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CURRICULUM VITAE Name: Oanda Ibrahim Ogachi, (Ph.D., M.ED, B.Ed, Kenyatta University). Date of Birth: 1968 Nationality: Kenyan Current Position: Associate Professor Telephone: 254-733745636/ 254 706449679 E-mail: [email protected]/[email protected] Areas of Specialization; Sociology of Education, Education and Policy Studies, Higher Education, Women and Gender studies, Basic Education, Education and Social Policy Research in Developing Countries A. EDUCATION AND WORK EXPERIENCE September 2005-July 2006- Rockefeller Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Centre for African Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA Research Focus: The Development of Women and Gender Studies as A discipline in East African Universities 1998-2002-Phd, Kenyatta University Thesis Title: The implications of Community Financing on the Quality of Primary Schooling in Kenya; Case studies from Kajiado and South Kisii Districts Sponsor- Kenyatta University and German Academic Exchange program (DAAD) 1991-1994-Med, Kenyatta University Thesis Title: Perceptions of Secondary School Teachers and Students on the Role of Social Education and Ethics in the Moral Socialization of the youth in Kenya. 1987-1990-B: Ed, Kenyatta University Courses taken-History, Kiswahili, Education units Degree Status-Passed with upper 2 nd class, Honours. Work Experience May 2014-Appointed Associate Professor, Department of Educational Foundations, Kenyatta University JUNE 2012-August 2014- (As part of sabbatical) Coordinator, Carnegie Corporation of New York funded programme on Higher Education Leadership in Africa at the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), Dakar, Senegal Main Duties o Advertise and commission research networks o Monitor Financial and technical aspects of the various research networks o Review mid-term and final reports from the research networks for publication

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CURRICULUM VITAE Name: Oanda Ibrahim Ogachi, (Ph.D., M.ED, B.Ed, Kenyatta University). Date of Birth: 1968 Nationality: Kenyan Current Position: Associate Professor Telephone: 254-733745636/ 254 706449679 E-mail: [email protected]/[email protected] Areas of Specialization; Sociology of Education, Education and Policy Studies, Higher Education, Women and Gender studies, Basic Education, Education and Social Policy Research in Developing Countries

A. EDUCATION AND WORK EXPERIENCE September 2005-July 2006- Rockefeller Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Centre for African Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA Research Focus: The Development of Women and Gender Studies as A discipline in East African Universities 1998-2002-Phd, Kenyatta University Thesis Title: The implications of Community Financing on the Quality of Primary Schooling in Kenya; Case studies from Kajiado and South Kisii Districts Sponsor- Kenyatta University and German Academic Exchange program (DAAD) 1991-1994-Med, Kenyatta University Thesis Title: Perceptions of Secondary School Teachers and Students on the Role of Social Education and Ethics in the Moral Socialization of the youth in Kenya. 1987-1990-B: Ed, Kenyatta University Courses taken-History, Kiswahili, Education units Degree Status-Passed with upper 2nd class, Honours.

Work Experience May 2014-Appointed Associate Professor, Department of Educational Foundations, Kenyatta University JUNE 2012-August 2014- (As part of sabbatical) Coordinator, Carnegie Corporation of New York funded programme on Higher Education Leadership in Africa at the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), Dakar, Senegal Main Duties

o Advertise and commission research networks o Monitor Financial and technical aspects of the various research networks o Review mid-term and final reports from the research networks for publication

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August, 2008-May 2014- Senior Lecturer, Department of Educational Foundations, Kenyatta University Main Duties

o Teaching courses in Educational Research Methods o Sociology of Education and Policy Studies o Higher Education o Supervision of Graduate Students o Departmental Academic Advisor o Supervision and Examination of post-graduate students o Undertake other Departmental administrative Responsibilities

March, 2003-August 2008, Lecturer, Department of Educational foundations, Kenyatta University Main Duties

o Taught courses in Sociology of Education and Philosophy of education o Supervision of Graduate students o Departmental administrative Responsibilities

