Tharcisse - Curriculum Vitae 2014

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© 2014 Curriculum Vitae – Tharcisse MUSABYIMANA

CURRICULUM VITAE

I. IDENTIFICATION

Name: THARCISSE MUSABYIMANA

Telephone: +250 788640812 (Rwanda)

+250 728640812 (Rwanda)

+254 708958475 (Kenya)

Email: [email protected]/ [email protected]/

or [email protected]

Work place: University of Rwanda (UR);

College of Arts and Social Sciences;

School of Journalism and Communication;

P.O. Box 117 Butare/ Rwanda;

Currently doing PhD Research in Media and

Communication Studies at Moi University,

Nairobi Campus/ Kenya

Nationality: Rwandan

Date of birth: October 3, 1976

Place of birth: Winkingi/ Nyamagabe/ Southern Province/ Rwanda

Marital status: Married

II. SHORT BIO

Degrees/diplomas obtained

INSTITUTION / DATE FROM – TO: DEGREE(S) OR DIPLOMA(S) OBTAINED:

Moi University, School of Human Resource

Development; Nairobi Kenya 2012 - ongoing

PhD in Media and Communication

Studies

Kigali Institute of Education in collaboration

with DELPHE Project – UK 2007-2009

Master of Science (MSc) in Social and

Educational Research Methods

Makerere University (Uganda), School of

Graduate Studies, Faculty of Arts, Department

of Mass Communication 2004-2005

Postgraduate Diploma in Environmental

Journalism and Communication

National University of Rwanda, Faculty of

Education, Department of Arts and Humanities,

1999-2003

'Licence' in Education (Bachelor’s of

Education with Honours) in Teaching

French and English with distinction

mailto:[email protected]

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Postgraduate Professional Training

Science Communication (Italy); Geographic Information System (GIS) - (University of

Rwanda - UR); Environment and Conservation - Communication (USA); University

Teaching (Canada); Training of Trainers in Media, Democracy and Good Governance:

Reporting for Democracy (UR& Deutsche Welle Akademie - Germany); Reporting on

Agricultural Biotechnology and Biofuels (Kenya); Trainer of Trainers in Journalism and

Communication (Netherlands & Rwanda); Using Web 2.0 Technology in Teaching

(USA); The Art of Public Speaking in English (Makerere University - Uganda); Trainer of

teachers of English (Rwanda); Computer Skills (Rwanda).

Courses Taught at University

Lecturer of Introduction to Scientific Research Methods, Communication Research

Methods, Public Relations, Marketing and Advertising, Science Journalism, Print Media

Skills, Online Journalism and Communication, Introduction to Media Studies,

Introduction to Psychology, and Introduction to Communication Studies at the

University of Rwanda (UR)/ School of Journalism and Communication and Great Lakes

Media Centre (GLMC); Visiting Lecturer of Public Relations, Print Editorship, Print Media

Reporting and Writing, Environmental Reporting, and Newspaper Production at Catholic

Institute of Kabgayi (ICK); Member of the Standing Committee on English Language

Proficiency at the former National University of Rwanda; Teacher of English Language

to NUR Staff and Content Specialist for the University Website.

III. EDUCATION AND TRAINING BACKGROUND

DATE INSTITUTION PROGRAMME AWARD

2012- 2015 Moi University, School of

Human Resource

Development; Nairobi Campus

(ongoing)

Media and

Communication

Studies

PhD in Media and

Communication

Studies

October 17

to October

22, 2011

The Abdus Salam International

Centre for Theoretical Physics,

Trieste, Italy

Training workshop on

Science

Communication –

“Joint ICTP-TWAS

Science

Communication in

Certificate in

Science

Communication

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Developing Countries:

Bridging the Gap

between Science,

Policy and the

General Public”

October 3-

14, 2011

Geographic Information Systems

and Remote Sensing Training

and Research Centre at the

National University of Rwanda

Training Workshop on

Introduction to

Geographic

Information System

(GIS)

