PROF: WANGARI MWAI

I. PERSONAL DATA :

1. Married with Two children and Two grandchildren

2. Date of birth: 31.07.1960

II. CONTACTS: 1. ADDRESS C/O Institute of Research, science and Technology

Kenyatta University P.O Box 43844 - 00100 Nairobi.

2. TELEPHONE : 0722653745

3. E-Mail ID : mwaiwang@gmail.com

III. UNIVERSITY EDUCATION:

1. Ph.D. (Gender and Literature) Maseno University. 2000

Major: Oral Literature

Minor: Gender and Research

2. M.A. (Kiswahili Poetry). University of Nairobi. 1988

3. E- MBA ( Leadership and Business Development) , Copenhagen Business

School / Inoorero University, 2012

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Bachelor of Education (2nd Class Upper), Nairobi University, 1984.

5. Bachelor of Theology ( Missiology) , International institute for Christian

growth and World Missions- Switzerland- 2005

1V: OTHER TRAININGS:

Professional Management Training : 2011- 2012 offered by CBS/ SMI (

Copenhagen) in collaboration with the Inoorero University, Kenya.

Fourth Leadership Skills Development WORKSHOP ( LEDEV) : 10th

to 18th

September, 2010. Organized by the Association of African Universities ( AAU) in

Mombasa , Kenya

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Fourth Congress of International Network of Research Management Societies

( INORMS) : 13th

- 16th

May, 2012. hosted by the Danish Association of Research

Managers and Administrators ( DARMA) at Copenhagen ,Denmark

Development research Uptake Trainings (DRUSSA ) 2012

Research Administration And Grants Management ( Initiative Research and

Innovation Management ( iRIM) , Lusaka, December, 2012

V. AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION/ RESEARCH INTEREST

Kiswahili Literature

Ora- Media, Art and Social Realities

Women and Literature

Qualitative Research Methods

V1. EMPLOYMENT STATUS

TEACHING POSITIONS

2008 to Present Associate Professor of Literature, Kenyatta University

2004 - 2007 Associate Professor of Literature, Maseno University.

1997- 2004 Senior Lecturer in Literature , Maseno University.

1990 - 1997 Lecturer Kiswahili and Literature . Maseno University College

1988-1989 Tutorial Fellow Department of Kiswahili at Kikuyu campus-University of

Nairobi

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V11: ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES: UNIVERSITY LEVEL

September, 2015, to present: Director- KU Satellite Campuses.

June, 2015 to present: Successfully represented KU in the consortium on the proposal to

establish the Young African Leadership Initiative for East Africa in Kenyatta University

May, 2014- Ongoing: Chairperson, Technical Committee- Africa Center for Transformative

and Inclusive Leadership

Sept. 2011- September, 2015: Director, Institute of Research, Science, Technology and

Innovation

Sept. 2010- 2011: Pioneer Director, KU. Nyeri Campus

Sept. 2009 - 2010: Pioneer Director, K.U City Campus.

July 2008- Sept. 2009 : Director Centre for Resource Mobilization and Consultancy

Services – Kenyatta University

June 2006- June ,2008: Chairperson, Department of Linguistics, Languages and literature,

Maseno University

June 2001-June ,2003 Chairperson, Department of Literature, Maseno University

V111: OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES: UNIVERSITY LEVEL

2015: Vice Chancellor’s Committee on Plagiarism

2014: Appointed, Member of the Kenyatta University Management Board.

2013: Representative of Kenyatta University at the UNWomen – Kenyatta University fact

finding tour in Israel

2013: Vice Chancellor’s Committee for the preparation of the Kenyatta University Charter.

2013: Adjunct Chair: Vice Chancellor’s Committee for the preparation of the proposal towards

the establishment of a UNWOMEN Regional Leadership Training Centre at Kenyatta

University

2013: Chair person Vice Chancellor’s Committee on the promotion of multi- disciplinary

Health Research in Kenyatta University

2012: Vice Chancellor’s Committee for the preparation of Strategic Plans for the Institute of

Research and the Directorate of Grant writing, Kenyatta University

2012- Ongoing: Vice Chancellor’s Committee on the Establishment of a research and Science

Park at Kenyatta University

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2012: Chairperson: Kenyatta University Silver Jubilee Celebrations

2012: Member: Kenyatta University Foundation Local Committee

2012 : Represented the Vice Chancellor in various National Research Meetings with

MoHEST/ NCST

2011: Faculty advisor for Kenyatta University students for the CFA Research Challenges

2010- Ongoing : Chairperson Board of Management – Nyeri campus

2010- Ongoing : Supervisor and Mentor for MA and Ph.D Students at Various Universities in

Kenya

2010- Present: Member of the Kenyatta University Ushering Committee

2009- Ongoing: Kenyatta University Research, Review and Advisory Board (URRAB)

