Professor of African Literature / Director, Quality Assurance
Email: cmuriungi@chuka.ac.ke
Faculty: Humanities and Social Sciences.
Department: Humanities.
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Highly accomplished academic who is a Full Professor and senior university administrator with over two decades of experience, leading community-anchored research, gender mainstreaming initiatives, and educational quality assurance frameworks in East Africa. Expert in Children’s and adolescent Literature, literacy, gender-transformative approaches, and community outreach targeting vulnerable and marginalized groups in rural Kenya (including Tharaka Nithi, Kisii, and the Kakuma refugee contexts). Proven track record as a Principal Investigator (PI) managing international donor-funded grants such as CODE Canada.
WORK EXPERIENCE
18th December 2019 (Ongoing): Full Professor of African Literature at Chuka University.
28th June 2016 – December 2019: Associate Professor of African Literature at Chuka University.
22nd May 2012 to June 2016: Senior Lecturer, at Chuka University.
February 2011 to May 2012: Full-time lecturer at Chuka University College.
October 2007 to February 2011: Full-time lecturer at Kenyatta University, Nairobi.
December 2012 to April 2013: part time lecturer at Mt. Kenya University, Thika – teaching Masters courses in literature.
August 2006 – April 2010: Part time lecturer at Christ the Teacher Institute for Education (CTIE), Tangaza College, Kenya.
August to December 2007: Part time lecturer at DePaul University (Nairobi Campus), at Tangaza College.
August 2006 to December 2007: Part time lecturer at Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA)
February to November 2005: Tutor in the School of Accountancy, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
February 2004 to May 2005: Tutor in the Department of African Literature, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
January 1999 to January 2002: High School Teacher and Deputy Principal, Mukothima Girls Secondary School, Tharaka, Kenya.
OFFICE/ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Acting Vice Chancellor, Chuka University:
– 29th April – 3rd May 2026.
– 23rd June – 27th June 2025.
– 25th – 28th February 2025.
2. May 27th – July 15th 2026 – Acting Director, Performance Contracting.
3. 23rd June – 27th June 2025 – Ag. Vice Chancellor, Chuka University.
4. October 2019 – Appointed Director, (Quality Assurance), Chuka University – (Ongoing – Term renewed in 2023 and 2026).
5. September 2017 – Re-elected Faculty Dean (Second Term), Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Now Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.
6. August 2015 – Elected Faculty Dean, Faculty of Arts and Humanities (First term).
7. 11th – 26th August 2015 – Acting COD, Department of Arts and Humanities.
8. January 2013 – August 2015 – Faculty of Arts and Humanities, representative to the Chuka University Senate.
9. June 2012 – Acting Dean, Faculty of Arts and Humanities.
10. February 2012 – Acting COD, Department of Arts and Humanities.
11. September to December 2011 – Ag. Dean Faculty of Arts and Humanities.
12. 7th November 2011 – August 2015 – Senate representative to the Board of Undergraduate Studies, Chuka University.
13. May 2011 to January 2013 – Faculty of Arts and Humanities, representative to the Chuka University College Academic Board.
EDUCATION
2003 – 2006: Doctor of Philosophy in African Literature (Children’s Literature), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
2002 – 2003: Master of Arts in African Literature, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
1994 – 1998: Bachelor of Education, Arts (English and Literature), Kenyatta University, Nairobi
1989 – 1992: Kaaga Girls High School, Meru, Kenya – KCSE
1981 – 1988: Mukothima Primary School in Tharaka, Kenya – KCPE
OTHER TRAINING
1. Retooling Universities’ Academic Staff in Competence Based Education and Training (CBET) – by Commission for University Education (CUE). – at Machakos University Hotel and Conference Center (24th – 28th August 2026).
2. Leveraging Artificial Intelligence for Internal and External Quality Assurance– by Commission for University Education (CUE). At Morendat Conference and Training Centre in Naivasha (27th – 28th November 2025).
