Spring 2023 Showcase Eze

Odinaka Kingsley Eze
The Nerds of Ole Miss

A university is a place for students to discover themselves, build networks, and ultimately contribute to a body of knowledge. Graduate students play a pivotal role in facilitating this vision of higher education, where they push the boundaries of existing knowledge. In this short film, I tell the story of some fascinating research conducted by our graduate students at the University of Mississippi. I bring to the fore the Graduate Student Council Symposium, an avenue through which graduate students share their research annually, hoping that it will encourage current and existing students and faculty to participate in the event subsequently.

Odinaka is from Nigeria and holds a B.A. in history from the famous University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He hopes to complete his M.A. in history at the University of Mississippi this Spring. His research focuses on the history of disease and medicine, science and technology in Nigeria and sub-Saharan Africa. Odinaka believes that films are crucial in interacting with the emerging audience in today’s digital age and hopes to use documentary films as he advances in his career.