2009- 2010: Secretary: Kenyatta University, City Campus Board

IX. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE: ACTING POSITIONS

29th October to 7th. December, 2014: Stood in for the Deputy Vice Chancellor

(Administration)

29th October to 7th. December, 2014: Stood in for the Deputy Vice Chancellor

(Administration)

29th October to 7th. December, 2013: Stood in for the Deputy Vice Chancellor

(Administration)

9th September 11th October, 2013: Stood in for the Dean School of humanities and

Social Sciences

27th, May to 16th July, 2013: Stood in for the Director Alumni. 20th May, 2013 to 26th May, 2013: Ag. Dean School of humanities and Social Sciences 6th August to 5th September 2012: Ag. Dean School of humanities and Social

Sciences

12th to 28th April, 2012: Stood in for the Dean School of humanities and Social

Sciences

13TH to 19th June, 2011: Stood in for the Dean School of humanities and Social

Sciences

7th to 13th December, 2011: Stood in for the Dean School of humanities and Social

Sciences

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X. CONSULTANCIES

Trainer on Transformative Leadership: Africa Centre for

Transformative and Inclusive Leadership ( UNWomen/ KU ) 2014 to

present

Chief Jurist for the selection of the award winning Writer of the Jomo

Kenyatta Foundation (2014)

Chief Jurist for the selection of the award winning Writer of the Jomo

Kenyatta Foundation (2013)

Principal research Consultant on Baseline Survey on the Situation of

Re- integration of Ex- Offenders in Kenya: Directorate of Probation and

After Care Serves in Kenya. ( 2013)

Principal research Consultant on a study on the impact of the Thika

Super Highway on Ruiru Municipality : Municipal Council of Ruiru.

( 2013).

Jurist for the selection of the award winning Writer of the Wahome

Mutahi Award (2012)

Jurist for the selection of the award winning Writer of the Jomo

Kenyatta Foundation (2011)

National Task Force on the re- alignment of the Education sector to the

Constitution, 2010 and the Vision, 2030 ( 2011- 2012 ) Chair:

Regulatory and Legal Framework sub- committee

Gender Consultant , Trainer and Researcher on Water and Sanitation

with World Bank- Africa Office: 2008- 2011

Gender, Community Advisor and Researcher – Kenya/ Netherlands

Rural Domestic Water and Sanitation Project in Kisumu Kenya. 2000-

2005

X1. EXPERIENCE IN RESEARCH, TRAINING AND MENTORING

Award Winner/

Principal

Investigator

Principal

Investigator:

Team Leader

Mwangaza Project On Science, Technology, Engineering And

Mathematics ( Stem) And Computing Education For Students In

Kenya With Vision Loss ( USAID- 2014- Ongoing )

Baseline Survey towards the establishment of a Transformative

Leadership training centre at Kenyatta University (2013)

Baseline Survey on the Situation of Re- integration of Ex- Offenders

in Kenya: Directorate of Probation and After Care Serves in Kenya.

( 2013)

Study on the impact of the Thika Super Highway on Ruiru

Municipality : Municipal Council of Ruiru. ( 2013).

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Principal Researcher

Project for Developing a model for enhancing Davis and Shirtliff

Market size through regional Internalization - 2012

Baseline Survey on the Utilization of Retired Professors in the

East African region. Research funded by the Rockefeller

Foundation, 2009 – 2011.

Co- Award Winner Promotion of the Utilization of African Indigenous Vegetables in

Kenya: Individual Project; Theatre in Research and Development

(Thi.R.D) A case of African Indigenous Vegetables in Kisii, Nyando

and Siaya Districts in the Lake Victoria region of Kenya. Funded by

the IFS/ CODESRIA, 2000-2002

Award Winner Female Imagination: A Biographical Dictionary of Women Literary

Artists: Senior Scholar Research Award from the Organisation

for Social Science Research in East Africa ( OSSREA)- 2001

Award Winner Song as a Protest tool for the women in Swahili speaking Muslim

Community: A case study of two interior settlements in Kisumu

Municipality. Research Award from the Organisation for Social

Science Research in East Africa ( OSSREA) 1994

Award Winner Research Training Award Workshops on advanced qualitative and

quantitative research methods in Social Sciences. Sponsored by

the International Development Research Center (IDRC) and the

German Foundation for International Development (DSE)

Individual award project: Unyago; the dynamics of socio-cultural

education towards womanhood in the Swahili speaking society: A

case study of Manyatta Arabu Swahili settlement - Kisumu

Municipality 1994-1998.

XI1. RESEARCHES CONDUCTED

1. Mwangaza Project On Science, Technology, Engineering

And Mathematics ( Stem) And Computing Education For Students In

Kenya With Vision Loss ( USAID- 2014- Ongoing )

2.

3.

4.

5.

