Profile - PROF. DOLPHINE ACHIENG ODERO

PROF. DOLPHINE ACHIENG ODERO

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Designation: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
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Job Category: Teaching
Phone Number: +254726027183
Alternative Phone No.: +254783475785
Division / Faculty: Faculty of Education and Community Development Studies
Directorate / Dept: Applied Community Development Studies
Section: Njoro
Address: P.O. Box 536, Egerton

SUMMARY

: Dolphine Odero-Wanga is an Associate Professor in the Applied Community Development Studies Department at Egerton University. She has a Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Studies. Her research interests are youth and women empowerment, child socialization, and livelihood studies. She has participated in research activities and supervised postgraduate students’ studies aimed at empowering youth, women, and families, for community development. She has been teaching courses in child and youth development, aging, and gender.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

1. 1998: Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA.

2. 1996: M.Sc. University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA.
3. 1990: B.Sc. Egerton University, Kenya

FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION

: Human development and family studies

RESEARCH INTERESTS

: Livelihood studies, women and youth empowerment, child socialization

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

1. Muriuki, N., Munyua, C., & Odero-Wanga D. (2023). Effectiveness of Extension Communication Channel in the Adoption Process of Hermetic Bag Storage Technology in Nakuru, Kenya. Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology, 41 (10), 368-377. Retrieved from https://journalajaees.com/index.php/AJAEES/article/view/2180

2. Mutua, B. K., Munyua, C. N., & Odero-Wanga, D. (2022). Influence of Ethnic Conflicts on Occupational Structure among Households in Tana Delta Sub-County, Tana River County, Kenya. The Cradle of Knowledge: African Journal of Educational and Social Science Research, 1, 22-32. Retrieved from https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajessr/article/view/229130

3. Ondiege, E.O., Munyua, C.N. & Odero-Wanga, D. (2021). The Influence of Income Diversification on the Financial Sustainability of Donor-Dependent NGOs in Nakuru Town West Sub-County, Nakuru County, Kenya. Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 26, 15-20. Retrieved from https://www.iosrjournals.org/iosr-jhss/papers/Vol.26-Issue5/Series-5/C2605051520.pdf

4. Sumare,L.K. Sumare, L.K., Okere, M. & Odero-Wanga, D. (2019). Police officers’ perceptions of factors contributing to corruption in the police force: A case of Nakuru County, Kenya. Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 24, 49-54. Retrieved from https://www.iosrjournals.org/iosr-jhss/papers/Vol.%2024%20Issue1/Series-5/G2401054954.pdf

5. Kamau, P., Odero-Wanga, D. & Munyua, C. (2017). Group Learning challenges and emerging perspectives in non-formal training programs for the vulnerable youth in Nakuru County, Kenya. The International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences,12,195-201. Retrieved from https://www.internationaljournalcorner.com/index.php/theijhss/article/view/125488/86498

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