September 2005-July 2006- Rockefeller Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Centre for African Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA 1996-March 2003, Tutorial Fellow, Department of Educational Foundations, Kenyatta University Nov-Dec 1998-, visiting lecturer, National University of Rwanda-Butare 1995-1996-, Graduate Assistant, Department of Educational foundations, Kenyatta University 1994-Oct-1995, Assistant Lecturer in Education, Kenya Technical Teachers College 1990-1991-Graduate Teacher, Oriwo Secondary School, Nyanza

B. Publications

1. On-Going: ‘Higher Education and Social Policy in East Africa; Historical and Contemporary Challenges’ Proposal for Book Project Submitted CODESRIA for Funding under the CODESRIA Text Book Project Program 2. 2013; With James o. Jowi, Milton Obamba, Chika Sehoole, and Goski Alabi; Governance of Higher Education, Research and Innovation in Ghana, Kenya and Uganda. OECD

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Programme on Innovation, Higher Education and Research for Development IHERD 3. 2013, December - Internationalization of Higher education and Implications for Research and Development Trends in African Universities, in ‘The Development of Higher Education in Africa; Prospects and Challenges. Emerald group publishing; Pages -69-97 4. 2013; December - Implications of alternative Higher Education Financing Polices on Equity and Quality; the Kenyan Experience, In Funding Higher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa, Damter Teferra, editor, Palgrave MacMillan. Pages 98-129 5. 2012(With James Jowi). University Expansion and the Challenges to Social Development in Kenya: Dilemmas and Pitfalls. Journal of higher Education in Africa, Volume 1; CODESRIA, Dakar Senegal 6. 2012; A Review of Health-Related Education Theatre in Kenya with Special Focus on Non-Communicable Diseases and Risk Factors: A Survey of existing Networks and Capacities. Steno Health Promotion Centre/ Steno Diabetes Centre; Monograph 7. 2011; (Ibrahim Oanda & Hocine Khelfaoui). Academic Freedom in Africa; Between Local Powers and international Donors; Journal of Higher Education in Africa; VOL 1&2 8. 2011; Neo-Liberalism and the Subversion of Academic Freedom from within: Money, Corporate Cultures and ‘Captured Intellectuals in African Public Universities’, Journal of Higher Education in Africa; VOL 1&2 9. 2011, November, (With Caleb Gudo and Maureen Olel) University Expansion in Kenya and Issues of Quality Education: Challenges and Opportunities. International Journal of Business and Social Science, Vol 2, No 20, pp 203-214 10. 2011; Transforming Education and Development Policies for Pastoralist Communities in Kenya through the Integration of Indigenous Knowledge Systems, OSSREA, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 11. May 2011, (With Calleb Gudo and Maureen Olel), ‘Role of Institutional Managers in Quality Assurance: Reflections on Kenya’s University Education’ Australian Journal of Business and Management Research Vol.1 No.2, pp113-124 12. 2010: ‘Addressing Gender Inequality in Higher Education through Targeted institutional Responses; field Evidence from Kenya and Nigeria’, In Higher Education in Africa: Equity, Access, Opportunity; pp69-85, New York, Institute of International Education (with Lilian-Rita). 13. August 2010, ‘African Higher Education in the Context of Internationalization: Altruistic Partnerships or Global Academic Pillage; A review Essay of Damtew Teferra and Jane Knight (Eds)’s “Higher Education in Africa: The international Dimension”. In African Review of Books, vol 6 No 1, 6-7. ISSN: 0851-7592

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14. September 2009, ‘Internationalization VS Regionalization of Higher Education in East Africa and the Challenges of Quality Assurance and Knowledge Production’ Higher Education Policy, 22(331-347) International Association of Universities 15. August 2008: The implications of privatization and private Higher Education on Access and Knowledge production in Kenya; CODESRIA Book Series, Dakar, Senegal (With Fatuma Chege and Daniel Wesonga) 16. 2008, (with Prof D.N Sifuna) ‘Education, School: Anglophone Eastern Africa; School education in Anglo-phone Eastern Africa during the Colonial period’ Eds John Middleton and Joseph C. Miller; New Encyclopaedia of Africa, Gale publishers, USA pp 207-210 17. 2008, (with Prof Daniel Sifuna and Nobuhide Sawamura; ‘An Analysis of UPE Finance and administration policies in Kenya’ in A comparative analysis on Universal primary education policy, finance and administration systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: Findings from field work in Ghana, Kenya, Malawi and Uganda; eds Mikiko Nishimura and Keichi Ogawa, Japan, Kobe University’s graduate school of international cooperation studies (GSICS).

