The people who teach, examine and run NYCAR
Professors, clinicians, managers and designers who teach our programs, supervise our learners and keep the institution working. Select a name in the directory, or any portrait below, to read the full profile.
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Founder
Prof. MarkAnthony Nze
PhD, MCIM, MCIoJ, CMgr CMI
Member, American Association of University Professors
Founder, Academic Director and Chair of the Academic Board
An international scholar, investigative journalist and publisher, he founded the New York Center for Advanced Research in New York City and directs its programs in strategic management, health and social care management, and applied research. He is Editor-in-Chief of People & Polity Inc., publisher of Africa Today News, New York; Africa Digital News, New York; and The Eastern Updates.
He created the NZE Forensic Serial Journalism Method™, under which he has published more than 100 multipart series and well over 1,000 series articles. After documenting years of visa refusals to NYCAR scholars in public reporting, he led the Center's H-3 petition for 25 Nigerian scholars to approval on October 9, 2026.
- Books
- More than 30
- Doctorates
- PhD, Apsley Business School; professional doctorate, RQF Level 8
- Rank
- Professor of Strategic Management and Leadership
Leadership
The officers who run NYCAR's operations, studies and administration.
Three Associate Professors, 2026
Conferred by the Academic Board after examination of each scholar's research, supervision and practice. Duties began October 1, 2026.
Rank is never a gift here. It is a verdict on years of unglamorous work.
Prof. MarkAnthony Nze, Academic Director
Certificates of appointment carry individual numbers. To verify an appointment, write to info@newyorkresearch.org.
Professors
Senior scholars leading international programs and educational leadership.
Faculty
Clinicians, scientists and managers who teach and supervise across our health and management programs.
Communications and technology
The officers behind NYCAR's design, publishing and digital presence.
Prof. MarkAnthony Nze is an international scholar, investigative journalist and publisher. His work centers on African governance, public accountability and diaspora affairs, and he carries it out across New York, London, Owerri and Abuja. He founded the New York Center for Advanced Research in New York City, where he serves as Academic Director and Chair of the Academic Board. He is also Editor-in-Chief of People & Polity Inc., the publisher of Africa Today News, New York; Africa Digital News, New York; and The Eastern Updates.
As creator of the NZE Forensic Serial Journalism Method™, he built a documentary standard for investigative reporting. Under it, every consequential claim carries a stated evidence position, and each installment publishes its docket of sources. Records sought and not obtained are listed by repository and date, and every named party holds a standing right of reply. Under the method he has published more than 100 multipart series and well over 1,000 series articles. Each series is built as a public case file that institutions can answer and readers can check. The series range across law, politics, public affairs, health systems, management and institutional accountability.
His training began in mass communication, and he studied copyediting at New York University's School of Professional Studies. He holds a British professional doctorate in Strategic Management and Leadership from the London College of Professional Studies. It is an Ofqual-regulated qualification at RQF Level 8, the level at which UK doctorates sit. He earned his PhD at Apsley Business School, London, with doctoral work in economics and management. He also holds an Ofqual-regulated master's qualification in Health and Social Care Management from the London College of Professional Studies, and a master's qualification in International Business Law from the London Institute of Business and Technology.
That PhD led to his appointment as senior lecturer in the College of Management Science at Apsley Business School, and later to his promotion to associate professor. Apsley also engaged him as its media consultant, and he ran the school's new media and strategic publishing. In that post his training in mass communication and his management scholarship came together in one brief. He now holds the rank of Professor of Strategic Management and Leadership. At NYCAR he directs the academic programs in strategic management, health and social care management, and applied research.
His most consequential result to date came through his own method. After years of U.S. visa refusals to scholars admitted to NYCAR, he put the record before the public in The NYCAR U.S. Visa File. It is a 45-part forensic series on Africa Digital News, New York, first published as Vetted and Refused and now in its third volume. The series documents the refusals, the law that governs them, and NYCAR's engagement with consular, congressional and federal offices. He led NYCAR's H-3 trainee petition for 25 Nigerian scholars from filing on June 26, 2025, through a request for evidence, to approval by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services on October 9, 2026, after 470 days of review. The approval, valid to February 20, 2028, is the institutional result of the case he built in that record.
