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Dr. Sr. A. L. Lando
Sr. Dr. Agnes Lucy Lando is the Deputy Head
of Communication Department and also a
senior lecturer. Dr. Lando obtained her Ph.D
in Social Communication from The Pontifical
Gregorian University, Rome in 2008. Among
the courses she teaches are Communication
and Media Theory, Communication Ethics,
Crisis Communication, Media Management,
Advanced Audio-Visual Productions,
Human Communication and Intercultural
Communication. She has published quite a
number of articles Her writings contribute
to the growing scholarship on media ethics,
higher education, media studies, new media
and communication theory in the African
context and beyond.
In June 2013, a paper she co-authored
with six MA Communication students, by the
title: “Retesting Cultivation Theory on the
Origins, Causes, and Predictors of Aggression:
The Case of Pre and Post Genocide Rwanda”
won the 2013 George Gerbner Excellence
Award in Budapest, Hungary.
Dr. Lando is a member of various national,
regional and international communication
academic bodies and has presented
peer-reviewed papers both locally and
internationally. Her research interests are
in Media Studies, Communication Theory,
Crisis Communication, and Communication
Ethics. She has received partial ICA Travel
Grant to the 2015 ICA Conference in San
Juan, Puerto Rico where she is scheduled to
mentor upcoming researchers in the field of
Communication. She also received similar
grants In 2014 and 2013.
In February 2014, she was appointed
the external examiner for dissertations
submitted by postgraduate candidates of
Makerere University - MA Journalism and
Communication. Dr. Lando is also the
Africa Regional Liaison for International
Communication Association (ICA) ; and was
mandated to work towards holding the first
ICA-Africa Region Conference in Africa within
the next two years.
Her current research, co-authored, is
entitled, “Traditional African Culture and
Communication: The Missing Link in Cattle
Rustling Interventions among Pastoralist
Communities in Northern Kenya”
One of her greatest joys is to see her
students grow to her level or even surpass
her. In July 2016 she will lead a group of
four MA Communication students to Berlin
to present their papers at the 11th Global
Communication Association Conference.
In an attempt to provide a lasting solution
to the perennial school fees plight of a
number of MA Communication students
in Daystar, on 14th March 2013, Dr. Lando
together with some MA Communication
students founded Master Communicators
Welfare Association (MCWA) that aims
at raising money and paying fees for
financially challenged but academically able
MA Communication students of Daystar
University. This fund is 100% student run,
under her guidance as their patron.. Since its
inception, MCWA has awarded 3 scholarships.
The next scholarship will be on 14th March
2016 (cf: http://www.mcwa-kenya.com/).
Dr. Paul Mutinda Mbutu
Dr. Mbutu holds a Ph.D from Texas A & M University. His research interests are in
the areas of qualitative, organizational, institutional, and sociological approaches to
communicative phenomena. Of special interest to him is how people use various
communicative and discursive resources to approach leadership training and manage
inter-ethnic conflicts.
Dr. Mbutu has also conducted research and written about qualitative and quantitative
methodologies, content analysis in media, performance evaluation in organizations, client
feedback surveys for the World Bank, HIV/AIDS prevention and control baseline surveys,
and youth status surveys in an Africa city. Some of his research has been published
by Daystar University, Nairobi, Kenya. In addition to his scholarly writing and research,
Dr. Mbutu has continued his teaching career upon his return to Daystar University in
November 2012. He also conducts training with NGOs in Kenya, in leadership training,
inter-ethnic conflict management and the youth, as a way to blend his theoretical and
practical interests.
Dr. Mbutu is currently the University Registrar.
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