18. 2006; October: Women and Gender Studies In East African Universities and the need for a transformative pedagogy; Issues and challenges, OSSREA Bulletin, vol iii (3) 30-36

19. 2006-Co-editor, with Prof Daniel Sifuna and Dr Fatuma Chege, Themes in the Study of the Foundations of Education, Jomo Kenyatta Foundation, Nairobi 20. 2006-‘Education ideas of the 19th and 20th Centuries’ in, Themes in the Study of the Foundations of Education, D.N Sifuna, Fatuma Chege and I.O Oanda, eds, Nairobi, Jomo Kenyatta Foundation, pp 48-59 20. 2006-‘Education and Society’, in, Themes in the Study of the Foundations of Education, pp227-234 21. 2006-‘Education and the Socialization Process’, in, Themes in the Study of the Foundations of Education, pp235-241 22. 2006-‘Gender and Education’, in, Themes in the Study of the Foundations of Education, pp266-272 23. 2006-‘Education, Modernity and National Development’, in, Themes in the Foundations of Education, pp278-286 24. 2005-‘New frontiers of Exclusion: Private Higher Education and Women’s Opportunities in Kenya, Journal of Higher Education in Africa, Boston College and CODESRIA, 3 (3) 87-105 25. 2004-‘Education and Development’ in, Introduction to Development Studies for Africa, D.M Muia and J.E Otiende, eds. Acacia publishers, Nairobi

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26. 2002-‘Civil Society and Educational Development in Kenya in the context of limited state budgets’ in Development policy management in Sub-Saharan Africa Bulletin, Vol ix No 2 27. 2001- ‘Education and Democratization in Kenya; Past experiences and future trends’, in, Education, Gender and Democracy in Kenya, J.E Otiende and G.K Njoroge, eds, Quest and Insight, in association with friends of the book foundation, Nairobi, pp47-65. 28. 2001- ‘A book Review of Laurie Derose, et al’s ‘Who is hungry? How do we know? Food shortage, poverty and Deprivation’, Africa Journal of food and Nutritional Security, pp71-75 29. 2000-(with prof J.E Otiende), ‘Social Studies in Kenya’, in, Social Studies in African Education, Michael B. Adeyemi, ed, Pyramid publishing company, Gaborone 30. 1999-‘Economic Reform, Political Liberalization and Economic Ethnic conflict in Kenya’, African Development, vol xxxiv, 1&2, CODESRIA, Dakar, Senegal

C. Research work, Awards and consultancies 1. 2014-on-going (Ibrahim Oanda/ African Network for internationalization of Education, ANIE); Mapping and Analysis of social science research landscape in Kenya. Commissioned by DFiD, Nairobi 2. 2013-on-going, Country coordinator, Research project on ‘Universities, Employability and Inclusive Development. Commissioned by British Council/ University of London, Institute of Education/Kenyatta University, 3. 2012-On-going, part of sabbatical research project, ‘‘Academic Staff Unions and engagement in Leadership and Management of Public Universities in East Africa. CODESRIA/Carnegie Corporation, NY. 4. May 2012-todate- Lead researcher (With Johnson Ishengoma and David Onen) ‘Management and Governance Reforms in Universities in East Africa and the Challenges to Nurturing and Sustaining Academic Leadership’. CODESRIA 5. March 2012- December 2012. The African Dimension of Engagements between African Diaspora Academics in the U.S. and Canada and African Institutions of Higher Education; Sub-contracted by Prof Paul T Zeleza/ Loyola Marymount University (USA), Carnegie Corporation of New York 6. October 2010; Peer Review of Curriculum Implementation and Quality Assurance processes in Somaliland Universities; a European Union funded project on ‘Networking in Higher Education and Capacity Development (SHERnet), Implemented by CfBT and Kenyatta University. 7. June 2010: ‘A Review of Session Paper No 1 of 2005, and Draft Kenya Education Sector