Author of more than 30 books, he has written the novels Beyond Chains, Gang of Looters, The Street Hustler, The Street Boss and The Political Boss, which are held in the library collections of Brown University and Princeton University. His professional titles include Principles and Practice of Health and Social Care Management for PGD Learners, Strategic Management and Leadership for PGD Students and The Complete Guide to Writing and Publishing a Book. He co-wrote Understanding the Business of Publishing. The Genocide: 1967-1970 is his account of the Biafran genocide. He also publishes the peer-reviewed, open-access journal The Thinkers' Review and the scholarly imprint The Guru Book.
Professional standing
- Member, American Association of University Professors
- Member, Chartered Institute of Marketing (UK)
- Chartered Manager, Chartered Management Institute (UK)
- Chartered Journalist, Chartered Institute of Journalism (UK)
On October 20, 2025, the Office of the Mayor of the City of New York issued a citation, and the Governor of New York sent a letter, marking NYCAR's 2025 Global Academic Research and Graduation Summit.
Samuel Akudo Nneke is Chief Operating Officer of the New York Center for Advanced Research. He runs the institution's day-to-day operations and brings to the post a background in information technology and management. NYCAR's board promoted him on the strength of his record in operations. In that work he introduced working methods that cut daily operating costs, and he built relationships with clients and partners that widened the institution's income.
His training spans finance, management, engineering and health. He holds a Higher National Diploma in Accountancy and Finance from Yaba College of Technology and a Proficiency Certificate in Management from the Nigerian Institute of Management (Chartered). He went on to postgraduate diplomas in Engineering Management and Software Engineering Management, and to professional certifications in engineering. He completed his graduate training in Health and Social Care Management with master's and doctoral qualifications, earning the doctorate at NYCAR.
Francis Chigozie Ofoegbu is Associate Professor in Ethics and Governance in Health and Social Care and Head of Studies at NYCAR. The Academic Board conferred the rank in 2026 after examining his research record, supervision history and professional practice. The appointment recognizes his doctoral scholarship in philosophy and his sustained teaching and supervision at master's and doctoral level in health and social care management. He took up his duties on October 1, 2026.
A philosopher by training, he has taught philosophy at the University of Calabar; the Catholic Institute of West Africa, Port Harcourt; the Claretian Institute of Philosophy, Owerri; Assumpta Spiritual Year Seminary, Owerri; and Evangel University, Akaeze.
His degrees are a PhD in Philosophy from Nnamdi Azikiwe University and an M.A. in Philosophy from the University of Calabar. He also holds a B.Phil. in Philosophy from the Pontifical Urban University, Rome, and a B.A. in Philosophy from Imo State University. Alongside these he earned a Diploma in French from the Alliance Française, Paris. He has published in national and international journals and presented at academic conferences.
He served as a branch executive member of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). He also took part in the union's national deliberations on reforming Nigerian education, including meetings of its National Executive Council and National Delegate Conference. He is a member of the Tennessee Philosophical Association, the Political Philosophical Association of Nigeria, the Association of Philosophy Professionals of Nigeria and the Centre for Gender and Women Studies.
Nneka Anne Amadi is Associate Professor in Strategic Management and Leadership and Director of Administration and International Studies at NYCAR. The Academic Board conferred the rank in 2026 after examining her scholarship, professional practice and standing among peers in the field. She took up her duties on October 1, 2026.
Before her appointment as Director she served as Senior Facilitator and Learners' Affairs Coordinator, where she led academic initiatives in research collaboration across borders.
She trained first in English. She holds a Bachelor's degree in English Language and Education, Second-Class Upper Division, from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Her Master's degree in English Language and Literature is from the University of Lagos. At NYCAR (then New York Learning Hub) she earned master's and doctoral qualifications in Strategic Management and Leadership. She also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Health and Social Care Management and a Doctor of Applied Research from NYCAR.
