PERSONAL INFORMATION CURRICULUM VITAE GENERAL INFORMATION DR. JOSEPH NZAU MUSYOKA School of Humanities and Social Sciences Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies Position; LECTURER KENYATTA UNIVERSITY Kitui Campus P.O. Box 410-90200 Kitui, Kenya Fax: 020-2300127 Tel: 020-2310690/020-2310603 nzau.joseph@ku.ac.ke Name Joseph Surname Nzau Musyoka Date of Birth 1 st January 1965 Place of Birth Machakos County Gender Male Nationality Kenyan Religion Christian Current Address P.O. Box 871-90100 Machakos-Kenya E-Mail Address josephnzau2003@yahoo.com Cell Phone 0725-723200 PERSONAL ASSESSMENT I am mature and committed to promote high quality learning and teaching, with over five years teaching experience at University level. I have a high degree of competence in guidance and counseling of students for academic and personal growth. 1
EDUCATION BACKGROUND 2003-2005: PhD IN SACRED THEOLOGY (graduated magna cum laude) Area of Specialization: Moral Theology Lateran Pontifical University, The Alphonsian Graduate Institute of Moral Theology, Rome, Italy. 1992-1994: M.A IN SACRED THEOLOGY (graduated magna cum laude) Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Nairobi County, Kenya 1986-1990: HIGHER DIPLOMA IN THEOLOGY, St. Thomas Aquinas National Seminary, Nairobi County, Kenya 1987-1988: CERTIFICATE IN RELIGIOUS STUDIES, University of Nairobi, Council of Higher Studies in Religion, Nairobi County, Kenya 1985-1986 ADVANCED CERTIFICATE OF PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES, St. Augustine s National Seminary, Bungoma County, Kenya. 1980-1983 KENYA CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION (KCE) Pope Paul VI Seminary, Machakos County, Kenya 1979 CERTIFICATE OF PRIMARY EDUCATION (CPE) Mutondoni Primary School, Machakos County, Kenya 2
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY/ TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2012 - Present: Kenyatta University-Kitui Campus Lecturer School of Humanities and Social Sciences: Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies Teaching African Culture and Religion; Comparative Religion; Contemporary Trends in Christian Theology; Critical and Creative Thinking; Ecumenical Movements; Introduction to the Bible and the Koran; Moral Theology; New Religious Movements; Phenomenology of Religion; Philosophy of Religion; Sociology of Religion: Theology of the Old Testament 2011 2012: Mount Kenya University-Nairobi Campus Lecturer School of Education: Department of Curriculum and Instruction School of Social Sciences: Department of Economics and Development Studies Department of Humanities Institute of Security Studies, Governance and Ethics 1996-1997: St Augustine`s National Seminary, Bungoma County, Kenya. Lecturer Faculty of Philosophy 1994-1995: St. Thomas Aquinas National Seminary, Nairobi County, Kenya Lecturer Faculty of Theology 3
PART TIME TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2012: St. Paul`s University, Kiambu County, Kenya Part Time Lecturer Faculty of Theology (Post Graduate) 2012: Kenyatta University-Kitui Campus Part Time Lecturer School of Humanities and Social Sciences: Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies 2011-2012: South Eastern Kenya University, Kitui County, Kenya Part time Lecturer School of Humanities Department of Sociology and Anthropology 2011: Mount Kenya University, Kiambu County, Kenya, Part time Lecturer School of Education: Department of Curriculum and Instruction 1995: Apostles of Jesus Institute of Theology, Nairobi County, Kenya Visiting Lecturer Faculty of Theology ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES 2013 to date Deputy Director : Kenyatta University-Kitui Campus Campus Examination Coordinator : Kenyatta University-Kitui Campus Member, Campus Management Board :Kenyatta University-Kitui Campus 4
2013: Ag. Campus Academic Coordinator : Kenyatta University-Kitui Campus 2007-2010: Assistant Education Secretary for the Catholic Sponsored Schools :Catholic Diocese of Machakos. In charge of Yatta and Masinga Districsts, Machakos County, Kenya 1996-1997: Dean of Students: St. Augustine s National Seminary, Bungoma County, Kenya. MASTERS PROPOSAL SUPERVISION ON GOING Domestic Violence and Interventions Provided by The Anglican Church of Kenya in Kakamega Central Sub-County, Master of Arts in Religious Studies of Kenyatta University, By Mulongo Leonard, C50/CE/2065/2012, Kenyatta University. ON GOING The Effects of Capacity Building on Curriculum Implementation in Public Primary School: A Case Study of Kamukunji Nairobi County, Masters In Education, By Margaret M Amega, MED/NRB/03/0007, Mount Kenya University. ON GOING Attendance of Church by Youth From African Inland Church Families, Mbooni Sub- County, Makueni County, Master of Arts in Religious Studies of Kenyatta University, By Gesmark M. K. Wali, C50/CE/22008/2013, Kenyatta University. ON GOING Effects of Alcohol Dependency on Family Stability in Catholic Households in Nyeri Central Sub-County, Master of Arts in Religious Studies of Kenyatta University, By Beatrice Nyawira Muchiri, C50/CE/21889/2012, Kenyatta University. 5
