Isidore A. Udoh
Health Sciences and Physical Education
Professor
Office:
Room PE 1142
Phone:
(773) 442-5572
Email:
I-udoh@neiu.edu
Office Hours:
Vary by semester
Country:
United States
HSCI 212: Consumer Health
HSCI 307: Human Diseases
HSCI 312: Global and Environmental Health
HSCI 314: Epidemiology and Human Diseases
HSCI 316: Health Disparities
HSCI 318: Consumer Health
PH 410: Epidemiology
PH 440: Health Disparities and Health Advocacy
Research Interests
Health disparities, Disease prevention, Natural resources extraction, conflicts and health, Ecological
determinants of health, International education, International virtual learning exchange.
Education
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York City
Ph.D.: North Dakota State University, College of Education and Human Development (HIV Prevention Education)
JCL: Catholic University of American, School of Canon Law
M.A.: DePaul University, Health Communication
B.Th.: Pontifical Urbanian University, Rome, Italy, Theology, magna cum laude
B. Phil.: Pointifical Urbanian University, Rome, Italy, Philosophy, magna cum laude
Selected Publications
Udoh, I. (2026). The Influence of Religion and Culture on HIV Transmission in the Niger Delta of Nigeria. The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies. https://doi.org/10.18848/2327-
Udoh, I. (2025). Practical Strategies for resolving ethno-religious conflicts in Nigeria." The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Global Studies 20(2), 199-216. doi:10.18848/2324-755X/CGP/
Udoh, I. A., & Workman, M. (2025). Digital Narratives for a Changing World: An International Virtual Learning Exchange on Climate Change. Journal of International Students, 15(6), 185-202. https://doi.org/10.32674/
Workman, M., Udoh, I., Eyo, I., Anih, P., Obi, E. (2025). Promoting sustainable development through service learning in an international virtual exchange program. In: Tzoumis, K.A., Douvlou, E.D. (eds) Intercultural competence through virtual exchange: Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (pp. 209-225 of chapter 14). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-
Udoh, I. A., & Willard, B. (2023). Community-Based Social Marketing: A Supplemental Approach to Improve Environmental Attitudes and Environmental Health in Nigeria. Environmental Communication, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/
Jaskolski, M., & Udoh, I. (2022). Building Cross-Cultural Sustainability Discourses in Higher Education: A Virtual Exchange Program between Egypt and the United States. The International Journal of Sustainability in Economic, Social and Cultural Context, 18(1), 43. DOI:10.18848/2325 1115/CGP/v18i01/43-63
Udoh, I.A. (2020) Oil production, environmental pressures and other sources of violent conflict in Nigeria, Review of African Political Economy, DOI: 10.1080/03056244.2018.1549028
Udoh, I. A. (2018). Public Health Emergency, UNEP Environmental Assessment and the Clean-up of Nigeria’s Niger Delta. Arts and Humanities Open Access Journal, 2(6), 386-389.
Udoh, I. A., & Ibok, M. S. (2014). Manipulative and coercive power and the social-ecological determinants of violent conflict in the Niger Delta of Nigeria. African Conflict and Peacebuilding Review, 4(1), 60-94.
Selected Performances
Udoh, I., & Workman,M (2025). Digital storytelling as a virtual learning project on climate change. Global Studies Conference, University of Malaga, Facultad de Ciencias de la Educacion, Malaga, Spain
Udoh, I., & Workman, M. (2024). Critical virtual exchange as a high impact practice in climate change education. International Virtual Exchange Conference 2024. Virtual
Udoh, I., & Workman, M. (2023). Examining equity and inclusion challenges for international virtual exchange, International Virtual Exchange Conference 2023, Sao Paulo, Brazil, October 30-November 1, 2023
Udoh, I. (2021). The public health and humanitarian impacts of Boko Haram conflicts in West Africa. Fourteenth Global Studies Conference, Jun 5, 2021 – Jun 6, 2021 at Concordia University, Montréal, Canada.
Udoh, I. (2021). Building cross cultural sustainability competence through virtual exchange: A case study of Egypt and the United States. Fourteenth Global Studies Conference, Jun 5, 2021 – Jun 6, 2021 at Concordia University, Montréal, Canada.
Udoh, I., & Workman, M. (2020). Assessing Shared Social, Economic, and Environmental Issues in the United States and Nigeria Through Virtual Exchange. Virtual presentation at the International Virtual Exchange Conference (IVEC): Towards Digital Equity in Internationalization, Newcastle University, UK, September 14-16, 2020.
Leon, R., Joppie, A., Udoh, I., & Workman, M., Olivier, J., & Pearl, M. (2020). Expanding access to international learning through virtual exchange. Remote presentation at the 2020 Distance Teaching & Learning Conference, University of Wisconsin at Madison, Wisconsin, Aug. 3-7, 2020.
Udoh, I.A. (2016). Assessing the Effectiveness of the Niger Delta Amnesty Program as a Peace and Development Strategy in Nigeria. An Address to the 6th Plenary Session of the 2016 International Peace Research Association Conference, University of Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leone, November 27 – December 1, 2016.
Background
Affiliated Faculty, Global Studies Program, Northeastern Illinois University
Affiliated Faculty, Master of Public Health Program, DePaul University