Valentine Emeka Obinna is Consultant for International Programs at NYCAR, where he helps shape the institution's international programs. He brings more than four decades of university teaching, research and administration in language, literature and education.
Born in Emekuku, Owerri, Imo State, in 1958, he earned his West African School Certificate with Grade One Distinction at Emekuku High School in 1976. He graduated from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, with a Bachelor of Arts in Languages, Second-Class Upper Division, in 1981. A French Government Scholarship then took him to the University of Lyon. There he completed a master's degree and, by 1986, a PhD in Literature in French and Civilization.
His teaching career began at Government College, Owerri, in 1976. It continued at the Nigerian Army School of Education, Rivers State College of Education and Abia State University. He has been a professor at Imo State University since 2006, where he has served as Head of the French Unit, Director of Research and Linkages, and Director of Quality Assurance. He has been an external examiner for the University of Nigeria, Nsukka; Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka; and the University of Calabar. He also served on the Imo State Government Advisory Committee on Books' Review for Primary and Secondary Schools.
He has published on French literature, language studies and socio-cultural questions, in Nigeria and abroad. He is a member of the Nigerian University French Teachers' Association, the International Association for the Promotion of African Studies and Lions Club International. He has given keynote addresses at academic conferences and has written and broadcast commentary on social, political and cultural affairs.
Rev. Fr. Peter A. C. Otuonye is Associate Professor in Educational Leadership and Strategic Management at the New York Center for Advanced Research. A priest and a scholar of institutional leadership, he studies how institutions are governed. His work follows how their plans become results, and how that governance reaches the classroom, the congregation and the public office.
He is the author of a three-book series on strategic leadership, published by The Guru Book:
- Strategic Leadership: Shaping Corporate Vision and Competitive Advantage takes up how an institution forms its vision.
- Strategic Execution: From Vision to Value in Complex Organizations addresses the gap between plans and outcomes in churches, universities, government offices, hospitals and corporations. It treats the delivery of results as a moral duty of leadership.
- Strategic Legacy: Leadership, Power, and the Endurance of Institutions closes the series by asking what lasts. It argues that a leader's legacy is secured by building institutions that protect dignity, sustain performance and form ethical successors.
He wrote the series for executives, public servants, educators, faith leaders and builders of institutions. It is meant for use in graduate seminars, board discussions, leadership retreats and ministry formation.
His academic path runs through NYCAR. He earned his Professional Doctorate (DProf) at the Center and went on to complete its sixteen-month postdoctoral program. The Academic Board then examined his research record, supervision history and professional practice. The Board conferred the rank of Associate Professor in March 2026 under certificate NYCAR/AP/2026/001, and he took up his duties on October 1, 2026. He is one of three scholars raised to the rank in the institution's 2026 academic appointments, all chosen on examined evidence rather than seniority or length of service.
Oluchi Chinwe Aloy-Amadi is a facilitator in NYCAR's health programs and a specialist in hematology and blood transfusion science. She is a senior lecturer in the Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Imo State University, Owerri.
She earned her Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science at Imo State University. Her M.Sc. in Hematology and Blood Transfusion is from Rivers State University of Science and Technology (now Rivers State University), Port Harcourt, and her PhD in the same field is from Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. She also completed a professional course in Epidemiology for Global Health with the University of Washington.
Her books and research papers appear in Nigerian and international scientific journals, and she has supervised undergraduate projects, postgraduate dissertations and theses. She is an associate member of the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria. She is also affiliated with the Haematology and Blood Transfusion Scientists Society of Nigeria, which is part of the International Society of Blood Transfusion. She is a member of the Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World and active in its Imo State University chapter.
Nkechinyere Agu, known to colleagues as N-Kay, is a nephrology specialist nurse and a facilitator at NYCAR. She has more than twenty years of experience in general nursing and fifteen in nephrology nursing.
In Lagos she headed the nephrology nursing unit at Saint Nicholas Hospital. She then became the founding manager of the Nephrology Nursing Department at Healing Stripes Hospital, where she set up the department and ran its care for patients with kidney disease. She is a New York State Registered Nurse.