3. Training on Quality Audit Strategy and on Competence Based Education (CBE)– Trained by Commission for University Education (CUE) online – (12th March 2024).
4. Internal Quality Assurance (IQA) Training for University Quality Assurance (QA) Directors – Trained by Commission for University Education (CUE) at Sawela Lodge Naivasha – (13th – 16th March 2023).
5. International Deans’ Course (IDC) Africa 2017/2018 – Training on Dialogue on Innovative Higher Education Strategic Management.
6. Internal Quality Management Systems Auditor – Trained by Millennium Consultants at Chuka University.
7. Pedagogical Methods in University Training and Examining – trained by Egerton University/Chuka University.
8. Fundable Research Proposal Writing – trained by Chuka University College.
9. ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System (QMS) Training Based on ISO 19011 (15th – 19th January 2018).
OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
MEMBERSHIP TO PROFESSIONAL/ACADEMIC BODIES
1. Member, East African Higher Education Quality Assurance Network
2. Member, Kenya Quality Assurance Network.
3. Member, International Society for the Oral Literatures of Africa (ISOLA).
4. Member, Kenya Oral Literature Association (KOLA).
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Published University Level Book(s)
1. Cultural Archives of Atrocity: Essays on the Protest Tradition Kenyan Literature Culture and Society. New York and London, Routledge, 2019. Co-edited Charles Kebaya and J.K.S Makokha. 400pp. ISBN: 978-036720-54-54.
Papers Published in Refereed Journals, Websites and Book Chapters
1. Kamankura Nelly & Muriungi, C.K. “Motherhood In Context: An Analysis of Edwidge Dancticat’s Breath, Eyes, Memory”. International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) Volume X Issue VI (July, 2026).
https://rsisinternational.org/journals/ijriss/uploads/vol10-iss6-pg11170-11179-202607_pdf.pdf
2. Muriungi, C.K., Andima G. M & Kwenga, J. (March 2026) “Leveraging Multilingual Classroom Realities for Grade 3 Learners’ Literacy Development in Kakuma Refugee Context”. TLFC Reports Webpage;
https://code.ngo/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Muriungi_Full_Report_2026-04-16-A4C.pdf
3. Andima G. M and Muriungi, C.K. (June, 2025). “Examining the Sexual and Reproductive Health Literacy Crisis for Adolescents in Rural Primary Schools in Kisii Central Sub-County, Kenya”. Published on CODE Website. PP. 1-36.
https://code.ngo/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Andima-Muriungi_Context-Matters_Final-Paper.pdf
4. Muriungi C. K and Andima, G. M. (2023) “Giving Voice to Girls in Vulnerable Contexts: Experiences from School Literacy Clubs”. In Literacy for Social Equity: Selected Papers from the 11th Pan African Literacy for All Conference, 2019. Ed. Kate Parry. Kampala: RAU, August 2023, pp. 45-60. (ISBN: 978-9970-766-56-7).
5. Omondi H. O., Muriungi, C. K and Mukasa, A. (2023) “Epochal Relevance of Selected Post Millennial Short Stories in East Africa”. International Journal of Language, Linguistics, Literature and Culture. Vol. 02, No. 04; 2023. Pp. 52-67. (https://doi.org/10.59009/ijlllc.2023.0033). ISSN: 2583-6560.
6. Muriungi, C.K. (2021) “The Use of Orality to Invoke Setting and Thematic Aspects in Children’s Stories”. In Ngano: The Journal of Eastern African Oral Literature. Issue number 2, June (2021), PP. 28-40.
7. Muriungi, C.K. and Andima G. M (May, 2020). A Gender Community Outreach for Girls Living in Vulnerable Contexts: Experiences from School Literacy Clubs in Tharaka Nithi County, Kenya. Published on CODE Website. Results for 2018 Context Matters Grants.
