa Okoro Iyasere.
Solomon Ogbede Iyasere attended Amadu Bello University, and got there his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1964. In 1967, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors at the State University of New York. At College at New Paltz, Solomon got a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Science degrees, in 1968, and at the State University of New York at Binghamton, he got Ph.D., in 1972.
Hired as an assistant professor to teach Shakespeare and literary criticism, Solomon earned early tenure and promotion to associate professor in 1974 and became a full professor in 1978.
As founding Director of Diversity Services (1988-92), Solomon laid the groundwork for inclusive excellence and collaborated to establish effective policies and guidelines to diversify faculty and staff. He helped revise the general education curriculum to include multicultural and international dimensions and designed the English Single-Subject Teacher Preparation program to incorporate multiculturalism.
He developed the MA in Teaching of English, now the cornerstone for educating community college writing teachers in the region. He chaired the Department of English and Communications (1992-98), co-founded the Career Beginnings Program and the Ernest Williams, Jr. Scholarship Fund, and served on numerous departmental and university-wide committees.
(Selected Essays and Criticisms)
(Selected Essays and Criticisms)
In 1974, Solomon married a woman named Marla. They had three children: Christiana, Solomon Ogbede, Jr., Julia.