She holds a Professional Diploma in Nephrology Nursing from Lagos University Teaching Hospital and a Bachelor of Nursing Science (Education) from the University of Education, Winneba, Ghana. She went on to earn master's and doctoral qualifications in Health and Social Care Management and in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice from the London College of Professional Studies. She is a member of the American Nephrology Nurses Association.
Emmanuel Ikechukwu Nwachukwu teaches strategic management, marketing and leadership at NYCAR as a facilitator. He trained as a marketer and graduated from Lagos State University with a Second-Class Upper degree in Marketing. He went on to doctoral study in strategy.
He earned his master's qualification in Strategic Management and Leadership at NYCAR (then New York Learning Hub). On October 15, 2025 he completed the Professional Doctorate in Strategic Management and Leadership. The Chartered Management Institute of the United Kingdom recognizes the programme against its CMI Professional Standards, and the certificate carries both NYCAR's and CMI's marks.
His teaching joins the two halves of his training. Learners study strategy through the markets it has to win: positioning, competition, customer insight and the management of growth. They test each model of leadership against the commercial decisions it must survive.
Daniel A. Ameh is a pharmacologist and biomedical scientist who teaches at NYCAR as a facilitator. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacology from the College of Medicine, University of Lagos (2012). His Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences, specializing in Molecular Immunology and Cancer Biology, is from Long Island University Post, Brookville, New York (2019), where he received the Martin Benedek End Fellowship among other awards. He is pursuing graduate study in Biotechnology at Johns Hopkins University.
As a research intern at the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, he worked on a team studying the cytogenetic and molecular effects of HIV infection and antiretroviral drugs on male gametes. His work there included clinical chemistry, hematology and PCR viral-load testing on patient samples. At Versiti Blood Center of Indiana he was a Senior Specialist Production Technician, performing and evaluating quality-control testing on blood products under FDA, cGMP, OSHA and AABB requirements.
His teaching began at Long Island University, where he worked as a biology tutor, writing center tutor and resident assistant. He is a member of the American Society of Cytopathology.
Izuchukwu William Njemanze, of Umuofoaku Umuocham Emekuku, Owerri North, Imo State, teaches health and social care management at NYCAR as a facilitator. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry from Imo State University, Owerri, and, from NYCAR (then New York Learning Hub), a Postgraduate Diploma in Health and Social Care Management and an Advanced Certificate in Strategic Studies and Public Policy Implementation.
He has served as Team Leader for the National Population Commission's Births and Deaths Registration Program. He has also been an Assistant Lecturer at The Polytechnic, Imesi-Ile, Osun State.
Amarachi Vivian Ekennia teaches health and social care management at NYCAR as a facilitator. Her background is in biochemistry and laboratory management, where she has overseen laboratory testing and quality control.
Her career has taken her through healthcare, agriculture and education, in roles covering laboratory management and teaching. In class she works through group discussion, case studies and simulations. Her research interests include data analysis and the use of technology to improve efficiency and patient outcomes in healthcare.
Chidiebere Timothy Osuagwu is a biochemist, mathematics educator and project manager who serves as a facilitator at NYCAR. He trained in biochemistry and holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Education. In class he brings scientific method, mathematical reasoning and project management to the subjects he teaches.
Anavi Felix is Senior Communications and Design Officer at NYCAR. He began as a desktop publisher and now works across brand identity, personal and business branding, agency and event branding, marketing visuals, social media templates and editorial design.
He is an alumnus of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. He holds a Higher Diploma in Media Management and Practice, and a Professional Certificate in Strategic Communication from NYCAR (then New York Learning Hub).
Alochukwu Obiabunmo is Senior Technical Officer at NYCAR. He brings to the post his skills in web design, multimedia and online visibility. As a designer of static and motion graphics, he has produced corporate identities for local and multinational businesses, along with websites and motion graphics.
He holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership. He also holds a Professional Certificate in Principles and Practice of Strategic Human Resource Management.