Certificate in

Introduction to GIS

February –

April 2011

Rwanda Development Board

(RDB)

Training in Website

Content Management

Systems (TYPO 3) –

Part 1 and Part 2

Certificate in

Website Content

Management

Systems (TYPO 3)

2011 Carleton University (Canada) Training of trainers in

University Teaching

Certificate in

University

Teaching awarded

by Carleton

University in

Canada

November

1, 2010 -

November

5, 2010

The National University of

Rwanda/ School of Journalism

and Communication in

partnership with Deutsche Welle

Akademie (Germany) with the

support of the European Union

Training of Trainers

in Media, Democracy

and Good

Governance:

Reporting for

Democracy

Certificate in

Training of

Trainers in Media,

Democracy and

Good Governance:

Reporting for

Democracy

September

10, 2010 –

November

2, 2010

International Visitor Leadership

Programme: US Department of

State – Washington DC,

Maryland, Montana, Nevada,

Florida

Training on

Environment and

Conservation –

Communication (USA)

Certificate in

Environment and

Biodiversity

Conservation

(Communication)

November

2, 2009 –

November

The International Service for

the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech

Applications (ISAAA) AfriCentre

Training of Media

Educators in East

Africa on Reporting

Certificate in

Training on

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6, 2009 in collaboration with the

University of Nairobi and

UNESCO

Agricultural

Biotechnology and

Biofuels

Reporting

Agricultural

Biotechnology and

Biofuels

2007- 2009 Kigali Institute of Education in

collaboration with DELPHE

Project – UK

Social and

Educational Research

Methods

Master of Science

(MSc) in Social

and Educational

Research Methods

2008- 2009 National University of Rwanda/

School of Journalism and

Communication: Great Lakes

Media Centre in Collaboration

with Radio Netherlands Training

Centre (March 24, 2008 – April

4, 2008: Kigali, Rwanda); (June

23, 2008 – July 4, 2008:

Hilversum, The Netherlands);

(September 17, 2008-

September 27, 2008: Butare,

Rwanda & Bujumbura, Burundi);

(March 14, 2009 – March 16,

2009: Kigali, Rwanda);

Training of Trainers

in Journalism and

Communication (part

1,2,3&4)

Certificate in

Training of

Trainers Part 1;

Certificate in

Training of

Trainers Part 2;

Certificate in

Training of

Trainers Part 3;

Certificate in

Training of

Trainers Part 4

July 2,

2007 – July

6, 2007


in collaboration with San

Francisco State University,

California (USA)

Using Web 2.0

Technology in

Teaching

Certificate in

Using Web 2.0

Technology in

Teaching

2004-2005 Makerere University (Uganda),

School of Graduate Studies,

Faculty of Arts, Department of

Mass Communication

Environmental

Journalism and

Communication

Postgraduate

Diploma in

Environmental

Journalism and

Communication

2004-2005 Makerere University (Uganda),

Faculty of Arts, Department of

Mass Communication

The Art of Public

Speaking

Certificate in The

Art of Public

Speaking in

English

1999-2003 National University of Rwanda,

Faculty of Education,

Department of Arts and

Humanities, English-French

Languages Education

– Teaching English

and French

'Licence' in

Education

(Bachelor’s of

Education with

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Honours) in

Teaching English

and French

2003-2004 The Republic of Rwanda, Butare

Province, Direction of Education

Training secondary

school teachers of

English language

Certificate in

training teachers

of English in

English language

2003-2004 National University of Rwanda

in collaboration with The USAID

Rwanda

Computer Skills Certificate in

Computer Skills

1997-1998 National University of Rwanda,

School of Modern Languages,

English Department

English Language University

Certificate in

English Language

Proficiency

1995-1997 Kigeme Secondary School Teacher Training

Option (‘A’ Level, 2nd

part)

