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Mr. Charles Wagunda – Asst. Lecturer, Communication Studies
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=d0pbP_0AAAAJ&hl=en&authuser=1
Biography
Mr. Charles Wagunda has over seven years of teaching experience at the university level. Part of that time, he has served as the INFOCOMS School senate representative, a member of the gender mainstreaming committee, the departmental exam coordinator, and the departmental curriculum review committee, among other positions.
He is an assistant Lecturer of Communication Studies, currently awaiting to be conferred with a PhD degree (Communication Studies) by Rongo University, Kenya. He has a M.Sc. (Communication Studies)-Moi University, Postgraduate Dip Ed. (Management) -KEMI and B.Ed. Arts, Hons. (English/Literature)-Moi University.
Service to the Media Industry
Mr. Wagunda is a regular opinion writer in mainstream newspaper columns. Some of his articles include:
https://nation.africa/kenya/blogs-opinion/blogs/fix-urban-filth-menace-4263480
https://nation.africa/kenya/blogs-opinion/blogs/let-gbv-stories-cover-broader-social-aspects-4035112
https://nation.africa/kenya/blogs-opinion/blogs/exclusionist-advertising-fuels-cheating-3772652
https://nation.africa/kenya/blogs-opinion/blogs/erect-proper-road-signs-3755678
https://nation.africa/kenya/blogs-opinion/blogs/let-political-slogans-have-ideologies-3732638
https://nation.africa/kenya/blogs-opinion/blogs/support-community-radios-3715536
https://nation.africa/kenya/blogs-opinion/blogs/curb-hateful-rhetoric-and-poll-violence-3708474
https://nation.africa/kenya/blogs-opinion/blogs/fake-academic-papers-have-no-place-in-kenya-3703212
Awards:
Mr. Wagunda has received awards and accreditations including:
Policy Communication Fellowship-African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP)/Population Reference Bureau (PRB) -2020
Accredited by the Media Council of Kenya as a media trainer.
Research Interest
Mr. Wagunda’s research interest is in Media representation of gender/health issues as well as Strategic communication.
Publications
A sample of his recent publications include:
Wagunda, C., Ogenga, F & Oluoch, J. (2021). Textual meanings of the representation of intimate partner violence by the Kenyan press. New Media and Mass Communication, 96(20021), 75-84.
From: https://iiste.org/Journals/index.php/NMMC/article/view/56688
Wagunda, C., Oluoch, J & Ogenga, F. (2020). Understanding media representation of intimate partner violence in Kenya: An analysis of the mainstream press. International Journal of Peace and Conflict Studies (IJPCS), 6(2), 15-35.
From: http://journals.rcmss.com/index.php/ijpcs/article/view/308
Wagunda, C., Agalo, J & Oluoch, J. (2016). Influence of voluntary medical male circumcision communication strategies on risk perception among secondary school students in Kenya. Journal of Health, Medicine and Nursing, 28(2016), 20-28.
From: https://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/JHMN/article/view/32006