Baseline Survey towards the establishment of a Leadership

training centre for Women at Kenyatta University (2013:

Ongoing)

Baseline Survey on the Situation of Re- integration of Ex- Offenders

in Kenya: Directorate of Probation and After Care Serves in Kenya.

( 2013: Ongoing )

Study on the impact of the Thika Super Highway on Ruiru

Municipality : Municipal Council of Ruiru. ( 2013: Completed).

Project for Developing a model for enhancing Davis and Shirtliff

Market size through regional Internalization – 2012

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6 Mwai W. Nassanga, Katapa: Baseline Survey for the Utilisation of

Retired Professors in East Africa: Funded by the Rockefeller Foundation – 2009-

2010

7.

8.

Mwai W. Perceptions and Causes of Domestic Violence in Budalangi and

Funyula divisions of Busia District. Funded by Action Aid,- Kisumu, Kenya

2006

Mwai W. Ora- Media for the promotion of good Governance in Kenya . Funded

through the Kenya Oral Literature Association.2006

9.

10.

Mwai W. Evaluation on the implementation of the Convention for Elimination of

all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW Evaluation on the

implementation of the Convention for Elimination of all forms of Discrimination

Against Women (CEDAW)-2006.

Mwai, W. Quality of Learning Environment at ECD Level: Is Kenya on Track

A Case study of ECD centers in Kisumu Municipality - ( IDRC) -2003

11. Mwai W. Gender analysis of the Impact of the Kenya Netherlands Water and

Sanitation (for BKH Consulting Engineers in Rural Domestic Water Supply and

Sanitation Programme (RDWSSP): A field study 1997-2000

12. Mwai W. et al.Adolescent Girl Child Communication Initiative - Testing of Story

Lines through Participatory Rural Appraisal. Research initiative funded by with

UNICEF Regional Office – ESARO- 1994-1997)

XIII. TRAINING MANUALS , RESEARCH REPORTS AND

PROCEEDINGS WRITTEN

1. Training Manual on Transformative Leadership for Africa Center for

Transformative and Inclusive Leadership – ACTIL: ( 2013)

2. Training Manual on Administration in Higher Education for the Regional

Centre for Capacity Development- Kenyatta University: 2013

3. Research Report on Baseline Survey towards the establishment of a

Leadership training centre for Women at Kenyatta University (2013)

4. Research Report on Baseline Survey on the Situation of Re- integration of

Ex- Offenders in Kenya: Research consultancy with Directorate of

Probation and After Care Serves in Kenya. ( 2013:)

5. Study on the impact of the Thika Super Highway on Ruiru Municipality:

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Research consultancy with Municipal Council of Ruiru. ( 2013:

Completed)

6. A proposal for a Strategic development Model towards Regionalization and

Internalization of Davis and Shirtliff- (2011)

7. Mwai W. Nassanga, Katapa: Baseline Survey for the Utilisation of Retired

Professors in East Africa: report submitted to the Rockefeller Foundation –

2011

8. Mwai W. Perceptions and Causes of Domestic Violence in Budalangi and

Funyula divisions of Busia District. Report submitted to Action Aid,-

Kisumu, Kenya 2006

9. Mwai W. Evaluation on the implementation of the Convention for

Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW

Evaluation on the implementation of the Convention for Elimination of all

forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)- Report submitted to

FIDA, KENYA, 2006.

10. Individual project title: Ora-Media for Promotion, Utilization and Marketing

of African Indigenous Vegetables In Bondo, Magu and Mbarara . Joint

research report submitted to the Inter-University Council of East Africa-

Lake Victoria Research (VICRES). 2005/6. 11. Mwai W. et al Appropriate Modules for gender training for In- School

Youths., Research , Module Development and Piloting. Research Report

Document submitted to AAWORD , Dakar 2005.

12. Mwai W. Ora- Media for the promotion of good Governance in Kenya.

report submitted to the Kenya Oral Literature Association. 2004

13. Theatre in Research and Development (Thi.R.D) A case of African

Indigenous Vegetables in Kisii, Nyando and Siaya Districts in the Lake

Victoria region of Kenya. Report submitted to IFS/ CODESRIA 2002

14. Female Imagination: A Biographical Dictionary of Women Literary Artists.-

Research Report submitted to OSSREA, 2001

15. Mwai W. Gender analysis of the Impact of the Kenya Netherlands Water

and Sanitation (for BKH Consulting Engineers in Rural Domestic Water

Supply and Sanitation Programme (RDWSSP): A field study ; Report

submitted to the Kenya Netherlands Embassy. 2000

16. Unyago; the dynamics of socio-cultural education towards womanhood in

the Swahili speaking society: A case study of Manyatta Arabu Swahili

settlement - Kisumu Municipality a research report submitted to German

Foundation for International Development (DSE) 1998.

