David Achodo

David Achodo is currently a Graduate Teaching Assistant of French Language and Literature; a Graduate Student Senator; the International Student Support Committee Chair, and a French Graduate Student Representative, at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA.

He was previously a Graduate Assistant (2020-2023) at the University of Ibadan, where he graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in French and German. A multilinguist (speaker of 5 languages: English, French, German, Fon, Yoruba), Achodo’s research has embraced Translation, Second Language Acquisition, and Comparative Linguistics (African/European languages).

Achodo also had a Doctorate in Christian Leadership at Powerlife Seminary – AAMOM (2022). He was the President of Campus Religious Organization (2019/2020), and was the recipient of the National Delegate Award of Nigeria Christian Corpers Fellowship (2022). Achodo’s long-term goals include politics, pastoring, and teaching French at a university. His hobbies are meditation, music, preaching, traveling, and writing poetry.

Awards/Honors

• NCCF National Delegate Honorary Award, 2022
• State Executive Leadership Award of NCCF, 2022
• Academic Excellence Award, 2018

Email: dachodo@vols.utk.edu

Personal Website: www.linkedin.com/in/david-achodo-multilinguist

Education

• B.A. in French and German, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, 2020.