Access links: https://code.ngo/approach/research-initiatives/#research-papers Research Paper
8. Muriungi, C.K. (2019). Textual Subversion in the Representation of Mau Mau Atrocities in Settler Writing in Kenya. In Cultural Archives of Atrocity: Essays on the Protest Tradition Kenyan Literature Culture and Society. pp. 183-193.
9. Muriungi, C.K. (2019). Developing Guidelines to Ensure Higher Transition of Postgraduate Students in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Chuka University, Kenya. In Managing Change at Universities. Vol. III, pp. 129-144.
10. Muriungi, C.K. A Gaze at the Place of the Female Figure in Post-Apartheid South Africa: The Case of Zukiswa Wanner’s The Madams. In The International Journal of Humanities and Social Studies, Vol 7 Issue 7, July, (2019), PP. 346-351.
11. Muriungi, C.K. (2019). Representation of Socio-Economic Activities and Conflict in Traditional Oral Narratives of the Tharaka People in Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal – Vol.6, No.7 July, 2019. Pp. 385-392.
12. Kangangi, W. & Muriungi, C. K. (2019). The Postcolonial Economic Ideology and Construction of Gikuyu Romance: Analysis of Selected Gikuyu Popular Songs. In THEIJHSS. Vol 7 Issue 9, September, (2019), PP: 306-318.
13. Okari, S. O., Muriungi, C. K. & Waita, N. Z. Linearity and Cyclic Conception of Time in Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s Petals of Blood and Wizard of the Crow. In International Journal of ELT, Linguistics and Comparative Literature Vol. 5 No. 4 August 2017, pp: 77-82.
14. Kithinji, C.M, Okelo, D. O & Muriungi C. K. Pre-colonial History of the Thagichu. In International Journal of Education and Research, Vol. 4 No. 8 August, 2016, pp.: 189-202.
15. Kithinji, C.M, Okelo, D. O & Muriungi C. K. A History of Social Exclusion and Poverty of the Thagichu of Igembe Sub-County, Meru County from 1907 to 1962. International Journal of Innovative Research and Development. Volume 5, Issue 9, August 2016: 161-173.
16. Ireri, H., Muriungi, P., Waita, Z. & Muriungi, C.K. Strategies Used For Emphasis in Kimuthambi. Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal – Vol.3, No.7, August 2016, Pp. 118-132.
17. Muriungi, C. K. 2015. Reading Pan-Africanism through Biographical Narratives for Young Readers in Kenya. American International Journal of Humanities and Social Science. Vo. 1, No. 1: 15-21.
18. Kaimenyi, C. K. & Muriungi, C. K. Gender Mainstreaming: Perspectives and Insights in Kenya. Journal of Environmental Sustainability Advancement Research. Vol. 1, 2015: 81-89.
19. Mbaka, N., Muriungi, P., & Muriungi, C. 2015. Consonant Substitution in Gichuka Loanwords. International Journal of Humanities and Social Studies.
20. Ntarangwi, L., Muriungi, P., & Muriungi, C. 2015. A Syntactic Analysis of Agreement in Gitigania. IJSELL. 3(9): 42-63.
21. Ireri, H., Muriungi, P., Waita, Z. & Muriungi, C. 2015. Strategies used for Persuasion in Kimuthambi. Journal of Literature, Languages and Linguistics. 15: 65-80.
22. Ireri, H., Muriungi, P., Waita, Z. & Muriungi, C. 2015. Speech Act Features of Kimuthambi Utterances used for Persuasion. International Journal of English.
23. Muriungi C. & Ntarangwi L. 2015. “Patterns of Agreement in Gitigania”. International Journal of Innovative Research and Development. Vol 4 Issue 13: 89-114.
24. Kagwanja, E. W. M, Muriungi, C. K. & Waita, N. Z. 2015. “Innovation and Change in Social Construction of Gender as Depicted in Gikuyu Songs”. International Journal of Education and Human Developments. Vol. 1 No. 2: 17-22.