Secondary School

Certificate in

Teacher Training

(Diplôme des

Humanités

Pédagogiques)

1994-1995 Runyombyi Secondary School Secondary School

Education, Teacher

Training (‘A’ Level,

1st part)

School Reports

1991-1994 School of Letters of Kibeho Secondary School

Education ‘O’ Level

School Reports

1983-1991 Winkingi Primary School Primary School

Education

School Reports

IV. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

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DATE LOCATION COMPANY/

INSTITUTION

POSITION DESCRIPTION

May

2013

Rwanda Rwanda

Agricultural

Board (RAB)

and

Association for

Strengthening

Agricultural

Research in

Eastern and

Central Africa

(ASARECA)

Expert and

Trainer in

Communicati

on

A training in science

communication and

communication strategy

organised by Association for

Strengthening Agricultural

Research in Eastern and Central

Africa (ASARECA)

March

2013

Rwanda National

University of

Rwanda

Expert in

Project

Evaluation

Evaluation of Conservation

Biology Education Project of the

National University of Rwanda,

Faculty of Sciences, Department

of Biology

January

2013

Rwanda Rwanda

Districts’

Association

(RALGA)

Trainer of

Online

Communicati

on

Online Communication for

Better Service Delivery in Local

Governments

July –

Septemb

er 2012

Rwanda Base

Assistència i

Assessorament

(BAa

Consultors

S.L), Barcelona

(SPAIN) and

European

Union

Media Expert

in the

assessment

of Rwanda’s

electoral

framework

Assessment of Rwanda Electoral

Framework: media monitoring,

election administration, election

observation, media legislation

and methodology, assessing

media legal framework and

media landscape in reference

to international standards

June-

October

2012

Kenya East African

Educational

Publishers

Limited

Nairobi,

Westlands,

Kenya

Writer and

translator of

books

Writing and translating books

for publication in English and

Kinyarwanda

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Since

2006 to

date

Rwanda National

University of

Rwanda (NUR);

Faculty of Arts,

Media and

Social

Sciences/

School of

Journalism and

Communication

; and The

Great Lakes

Media Centre

(GLMC)

Lecturer and

researcher

Lecturer of Introduction to

Scientific Research Methods,

Communication Research

Methods, Public Relations,

Marketing and Advertising,

Science Journalism, Print Media

Skills, Online Journalism and

Communication, Introduction to

Media Studies, Introduction to

Psychology, and Introduction to

Communication Studies

2012 Rwanda Media High

Council Trainer &

Paper

Presenter

Workshop on New Technologies

(New Media) and Their Impact

on Journalism: New Tools of

Journalism

Kigali, Lemigo Hotel, April 26,

2012

2011 Rwanda Deutsche Welle

Akademie and

the National

University of

Rwanda

Trainer

Training of trainers in Media,

Democracy and Good

governance: Reporting for

Democracy with Deutsche Welle

Akademie – Germany

Training of trainers skills (in

Media, democracy and good

governance) - legislation and

methodology; Media

environment in Rwanda; Attacks

on the media; informal controls

of the media; Media law and

media legal framework in

Rwanda; Media professional

standards and traditions;

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Reporting for democracy;

Electoral reporting; Electoral

code of conduct in Rwanda.

The training was geared

towards equipping trainers with

skills that will help them train

media practitioners effectively

report on issues related to

democracy and good

governance in Rwanda.

2011 Rwanda European

Union funded

National

University of

Rwanda/

Deutsche Welle

Akademie

(Germany)

Trainer

Trained Rwandan journalists in

Reporting for Democracy -

Electoral Reporting: in training

of Rwandan journalists

organised by the National

University of Rwanda/School of


in collaboration with Deutsche

Welle Akademie (Germany) with

the support of the European

Union in 2011

Media environment in Rwanda;

Attacks on the media; informal

controls of the media; Media

law and media legal framework

in Rwanda; Media professional

standards and traditions;

Reporting for democracy;

Electoral reporting; Electoral

code of conduct in Rwanda.

