Olusola David, Ayibiowu his a contemporary Nigerian Artist. Visual Arts, Painter, Songwriter, Author, Editor, Apple of God Eye and covenant child of God.
Also his the President/Chairman Creative Arts Solution Foundation.
He completed his graduation in Yaba College of Technology 2000-2003 and later proceeded to the Department of Creative Arts at the University of Lagos in 2007-2009, as he was interested in Visual art, he started taking part in group art exhibitions as at the level of an apprentice under late A. Shyngle. Later on, he launched his first solo exhibition theme: Vision on 30th Nov-Dec 6th 2007 at the National Gallery of Art, Lagos.
Early Life
Born on (Jan 24, 1974) Hails from Lagos State (Agbowa Ikosi). He started his career at Cathedral Pry Sch 1982-1988. Boy's Academy Secondary Sch, Lagos island, Yaba College of Technology, University of Lagos. Ayibiowu, initially as a studio Artist known as Solart Studios Ent and Art Creative Solutions but Later launched Creative Arts
EDUCATION
Cathedral Pry Sch 1982-1988. Boy's Academy Secondary Sch, Lagos island, Yaba College of Technology, University of Lagos. A
RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS
Arts and Humanities, Multidisciplinary, General Arts and Humanities, Health Policy
FUTURE PROJECTS
Art Outreach
Creative Arts Solution Foundation
a non-governmental foundation.
We are embarking on
"Art Outreach" for Junior & Senior Secondary Sch.
Our Partner: Lagos State Government
Applications Invited Donors, Sponsors, Partners
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Scopus Publications
Scopus Publications
Sending a Message: Tuning into Graduate Student Values Can Benefit STEM Research Labs Christal D Sohl, Ivan A Hernandez, Dustin B Thoman, Miguel T Villodas, Jessi L Smith Bioscience, 2026 Traditional scientific values are often described as agentic (e.g., independence, competition); however, scientists identifying as racially minoritized and marginalized (RMM) or as women are also often highly motivated by communal values (e.g., collaboration, prosocial behaviors). Although alignment of one's values in one's work facilitates a persistence in motivation, it is not well understood if STEM faculty researchers are aware of the communal values their student researchers often hold. Here we focus on a key engine of the university research enterprise—graduate students—and ask if faculty mentors are cognizant of and make explicit their attunement to the communal values of their graduate student researchers. We found that when describing the values of graduate students, faculty underestimate the communal values that members of RMM groups are more likely to hold. When faculty communicated communal values, this correlated positively with a more diverse research lab and several measures of faculty success.
Helping Students See and Identify Purpose and Relevance in Life Sciences Courses Dustin B. Thoman, Claudia C. Sutter, Jessi L. Smith, Chris S. Hulleman Cbe Life Sciences Education, 2025 To science instructors, it may seem obvious that understanding cell theory is essential for understanding how some diseases spread and can be treated. For students, these connections are often unclear at best. For some students, this knowledge might help propel their interest in life science and keep them motivated to engage and persist even when the content is difficult. Infusing purpose and relevance into the classroom is more than the instructor just giving an example from time to time. Our teaching guide describes the evidence for the positive impact of teaching strategies that promote purpose and relevance into introductory science classrooms. We review the various motivational theories that underlie why purpose and relevance matter and describe evidence-based strategies for engaging students in the deliberate process of drawing connections, finding and affirming value, and creating a purpose-filled science classroom culture.
The Pathway to Full Professor: Associate Professor Women’s Institutional Concerns Sylvia L. Mendez, Jessi L. Smith, Kathryn J. Watson, Jennifer A. Tygret, Jennifer Poe, et al. Journal of Culture and Values in Education, 2025 The route to tenure is often clear and well-defined, while the path to full professor is notoriously described as ambiguous and elusive, which raises questions and uncertainty on how to be promoted. In order to explore institutional concerns expressed by associate professor women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and social and behavioral sciences (SBS) regarding the pathway to full professor, interviews were conducted with members of the Belayers Network at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS). The Belayers Network consists of STEM and SBS associate professor women and is designed to support their promotion to full professor through opportunities to come together for informational, tangible, and emotional resources. An instrumental case study with a pragmatic theoretical lens was employed for this study. Interviews were analyzed inductively and resulted in five themes: (1) Full professor promotion criteria are ambiguous; (2) Teaching and service expectations are too high; (3) Lack of research collaborators inhibits scholarly output; (4) Scarce research-related resources are a persistent struggle; and (5) Mentoring and support are absent. The academy may find it instructive to understand better associate professor women’s institutional concerns about the pathway to full professor and possible ways to offset the obstacles toward achievement. Additionally, pragmatic solutions and implications are offered to mitigate these concerns in the context of UCCS. This research is sponsored by a National Science Foundation ADVANCE Adaptation Award.
