Featured Researcher for May, 2024

Dr. Larry Ndivo is a Senior Lecturer in Literature and the Dean, School of Humanities and Social Sciences. He has a 1^st Class Honours BA Degree (Linguistics, Literature & Kiswahili) 2001, MA (Literature) 2005 and PhD (Literature) 2013 all from the University of Nairobi.

He was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa 2014-2015. As a Postdoc Fellow, he engaged in research on confessional narratives in the Department of Trauma, Forgiveness and Reconciliation Studies under the tutelage of Prof. Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela.

Current Project: Language(s), Capabilities and Humanisation in Higher Education in Tanzania and Kenya: Developing and applying a multi-dimensional, interdisciplinary, and contextually-relevant framework – CO-Investigator: ODA International Interdisciplinary Research Projects 2024 supported by the British Academy:

https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/projects/languages-capabilities-and-humanisation-in-higher-education-in-tanzania-and-kenya-developing-and-applying-a-multi-dimensional-interdisciplinary-and-contextually-relevant-framework/

Some of the research engagements in the past include:

The Impact of Research Infrastructure on the Quality of Research in Selected Kenyan Universities – CO-Investigator (2018) supported by Machakos University

Explorer with the National Geographic Society: Documentation and archiving of the Munyoyayaa Endangered Language – PI (2016) through the Indigenous Peoples Foundation (IPF)

Using Media to Document Waata Language and Cultural Practises Language(s): Waata (Kenya) – PI (2015) supported by Foundation for Endangered Languages (FEL) through the Indigenous Peoples Foundation (IPF)