The training was geared

towards equipping media

practitioners with knowledge

and skills that will enable them

to effectively report on issues

related to democracy and good

governance, especially issues

related to “elections” in

Rwanda.

2011 Rwanda European Media

Carried out media monitoring

of senatorial elections in

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Union funded

National

University of

Rwanda/

Deutsche Welle

Akademie

(Germany)

monitor Rwanda in 2011 and produced

a report “Analysis of the Media

Coverage of the 2011

Senatorial Elections in Rwanda

(2011)” - Media regulations,

media monitoring methodology,

etc.

Tasks included monitoring all

media in Rwanda during

electoral period,

recording/collecting all data

about how these media report

about elections – Quantitative

and qualitative data analysis

and interpretation; writing a

report about how media in

Rwanda behaved in electoral

reporting.

2011 Rwanda Rwanda

Environmental

Management

Authority

(REMA)

Trainer

Trainer of Rwandan journalists

in Environmental Communication

for Sustainable Development: A

training of Rwandan journalists

organised by Rwanda

Environmental Management

Authority (REMA)

2010 Uganda Makerere

University

Paper

Presenter

Post Copenhagen Climate

Change Conference and ‘The

Responsibility to Protect’: What

Role for The Media? The Case

of Rwanda. A paper presented

in a Seminar on Climate

Change: Post Copenhagen

Climate Change Conference and

‘The Responsibility to Protect’:

What Role for The Media?

Makerere University (Uganda),

June 24, 2010

2010 Rwanda Rwanda Media

High Council Trainer

Trained Rwanda Media High

Council media monitors in

media monitoring methodology

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and data processing and

analysis with SPSS: training

organised by Rwanda Media

High Council

Democracy; Good governance;

Principles of electoral reporting;

Media environment in Rwanda;

Attacks on the media; informal

controls of the media; Media

monitoring methodology

(qualitative and qualitative)

2010 Rwanda European

Union funded

National

University of

Rwanda/

Deutsche Welle

Akademie

(Germany)

Media

monitor

Carried out media monitoring

for Presidential Elections in

Rwanda in 2010 and produced

a report “Analysis of the Media

Coverage of the 2010

Presidential Elections in Rwanda

(2010)”. - Media regulations,

media monitoring methodology,

etc.

Tasks included monitoring all

media in Rwanda during

electoral period,

recording/collecting all data

about how these media report

about elections – Quantitative

and qualitative data analysis

and interpretation; writing a

report about how media in

Rwanda behaved in electoral

reporting

2009-

2010

Rwanda Rwanda Ministry

of Education

Trainer

Trainer of teachers of English

in Rwanda in collaboration with

the Rwanda Ministry of

Education and the Teacher

Service Commission

2008 Rwanda Association of

Science

Journalists

Trainer &

Paper

Presenter

Demystifying Science: From Peer

to Peer to Public

Communication: A paper

presented at Rwanda

Conference on Science

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Communication, Alpha Palace

Hotel, Remera, December 18 -

20th 2008, Kigali, Rwanda

2008 Rwanda Association of

Science

Journalists Trainer &

Paper

Presenter

Language for Science

Communication: A paper

presented at Rwanda

Conference on Science

Communication, Alpha Palace

Hotel, Remera, December 18 -

20th 2008, Kigali, Rwanda

2008-

2011

Rwanda

National

University of

Rwanda

Content

Specialist


Website (Web content structure

development; Web content

collection and editing; Web

content updating, Trainer in

Web Content Management

Softwares – SPIP; Joomla, Typo

3, etc.; Tracking Website

ranking, etc.)

