Dr. Désiré Baloubi, Chair 

Department of Humanities 

Professor of English and Linguistics
Shaw University  

Raleigh, NC 27601 - USA   

Dr. Désiré Baloubi is an applied linguist from the Republic of Benin in West Africa, where he was on the teaching staff of Benin Teacher Training Colleges and the Department of English at the National University of Benin from 1986 to 1995. He was educated at the University of Ghana--Legon, the Ecole Normale Superieure of Porto-Novo in Benin, the University of Durham in England, and Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana in the United States of America (USA). He holds degrees from five different Universities: 

• MA in English (Major) and Spanish (Minor) from the Ecole Normale Superieure of the National University of Benin (Benin)- Thesis: Common Errors in English at Secondary School Level in Benin  
• MA in Applied Linguistics with specific reference to English Language Teaching (ELT) from the University of Durham (England)- Thesis: A Critical Look at the Communicative Approach and the Traditional Methods of TEFL in Secondary Education in Benin  
• MS in Information and Communication Sciences from Ball State University (USA)  
• Ph.D. in English: Applied Linguistics (Major) and TESOL (Cognate) from Ball State University (USA)- Dissertation: The Morphophonemics of the Idaacha Dialect of Yoruba