ON GOING Decline of Church Weddings among SDA Youth in Ogembo Division, Kisii County, Master of Arts in Religious Studies of Kenyatta University, By James Nyabuto Nyasore, C50/CE/22011/2012, Kenyatta University. ON GOING Inculturation of Abagusii Traditional Religion in Christian Worship; A Case Study of Kisii Town, Master of Arts in Religious Studies of Kenyatta University, By Caleb Metobo Onsare, C50/CE/24003/2012, Kenyatta University. SEMINAR/WORKSHOPS ATTENDED 2014: E-Learning Training for Staff, organized by Kenyatta University Centre for Teaching Excellence and Evaluation, Kenyatta University, Participant 2013: Stress and Burn-out Management, Organized by Kenyatta University Wellness Centre at Kenyatta University Kitui Campus, 24 th October, Participant 2013: Training in Teaching Methodology, Setting and Marking Examinations, organized by Kenyatta University Centre for Teaching Excellence and Evaluation, Kenyatta University, 15 th -18 th July, Participant 2013: Induction on Public Compliant Handing Mechanism Programme, organized by Kenyatta University in liaison with the Commission for Administrative Justice at Kenyatta University Conference Center, 11 th June, Participant 2012: Post Graduate Seminar for Proposal Presentation, organized by Mount Kenya University (Nairobi Campus), 25-26 October, Supervisor 6
2011- Workshop on Ethnic and Racial Issues organized by The National Commission for Integration and Cohesion in Liaison with South Eastern University College (SEUCO) at Garden Hotel Machakos, 29 30 th October. Participant 2007, Workshop on National Decentralization of SWAP under KESSP, organized by Kenya Education Staff Institute, at Government Training Centre, Embu, from 24 th -27 th March. Participant SEMINAR PAPERS 2004: MUSYOKA J. Nature of Friendship According to Emmanuel Kant and other Philosophers-Patristic and Historical Seminar on Friendship and Moral Life. Lateran Pontifical University, The Alphonsian Graduate Institute of Moral Theology, Rome, Italy. 2003: MUSYOKA J. Culture Forms the Human Person. Empirical Anthropology Seminar. Lateran Pontifical University, The Alphonsian Graduate Institute of Moral Theology, Rome, Italy. 2003: MUSYOKA J. Model of Spiritual Direction According to St.Alfosius Ligori. A Spiritual Direction Seminar. Lateran Pontifical University, The Alphonsian Graduate Institute of Moral Theology, Rome, Italy 1994: MUSYOKA J. Marriage Among the Akamba Community. A Paper Presented at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa in the Faculty of Moral Theology, C.U.E.A, Nairobi County, Kenya 1994: MUSYOKA J. The History of African Church (AC)Iveti Hills, Machakos. A Paper Presented at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa in the Faculty of Moral Theology, C.U.E.A, Nairobi County, Kenya 7
1994: MUSYOKA J. The Ideal of Sin in the Kamba Custory Law. A Paper Presented at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa in the Faculty of Moral Theology, C.U.E.A, Nairobi County, Kenya 1993: MUSYOKA J. Childhood Development Psychology. A Paper Presented at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa in the Faculty of Moral Theology, C.U.E.A, Nairobi, County 1993: MUSYOKA J. Bioethics in the African Context. A Paper Presented at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa in the Faculty of Moral Theology, C.U.E.A, Nairobi, County 1993: MUSYOKA J. Various Schools of Spirituality in AMACEA Churches. A Paper Presented at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa in the Faculty of Moral Theology, C.U.E.A, Nairobi, County, Kenya 1993: MUSYOKA J. Social Teaching of the Church. A Paper Presented at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa in the Faculty of Moral Theology, C.U.E.A, Nairobi,Kenya APPOINTMENTS 2013: Kenyatta University Kitui Campus Member o Academic Committee (Chairperson) o Admission Committee o Quality Management Committee o Seminars and Publication Committee o Kitchen Committee o Corruption and Prevention Committee 8
