Chinyere Stella Okunna

Chinyere Stella Okunna is the first female professor in Mass Communication in Nigeria and Sub-Saharan Africa. Currently, as at March 2026, she is the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academics), [[w:en:Paul University|Paul University]] Awka, Anambra State. She has served in various capacities as an administrator and educationist in the academia and in the public/political arena. Chinyere Stella Okunna's research interest is in the area of communication for development, particularly women’s development from the perspective of women and the media. She has done considerable work on the role of the media in the effort to empower Nigerian women and improve their condition and status in the patriarchal male-dominated Nigerian society.