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Assistant Lecturer
Email: hsitati@chuka.ac.ke
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of Social Sciences
FIELD OF SPECIALISATION
Geographic Information System and Global Positioning Systems mapping, Map reading and aerial photo interpretation
WORK EXPERIENCE /EXTERNAL EXAMINATION
August 2021 – present: Section head for the geography section in the department of Social Sciences, Chuka university
July 2019 – Present: Assistant Lecturer (Geography), Chuka University
October 2014 – June 2017: Programme Officer- Research at Women Educational Researchers of Kenya (WERK) in the Wasichana Wote Wasome (WWW) Project
2010 to 2019: Part-time Lecturing of Geography, MT. Kenya University, Kenyatta University main, Kitui and Mombasa Campus, Technical University of Kenya, African Nazarene University, Catholic University of Eastern Africa and Zetech University
2010-2011: Project Assistant for the Integrated Watershed Management Network (IWMNet)
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Student of Urban Geography at the Department of Geography, Population and Environmental Studies at University of Nairobi since 2020
Kenyatta University 2005-2009 M.A. Urban and Regional Planning and Development
Kenyatta University 2000-2004 Bachelors of Education [Mathematics and Geography]
RECENT SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2010: Commercialization of Handicrafts as a Livelihood option for the Maasai of Kajiado, Kenya
2019: upcoming- Societal structures affecting boys’ participation and performance in public primary schools in Busia and Kirinyaga
2. Muyaka, J & Sitati, H. (2021). Societal Structures and their Influence on Boys’ Participation in Education in Public Primary Schools
in Busia and Kirinyaga Counties in Kenya. Journal of African Interdisciplinary Studies. 5(10), 44 – 62.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Green infrastructure
Social Statistics
Mapping
Project planning, management and evaluation