Cultivating Faculty-Driven Reform of Promotion to Full Professor Structures to Reward and Regard the Scholarship of Engagement Jessi Smith, Jennifer Poe, Emily Skop Journal of Participatory Research Methods, 2025 Faculty who conduct community-engaged scholarship (CES) are often evaluated for promotion using “traditional” metrics of success. In this one-year project, we established a space to focus on the contributions of, and evaluation metrics for, CES. Goals included creating sense-giving opportunities to articulate terms, grapple with traditional metrics of faculty promotion criteria, and encourage better alignment with the university mission, values, and faculty work. We describe how we used Participatory Research Methods (PRM) to engage our campus community in a four-phased project designed to identify and define the issue and then co-create tangible solutions related to CES promotion processes. Five transformational action items were identified and implemented as a result of the project : a) the addition of “holistic” promotion criteria to include community and institution building in 11 departments; b) a standing committee to encourage the revision of evaluation criteria to be more inclusive of multiple forms of scholarship; c) a revised faculty success web-based tool to assist faculty with tracking their impacts; d) a dossier repository and sample CES vita template; and e) reviewer resources, templates, and instructions for how to review CES. Results of our partner survey as well as our campus-wide survey suggest a positive view of the PRM we employed and benefits associated with supporting CES including greater job satisfaction, feelings of belonging, and retention intentions. Details and results of the year-long project are described and all of the materials are shared to inspire, support, and provide a blueprint on how to facilitate the career progression of community-engaged scholars.
The Making of Future Scientists: Faculty Mentor Cultural Awareness and Inclusive Science Labs Ivan A. Hernandez, Oliva Mota Segura, Rosalva Romero Gonzalez, Lilibeth Flores, Miguel T. Villodas, et al. Cbe Life Sciences Education, 2024 Student researchers from racially marginalized and minoritized backgrounds who perceived their faculty research mentor to be more culturally aware experienced more positive social climates in the lab and were more identified as scientists. Increased science identity, in turn, predicted their motivation to pursue STEM careers three months later.
From mandate to co-create: leading the development of inclusive performance evaluation criteria Jessi L. Smith, Sylvia Mendez, Jennifer Poe, Camille Johnson, Dale K. Willson, et al. Equality Diversity and Inclusion, 2024 PurposeAnnual performance evaluations of faculty are a routine, yet essential, task in higher education. Creating (or revising) performance criteria presents an opportunity for leaders to work with their teams to co-create evaluation metrics that broaden participation and minimise inequity. The purpose of this study was to support organisational leaders in developing equitable performance criteria.Design/methodology/approachWe adopted the “dual-agenda” dialogues training that draws on concepts of collective self-efficacy and intersectionality for department leaders to co-create annual review criteria with their faculty members at one university. We used qualitative and quantitative data to assess the training and conducted an equity audit of the resulting annual review criteria.FindingsSurvey results from faculty members and departmental leaders (n = 166) demonstrated general satisfaction with the process used to create new criteria, perceptions that their criteria were inclusive and optimism about future reviews. Those with greater familiarity with the dialogues process had more positive perceptions of the inclusivity of their department’s criteria and more positive expectations of future reviews. The examination of eight indicators of equity illustrated that the resultant criteria were transparent and holistic.Originality/valueThis study builds on the relatively little research on faculty members’ annual performance evaluations, focussing on inclusive dialogues that centre equity and diversity. Results highlight the value of providing department leaders with evidence-based tools to foster system-level change through equitable evaluation policies. A toolkit is available for adaptation of the “dual-agenda” leadership training to both co-create annual review criteria and improve equity and inclusion.