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Policy Framework’; a consultant Report Undertaken for Elimu Yetu Coalition (EYC). 8. March 2010; Awarded grant from Association of African Universities (AAU); under the MRCI Program to undertake study on ‘Institutional Initiatives to Enhance Participation, Access, Retention and Success in African Higher Education: A Multi-Country Study on Good Practice to Inform Policy’. 9. June-October, 2009; Member, team of experts Commissioned by the IUCEA and EAC to prepare Kenya country Education Report for the Process of Harmonization of Education and Training within EAC member countries 10. October, 2007- Won the Ford Foundation Sponsored, Council for the International Exchange of Scholars (CIES)/ Institute of International Education (IIE) Research Fellowship on African Higher Education Collaborative (AHEC) Research program. Research Area; Integrating Learning Support and Student welfare programs into affirmative access policies to increase participation of women and ‘disadvantaged’ students in professional courses in Kenyan public universities. 11. March-May 2007; Consultant, Mid-Term Review of the Kenya Making Medical Injections Safer (MMIS) Project, Commissioned by JSI Kenya country office 12. January, 2007-Awarded CODESRIA Comparative Research Network Grant, to form and coordinate a Research Network in Four public Universities in East Africa Area of Study- Comparing the Nature and Implications of Corporatization Trends in Public Universities in East Africa 13. November, 2006- Awarded OSSREA Senior Scholars Research Grant Area of Study- Transforming Education and Development Policies for Pastoralist Communities in Kenya through Integration of Indigenous Knowledge Systems 14. August 2006-March 2007-Member, Consultant Team on Developing Basic Performance Indicators and Universities Yearbook for IUECA Member Universities Project commissioned by the Inter-University Council of East Africa (IUCEA). 15. 2005-2007-Member and Research Team Coordinator, African-Asian Universities Research project on’ promoting a self-reliant Approach to Basic Education Development in Africa through Research and Dialogue. Sponsors-JICA, Hiroshima University (CICE), UNESCO 16. Sept, 2005-June 2006- Awarded Rockefeller Post-Doctoral Research Fellow Grant on Higher Education and African Modernities, Centre for African Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA Research Focus- The Nature and Status of Women and Gender Studies in the constitution of African studies curricular in East African Universities

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17. 2004-2006-Coordinated and Completed Research on ‘The implications of Privatization and Private Higher education on access, equity and knowledge production in Kenya’, Funded by CODESRIA under the ‘Higher Education Transformations in Africa Research program. Team members, Fatuma Chege and Daniel Wesonga 18. 2005, June-August- Consultant, Education and Training Needs Assessment (TNA) for the Kenya Cooperative College 19. 2004- Consultant for World Health Organization (WHO/Kenya Ministry of Health/ and John Snow Inc. (JSI), Project on Injection Safety practices and Health Care Waste Management Survey in Bondo and Kiambu Districts 20.2003 Sept-Completed Research on “Revitalizing Regional Collaboration in Higher Education and Training for Economic Integration; the Case of the East African Community” Sponsor: Organization for Social Science Research in East and Southern Africa (OSSREA), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 21. 2003, June-July-Reviewed Ford Foundation Sponsored Study on Private Provision of Higher Education in Kenya. An analysis of Trends and Issues in Four Selected Universities 22. 2000- Awarded Germany Academic exchange in-country scholarship for PhD fieldwork. 23. 2000, April- CODESRIA Laureate on “Post-Adjustment development theories in Africa Research Program .Research Area, “Regulating private/informal Economic networks as a post adjustment strategy for development in Africa: Case studies from Kenya” Sponsor CODESRIA. 24. 1999- December Completed Research Report on ‘Women's Informal Associations and the Economic Empowerment of Women in Rural Kenya’ Sponsor: (OSSREA), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 25. 1999-2000-Consultant for UNICEF, project on, Causal Analysis of Children in Need of Special Protection; sponsor: (UNICEF, KCO). 26. 1998, January-June-Research Assistant: Factors affecting Affordability of Primary Education in Kenya. Sponsor: Ministry of Education and British Department for International Development. 27. 1997, September-1998, January-Research on; Economic Reform and Ethnic Conflict in Kenya: Sponsor: CODESRIA, Dakar, Senegal. 28. 1996-1998: Research on; Social-Cultural Factors as Determinants of Girls Achievement in Science and Mathematics in Kenya Secondary Schools; Sponsor: CODESRIA, Dakar, Senegal. 29. 1996-1997, Research Assistant: The Socio-Economic and Regional Profiles of Students in