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17. Mwai W. et al.Adolescent Girl Child Communication Initiative - Testing of

Story Lines through Participatory Rural Appraisal. Research initiative.

Report submitted to the UNICEF Regional Office – ESARO- 1997

18. Song as a Protest tool for the women in Swahili speaking Muslim

Community: A case study of two interior settlements in Kisumu

Municipality. Research report submitted to OSSREA in 1994.

XIV. PUBLISHED BOOKS

1. Mwai, Wangari; Nassanga ; Katapa ( 2013) Utilization of Retired Senior Academics

in the East African region. Nairobi Academic Press, Kenya.

2. Mwai, Wangari ( 2010) Songs for the Bride: A Literary Analysis of Unyago Nuptial

Songs; Lambert Academic Publishers, Germany

3. Mwai, Wangari ( 2010): New Trends in Ushairi: A Socio - Historical Study of

Ushairi; Lambert Academic Publishers, Germany

4. Mwai, Wangari and Obura Oluoch (2010) Female Imagination: A Biographical Study

of Women Literary Artists from the East African Region; Lambert Academic

Publishers, Germany.

5. Mwai, Wangari and Wanjama Leah: ( Ongoing Research ) A-Z of Leadership: A

Dictionary of Terms and Concepts on Leadership

6. Mwai, Wangari and Sauda Swaleh ( Ongoing Research ) An Alphabetical

Approach to Definitions of Terms and Concepts in Mentoring and Coaching.

XV. AWARDS AND GRANTS 2014: Member of the consortium which generated the successful proposal for the establishment

of the Young African Leadership Initiative ( YALI) in Kenyatta University

2014: Principal Researcher in the Research Award winning proposal from the National Academy

of Sciences

2014: Member of the Grant winning Proposal Writing Committee for the establishment of the

Africa Center for Transformative and Inclusive Leadership – ACTIL in Kenyatta University

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XVI: PUBLICATIONS WITH STUDENTS

1. Mwai, Wangari, Wamue, Mwangi Relationship between Alcoholism and Family

Cohesion : A Gender Analysis of Kigio Location, Gatanga District , Kenya .

International Journal of Education and Research Vol.1 No. 7, July, 2013. 1SSN: 2201-

6333 ( print) July, 2013

2. Mwai, Wangari and Kweingotti, Reuben ( 2011) Ritualization among the Abanyole

of Kenya: A study of cleansing rituals.: Lambert Academic Publishers, Germany

3. Oloo, Pamela ( 2010) Gender and Language: An analysis of Margaret Ogola’s The

River and the Source: Lambert Academic Publishers, Germany

4. Rodrigue Rwirahira: (2012) The concept of heroism in Rwandese insigamigani

texts.

5. Nanyama, Deborah and Mwai Wangari: The protrayal of Youths in Novels of John

Habwe. International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences ( Vol. 2:2) Special

Issue- January 2012.

6. Kasigwa Barnabas (2012) : Ambivalence of Life and Death: Death as leitmotif in

John Ruganda's Drama: Lambert Academic Publishers, Germany

6. Kimongo, David; Mwai Wangari, Mbugua Mungai (2012) Urban Youth Folklore

genres: Mchongoano : Lambert Academic Publishers, Germany

XVI: CHAPTERS IN PUBLISHED BOOKS

1. Mwai, Wangari: Disability Literature: The lives of persons with disability as told

in selected Bio- graphies from Kenya. Chapter in Institute of French Research

in Africa ( IFRA) publication. 2013

2. Mwai, Wangari: Imagi(ni)ng the Character of persons with Disabilities: An

analysis of the motif of the princess who could not smile: Chapter in Institute

of French Research in Africa ( IFRA) publication. 2012

3. Mwai, Wangari : Drama in Africa: An Introduction: Chapter in Introduction to

Drama in Africa, 2012

4. Mwai, Wangari Governance and Development in East Africa: A Feminist

Perspective. A chapter in Governance and Development in East Africa 2006-pp

11-23

5. Mwai, Wangari Th.I. R.D A Case For African indigenous Vegetables in the

Lake Victoria Region of Kenya A Chapter in Our Narratives, Our Landscapes. A

KOLA Publication ,2006

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6. Mwai, Wangari Behind every Landscape there is a story. A Chapter in the Our

Narratives, Our Landscapes. A KOLA Publication ,2006

7. Mwai, Wangari Women in Development in Kenya; 1970 - 2000 a chapter in

Kenya; The making of a Nation , a publication of the Institute of Research and

Postgraduate Studies (IRPS), Maseno University 2000.

8. Mwai, Wangari Lectures in Kiswahili Language and Literature - for the External

Degree programme of the University of Nairobi.(1989)

9. Mwai, Wangari Performance; an integral part in the teaching of Oral Literature

A chapter in Kenya Oral Literature Association Publication.(1994)

XVII. PAPERS PUBLISHED IN REFEREED JOURNALS AND

INSTITUTION-BASED PUBLICATIONS

1. Mwai, Wangari, Wamue, Mwangi Relationship between Alcoholism and Family

Cohesion : A Gender Analysis of Kigio Location, Gatanga District , Kenya .

