PROFESSIONAL WORK,

My name is Dr. Felicity Wanjiru Githinji, married with three children and a grandmother to many. I joined Moi University in 2009 where I am still lecturing in the School   of  Education, Department of Educational Foundations in Moi University, Kenya. I am a  teacher by profession and have taught in different levels of education ranging from primary school to university. Currently I am teaching several courses in Ph D classes, Masters, Post Graduate Diploma Education, Undergraduate and Diploma courses.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP AND ACTIVITIES (OR RESPONSIBILITIES),

 -The Global Community for Academic Advising: National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) since 2010 To Date

- International Sociological Association -2015-To Date                     

- Affiliation to Research committee, Working in different Thematic Groups in Sociology of Education the next 7 Years

COMMISSION MEMBER

Mentoring and Academic Advising of (Faculty, Adult learners, Peer Mentoring, First year  Students and beyond, Advising Students with Disabilities Commission Members, Female Students, Families and others).

LINKS

National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) 2010 to Date

 International Sociological Association                              2015 to Date

The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE,

I am a specialist in Sociology of Education, Academic advisor, mentor, counselor and researcher.

I have Coordinated various courses and ranging from Diploma to Post graduate Programmes Ph D, Social welfare

Activities in the Department. Currently I am the coordinator of in our department I have done curriculum review in all the teaching courses listed from undergraduate, Post Graduate Courses in 2021 and Development the Mentoring and Advisement  Progarmme being used in School of Education and to be Adopted by the University  for both Online and Face to Face. Developed also the following Ph D PROGRAMMES which have been approved by Moi University Senate and also uploaded in the Commission  University Education

Ph D in Sociology of Education

Ph D in History of Education

Ph D in Philosophy of Education

The above courses have so far more that 40 Ph D students in the doctoral class of which  some have already graduated. I am an internal and external examiner for both masters and  Ph D here in Moi and globally.

I have undergone various professional trainings such as:

2nd Staff Development Workshop: CAPACITY BUILDING IN RESEARCH SUPERVISION AND SUPPORT (2016) MOI UNIVERSITY, ELDORET, KENYA  25th to the 27th of May, 2016 at Moi University, Kenya. The ‘East and South African- German Centre of Excellence for Educational Research Methodologies and Management’ is a joint project between the University of Oldenburg (Germany), Moi University (Kenya), Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (South Africa), Uganda Management Institute (Uganda) and the University of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania). The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) funds the Centre and CERM-ESA programmes with the support from the German Federal Foreign Office (AA).

- NACADA Creating Online Flipped Advising Activity Modules for Students eTutorial

                     November 4 – December 8, 2020

-NACADA Research 101: Introduction to Scholarly Inquiry eTutorial

                     November 4 – December 8, 2020

-NACADA Understanding Technology and Advising eTutorial June 2 - 26, 2022

-NACADA eTutorial: Advising Undecided students August 8^th 2016- September 2^nd 2016

-NACADA eTutorial: Theory and Practice January 11^th 2016- 8^th February 2016

• GSREC TRAINING:  In Supervision of Post Graduate Students 12th July 2016 at PDN, COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES FROM 8AM. SUBJECT GSREC RULES AND REGULATIONS PROGRAMME FOR THE SECOND CONTACT PHASE 7TH – 9TH OF SEPT 2016

ACHIEVEMENTS- Have graduated, mentored and made many educationists in this Country.