Senior Lecturer
Dr. Wycliffe Amukowa, PhD
REGISTRAR (RESEARCH, INNOVATION AND LINKAGES)
PROFILE
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
2008-2010: Department of Educational Foundations, University of Nairobi. Qualification: Ph.D. in Philosophy of Education.
2001-2006: Department of Educational Foundations. Kenyatta University. Qualification: Master in Education (Philosophy of Education)
1995-1999: Kenyatta University. Qualification: Bachelor of Education (Arts) First Class)
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
26th November 2013: Higher Education Pedagogical Skills: Institute for Capacity Building/Mount Kenya University
2nd -4th July 2009: Peace building: The United Young Network of Young Peace builders-Netherlands
July 2007, April 2008 &May 2008: Multilateral Diplomacy: United States International University/ Kenya Foreign Service.
19th May-23rd 2008: Integrity Assurance Officer: Ethics And Anti-Corruptions Commission
4th June-24th August 2007: Intensive Immersion in Foreign Service. Kenya Institute of Administration (Now Kenya School of Government)
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2018: Machakos University. Ag. Registrar (Research, Innovation and Linkages)
2016-Present: Machakos University. Senior Lecturer
2013: 2015: Mount Kenya University. Senior Lecturer
OTHERS
2008: 2010: Government of Kenya. Alternate Permanent Kenya’s Alternative Permanent Representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) – The Chemical Weapon Convention (CWC), The Hague, The Kingdoms of The Netherlands.
2008: 2010: Government of Kenya. Kenya’s Permanent Delegate to the International Criminal Court (ICC), The Hague, The Kingdoms of The Netherlands.
2008: 2010: Government of Kenya. Kenya’s Permanent Delegate to The International Court Justice (ICJ), The Hague, The Kingdoms of The Netherlands
2007:2007: Government of Kenya. Kenya’s Advisor to The United Nation, at 62nd Session of the General Assembly, New York, USA.
2007: 2010: Government of Kenya. 3rd Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2005:2007: Upper Nile Fishing Aid (UNIFA), Bentiu Emergency Development & Presbyterian Relief Development Agency. Project coordinator and Consultant.
2000: 2005: Kenyatta University. Graduate Assistant
ADMNISTRATIVE POSITIONS HELD (CURRENT AND/OR PREVIOUSLY HELD)
2015: Present: The Proposed Royal International University Chairman, Council.
2013: 2015: Mount Kenya University. Director, School-based Programmes
2013:2013: Mount Kenya University. Deputy Director, School-based Programmes
MEMBERSHIP TO PROFESSIONAL BODY(IES) |
| Name of Body | Category | Year Joined | Current Status |
| The Philosophy Association of Kenya | Member | 2010 | In force |
| American Association of International Researchers | Member | 2013 | In force |
| The Fountain Journal of the University of Nairobi | Member | 2011 | In force |
| International Editorial Board of The Beder University Journal of Education al Sciences | Member | 2013 | In force |
| International Editorial Board of the Academic Interdisplinary Journal Studies (ISSN 2281-4612 (Online) ISSN 2281-3993 (Print). Sapienza University Of Rome, Italy) | Member | 2013 | In force |
| International Editorial Board of The International Journal of Social Sciences (ISSN. 23054557.) | Member | 2013 | In force |
| Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences. ISSN 2039-9340 (print) ISSN 2039-2117 (online). Sapienza University of Rome, Italy | Peer Reviewer | 2013 | In force |
| The International Journal of Social Sciences. ISSN. 23054557. | Peer Reviewer | 2013 | In force |
| American International Journal of Contemporary Research. ISSN 2162-139X (Print), ISSN 2162143X (Online). | Peer Reviewer | 2013 | In force |
PUBLICATIONS IN PEER-REFEREED JOURNALS |
| Authors | Year | Title | Name of Journal | ISBN/ISSN Reference No. |
| 1. Wycliffe Amukowa | 2014 | A Dialectical Justification of Inclusion of Ignorance in the Definition of Education | Mediterranean Journal of Social SciencesVolume 5, No. 5 | ISSN 2039-9340 (print) ISSN 2039-2117 (online). |
| 2. Wycliffe Amukowa | 2013 | Against Narration Sickness in Higher Education: Implications of Paulo Freire’s Banking Concept of Education on Achievement of University Education Objectives in Kenya in the light of the Universities Act 2012 | Journal of Educational and Social ResearchVolume 3, No. 2