International Journal of Education and Research Vol.1 No. 7, July, 2013. 1SSN:

2201- 6333 ( print) . (2013)

2. Mwai, Wangari : Self Discovery Tools For Better Self And Other Leaderships:

A Personal Experience With Goleman’s Five Discoveries. Journal of Human and

Social Science Research (HSSR). ( 2013)/ (online)

3. Mwai, Wangari : Imagi(ni)ng the Character of persons with Disabilities: An

analysis of the motif of the princess who could not smile:

Journal: Science Journal Of Psychology .ISSN: 2276-6278 ( 2013)

4. Mwai, Wangari : Ora- Media and the promotion of African Indigenous Vegetables

in Kisii, Siaya and Nyando Ditricts of Nyanza Province, Lake Victoria Region,

Kenya. in Journal of Communication and Culture, Volume 3, Number 3,

December, (2012)

5. Mwai, Wangari and Runo Mary : Nurturing Multiple Intelligences Through

African Indigenous Education: A Case Study Of Unyago A Swahili Girls To

Women Nuptial Institution. International Journal of Education and Research

(IJER) ( 2013) .ISSN: 2201- 6333 ( Print) . ISSN : 2201- 6740 / ( online)

6. Nanyama, Deborah and Mwai Wangari: The protrayal of Youths in Novels of John

Habwe. International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences ( Vol. 2:2) Special

Issue- January 2012. ISSN: 2220- 8488 ( Print) . ISSN : 2221- 0989 / ( online )

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7. Mwai, Wangari : Women, Politics and the Media in Africa, A Case Study of

Kenya. ECHO; Journal of the Association for African Women in Research and

Development, 2008

8. Mwai, Wangari and Omwalo Bryson:The Biblical Biography of Jesus Christ.

Maseno Journal of Arts and Social Sciences ( MUFASS JOURNAL) Vol.1.3 (

2007)

9. Mwai, Wangari and Ong’injo Mary: Re-Reading Of The Pauline Writings From A

Feminist Perspective Maseno Journal of Arts and Social Sciences ( MUFASS

JOURNAL) Vol.1.2 ( 2006)

10. Mwai, Wangari Gender and Social Science Research: A chapter in Maseno

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences ( MUFASS JOURNAL) Vol.1.1( 2006)

11. Mwai, Wangari Swahili Poetry; its origin, Growth and Development. A chapter in

the Maseno Journal of Education, Arts and Science - Vol. 2.1.(1995).

12. Mwai, Wangari Book review on Barking, you will be eaten. A chapter in the

Maseno Journal of Education, Arts and Science - Vol. 2.1.(1995).

XVIII. PAPERS PRESENTED AT PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES

1. Disability Literature: The Invisible Child Character: An Analysis of the

Portrait of the child with disability in three selected autobiographies from

Kenya: Paper presented at the International Conference on in Kampala,

Uganda, February, 2013

2. Imagi(ni)ng the Character of persons with Disabilities: An analysis of the

motif of the princess who could not smile; Paper presented at the KU-

Institute of French Research in Africa ( IFRA) Conference in Nairobi,

Kenya. 2012

3. Kenyatta University Outreach through enhancing uptake of research

Findings: Paper presented at the Capacitate East Africa Project Workshop.

July, 2012 at KUCC

4. The Relevance of Research in Transformational and Accountable

Leadership: Key note paper presented at the 24TH

Postgraduate Seminar

14th

, June, 2012. Kenyatta University , Nairobi

5. The Role of the Literature and Language Teacher towards the achievement

of the Vision 2030: Key note paper presented at the National Language

and Literature Teacher’ summit 30th

to 31st, May 2012 . Kenya Institute of

Education , Nairobi

6. Writing Successful Grant proposals: Paper presented at the AAU- EASRN

HIV/ AIDs research Methodology Workshop on 29th

to 30th

May, 2012.

Kenyatta University Conference Centre.

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7. Mwai, Wangari: Re- engineering and Repackaging Research

Management at Kenyatta University. At the Fourth INORMS Congress,

Copenhagen , Denmark. May 2012

8. Why Study Literature? Key Note paper at the best student award ceremony in

the Department of Literature University of Nairobi ( March, 2012)

9. Mwai, Wangari: Narrativising the experiences of a Nation: Imag(in)ing

Kenya’s experiences in the poetry of Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye in Make it Sing, ,

Paper presented at the Regional literature and History conference, at the

University of Nairobi October, 2011

10. Mwai, Wangari and Mwangi, Minae: Mainstreaming ICT in Teaching,

Learning and Research: A Case of Kenyatta University: Paper Presented at

June, 2010 : Fifth Regional Conference on Information and Communication

Technology in Higher Education. Nairobi, Moi University Campus

11. Mwai, Wangari and Mwangi, Minae: Subversion of Familial social spaces;

Perspectives on the internet and electronic media in Kenyan Households.