25. Kagwanja, E. W. M, Muriungi, C. K. & Waita, N. Z. 2015. “Social Construction of Gender in Gikuyu Community”. In International Journal of Arts and Commerce, Vol. 4 No. 6: 120-130.
26. Kagwanja E. W. M, Muriungi, C. K. & Waita, N. Z. 2015. “Resistance and Subversion of Traditional Social Construction of Gender in Gikuyu Narratives, Songs and Proverbs”. In AIJCR Vol. 5, No. 3: 55-62.
27. Njagi M. W., Muriungi, C. K., & Peter, C. A. 2014. “Effectiveness of Professional Development of Teachers in Selected Schools in Tharaka-Nithi and Meru County, Kenya”. In American International Journal of Contemporary Research. Vol. 4, No. 8: 142-148.
28. Muriungi C.K. & Muraya M. W. 2014. “Historical analysis of the changing place of female circumcision in the construction of gender roles, values and relations among the Agikuyu people in Kenya”. In International Journal of Arts and Art History. Vol. 2, No. 1: 27-46.
Online: http://aripd.org/journals/ijaah/Vol_2_No_1_March_2014/4.pdf
29. Muriungi C.K and Muraya, M. W. 2014. “A Historical Overview of the Representation of Female Characters in Children’s Fiction in Kenya”. In International Journal of Liberal Arts and Social Science. Vol. 2 No. 6.
30. Muriungi C. K. 2014. “Transformations in Kenyan Children’s Prose Fiction” in Journal of Arts and Humanities. Vol. 3, No. 4: 88-98.
31. Muriungi C. K. and Muriiki, A. K. 2013. “An Analysis of Gender Based Violence in African Literature” in International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (IJHSS). Vol. 3 No. 12: 117-123.
32. Muriungi, C. K. “Cultural Relevance of Children’s Books in Kenya: The Case of Captured by Raiders by Benjamin Wegesa” in Mousaion: South African Journal for Information Studies. Vol. 29 (3) – 2011: 140-153.
33. Muriungi, C. K. “Invoking the Community: Orality and Cultural Diversity in Biographical Narratives for Children in Kenya” in Journal of Languages and Culture. Vol. 2 (11): 186-193, November 2011. Online: http://www.academicjournals.org/article/article1379500214_Muriungi.pdf
34. Muriungi, C. K. “Representation of Heroines in Contemporary Kenyan Children’s and Young Adult Literature” in Sankofa Volume 10 (November, 2011): 24-33.
35. Muriungi, C. K. “It’s never just one road”: Genga-Idowu et la prostitution dans l’espace urbain de Nairobi (Genga-Idowu and Prostitution in Urban Nairobi). In Etudes Littéraires Africaines (Studies in African Literature). Vol. 12, June (2011): 50-56.
36. Muriungi, C. K. “New Directions in Kenyan Children’s Literature: Individual Stories as Narratives of Colonial Invasion and Decolonization”. In Journal of African Children’s and Young Adult Literature. 20-21 January 2010.
37. Muriungi, C. K. “Teaching History through Fiction: The Mau Mau Narrative in Contemporary Kenyan Children’s Literature”. In The Journal of Children’s Literature Studies. 2(2) July 2005: 13-28.
38. Muriungi, C. K. “Breaking the Chains”: Female Bonding and Cultural Emancipation in an Emergent Urban Space in Kenya”. In Africa Insight. 35(2) June 2005: 33-40.
39. Muriungi, C. K. “Let’s Sing our Heroes: A Comparison of Biographical Series for Children in Kenya and South Africa” In Literator: Journal of Literary Criticism and Comparative Linguistics and Literary Studies. 25(3) Nov. 2004: 181-197.
40. Muriungi, C. K. “The “Sweet Pepper”: Prostitution Declosetted in Kenyan Women’s Writing”. In InterText (Electronic Journal). 4(2), Winter 2004: 285-312.