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Kenyan Public Universities; Sponsor; Ford Foundation. 30. 1995-Research Assistant: Revitalizing the Financing of University Education in Kenya: Addressing Strategies and Wastage; Sponsor: Association of African Universities 31. 1994- Research Assistant: Household Based Factors as Determinants of School Participation of Girls in Kenya. Sponsor: African Academy of Sciences. 32. 1992-Research Assistant: Project on Child Survival and Development in Kenyan Primary Schools. Sponsor: UNICEF-Kenya.

D. Papers Presented at learned/Academic Conference and Seminars 1. 8th-11th December 2013; Implications of Alternative Higher Education Financing Policies on Equity and Quality: The Kenyan Experience. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Dessalegn Hotel 2. 10th-12th September 2013; Ibrahim Oanda, et al; Promoting Employability and Inclusive Development through Higher Education: A five country Study. Oxford University, 12th International Conference on education and Development 3. 14-16 May 2013. Overview of field data and mid-term reports for the CODESRIA/Carnegie programme on higher education leadership in Africa; Carnegie Corporation of New York, Higher Education Policy, Leadership and Governance Grantee Convening. NAIROBI, Fairview Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya 4. 18th -20th March 2013; Financing Higher Education in a Resource Limited Environment. Gaborone- Tertiary Education Council of Botswana, Sponsored by Tertiary Education Council of Botswana 5. 28th-29th February 2013; Strategies for African Diaspora Academics to Support and Strengthen Doctoral Education and Academic leadership in African Universities; Perspectives from East Africa New York, Carnegie Corporation of New York Headquarters 6. 2nd -7th October 2012; Optimizing Talent: Closing Social Mobility Gaps Worldwide; Higher Education and Lifelong learning. Salzburg, Austria 7. 7th-8th December 2011; Annual Conference of CODESRIA Journal editors, Rabat, Morocco 8. 6th December 2011, ‘ 21st Century ‘Academic Imperialism’, Internationalization of Higher Education and Threats to indigenization of Research and Innovation for Development in African Universities’ Paper Presented at the CODESRIA General Assembly Meeting, Rabat, Morocco, December 5-9th, 2011 9. 4th November 2010, ‘Internationalization of Higher Education and the Direction of

