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Lecturer
Email: anyakundi@chuka.ac.ke
Faculty: Humanities and Social Sciences
Department: Humanities
FIELD OF SPECIALIZATION
Communication
WORK EXPERIENCE
September 2019 – present: Chuka University, Senior Lecturer in Communication and Media Studies, Department of Humanities
September 2015- September 2019: Pan Africa Christian University, Lecturer in the Department of Communication, Languages and Linguistics
September 2008- September 2015: Alliance High School, Teacher of English and Literature
June 2001- September 2006: St. Paul’s Manga Secondary School, Nyamira , Teacher of English and Literature
ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES
October 2016- September 2019: Head of the Department of Communication, Languages and Linguistics at Pan Africa Christian University
May 2015- September 2015: Head of English (Alliance High School)
March 2010- September 2015: Senior House Master (Aggrey House- Alliance High School).
EDUCATION
2010-2015: PhD Mass Communication, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
2006- 2010: Master of Arts in English and Linguistics, Kenyatta University
1995- 1999: B Ed (Arts) Linguistics and Literature, University of Nairobi
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
2018-present: Member of the Society of Adventist Communicators
2009-present: Member, Multilingual Education Network, Kenya
COMMUNITY SERVICE
January 2021- December 2023: First Elder, Seventh-day Adventist Church, Katani Main, Mavoko Sub-county, Machakos County
April 2019: Chaired PAC University Communication students’ fundraising activities towards the purchase of dustbins for the Mathari National Teaching and Referral Hospital
December 2018- December 2019: Church Elder, Seventh-day Adventist Church, Kikuyu Central, Kikuyu Sub-county, Kiambu County
31 May 2018: Presented textbooks to pupils of Nyamisaro D.O.K. Primary School, Kisii County, Sameta Sub-County, Kisii County during their Education Day
September 2017: Chaired the Committee that organized a roundtable discussion on ‘Saying No to Hate Speech and Embracing National Cohesion and Integration in Kenya’. The discussion was held at Pan Africa Christian University on 11 September 2017.
December 2017- December 2018: Director Family Life Ministries, Seventh-day Adventist Church, Kikuyu Central, Kikuyu Sub-county, Kiambu County
April 2014: Spoke to class 8 pupils of Utafiti Primary School in Limuru on composition writing skills.
September 2012 and July 2013: Spoke to Form 4 candidates of Machakos Boys’ High School, Maranda High School, Precious Blood Girls’ School, Riruta and St. Mary’s School, Yala respectively on examination techniques in English Paper 1, 2 and 3.
KEY RESEARCH PROJECTS
1. 2016-present: Co-investigator in a multidisciplinary multi-institutional research involving Machakos University, Kenyatta University and Chuka University that won the National Research Fund Multidisciplinary Research Grant 2016-2017 Financial Year.
2. Research title: A Situational Analysis of HIV/AIDS Intervention Measures in Kisii County
3. 2016 – present: Co-investigator in a multidisciplinary multi-institutional team from Chuka University, Kenya Private Sector Alliance and Embu University that won the National Research Fund Multidisciplinary Research Grant 2016-2017 Financial Year.
4. Research title: Enhancing Youth Employability Readiness in Kenya through Career Mapping
SCHOLALRLY PUBLICATIONS
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RESEARCH INTERESTS
Health Communication, Development Communication
POSTGRADUATE TOPICS SUPERVISED
1. The Influence of Ethical Leadership on School Performance: A Case of Public Secondary Schools in Dagoretti North Constituency, Nairobi County.
2. The Influence of Social Networking Sites on the Quality of Marital Relationships among Couples in Selected CITAM Assemblies in Nairobi
3. Assessment of Psychological Coping Skills of Family Care Givers of Patients with Colorectal Cancer: A Case Study of Family Members of a Cancer Support Group, Nairobi
4. An Assessment of the Influence of Social Media on the Social Behaviours of the Youths in Mbarara Town, Uganda.
5. The Influence of Authentic Leadership, Leadership Efficacy, and the Governance of County Referral Hospitals in Kenya
6. Business and Economic Journalism in Kenya: The Practice and its Influence on Investment and Economic Decisions
7. Paediatric Palliative Care Communication Approaches and their Outcomes in Kenya
8. Sustainability of Start-up Educational Publishers in Nairobi County, Kenya: The Role of Strategic Leadership
9. Transformational Leadership Strategies used in Fighting Drug Abuse among Students in Public Secondary Schools in Kajiado County.