2012: Mount Kenya University-Nairobi Campus. Member o Students Mentorship Committee, School of Education o Academic Advisory Committee, School of Education o Research Committee, Nairobi Campus. o Quality Assurance Committee, Nairobi Campus. o Examination Officer, Department of Economics and Development Studies 2008-2010: Member of the District Education Board (DEB) Yatta District, Machakos County, Kenya 2008-2010: Member of the Diocesan Education Board, Catholic Diocese of Machakos, Machakos County, Kenya PROPOSALS 2004: MUSYOKA J. Use and Abuse of Alcoholic Beverages in the Family. The Moral Issues Involved with Special Reference to Kenya Experience. PhD Proposal Presented and Submitted to The Lateran Pontifical University, Academia Alphonsian Graduate Institute of Moral Theology in Fulfillment of the Requirement for Doctor of Philosophy in Moral Theology, Lateran University, Rome, Italy. 1994: MUSYOKA J. Alcohol Use and Abuse Among the Akamba of Iveti Hills. A Moral Issue(A Case Study) M.A. Proposal Presented and Submitted at The Catholic University of Eastern Africa in the Faculty of Moral Theology in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for Master of Arts, C.U.E.A., Nairobi. 9
RESEARCH 2005: MUSYOKA J. Use and Abuse of Alcoholic Beverages in the Family. The Moral Issues Involved with Special Reference to Kenya Experience. Thesis Submitted to The Lateran Pontifical University, Academia Alfonsiana Superior Institute of Moral Theology in Fulfillment of the Requirement for Doctor of Philosophy in Moral Theology, Lateran University, Rome, Italy. 1995: MUSYOKA J.Alcohol Use and Abuse Among the Akamba of Iveti Hills. A Moral Issue(A Case Study)A Thesis Submitted at The Catholic University of Eastern Africa in the Faculty of Moral Theology as Fulfillment of the Requirement for Master of Arts, C.U.E.A., Nairobi PUBLICATION 2005: MUSYOKA J. Use and Abuse of Alcoholic Beverages in the Family. The Moral Issues Involved with Special Reference to Kenyan Experience. Lateran University, Rome, Italy. COMMUNITY SERVICE AND RESPONSIBILITIES 2013: Patron Ministry of Repentance and Holiness: Kenyatta University Kitui Campus 2013: The Chairperson, Kenyatta University Kitui Staff Welfare Association (KUKISWA) 2013: Student s Mentor Kenyatta University Mentorship Programme 2013: Member Iveti-Kaani Gravitational Water Project, Machakos County, Kenya 10
Guest Speaker 2011: Kaiti Education Awareness Day, at Mukuyuni Secondary School, Makueni County, Kenya, Held on 16 th March 2011: Itikoni Secondary School Education/Parents Day, Machakos County, Kenya, held on 12 th March 2009: The 1 st Ever Education Day for Ngong Catholic Diocese, at Loitoktok, held on 19 th September. 2007-2012: Trainer of Trainers (ToT) for Making life s Responsible Choices, an Abstinence and Behaviour Change Program for the Youth (ABY), an Education Programme for Training Primary and Secondary schools Religious Education Teachers in the Catholic Diocese of Machakos 2007-2010: BOG Member, Mavoloni Secondary School, Machakos County, Kenya 2007-2010: Supervised the Drilling and Managing of Mavoloni Catholic Mission Water Borehole, Machakos County, Kenya 2004-2005: The President of Students of East African Community, Ethiopia and Sudan in St. Paul s Pontifical College, Rome, Italy. 1997-2002 Sourced funds and constructed Makongo Primary School Small Home for the Deaf, Makueni County, Kenya 1995: Sports Master St. Thomas Aquinas National Seminary, Nairobi County, Kenya 11
CERTIFICATES AWARDED 2008-2011: Certificate of Appreciation, Founder Member of the District Education Board (DEB) of Yatta District Kenya. 2010: Certificate of Trainer of Trainers (ToT) for Making life s Responsible Choices, an Abstinence and Behaviour Change Program for the Youth (ABY), Kenya Catholic Secretariat. 2003: Certificate in Italian Language. Perugia University for Foreign Students, Perugia, Italy. 2000-2001: Amani Certificate in Pastoral Counselling Skills. Amani Counselling Centre and Training Institute, Nairobi County, Kenya LANGUAGES English-Spoken and Written Kiswahili-Spoken and Written Italian-Spoken and Written Basic- German, Spanish, Latin and Greek INTERESTS Lecturing/Teaching/Training Development Work Research Work Voluntary Community Service 12
REFEREES 1. Prof. Rev. Joseph Kahiga Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies Moi University E mail jjkiruki@yahoo.com Cell Phone 0722-774082 2. Dr. Zacharia Samita Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies Kenyatta University E Mail samita@yahoo.com Cell Phone 0721-268665 3. Dr. James Muola Dean School of Education South Eastern Kenya University (SEKU) Email mateemuola@yahoo.com Cell Phone 0721228221 13