SUMMARY
Joseph Walunywa is a Kenyan scholar with background in Literature and Political Science. He is a Senior Lecturer at Egerton University, Kenya, where he has been teaching courses in Literature since 2002. He is also the current Chair of Department of Literature, Languages, and Linguistics, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, and a Co-Editor of the University’s magazine Graduation Newslink.
Before joining Egerton, in 2002, Dr. Walunywa taught English and Writing courses at the Jefferson Community College, Watertown, New York (1997-2000), as an Instructor, and Writing, English, and African American Literature at Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, from 1989 to 1997as a Teaching Assistant (TA) and as a postgraduate student working his way through the Masters and Ph.D. programmes in English at the University.
Dr. Walunywa received his Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) from Chavakali High School, Kenya (1978-1982) and his Kenya Advanced Certificate of Secondary Education (KACSE) from Kakamega High School, Kenya (1982-1983), Kenya, where he concentrated on Literature, History, and Geography. He received his Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in English (Literature) as well as his BA in Political Science degree from Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York (1984-1988). Finally, he received his Master’s degree in English (Literature) from Syracuse University, New York, U.S.A (1989-1991) and his Ph.D. degree in English (Literature), also from Syracuse University (1991 – 1997).
Dr. Walunywa’s scholarly interests are in Postcolonial Studies, Literary Theory, African Literature, and African American Literature. In recent times, he has also been experimenting with creative writing. He has completed a number of novel manuscripts for which he is looking for publishers.