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Research and Development for Africa in African Universities,, Paper presented at the 2nd ANIE Annual Conference Kampala, Uganda, November 4-5, 2010 10. 27th September 2010, ‘Corporate Trends and the Challenges of transforming Universities in Africa into African Universities’, paper presented at the Conference on ‘Trends , themes, challenges and opportunities for Higher Education transformation in Africa’, organized by University of Botswana/Trust Africa, Gaborone, September 27th -28th 11. March 10th 2010; ‘Neo-liberalism and the Subversion of Academic Freedom from within; Money, Corporate Cultures and ‘Captured’ Intellectuals in African Public Universities’; Paper presented at a conference on ‘Academic Freedom and the Social Responsibility of Academics and Researchers in Africa: What are the new challenges? March 9-11, 2010, Oran (Algeria) 12. 2nd June-26th June 2009; Resource person, 2009 CODESRIA Gender institute, Dakar, Senegal. Papers presented; 1. Trends in the Institutionalization of Women and Gender Studies as a Discipline in African Higher education; the institutional, Ideological and Intellectual Drivers. 2. The Epistemological Challenges and Opportunities in the Institutionalization of Women and Gender Studies as a Discipline in African Higher Education. 3. The Institutional Opportunities and Challenges in the Institutionalization of Women and Gender Studies as a Discipline in African Higher Education. 13. 2008, 11th February- ‘Integrating Learning support and student welfare programs into affirmative access policies to increase participation of women and disadvantaged students into professional courses in public universities in Kenya’ African Higher Education Collaborative meeting, Cairo, Egypt. 14. 2007 February 15th- Dynamics of Corporatization of public Universities in the East African Region and implications on the affordability and efficiency of academic programs; Background paper presented at the methodological workshop for the Comparative Research network proposals Organized by CODESRIA, at the Novotel Hotel , Dakar, Senegal, February 15th- 17th 15. 2006, November, 30th- 1st December- Integrating Indigenous Knowledge systems into formal school curricular as an alternative Education policy for Kenya’s pastoralist communities. Paper presented at the winners workshop for Senior Scholars, Sabbatical and Post-Doctoral Research program Organized by OSSREA, Blue Salon, Ghion Hotel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 16. 2006, May 5th- ‘Women and Gender Studies in East African Universities and the Quest for an African Modernity; Issues, Prospects and Challenges’, Paper presented at the Rockefeller Humanities Spring Conference, Centre for African Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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17. 2006, March 15th- ‘New Frontiers of Exclusion; Private Higher Education and Women’s opportunities in Kenya’ Centre for African Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 18. 2005, February-March, (With Fatuma Chege), ‘Promoting a Self-Reliant approach to Basic Education Development in Africa Through Research and Dialogue; Kenya Country Report’, Background paper presented at the Centre for International cooperation in education(CICE),Hiroshima University, and United Nations University, Tokyo, for the Research project ‘Achieving EFA Goals Through Quality Basic Education for OVC; A Study on the implementation of HIV/AIDS Education Sector Policy in Kenya’, sponsors, Hiroshima University(CICE), UNESCO, JICA. 19. 2004 September 4th-‘Policy Making and Implementation in the Education Sector in Kenya; an Overview’, Lead paper presented at the Kenya National Assembly, Committee on Education, Research and Technology Workshop, Organized by the State University of New York, International Development Group, Kenya, program on Strengthening Parliamentary Capacity for oversight and Legislation, Sopa Lodge, Naivasha 20. 2000, April 25th-28th-‘Regulating Private/Informal Economic Networks as a post-adjustment strategy for Development in Africa; case studies from Kenya; CODESRIA/African Development Bank Organized conference on “Post-Adjustment and Development in Africa”, Abidjan 21. 1998, June-‘Globalization and the Dilemma in African Higher Education’, Dept. of Educational foundations Special Seminar Paper Series; Theme; Education in Africa in the 21st Century: Which Way Forward? 22. 1997, August- ‘Economic Reform and Ethnic Conflicts in Kenya’ Presented at the CODESRIA, Governance Institute, Dakar, Senegal. 23. 1995, December- ‘The role of Teachers as Intellectuals in the Schooling development Debate,’ Paper Presented at the Sociology of Education Workshop Organized by the Dept. of Educational Foundations, Kenyatta University 24. 1994, June-‘Democratizing Primary School Management in Kenya; A case for Mobilizing and Legitimizing Parents Participation’, Paper Presented at the ‘‘All African Conference on Education and Democracy'' Organized by the Kenya Comparative Education Society, Nairobi, Kenya. June 14-17.

E. Conferences and Workshops Attended 1.1st-4th September 2009; Attended 1st Annual Workshop and Conference Organized by African Network for Internationalization of Education (ANIE), Moi University, Kenya. Sponsors; Moi University, Kenya, Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology, The Inter-University Council of East Africa (IUCEA), Institute of International Education (IIE) and International Education Association of South Africa (IEASA).

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Theme; Trends, Challenges and Realities of internationalization of Higher Education in Africa; Chaired Session on Internationalization and Domestic and international student issues 2.9th- 12th February 2008- Council for the International Exchange of Scholars(CIES) and The Institute of International Education, Middle East and North Africa Region Office(MENA), Organized workshop on ‘African Higher Education Collaborative’, Cairo, Egypt. 3. 25th-28th October 2006- Research Associate, workshop For developing Quality assurance Indicators for East African Universities preparing Yearbook for Universities in the Region Sponsor; the Inter-University Council of East Africa (IUCEA) Venue-Imperial Botanical Beach Hotel, Kampala Uganda 4. 2005, 17th -20th November-48th Annual meeting of the African Studies Association; Marriot Wardman Park Hotel, Washington DC Theme; Heath, Knowledge, and the Body Politic in Africa and the African Diaspora 5. 1998, June-CODESRIA, East African Laureates Methodology Workshop, Nairobi Kenya; Organized by Dept. of History, Kenyatta University 6. 1998, April- Baseline Research Workshop on Strengthening Primary Education and Development in Kenya (SPRED 11); Organized by Kenya Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development and British Department for International Development 7. 1997, August-September-Laureate, Governance Institute, Dakar, Senegal, Organizer; CODESRIA