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Conferences Attended with Paper(s) Presented
1. 25th – 27th June 2026 – The Mombasa Women’s Summit. Panel discussion: “Women in Social Spaces, Community Resilience, Strategic Decision-Making, and Sustainable Livelihoods” (with Dr. Domeniter Naomi Kathula – DVC (Academic, Research & Extension), Management University of Africa • Ms. Lydia Magutsa – Director, ISPPME, Zimbabwe • Dr. Samuel Kiti Lewa – Chairman, UONAA Diplomacy Chapter).
2. 13th-17th October 2025 – The 15th Pan African Literacy for All (PALFA) Conference in Lagos, Nigeria. Paper Title: “Leveraging on the multilingual classroom realities to develop grade 3 learners reading comprehension skills in Kakuma refugee context in Kenya” (with Dr. George Andima).
3. 29th-30th August 2024 – The 1st Annual Pan-African Synthetic Phonics Summit – held at Marriott Protea Waterfront in Cape Town.
4. 11th-12th July 2024 – Inaugural Research Conference in Humanities and Social Sciences. Paper Title: “Sexual and Reproductive Health Literacy Crisis for Adolescents in Rural Primary Schools in Kisii Central Sub-County, Kenya” (with Dr. Andima George, Kisii University).
5. 23rd-25th August 2023 – The 13th PALFA Conference in Nairobi. Paper Title: “Unearthing the Sexual and Reproductive Health Literacy Crisis for Adolescents in Rural Primary Schools in Kisii Central Sub-County, Kenya”.
6. 12th-14th May 2022 – The Annual Kenya Oral Literature Association (KOLA) Conference Held at Moana Research Station, Diani. Conference Theme: Shifting Paradigms: From Traditional Ethnic Oralities to National Oralities In Oral Literature Performance. Paper Title: “The Use of Orality to Represent Cultural Diversity in Biographical Narratives for Children in Kenya”.
7. 19th-21st October 2021 – Panel Presentation of the CODE’s Context Matters Research Grant Program (with Engida Gabre, Andima George, Hellen Inyega and John Mitana) in the 12th Bi-annual Pan-African Literacy for All (PALFA) Conference Program at Mulungushi Conference Center, Lusaka, Zambia.
8. 19th-21st October 2021 – Paper presentation (with Andima George) in the 12th Bi-annual Pan-African Literacy for All (PALFA) Conference Program at Mulungushi Conference Center, Lusaka, Zambia. Paper Title: “Literacy During The Covid-19 Pandemic: Empowerment Opportunities For Girls Living In Vulnerable Contexts”.
9. Panel Presentation (with Prof. Ndirangu Mwangi, Egerton University, Kenya and Prof. Hellen Inyega, University of Nairobi, Kenya) in The 65th Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES), on April 25 – May 2, 2021, in Seattle, Washington. Presentation Title: “Listening to Voices from the Periphery: How Research Funders Can Enact Social Responsibility Within the Realm of International Educational Research”. (Virtual).
10. 6th – 8th November, 2019 (with Miriti, G, Kirimi, H, and Karuri, M.) – The 6th Chuka University International Conference. Conference Theme: “Leveraging Entrepreneurial Research and Education for Sustainable Development (LERESD)” – Paper Title: Marking Identity through Language in Social Media Discourse by Chuka University Students.
11. 6th – 8th November, 2019 (with Hawala A. and Waita, Z. N.) – The 6th Chuka University International Conference. Conference Theme: “Leveraging Entrepreneurial Research and Education for Sustainable Development (LERESD)” – Paper Title: The Transformed Masculinity in Margaret Ogola’s The River and the Source and I Swear by Apollo.
12. 22nd August 2019 – Symposium by CODE – CONTEXT MATTERS at the 11th Pan African Literacy for All (PALFA) Conference held in Serena, Kampala on 20th – 22nd August 2019. Paper Title: “A Gender Community Outreach through Literacy among Girls Living in Poverty in Tharaka North Sub County, Tharaka Nithi County, Kenya”.