Paper presented at the June, 2010 Pan- African Family Strength International

Conference ; Kenyatta University, North Coast Hotel

12. Mwai, Wangari : The 5Ws and H for Mainstreaming Gender in the Water

sector. Paper presented at the March, 2010 Water sector Gender Action Plan

Development workshop. KCB Leadeship Center, Karen, Nairobi

13. Mwai, Wangari: Imagi(ni)ng the Woman Politician in the Media: An

Overview of Kenya. Paper presented at the December, 2009, AAWORD

Workshop on Gender and Political Participation, Dakar Senegal

14. Mwai, Wangari: Wealth Creation through the Utilization of African Indigenous

Vegetables. Research Paper presented in the 1st KU Research Conference of

28th

_30th

April, 2009 : Moving Research to Wealth Creation

15. Mwai, Wangari: Our Landscapes Our Wealth. Research Paper presented in the

1st KU Research Conference of 28

th _30

th April, 2009: Moving Research to

Wealth Creation

16. Mwai, Wangari: Narrativizing the wealth potential in Persons with

Disabilities: The motif of the princess who could not smile. Research Paper

presented in the 1st KU Research Conference 2009.

XVIII. PROFFESSIONAL DUTIES

1. External Editor: FEMNET’s bi-annual Journal The Africa Women’s Journal

2. Peer Reviewer: Journal of Special Needs Education, Nairobi Academic Press

3. Peer Reviewer: Science Journal Publications.

4. External examiner: Literature , Chuka University : 2013 ongoing

5. External Peer Reviewer for Professors at Masinde Muliro University _ September, 2012

6. External examiner: Literature , Bondo University College : 2012 ongoing

7. Chair of the National awards jury of the National Council for Science and Technology

2012

8. Member: Panel for the selection of the award winning Writer of the Wahome Mutahi

Award (2012)

9. Member: Panel for the selection of the award winning Writer of the Jomo Kenyatta

Foundation (2011)

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10. Member: National Task Force on the re- alignment of the Education sector to the

Constitution, 2010 and the Vision, 2030 ( 2011- 2012 ) Chair: Regulatory and Legal

Framework sub- committee

11. Member : Kenyatta University Senate ( 2010 -2012)

12. Member of Scientific and Publications Committee: Association of African Woman in

Research and Development (AAWORD).( 2009- Present)

13. External Examiner, Literature Egerton University - Laikipia Campus. 2007 ongoing

14. External Examiner University of Nairobi, CEES. 2002 -2005

15. External Examiner, Literature Kenyatta University. 2004 to 2008

16. Member of National Team- National Peace Unit Program( 2000- 2007)

17. Member of National Team – Engendering the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper.( 1995-

2000)

18. Founder member/Director : Empowerment for Development (EMPODEV) Kisumu,

19. Member - Collaborative Centre for Gender and Development (CCGD) . (1997 to present)

20. Executive Committee Member- Writers Association of Kenya (WAK)- 1997- 2000)

21. Member/ Research Consultant - Unicef Artists and Intellectuals( 1994- 2000)

22. Executive Committee Member- Kenya Oral Literature Association (KOLA) ( 1998-

2009)

23. Qualitative Researcher -The Kisumu Convention - The Street Child Chapter ( 1997-

2007)

24. Research Member .Quaresh: Qualitative Educational Researchers in East Africa.(1994-

2000)

XIX. PUBLIC DUTIES 1. National Recognition Award of the Order of The Grand Warrior ( OGW) -

December, 2012

2. Member, Nyeri County Education Board. 2013

3. Member - Independent Accountability Committee for CSOs and FBOs in Africa: 2012

4. Arch- Deacon. Diocese of Mt. Kenya West. Irindi Archdeaconry. ( August 2012-

Ongoing

5. Vicar – in – charge: Diocese of Mt. Kenya West: Irindi Parish Archdeaconry. ( August

2012- 0ngoing

6. Chair. Curriculum Development Committee. Anglican University of Kenya ( 2011 to

Present)

7. Member: BOG. St. Andrew’s Theological College. Kabare ( 2011- Present)

8. Chair: BOG. Othaya Boys High school. ( 2011 to Present)

9. Member: BOG. Kiamuya Secondary School. Othaya. (2010- Present)

10. Member: BOG. Unjiru Polytechnic, Othaya. (2010- Present)

11. Member: DEB Nyeri South District. (2010- Present)

12. Member: The Synod and clergy chapter; ACK Diocese of MT Kenya West ( 2009 –

Present

13. Member: The Synod and clergy chapter; ACK Diocese of MT Keya West ( 2009 –

Present

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XX. UNDERGRADUATE AND POST GRADUATE TEACHING Has taught undergraduate and Postgraduate students in areas of Gender,

Literature and Research Methods and Statistics.