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ISSN 2239-978X (Print) ISSN22400524 (Online). |
| 3. Wycliffe Amukowa | 2013 | The Challenges of Anti-Corruption Initiatives: Reflections on Strategies of the Defunct Kenya’s Anti-Corruption Commission. | Mediterranean Journal of Social SciencesVolume 4, No. 2 | ISSN 2039-9340 (print) ISSN 2039-2117 (online). |
| 4. Wycliffe Amukowa | 2013 | When Did God Create Hell? | Academic Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies. Volume 2, No. 2 | ISSN 2281-4612 (online) ISSN 2281-3993 (print). |
| 5. Wycliffe Amukowa, | 2013 | A Call to Reform Secondary Schools in Kenya | American International Journal of Contemporary Research. Volume 3, No.1 | ISSN 2162-139X (Print), ISSN 2162143X (Online). |
| 6. Wycliffe Amukowa | 2013 | Conceptualizing Public Service Equity and Equality in Kenya: Towards Zero Unemployment | International J. Soc. Sci. & EducationVol.3 Issue 4 | ISSN: 2223-4934 E and 2227-393X Print |
| 7. Wycliffe Amukowa | (2013) | The 21st Century Educated Mount Kenya University Graduate and its Implications for the Practice of Higher Education. | International Journal of Social Sciences &Education 2013 Vol.3 Issue 3, | ISSN: 2223-4934 E and2227-393X Print. |
| 8. Wycliffe Amukowa , Samson Gunga & Caroline Ayuya | 2013 | Can Education System be Repaired? Ideological Dearth in Kenya’s Educational Practice and its Implications for Reforms in the Education Sector. | Journal of Educational and Social ResearchVolume 3, No.2 | ISSN 2239-978X (Print) ISSN22400524(Online). |
| 9. Wycliffe Amukowa & Jeremiah Atancha | 2013 | Kenya’s Political Regime in Need of a Humanizing Pedagogy: what to Learn fromPaulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed | American International Journal of Contemporary Research.Volume 3, No. 7 | ISSN 2162-139X (Print), ISSN 2162143X (Online). |
| 10. Amukowa Wycliffe & Atancha o. Jeremiah | 2013 | The Tyranny of Numbers and Ethnic political patronage in Kenya: Lessons from the United States of America’s Electoral College Vote Process. | The International Journal of Social Sciences. Vol.9. | ISSN. 23054557. |
| 11. Amukowa Wycliffe & Atancha o. Jeremiah | 2013 | The Vanishing Essence of Universities of Science and Technology in Kenya: The Role of a University in Changing the World. | Academic Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies. Vol. 2, No. 2
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ISSN 2281-4612 (online) ISSN 2281-3993 (print). |
| 12.Wycliffe Amukowa & Caroline Ayuya | 2013 | The 21st Century Educated African Person and the Loss of Africans’ Educational Identity: Towards an Afro Education Model | Academic Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies.Volume 2, No.1 | ISSN 2281-4612 (online) ISSN 2281-3993 (print). |
| 13.Wycliffe Amukowa & Samson Gunga, | 2013 | The Role of Anti-Corruption Education in the Light of Aristotelian Concept of Akrasia: An Epistemic Inquiry into the Anti-corruption Initiatives in Kenya.” | Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences. Vol. 4, No. 4,
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ISSN 2039-9340 (print) ISSN 2039-2117 (online). |
| 14. Amukowa Wycliffe &Ayuya, Caroline. | 2013 | Leveraging Science, Technology and Innovation for National Development in the light of the Emerging Universities of Science and Technology in Kenya. | Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 4 No 2
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ISSN 2039-9340 (print) ISSN 2039-2117 (online). |
| 15. Amukowa, Wycliffe. Gunga, Samson. O & Ayuya, Caroline. | 2013 | Can Education System be Repaired? Ideological Dearth in Kenya’s Educational Practice and its Implications for Reforms in the Education Sector. | Journal of Educational and Social Research. . Vol. 3 (2). | ISSN 2239-978X (Print) ISSN22400524(Online) |
| 16. Wycliffe Amukowa , Samson Gunga & Henry Embeywa | 2013 | Understanding as a Concept in Education: Conceptions and Alternative Interpretations | Journal of Educational and Social ResearchVolume 4, No.1 | ISSN 2239-978X (Print) ISSN22400524(Online). |
| 17. Wycliffe Amukowa & Josephine Kirimi | 2013 | Implications of Herbert Spencer’s Concept of Knowledge of Most Worth to The Achievement of Knowledge Economy Through Research And Innovations | Beder University Journal of Educational SciencesVolume 3, No. 1 | |