Facilitating the Success of Women’s Early Career Grants: A Local Solution to a National Problem Chatanika Stoop, Rebecca Belou, Jessi L. Smith Innovative Higher Education, 2023 Grant funding is essential to the advancement of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields with certain grants viewed as especially prestigious and career formative. The goal of this project was twofold: first to describe the gender demographics of the national winners of two prestigious grants and second, to document the impact of an educational program aimed at improving the success for women in STEM fields in a local setting. In Study 1, we analyzed publicly available national data to document gender gaps in National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) and National Institutes of Health’s K01 awards from 2008-2021. Results showed that, while the ratio of K01 awards favored women, the ratio of men-to-women CAREER awardees favored men. In Study 2, we implemented a grant-writing program for CAREER awards based in self-determination theory at one university and analyzed its impact on funding success. Results comparing before the educational program and after showed that the average annual success rate increased for everyone from 11% to 33%. Women-identified faculty who participated in the program were awarded CAREER funding at a higher rate than would be expected from the number of women eligible to apply or submission rates. While the correlational and observational nature of this study make it impossible to conclude that it was only the educational programs that resulted in the benefits to women’s award success, we encourage other universities to consider adapting the program and enable faculty development around grant success.
An Intersectional Application of Expectancy-Value Theory in an Undergraduate Chemistry Course Allison M. French, Nicole M. Else-Quest, Michael Asher, Dustin B. Thoman, Jessi L. Smith, et al. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 2023 The underrepresentation of women and Black, Latinx, and Native Americans within the United States scientific workforce is a persistent and multifaceted problem warranting an intersectional approach. Applying intersectionality to the expectancy-value theory of motivation, we examined initial motivation and subsequent achievement among a sample of undergraduate students ( N = 687) enrolled in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) gateway course of introductory chemistry at a diverse 4-year university. We found no racial/ethnic group differences in initial motivation, but small ( d = .30) group differences in achievement. Results revealed a pattern of gender differences across both underrepresented (i.e., Black, Latinx, and Native American) and well-represented (i.e., White, Asian American) racial/ethnic groups such that, relative to men, women began the class with lower levels of confidence about their performance, but greater utility value and attainment value in learning chemistry. Consistent with expectancy-value theory, motivation at the beginning of the semester positively predicted final exam scores across gender and racial/ethnic intersectional groups. For Black, Latinx, and Native American students, attainment value was an especially strong predictor of subsequent achievement. Our findings point to the need to cultivate social contexts within undergraduate STEM education that promotes all aspects of science motivation among students from underrepresented groups. Online slides for instructors who want to use this article for teaching are available on PWQ's website at http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/suppl/10.1177/03616843231153390 .
Tuning out in order to fit in: The effects of gender role expectations and affiliation motives on men's interpersonal sensitivity Managing Interpersonal Sensitivity Knowing When and When Not to Understand Others, 2014
Preface: Interpersonal sensitivity: A set of abilities we can dial up or down as needed? Managing Interpersonal Sensitivity Knowing When and When Not to Understand Others, 2014
To be, or not to be, accurate: Addressing that and other complicated questions Managing Interpersonal Sensitivity Knowing When and When Not to Understand Others, 2014
Managing interpersonal sensitivity: Knowing when - and when not - to understand others Managing Interpersonal Sensitivity Knowing When and When Not to Understand Others, 2014
Tuning out in order to fit in: The effects of gender role expectations and affiliation motives on men's interpersonal sensitivity Managing Interpersonal Sensitivity Knowing When and When Not to Understand Others, 2011
Managing interpersonal sensitivity: Knowing when - and when not - to understand others Managing Interpersonal Sensitivity Knowing When and When Not to Understand Others, 2011
Preface Managing Interpersonal Sensitivity Knowing When and When Not to Understand Others, 2011
To be, or not to be, accurate: Addressing that and other complicated questions Managing Interpersonal Sensitivity Knowing When and When Not to Understand Others, 2011