XXI. SUPERVISION & EXAMINATION OF MASTERS THESES

Ongoing

STUDENT NAME TITLE OF THESIS

Rodrigue Rwirahira

The construction of heroism and patriotism in Rwandese insigamigani texts.

( Thesis). 2011

Immaculate Wahove Frodwa Female Artists, Male Characters: A Study of Margaret Ogola’s Novels.(

Thesis). 2012

Kariuki, Rose The African Autobiography as a Source of Oral Literature. ( Project)

Karamuta Rosemary Determinants of performance of Kenya Police Officers Investigating Crimes

in Nyeri Police Division , Nyeri County ( Thesis)

Wakesho, Julia Gender Dimensions in Chughano of the Taita

Mwangi Lucy Wamaitha Challenges facing Male Pupils in Primary Schools in Mukurweini District,

Nyeri County

Janet Mwikali Kilingi

The impact of women enterprise fund (WEF) on gender relations at

household level. a case of Mombasa County, Kenya.

Elizabeth Gachuiri

The War Motif in Imbuga’s The Return of Mgofu and Ruganda’s Shreds of

Tenderness

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Mwangi Mary Muthoni

The impact of Micro-finance programs on Women’s Empowerment with

special reference to KWFT in Kangundo, Kenya.

Mutua Margaret Wausi

Effects Of Domestic Violence On Men And Women In Kariobangi Estate Of

Machakos Town, Machakos County

Completed

Oloo Pamela Gender and Language: An Analysis of Margaret

Ogola’s The River And The Source.( Thesis)

2004

2005

Njoka, Freshia Wairimu The Female Writer And Her Commitment: An

Analysis of Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye’s Selected

Works. ( Thesis)

2005

2006

Mosoti, Edwin Song and Dance in Roodt’s Film Sarafina. ( Thesis) 2006 2007

Odhatcha, Pamela A Comparative Study of the Portrayal of the

Girlchild by Francis Imbuga and Margaret Ogolla.(

Thesis)

2005

2006

Jagero Lillian Uchambuzi na Ulinganifu wa matumizi ya

Teknohama kati ya shule za Upili za Maranda na

Kaimosi. ( Thesis)

2008

2009

Ochieng Vitalis The role of CBOs in the Fight Against HIV/ AIDs in

Kisumu, Kenya. ( Thesis)

2010

2011

Kasigwa, Barnabas The death motif in John Ruganda’s drama based on

selected. ( Thesis)

2009

2011

Mwangi Alice

Wambui

Alcoholism and Family Strength: A Gender

Analysis of Study of Gatanga, Murang’a District.

( Thesis)

2010

2011

Maina Agnes Wanjiru Effects of Television Viewing on the Behavior of

Pre- School Children: A Comparative Study of

Preschool boys and Girls in Thika Municipality (

Project)

2010

2011

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Wesonga O. Robert

Portrayal of the Kenyan Secondary School Student

Contemporary Kenyan Television Drama: A study

of Tahidi High

( Thesis)

2010

2011

Kimongo, David Mwangi Urban youth folklore genre: A literary analysis of

the context and content of Mchongoano. ( Thesis)

2010 2011

Omwansa Wycliffe

An Aesthetic and Communicative analysis of

Okwaroka, the Abagusii Male initiation Ritual

Drama. ( Thesis)

2009

2011

Oimba Monicah Stylistic features in Okemwa’s Poetry ( Project) 2010 2012

Njika Gillian An Evaluation of Youth Friendliness in selected

Reproductive Programmes in Kisumu. ( Thesis)

2009

2011

Tiira Monicah Challenges facing participation of girls with special

needs in inclusive primary education in Kenya: A

Study of Chuka, Meru

2011

2013

Mwaura Phoebe Mumbi Femininity and masculinity in Primary Schools

Children Drama: An Analysis Of The Kenya

National Drama Festival 2004-2010.

2011

2013

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XXII. SUPERVISION OF PH. D. DISSERTATIONS

Ongoing

STUDENT NAME TITLE OF THESIS

Odhatcha Pamela Family and Power in Literature: A Comparative study of the Biographies of

Wangari Maathai and Margaret Thatcher

Okoth, Zipporah

Drama and Psychotherapy: A study of Performance as therapy for survivors

of Female Genital Mutilation ( FGM) in Kajiado Kenya.

