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Assistant Lecturer
Email: awamuyu@chuka.ac.ke
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of Social Sciences
FIELD OF SPECIALIZATION
Human Geographer
WORK EXPERIENCE
2009 to date: Assistant Lecturer in Geography, Chuka University
March 2009-June 2009: Senior research assistant, City Council of Nairobi. Project entitled, ‘Integrated solid waste Management Master Plan for Nairobi ‘Funded by United Nation Environmental Programme (UNEP) – My duties were, coordinating collection of socio-economic data, data collection, analysis and report writing.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Tree planting in Water catchment Areas in Konyu Location, Nyeri County – April 2024
EDUCATION
PhD (Population Studies) – Ongoing, University of Nairobi
Master of Science (Population Studies), University of Nairobi
B.Sc. in Geography, University of Nairobi
KCSE – Bishop Gatimu Ngandu Girls
KEY RESEARCH PROJECTS
1. 2019 Jan- to date: Assessment of Rainwater Harvesting Technologies in Semi-Arid regions in Kenya
2. 2015- Sept 2017: Baseline Survey for Project affected persons on construction of stormwater drainage in Embu Town. Duties were data collection and analysis
3. 2015-June: Baseline Survey for improvement of slaughter off-farm infrastructures in Tharaka Nithi County. Main duties were data collection from main stakeholders and data analysis
4. 2014-Oct: Baseline Survey for improvement of slaughter off-farm infrastructures in Makueni County. Main duties were data collection from main stakeholders and analysis
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Investigating the role of human population in water resources sustainability.