| 18. Amukowa Wycliffe & Kariuki Moses Nderitu | 2013 | The Underlying Morality of the Teaching Profession: Immanuel Kant’s Conceptualization of Good Will versus Duty | Journal of Education and Human Development | |
| 19. Ngunju Alice Wambui &Amukowa Wycliffe | 2013 | Constraints Facing Teachers of Christian Religious Education in Using Life Approach in Secondary Schools in Nairobi East District in Kenya. | Academic Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies. Vol. 2, No. 2. | ISSN 2281-4612 (online) ISSN 2281-3993 (print). |
| 20. Kirimi Josephine Kagwiria & Amukowa Wycliffe. | 2013 | Teacher’s Productivity in Promoting Quality Education in Public Primary Schools in Kenya Analysis of Factors. | Academic Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies. Vol. 2, No. 2. | ISSN 2281-4612 (online) ISSN 2281-3993 (print). |
| 21. Agnes K. Kalenywa & Amukowa Wycliffe | 2013 | Influencing Choice of Institution for Professional Development: A Case Study of Post- Graduate Students’ Perceptions at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa in Kenya. | Academic Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies. Vol. 2, No. 2. | ISSN 2281-4612 (online) ISSN 2281-3993 (print). |
| 22. Njagi Karue, Amukowa Wycliffe | 2013 | Analysis of Factors that lead to poor Performance in Kenya Certificate of Secondary Examinations in Embu District, Kenya | The International Journal of Social Sciences Vol.23 No.1 | ISSN. 23054557 |
| 23.Wycliffe Amukowa, Philomena Mukami &Peter Nyae | 2013 | Implications of Ivan Illich’s Deschooling Movement to Educational Planning in Kenya | Beder University Journal of Educational SciencesVolume 4 |
| Name of Conference | Year | Venue | Presentation/Role |
| Machakos University 1st Annual International Conference | 17th-19th April, 2018 | Machakos University Hotel and Conference Center | Presented 2 papers:1. Innovation Diffusion in Kenya’s Online Examination Registration Practices: Implications and Challenges
2. Implications of Character Strengths for University Education in the Light of Call for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Domains |
| Open access advocacy workshop on repositories and policies for government and institutional managers | 28th February 2018 | Nairobi Safari Club | Participant |
| Grant Proposal Writing Workshop | 7th-9th February, 2018 | Machakos University Hotel and Conference Center | Participant |
| Intensive Course on Pedagogical Skills for Higher Education Teaching and Learning | 17th July, 2017 | Machakos University Hotel and Conference Center | Participant |
| Research, Innovation and Technology Workshop | 15th-16thSeptember, 2016 | Machakos University Hotel and Conference Center | Participants |
| Society of Educational Research and Evaluation Conference: (Politics and Education in the 21stCentury: Impacts and Way Forward) | 1st-2nd Sept. 2016 | Machakos University Hotel and Conference Center | Presented 2 Papers:1. Entrenching Realist Evaluation in Educational Research Methods in the Awake of Mixed Methodology
2.Philosophical Methods as Fulcrum of Educational Research: A Theoretical Review and Analysis |
| Kenya National Union of Teachers 57th Annual Delegates Conference. Theme: Invest in Teachers, invest in the future. | 8th-9thOctober 2014 | Moi International Sports Centre Kasarani, Nairobi Kenya | Discussant Key Note Address |
| Kenya Secondary Schools’ Heads Association Annual Conference | 16th-21st June 2014 | Mombasa, Kenya | Guest Speaker |
| The 4th Kenya Education Management Institute on Education Management. Theme: Re-Energizing Education Performance. | 17th-18th June 2014 | Kenya Education Management Institute, Nairobi, Kenya | Higher Education and the Knowledge of Most Worth |
| The 3° International Conference on Human and Social Sciences | 20-22 September 2013 | Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy | A Dialectical Justification of Inclusion of Ignorance in the Definition of Education |
| Mount Kenya University First International Research and Innovation Conference. Theme:Towards achieving a knowledge economy through research and innovations | 28th-30th August 2013 | Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya | Implications of Herbert Spencer’s Concept of Knowledge of Most Worth to The Achievement of Knowledge Economy Through Research And Innovations |
| Mount Kenya University Institute for Capacity Building Launch Workshop | July 2013 | Nairobi, Kenya | Re-Engineering Career Development |