F. Seminars, Workshops and Training Conducted 1.14th February -18th February 2011; Conducted Pedagogical Training for Lecturers from Universalities in Somalia, Under the European Union Funded, Somalia Higher Education Network (SHERnet) Project Venue; Kenyatta University Conference Centre 2. March 9th-11th – Rapporteur; CODESRIA Conference on ‘‘Academic Freedom and the Social Responsibility of Academics and Researchers in Africa: What are the new challenges? March 9-11, 2010, Oran (Algeria) 3.16th June 2007. Convened and organized one day induction workshop for members of the Higher education corporatization trends in East Africa Research Network, from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania -Venue- Utalii Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya 4. 8th July 2005(With Dr Fatuma Chege), Organized One day stakeholders workshop for

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the African-Asian Dialogue project (A-A), with participants from Kenyatta University, Kenya Ministry of Education and Hiroshima University, Japan Venue-Utalii Hotel, Nairobi

G. Administrative Work Administrative Responsibility at Kenyatta University

o Departmental Academic Advisor and Coordinator for Graduate Students o Member, Departmental executive Committee o Served as Chair, Departmental Strategic Planning Committee o Departmental Representative, School of Education Curriculum Committee o Member, Departmental Staff Development Committee o Member, Departmental Postgraduate studies committee and Coordinator,

Postgraduate Studies o Member, Departmental Academic programmes and Curriculum Review Committee o Member, Departmental Research and Seminars Committee

Administrative Responsibility at other institutions

o June 2012- February 2013: Coordinator, Higher education leadership Programme (HELP) Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA, Dakar, Senegal

Fellowships

o October 2nd -7th 2012: Salzburg Global Seminar Fellowship, Salzburg, Austria o May 2012-February 2013; Nominated for a Nine Month Sabbatical Carnegie

Corporation Fellowship on Higher Education Leadership and Governance in Africa, at the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), Dakar, Senegal

o September 2005-July 2006- Rockefeller Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Centre for African Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA

Research Focus; The Nature And Status Of Women And Gender Studies In The Constitution of African Studies In East African Universities

G. Editorial and Review Work 1. 1st July 2013; Appointed to the Editorial Board of Compare- Journal of International Comparative Education; 2. 2011; Appointed to the curriculum review Board of the Council for Legal Education, Kenya 3. October, 2011; Appointed to serve a three year-term on the editorial collective of the Journal for Higher Education in Africa (JHEA), CODESRIA, Dakar, Senegal

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4.Reviews Manuscripts and Articles for Publication in Eastern Africa Social Science Research Review (EASSRR), by Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 5. Occasional peer reviewer for articles submitted to various CODESRIA Journals and Publications

H. Academic Networking and Membership in Scholarly Organizations 1. Fellow, Salzburg Global Seminar, Austria 2. Founder Member; African Network for Internationalization of Education(ANIE); www.anienetwork.org 3. Network team leader, Comparative Research Network, On Higher Education Corporatization Trends in East Africa. Sponsored by CODESRIA 4. Member, Council for the Development of Social and Economic Research in Africa (CODESRIA) 5. Member, Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA)

I.Post-Graduate Supervision 1. Six (6) Completed PhD supervisions and five (5) completed masters’ supervisions in the last five years. 2. Four on-going PhD supervisions and 15 on-going masters’ supervisions

J. External Examination 1. Served as external examiner, Makerere University, Graduate programmes, School of Education, 2009-2013. 2. Served as external examiner, Maseno University, Department of Educational Management and Foundations, 2010-2012. 3. Served as external examiner, Bondo University College, faculty of Education, 2011-2013.

Referees 1. Prof Daniel Sifuna Educational Foundations Department, Kenyatta University

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2. Prof Fatuma Chege, Dean, School of Education, Kenyatta University 3. Dr Ebrima Sall Executive Secretary Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA)

June 2014