13. 20th – 22nd August 2019 – The 11th PALFA Conference in Serena Hotel, Kampala. Conference title: Literacy: A Bridge to Equity. Paper Title: “Amplifying the plight of Girls in Vulnerable Contexts through Literacy Clubs; Experiences from Tharaka Nithi County, Kenya”.
14. 17th-21st April 2019 – Kenya Oral Literature Association Annual Conference, held at Modern Guest House Ukunda (Diani, South Coast), Kwale County, Kenya. Conference theme: Orality in the 21st Century Africa. Paper Title: The Use of Orality to Invoke Setting and Thematic Aspects in Children’s Stories.
15. 19th – 21st June 2018 – The 5th Humboldt Kolleg (conference), organized by Alexander Von Humboldt Fellows in Kenya (AVHF-K). Conference title: The Role of Alumni Networks and Collaboration in Multidisciplinary Research. Paper Title: “The Place of the Female Figure in Post-Apartheid South Africa”.
16. 22nd – 24th August, 2017 – 4TH IBBY AFRICA REGIONAL CONFERENCE, Kampala, Uganda. Title of the paper: “New Directions in Kenyan Children’s Literature: An Analysis of Selected Biographical Narratives for Children and Young Adults.”
17. 26th-28th October 2016 (with Mbaka N. W and Muriungi, P. K.) – 3rd Chuka University International Research Conference (paper presented: “Strategies Used for Persuasion in Kimuthambi”).
18. 24th-27th May 2016 – 3rd Laikipia International Conference. (Paper presented: “Memory, Violence and the configuration of the Society: A brief Investigation of Oral Genres from the Tharaka People in Kenya”).
19. 28th – 30th October 2015 (with Ireri, H. K. and Muriungi, P. K) – 2nd International Research Conference on Mainstreaming Research Commercialization for Sustainable Development. (Paper Presented: “Speech Act Features of Kimuthambi Utterances used for Persuasion”).
20. 29th-31st October 2014 (with Kaimenyi Catherine.) – First International Research Conference on Enhancing Innovation for Sustainable Development in the 21st Century. (Paper presented: Gender Mainstreaming: Perspectives and Insights in Kenya).
21. 6th-8th August 2014: International Conference on African Languages and Literatures. (Paper Presented: “Reading Pan-Africanism through Biographical Narratives for Young Readers in Kenya” – conference proceedings). At Kenyatta University, Kenya.
22. 1st-3rd August 2012: International Conference on Gender Based Violence at Kenyatta University, Kenya. Conference title: Creating Safe Spaces: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Gender Based Violence. (Paper presented: “My Grandmother is to Blame”: A Literary Appraisal of Gender-Based Violence – proceedings published).
23. 31st Aug. – 2nd Sept. 2011: 1st Biennial IBBY-Africa Conference at the Ranch Polokwane, South Africa. Conference title: The travelling stories: children’s literature and reading in and out of Africa. (Paper presented: “Cultural Relevance of Children’s Books: A Case of Captured by Raiders by Benjamin Wegesa”).
24. 15th April 2005: Wits PhD Forum, the School of Literature and Language Studies. (Paper presented: “Representation of Heroines in Contemporary Kenyan Children’s Literature”).
25. 8th-11th Sept 2004: “Imagining Texts: Media and Popular literature” at CALS, UKZN Conference in Pietermaritzburg, S. Africa. (Paper presented: “The “Sweet Pepper”: Prostitution Declosetted in Kenyan Women’s writing”).
26. 12th-13th Sept. 2003: Wits/RAU Postgraduate Conference. (Paper presented: “Biographies as Fictional Narratives: Emerging Trends in Kenyan Children’s Literature”).
SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS ATTENDED
1. 20th And 21st August, 2026 – 1st Vice Chancellors’ Consultative Forum Conference on the Draft Competence-Based Education (CBE) Framework for University Education in Kenya, Commission for University Education (CUE) at United States International University-Africa (USIU-A).
2. 17th – 19th June, 2026 – The National Productivity and Performance Conference, at Kenya School of Government, Lower Kabete, Nairobi.
3. 28th Oct. 2024 – Sensitization on Classification of Academic Programmes in Kenyan Universities (The Code Book) – Online.
4. 21st June 2024 – Universities Dialogue on Artificial Intelligence (AI) Workshop – at Sawela Lodge, Naivasha.
5. 7th April 2022 – Context Matters Information Session. Presented a paper with Dr. George Andima.
6. 16th – 21st July, 2018. Congress organized by the Organization for Promoting Geoversal Civilization (OPGC) – KICC, Nairobi.
7. 30th – 31st May, 2018 – Proposal Writing Workshop Held at Chuka University.
8. 4th – 9th February, 2018 – DIES International Deans’ Course Africa Part III, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
9. 7th-11th November, 2017 – DIES International Deans’ Course Africa Part II, in Kampala, Uganda.
10. 29th August – 1st September 2017 – ISO Core Team Training at Heritage Hotel in Nkubu, Meru.
11. 19th–30th June 2017 – DIES International Deans’ Course “Africa” 2017/2018, Part I in Osnabrück and Berlin, Germany.
12. 1st November 2013 – 3rd Pedagogy Training Workshop at Chuka University.
13. 13th – 14th September 2012: 1st Stakeholders’ Conference on Sustainable Management of Water Resources in Mt. Kenya Catchment Zone – at Sportsman’s Arms Hotel, Nanyuki.
14. 25th – 28th June 2012: ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System Internal Auditor Training Course based on ISO 19011 – Guidelines on Auditing Management Systems – course facilitated by Millennium Management Consultants, at Chuka University College.
15. 22nd February 2012: Awareness Training Workshop based on Quality Management Systems ISO 9001:2008. Workshop facilitated by Millennium Management Consultants at Chuka University College.
16. 24th June 2011: Funded Proposal Training Workshop, at Chuka University College.
17. 21st June 2011: Seminar on Competence Development at Chuka University College.
18. 4th – 5th May 2011: Seminar on Pedagogy and Academic Advising at Chuka University College.
19. 14th May 2010: Seminar on HIV/AIDS Awareness – At Kenyatta University (Kitui Campus).
20. 26th March 2009: Seminar on Students’ Mentorship Programme at Kenyatta University Conference Centre (KUCC).
21. November 2008: Seminar on ISO Certification, Kenyatta University Conference Centre (KUCC).
22. 23rd April 2002: Proposal Writing Workshop for the Humanities, Graduate School, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
23. 30th April 2002: Plagiarism, Citation and Referencing Workshop, Graduate School for Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
REVIEWED ARTICLES AND PROPOSALS
1. Reviewed forty-two (42) Context Matters proposals and shortlisted five (5) for funding – 2022.
2. Peer Reviewed a book proposal – an edited collection entitled Reimagining Kenyan Cinema by Charles Kebaya & Odhiambo Christopher Joseph – to be Published by Palgrave Macmillan Books, May 2021.
3. ‘Language for Mediation of Socio-Economic Atrocities: The Urban Novel vis-à-vis Streetwise Discourse in Nairobi’ – Published as a book chapter, 2019.
4. “Representation of Memory and Trauma in Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s Memoirs” – Published as a book chapter, 2019.
5. “Conceptual Metaphors in Ken Walibora’s Novel: “Kidagaa Kimemwozea”- published by Journal of Environmental Sustainability Advancement Research, 2017.
6. “Contextual Factors Affecting Gender Mainstreaming in The Public Sector: Ministry of Education, Eastern Province” – published by Journal of Environmental Sustainability Advancement Research, 2016.