2008-

2009

Rwanda Fountain

Publishers (a

publishing

house based

in Kampala-

Uganda)

editor, writer

and

translator

Part-time editor, writer and

translator (from English to

French and Kinyarwanda) of

books with Fountain Publishers

(a publishing house based in

Kampala-Uganda)

2008 Rwanda National

University of

Rwanda (NUR)

Kigali Health

Institute (KHI)

Programme

developer

and part-

time teacher

Developing and implementing

the programme to teach English

language to the staff of the


(NUR) and the Kigali Health

Institute (KHI)

2008 Rwanda Kigali Health

Institute (KHI) Part-time

teacher

Part-time teacher of English

language at Kigali Health

Institute (KHI) – Teaching KHI

Students

2007-

2012

Rwanda Catholic

Institute of

Kabgayi (ICK) Part-time

Lecturer

Part-time Lecturer of Newspaper

Production; Print Media Skills;

Public Relations; Print

Editorship; Environmental

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Reporting at Catholic Institute

of Kabgayi (ICK)

2006-

2007

Rwanda National

University of

Rwanda/

School of

Journalism and

Communication

, in

collaboration

with Swedish

International

Development

Agency (SIDA)

Trainer

Part-time Trainer of Rwandan

journalists in Environmental


2006-

2007

Rwanda National

University of

Rwanda, the

School of

Modern

Languages

(EPLM) now

School of

Foundation

Language

Skills

Teacher

Full-time Teacher of English

language at the National

University of Rwanda, the

School of Modern Languages

(EPLM)

2006 Rwanda NUR/ School

of Journalism

and

Communication

Designer

and Content

Manager

Designer and Content Manager

of

http://rwandagateway.org/enviro

training, a basic environmental

news website of NUR/ School

of Journalism and

Communication

2005 Rwanda The New

Times’

Journalist

(Reporter)

and Bureau

Chief -

Southern

Province

Journalist (Reporter) of ‘The

New Times’, the Rwandan

newspaper publishing in English

2005 Uganda Makerere

University

Online

Designer

and Editor

Online Designer and Editor,

Makerere University, Department

of Mass Communication, Basic

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Environmental News Website

<http://masscom.mak.ac.ug/envi

com>

2004 Rwanda Republic of

Rwanda/

Southern

Province;

Direction of

Education

Teacher

Part-time Teacher of English in

the post-secondary English

Programme preparing teachers

to follow university studies in

English (Butare Site)

2004 Rwanda Republic of

Rwanda/

Southern

Province;

Direction of

Education

Trainer

Part-time trainer of teachers in

English, Butare Province, Butare

Municipality

2002-

2004

Rwanda Junior

Seminary Virgo

Fidelis of

Karubanda/But

are

Teacher

Full time Teacher of English at

Junior Seminary Virgo Fidelis of

Karubanda/Butare

1999-

2002

Rwanda National

University of

Rwanda

English Club

Teacher

Part-time teacher of English in


English Club

1997 Rwanda Winkingi

Primary School

Teacher

Teacher at Winkingi Primary

School

V. PUBLICATIONS/ DISSERTATIONS

1. Analysis of the Media Coverage of the 2011 Senatorial Elections in Rwanda

(2011)

A research report on the media monitoring conducted by Tharcisse

MUSABYIMANA, Edward Kabuye MWESIGYE, Aldo HAVUGIMANA, and Dominique

NDUHURA from the School of Journalism and Communication/National

University of Rwanda in partnership with Deutsche Welle Akademie with the

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2. Analysis of the Media Coverage of the 2010 Presidential Elections in Rwanda

(2010)

A research report on the media monitoring conducted by Tharcisse

MUSABYIMANA, Edward Kabuye MWESIGYE, Aldo HAVUGIMANA, and Dominique

NDUHURA from the School of Journalism and Communication/National

University of Rwanda in partnership with Deutsche Welle Akademie with the


3. An Assessment of Needs of Rwandan Rural and Agricultural Population in

Information and Communication (2010)