Oimba, Monica Performing Gender in Community Theatre: A study of Community Projects

in Homa Bay

Tengya Pomak Frank Drama as a literary Response to Africa’s Social and Political Realities; A

comparative study of selected Kenyan and Nigerian Drama

Completed

NAME OF

STUDENT

TITLE OF THESIS DATE OF

COMPLETION

YEAR OF

GRADUATION

Kweingotti

Reuben

Ritualization: A Study of

cleansing A Among The

Abanyole of Western Kenya.

2006

2007

Oloo Pamela Language and the discourse

of HIV/ AIDs in the Luo

region of Lake Victoria,

Kenya.

2007

2008

Gachari

Regina

Gender Analysis of

Literature set Books in the

KCSE

2009

2012

Nanyama

Deborah

Ujana na Vijana katika

Vitabu vya John Habwe

2007 2012

Wasambo

Were

African Rituals as Edurama:

A study of Imbalu among the

Bukusu of Western Kenya.

2009 2014

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XXIII. PARTICIPATION IN PROFESSIONAL WORKSHOPS AND

CONFERENCES 23rd. To 31st May, 2014 : Lead trainer for the Training of Women Political Leaders

from Zimbabwe on Transformative and inclusive leadership ( ACTIL- KUCC)

24th

. To 1st May, , 2014 : Lead trainer for the Training of Women Political Leaders

from Somalia Land on Transformative and inclusive leadership ( ACTIL- Hargeisa,

Somali Land)

13th

To 16th

May, 2014 : Lead trainer for the Training of Women Political Leaders

from Somalia on Transformative and inclusive leadership . ( ACTIL Addis Ababa –

Ethiopia)

23rd

. To 31st, June, 2014 : Lead trainer for the Training of Trainers on

Transformative and inclusive leadership in Agribusiness (ACTIL- Ethiopia)

1st. To 6

th December, 2013 : Lead trainer for the Training of Trainers on

Transformative and inclusive leadership in Agribusiness ( Ethiopia)

26th

to 30th

September, 2013: Association For Commonwealth Universities

Conference and ToT on Gender Mainstreaming in Higher Education. Lillian Towers

Nairobi

May, 16, 2013: Policy Forum on Governance Reforms in Higher Education in Africa

( (Represented the Vice Chancellor, Kenyatta University)

10th

to 14th

December, 2012: Initiative on Research and Innovation Management

( iRIM) training in Lusaka , Zambia

October, 2012: Stakeholders workshop on Medium Term Plans for the Higher

Education Sector ( Represented the Vice Chancellor, Kenyatta University)

August, 2012: Participant in the UN- WOMEN regional conference on Championing

women’s leadership: Delivering the one third promise to Kenya

June , 2012: Stakeholders workshop on the initiation of University Science,

Technology and Innovation Congress and Prioritization of the National Research

Agenda, Kenya ( Represented the Vice Chancellor, Kenyatta University)

May, 2012: Fourth congress of International Network of Research Managers and

administrators, Copenhagen, Denmark

October, 2011: Conference on Critical Theory and the formation of a Nation- State

University of Nairobi. Kenya

September, 2010 4th

Association of Africa Universities Leadership Skills Development

workshop ( LEDEV).

June, 2010 : Fifth Regional Conference on Information and Communication

Technology in Higher Education; Nairobi .Kenya.

June, 2010 : Pan- African Family Strength International Conference; Mombasa. Kenya

April, 2010: The Rockefeller Foundation Africa workshop for Grantees: Nairobi.

Kenya

March, 2010: Developing success Narratives on Strengthening the Gender

Mainstreaming Capacity in the Water Sector; Nairobi. Kenya

December, 2009: AAWORD Workshop on Gender and Political Participation; Dakar.

Senegal

October,2009: CASE Conference on “Educational Advancement in Africa”. Accra

Ghana

August, 2009: Annual Kenyatta University Research Conference; Nairobi. Kenya

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XXIV. REFEREES

Prof. Henry Thairu

The Cairpeoson: Commission for Higher Education, Kenya.

P.O. Box 60550 – 00200

NAIROBI Cellphone: 0722753967

E-mail: hmthairu@gmail.com

Prof. Neils Arnfred

The Director , Executive Masters in Business ( EMBA)

Copenhagen Business School / Mt. Kenya University

Soldalen 21, DK- 2100, Copenhagen.

Local Cell phone: 0719303060

Email: niels.arnfred@gmail.comwananchi.com

Prof. Oluoch Obura

Professor of Literature

Kenyatta University

P.O. Box 43844, 00100

NAIROBI Cellphone: 0722570102

E-mail: oluoch__obura@yahoo.com

Prof. Mary Walingo

The Vice Chancellor l

Masai Mara University

P.O BOX

NAROK

Cellphone : 070178336

Email : marywalingo@yahoo.com

Prof. Catherine Muhoma

Deputy Vice Chancellor ( Finance and Development)

Maseno University

P.O BOX 333- MASENO

Cellphone : 0722610210

Email : muhomacatherine@yahoo.com