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Associate Professor
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of Humanities
FIELD OF SPECIALIZATION
Sociolinguistics and Contact linguistics
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Patron- Chuka University Christian Union-2012-2019
Church Elder-Jerusha Kanyua Memorial Church-Ndagani Parish, Chuka Presbytery
Service Chairperson- Jerusha Kanyua Memorial Church-English Service
Board Member- Ndagani Secondary School
WORK EXPERIENCE
2023-Present: Associate Professor of Linguistics, Chuka University
2019-2023: Senior Lecturer (Grade 13), Chuka University
2015- 2019: Lecturer (Grade 12) , Chuka University
2012-2015: Assistant Lecturer (Grade 11), Chuka University
2010-2012: External Lecturer, Chuka University College
2009-2012: HOD Clubs and Societies (Job Group N), Chuka High School
2005-2008: HOD Languages (Job Group M), Ndagani Sec. School Curriculum Mistress
1993-2004 : Teacher, HOD (Job Group L), Ikuu Boys High School
1991-1993 Team Member / Later Leader, Trinity Fellowship
1988-1990 Teacher (Job Group K), Marigat Sec. School
EDUCATION
2012-2015- Ph.D. In Linguistic studies from Chuka University.
2005-2010-MA in English and Linguistics from Egerton University.
1984-1988- B.Ed. (Arts) in English and Literature from Kenyatta University.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
1. Member –Chuka University Christian Union Advisory Board (2016 to date) 2. Chuka University Christian Union Patron (2015- 2022)
3. Chuka University Christian Union Co- Patron (2012-2015)
4. Member of Joint Service Board, Chuka University
5. Chairperson-P.C.E. A JKMC – Jerusha Kanyua Memorial Church-First Service (2012- 2021)
6. Chairperson-Committee that developed the Strategic Plan (2018-2022) for P.C.E.A. Jerusha Kanyua Memorial Church.
7. Church Elder- PCEA Jerusha Kanyua Memorial Church- Ndagani Parrish (2012 to Present)
8. Member of Board- Ndagani Secondary school
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL BODIES
Member of International Association of Multilingualism since 2017.
MEMBERSHIP IN OTHER BODIES
Associate Member-Fellowship of Christian Unions (FOCUS)
KEY RESEARCH PROJECTS
2010: The Implementation Status of Kenya’s Language in Education Policy: A case Study of Selected Primary Schools in Meru South District-Chuka Division
2015: Language Change to Meet Modern Communicative Needs: An Analysis of Lexical Changes in Gichuka-A Kenyan Bantu Language
2019-An Analysis of the Trilingual Competence of a Five–Year Old
SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS
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POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCH INTERESTS
1. 2022-2024-From the LIKE field school experience, as the PI we have written a proposal entitled “Meru Tonal Dialectology” for which we are looking for funding. This is a collaborative research Project.
2. 2019-2022-Carried out a Research on “The Communicative Competence of a Kenyan Trilingual at Age Five”.
POST GRADUATE TOPICS SUPERVISED
MA in English and Linguistics
1. A Syntactic Analysis of Kĩmbeere Relative Clauses
2. A Pragmatic Analysis of Presuppositions and Speech Acts in Kĩembu Popular Songs
3. A Pragmatic Analysis of Names Given to Businesses in Chogoria Town
4. Face Threatening and Politeness Strategies used by Members of Parliament.
5. An Autosegmental Analysis of Nominal and Verbal Tone in Gĩtigania.
6. An Investigation of Kĩtharaka Language Shift in Kenyan Urban Settings.
7. An Analysis of the Communication Strategies Used by TSC and Ministry of Education to Convey Policy Guidelines.
8. A Morph-semantic Analysis of Kĩmerũ Anthronymy with Reference to Kĩ-imenti Variety
9. The Ethnography of Speaking Among Mĩraa Harvesters in Meru County-Kenya.
Ph.D in Linguistics
1. Non-Equivalence in Kikamba Bible Translation.
2. Analysis of Cross- Metaphorical Coherence in Gĩchuka Social Discourse
3. An Analysis of Metadiscourse Markers in English and Kiswahili doctoral Dissertation in Kenya
4. A Discourse Analysis of Female Rhetorical Tools on Twitter
5. Kenyans on Twitter as an Imagined Community of Language Users.
6. A Pragmatic Analysis of the Language of Condolence in Kĩmwĩmbĩ.