Institutional and fundamental research intended to assist operators that need to

invest in the field of information and communication in rural areas in Rwanda,

carried out by Tharcisse MUSABYIMANA and Eugène NDEKEZI on behalf of

HUGUKA asbl and the Rwanda Ministry of Agriculture

4. Living in A Multilingual Environment: An Inventory of Difficulties Encountered by

NUR Staff when Communicating Using Languages at Work (2009)

A journal article submitted to the School of Graduate Studies at Kigali Institute

of Education in Collaboration with DELPHE Project – UK in lieu of MSc

Dissertation in Social and Educational Research Methods

5. Rwanda the Land of a Thousand Hills: A Pictorial Journey (2008)

ISBN: 978 - 9970 – 637 – 16 - 9

A book of 228 pages about Rwanda, co-written in English and French , which

was published by Tourguide Publications, An Imprint of Fountain Publishers Ltd.

(a publishing house in Kampala, Uganda) in 2008

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6. Publication of news and feature articles on social and environmental issues in

The New Times, the only daily newspaper in Rwanda publishing in English

(2005-2006)

7. Media Coverage of Biophysical Environmental Issues in Rwanda: A Content

Analysis of IMVAHO Newspaper

A Postgraduate Diploma Dissertation, Makerere University (Uganda), Department

of Mass Communication, School of Graduate Studies, Environmental Journalism

and Communication

8. Being Eclectic in Teaching English for Communication: Rwandan Lower

Secondary as a Case Study

A ‘Licence’ Degree (Bachelor’s) Dissertation, National University of Rwanda,

Faculty of Education, Department of Arts and Humanities, English-French Option

VI. PAPERS PRESENTED

Post Copenhagen Climate Change Conference and ‘The Responsibility to

Protect’: What Role for The Media? The Case of Rwanda.

A paper presented in a Seminar on Climate Change: Post Copenhagen Climate

Change Conference and ‘The Responsibility to Protect’: What Role for The

Media? Makerere University (Uganda), June 24, 2010

Demystifying Science: From Peer to Peer to Public Communication

A paper presented at Rwanda Conference on Science Communication, Alpha

Palace Hotel, Remera, December 18 -20th 2008, Kigali, Rwanda

Language for Science Communication

A paper presented at Rwanda Conference on Science Communication, Alpha

Palace Hotel, Remera, December 18 -20th 2008, Kigali, Rwanda

VII. OTHER SKILLS

Languages:

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Fluent in English and French, Native Kinyarwanda, Good Kirundi, Working Kiswahili, A

Little Luganda

Computer skills:

MS Word, MS Excel, MS Power Point, MS Outlook, MS Publisher, MS Front Page,

Internet, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, CoolEdit,

Audacity, Animation Shop, SPSS, NVivo, etc.

Basic Web Design and Online Writing and Editing, Web Content Management (Web

content structure development; Web content collection and editing; Web content

updating, Trainer in Web Content Management Softwares – SPIP; Joomla, TYPO 3, etc.;

Tracking Website ranking, etc.)

Using Web 2.0 Technology

VIII. REFEREES

1. PROF. EMMANUEL TWARABAMENYE

Director of the Centre for Environment, Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development

(CEESD)

Department of Geography/Faculty of Science


Telephone: +250 788856784

E-mail address: [email protected]

2. MR. JOSEPH NJUGUNA

Director of the School of Journalism and Communication/ Faculty of Arts, Media and

Social Sciences



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Telephone: +250 788761123

E-mail address: [email protected], [email protected]

3. DR. JJUUKO MARGARET LWANGA

Lecturer

School of Journalism and Communication/ Faculty of Arts, Media and Social Sciences,


Tel: +250 785519033

E-mail address: [email protected]

4. MR. DOMINIQUE NDUHURA

Lecturer and former Director of the School

School of Journalism and Communication/ Faculty of Arts, Media and Social Sciences,


Tel: +250 788532067

[email protected], [email protected]






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