7. Reviewed articles for the Chuka University Journal first issue: The Journal of Environmental Sustainability Advancement Research, Vol. 1, 2015.
8. “Sweetening the Didactic Pill; Edutainment Strategies in Four Children’s Biographies by Ezekiel Alembi”. Published in: Intersections of Literature, Drama, Theatre, Culture and Education in Contemporary Kenya: A Festschrift in Honour of Dr. Ezekiel Alembi, 2012.
9. “The Role of Community Radio Broadcasting and Folk Media in Community Development: The Case Study of Mt. Kenya Region”. A proposal for funding by Chuka University.
10. “Negotiating Urban Spaces: Confronting the Dilemmas of Language Barrier in Dealing with Sexual Violence and Community Integration among Female refugees in Kampala, Uganda”. Published by the Centre for Gender Equity and Empowerment, Kenyatta University.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
1. African Children’s Literature
2. African Literature and Literacy
3. Gender Issues and Cultural Studies
3. Post-Colonial Studies
POSTGRADUATE TOPICS SUPERVISED
1. PhD
1. Language Change to Meet Modern Communicative Needs: An Analysis of Lexical Changes in Gichuka, A Kenyan Bantu Language
2. A Pragmatic Analysis of Persuasion in Kimuthambi
3. Social Exclusion and Poverty of the Thagichu of Igembe, Meru County Kenya from 1907 to 2015
4. Principles Governing Affix Ordering in Kimwimbi
5. Theatre and Radio Advertising: Cultural Stylistics and Popular Strategies
6. Social Media Discourse of Chuka University Students on WhatsApp Platforms
7. The Audio- and Audio-visual Medium of Narrative Construction in Selected Gikuyu Popular Songs
Ongoing PhD Supervision
1. The Antagonist Character in African Drama: Conflict and Aesthetics in Selected Plays
2. Masters
1. Honours project
2. Representation of the Boy Character in Children’s Books
3. The Female Voice and the Future of Gender Relationships in Nigerian Nation in Chimamanda Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus and Half of a Yellow Sun
4. Female Characters in the Contemporary Oral Narrative in the Kenya Schools’ and Colleges’ Drama Festival
5. Social Constructions of Gender in Gikuyu Oral Literature
6. A Syntactic Analysis of Agreement in Gitigania
7. Natural Settings in Literature: The Case of Weather and Landscape in Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the d’Urbervilles
8. Existentialism and Literature: A Case Study of Ngugi’s The River Between, Petals of Blood and Wizard of the Crow
9. Linguistic Investigation into the Use of Euphemisms in Kirariere – A Gitigania Circumcision Song
10. Celebrating the Pan African Spirit through Bob Marley’s Political Music
11. Code Mixing Strategies of Kikuyu English and Kiswahili
12. Masculinity in Margaret Ogola’s Novels: A Case Study of The River and the Source and I Swear by Apollo
13. Criminality and Social Setups in Kenyan Popular Literature
14. History of Representative Politics and Its Socio-Economic Implications on the Kadimo Clan of Yimbo in Siaya County, Kenya, From 1902–63
15. Magic Realism and the Post-Colonial Experience in Ngugi Wa Thiong’o’s Devil on the Cross, Matigari and Wizard of the Crow
16. Oral Literature in Alternative Rites of Passage among the Igembe People of Meru County, Kenya
17. Socio-cultural and Economic Resurgence in Selected Post-millennial Short Stories in East Africa
18. Popular Music as a Tool for Representation and Sensitization: A Study of Selected Kenyan Hip Hop Songs
19. The Trope of Motherhood in Caribbean Literature
Ongoing Masters Supervision
20. Representation of Nature and Future in Selected African Children’s Literature Texts
21. Trauma, Repression and Single Fatherhood in Richard Power’s Bewilderment and Maurice Carlos’ We Cast a Shadow