| Jacinta Agbarachi Opara | |
| Office1: | Vice Chancellor of Dominican University Ibadan |
| Predecessor1: | Prof. Anthony Akinwale |
| Birth Name: | Jacinta Agbarachi Opara |
| Birth Date: | 2 February 1976 |
| Birth Place: | Port Harcourt, Rivers State |
| Party: | Non-partisan |
| Nationality: | Nigerian |
Jacinta Agbarachi Opara (born 2 February 1976) is a Nigerian Professor of Environmental Health, Ecology and Biodiversity and the 2nd substantive Vice Chancellor of the Dominican University Ibadan.[1] [2]
She holds a bachelors from the University of Nigeria (1996) and a Master's in Education from the Rivers State University of Science and Technology (1998). She went on to obtain an MSc in Science Education from the University of Port Harcourt. She also obtained postgraduate degrees from the Universidad Azteca, Chalco-Mexico, University of Granada, Central University of Nicaragua, Oslo Metropolitan University formerly known as Akerhsus University, and Universidad Catolica San Antonio de Murcia (UCAM).[3]
Jacinta started as a biology teacher during her National Youth Service at College of the Immaculate Conception, Enugu in 1997. She has also served in other teaching and administrative roles in the University and beyond.[4]
She currently serves as the Chairman, Governing Council of the Institute of Policy Management Development. She is a member of the Governing Council of Metropolitan International University, Uganda. She was promoted to full professor at Kampala International University, Uganda in 2016 where she lectured under the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences. She has published in local and international journals.[5] She is a member of the Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OSWD).[6]
On March 7, 2024, she was appointed as the second substantive and first female Vice Chancellor of the Dominican University Ibadan by the University's Governing Council through its Chairman, Board of Trustees, Chief Anthony Idigbe (SAN).[7]
She is married with five children (three sons and two daughters).