Dennis Ekwemnachukwu Okeke is an intercultural media/communication studies scholar with a focus on homophobia in digital spaces, African news media and LGBTQIA+ coverage, sexualities in Africa, and Pope Francis's rhetoric of inclusion. Okeke’s geographical interests are in East Africa (Uganda and Kenya) and West Africa (Nigeria and Ghana). While employing critical mixed methods in his research, Okeke specializes in critical qualitative research methods.
He is the Instructor of Records for Business and Professional Communication (COM 105) at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and has won numerous scholarship awards, research grants, and conference awards in the United States and across Africa. His scholarship is about social, reproductive, and sexual justice.
Okeke holds a B.Sc. (First Class Honours) in Mass Communication from Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria, and a Master of Arts in Governance and Regional Integration from Pan African University, Cameroon, where he graduated as a top student. He is recently completed his Master of Arts in Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.