About Mariam Olugbodi

Mariam Olugbodi is an academic staff member of Kwara State University, Malete, Nigeria. She specialises in Sociophonetics but her expertise in research also cuts across Sociolinguistics (world Englishes/postcolonial varieties of English), Applied/Psycholinguistics (L2 acquisition, English speech production/perception, developmental linguistics) and Stylistics (critical stylistics/multimodal stylistics). She is an INEE Volunteer as well as a Wikimedia Volunteer promoting women voices through Wikimedia projects.

Mariam Olugbodi is a university teacher and a writer, she is the author of the monograph titled: Stylistic Features in the 2011 and 2012 Final Matches Commentaries in the UEFA Champions League, published by Grin Verlag. Mariam’s greatest dream is seeing a world where knowledge is accessible to all. She does this through her volunteering roles on open knowledge platforms as a host and an editor. As part of her effort to maintain inclusion and diversity in knowledge transmission, she volunteers as a teacher in crises contexts and a podcast host on NBN. Learn more and connect with Mariam through her social links @ (22) Olugbodi Mariam | LinkedIn, Mariam Olugbodi (0000-0001-5027-6644) - ORCID and User:Margob28 - Meta
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NBN Episodes hosted by Mariam:

Susan Goodier and Karen Pastorello, "Women Will Vote: Winning Suffrage in New York State" (Cornell UP, 2017)

April 4, 2026

Women Will Vote

Susan Goodier and Karen Pastorello
Hosted by Mariam Olugbodi

The book, Women Will Vote: Winning Suffrage in New York State (Cornell UP, 2017) is Susan Goodier and Karen Pastorello’s efforts to account for the or…

Andrea Mansker, "Matchmaking and the Marriage Market in Postrevolutionary France" (Cornell UP, 2024)

February 24, 2026

Matchmaking and the Marriage Market in Postrevolutionary France

Andrea Mansker
Hosted by Mariam Olugbodi

Matchmaking and the Marriage Market in Postrevolutionary France (Cornell UP, 2024) gives an historical account of the evolution of the matchmaking bus…

Nena Vandeweerdt, "Women and Work Through a Comparative Lens: Gender and the Urban Labor Markets of Premodern Brabant and Biscay" (Leuven UP, 2025)

January 25, 2026

Women and Work Through a Comparative Lens

Nena Vandeweerdt
Hosted by Mariam Olugbodi

Women and Work Through a Comparative Lens: Gender and the Urban Labor Markets of Premodern Brabant and Biscay explores women's economic roles in late …

Anna Nyburg and Charmian Brinson eds., "Refugees from Nazism to Britain in Trade, Industry, and Engineering" (Brill, 2025)

December 2, 2025

Refugees from Nazism to Britain in Trade, Industry, and Engineering

Anna Nyburg and Charmian Brinson eds
Hosted by Mariam Olugbodi

Refugees from Nazism to Britain in Trade, Industry, and Engineering (Brill, 2025) is a book in German Studies that explores the intricacies and impact…

Alex Egodotaye Asakitikpi and Aretha Oluwakemi Asakitikpi, "Modern Nigeria" (Bloomsbury, 2024)

October 7, 2025

Modern Nigeria

Alex Egodotaye Asakitikpi and Aretha Oluwakemi Asakitikpi
Hosted by Mariam Olugbodi

Modern Nigeria: Understanding Modern Nations (Bloomsbury, 2024) is a collaborative effort that explores Nigeria's historical context and emphasises th…

Stacia Kalinoski, "Racing Uphill: Confronting a Life with Epilepsy" (U Minnesota Press, 2025)

August 20, 2025

Racing Uphill

Stacia Kalinoski
Hosted by Mariam Olugbodi

The book, Racing Uphill: Confronting a Life with Epilepsy (U of Minnesota Press, 2025), is a memoir and an educational resource, which tells the story…

Domale Dube, "Ogoni Women's Activism: The Transnational Struggle for Justice" (U Illinois Press, 2025)

August 12, 2025

Ogoni Women's Activism

Domale Dube
Hosted by Mariam Olugbodi

“Ogoni Women’s Activism” is a democratic feminist movement, and a nonviolent struggle against oil spills and environmental destruction in the Niger-De…