Prof. Inviolata Vicky Khasandi-Telewa Profile

   Name of Staff: Prof. Inviolata Vicky Khasandi-Telewa

   Designation/Rank: Associate Professor

   Department: Literary and Communication Studies

   School: Humanities and Development Studies

   Email: vkhasandi@laikipia.ac.ke

         

PERSONAL DETAILS

A  Educational Background/Qualification

  1. PhD in Applied Linguistics and English Language Teaching, University of Warwick, UK (2007)
  2. Master of Arts in English Language and Linguistics, Egerton University, Kenya (1996)
  3. Bachelor of Education (Arts) (Linguistics and Literature in English), University of Nairobi (1991)

B  Brief Autobiography

Prof. Inviolata Vicky Khasandi-Telewa is an Associate Professor of English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics at Laikipia University, Kenya. She is currently a Presidential Postdoctoral fellow at the Center for African Studies at Pennsylvania State University, USA.  She attained her PhD in Applied Linguistics and English Language Teaching from the University of Warwick, UK.  She has been teaching at Laikipia University (formerly a campus of Egerton University) since 1997 and has been Dean and Acting. Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academics, Research and Student Affairs). She has supervised more than twenty-one graduate students to successful completion, and many are ongoing.  Her core values are integrity, excellence, diligence, and the fear of God.  She is the editor of the CORETRAIN journal.

C  Areas of Specialization

  1. English Language Teaching
  2. Applied Linguistics
  3. Human Rights

D  Research Interest

My research interests are in Applied Linguistics in African contexts, particularly Decoloniality, Language-in-Education policies, Discourses of Gender, Religion, Politics and governance, Refugees, and Ecolinguistics

E  All Publications

  1. Ogal, G. O., Khasandi-Telewa, V., &Mahero, E. (2024) Marriage is Containment: An Image Schematic Analysis of Analogies of Marriage in Dholuo. Egerton Journal of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education, 13(1-196), 77-91.
  2. Ouma, Ogal, Khasandi-Telewa, Vicky. Mahero, Evelyn (2024). Could marriage be a glorified transactional relationship? A cognitive blending            approach to analogies of marriage in Dholuo. Studies in Linguistics, Culture, and    FLT.    DOI 10.46687/QSBE3439
  3. Khasandi-Telewa Vicky (2023). An ecolinguistic positive discourse analysis of ‘Mwambu and Sella’, a Bukusu oral narrative from Western Kenya. Language & Ecology Available www.ecoling.net
  4. Khasandi-Telewa V. (2023) “Women should not wear pants?’ Reflections from Kenyan English speakers in a strait between American and British English” Journal of Languages and Linguistics (ISSN: 2958-1028) (Online) (Volume 02, Issue 01, March 2023).
  5. Khasandi-Telewa, Vicky, (2023) Finesse in Tenses in Olukabarasi, a Bantu Language of Western Kenya. Coretrain Journal of Languages Humanities, Social Sciences and Education (Online) (ISSN 2617-6432) Vo1 1 Num 1, 2023
  6.  Khasandi-Telewa, Vicky. (2023). ‘An ecolinguistic reading of Luhya oral narratives in Kenya: Ideologies and ecosophies’.  Language & Ecology Available www.ecoling.net
  7. Ngoiri Jane Njuguna, Khasandi-Telewa Vicky & Makoni Sinfree. (2023). Utalii wa Ngoma: Makonde dance proprietors and tourism Dance Appropriation. RUWAZA AFRICA Journal of Contemporary Research in Humanities and Social Sciences, ISSN 2225 – 7144, Volume X-I.
  8. Barasa, M., Moinani, D. & Khasandi-Telewa V. (2023) “Conceptualizing Nationalism, Revolution and Opposition in Political Discourse by use of Metaphors: the case of Raila Odinga”. Journal of Languages and Linguistics (ISSN: 2958-1028) (Online) (Volume 02, Issue 01, March 2023).
  9. Marotse Violet & Khasandi-Telewa Vicky (2023) ‘A Bale of Water’? Influence of First Language Transfer on Spoken English in Secondary Schools in Mogotio Sub-County, Baringo County, Kenya. Coretrain Journal of Languages Humanities, Social Sciences and Education (Online) (ISSN 2617-6432) Vo1 1 Num 1, 2023
  10. Ndiewo Tom Barnard Okoth, Vicky Khasandi-Telewa, & Evelyn O. Mahero (2023) ‘An Analysis of Pupil and Student-teacher Language in the Classroom during Teaching Practice in Secondary Schools in Kericho West Sub-County in Kenya. Laikipia University Journal of Social Science Education & Humanities (JSSEH) 2791-1926 (Online). Volume 1, Issue 2, 2023.
  11. Maoncha Job & Khasandi-Telewa Vicky (2023) Gender portrayal in the discourse of Death: Use of Euphemisms in Abagusii Dirges. RUWAZA AFRICA Journal of Contemporary Research in Humanities and Social Sciences, ISSN 2225 – 7144 March, 2023, Volume X-I.
  12. Juma Isaac Simiyu, Nelson Ndiritu, & Vicky Khasandi-Telewa (2023) Impact and gravity of spoken language errors on communication among Kimeru learners of English as A Second Language in Kenya. Laikipia University Journal of Social Science Education & Humanities (JSSEH). Volume 1, Issue 2, 2023. ISSN 2791-1926 (Online).
  13. Khasandi-Telewa, Vicky, Sinfree Makoni & David Bade (2022) Proverbial Futures: Proverbs and Political Discourse in Africa. F o r u m l i n g ü í s t i c., F l o r i a n ó p o l i s, v . 19, Special Issue, p. 7 2 0 6 - 7 2 2 5. doi: http : / /d x . doi . o.rg / 1 0 . 5 0 0 7 / 1 9 8 4 - 8 4 1 2. 2 0 2 2. e 8 4 0 4 7
  14. Khasandi-Telewa, Vicky (2022). ‘Everyone was happy when talking’: Revisiting the use of mother tongues in Kenyan Universities. In S. Makoni, C. G. Severo, A Abdelhay & A Kaiper-Marquez, The Language of Higher Education in the Global South: De-Colonizing the Language of Scholarship and Pedagogy. Routledge. (Pp 133-146)
  15. Micheni, B., Khasandi-Telewa, V. & Ndiritu, N. (2022) Interlanguage Fossilization: Description and Analysis of Fossilized Grammatical Items in the English Language of Secondary School Learners in Nakuru County, Kenya. Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities [SSEH] Vol 2 No 1, 2022 journals. laikipia.ac.ke/index.php/jsseh/article/view/25 
  16. Ngoiri Jane Njuguna, Khasandi-Telewa, Vicky & Makoni Sinfree (2021) A Review of the Impact of Socioeconomic Modernity on Traditional Orality: The Case of Kenyan Makonde Cultural Dances. Ngano; the Journal of Eastern African Oral Literature, Num 2, June 2021 (pp 1-16)
  17. Micheni, B., Khasandi-Telewa, V. & Ndiritu, N. (2021) Implications of classroom instructional elements on secondary school learners’ fossilization of grammar: A case study of Nakuru County, Kenya. Ruwaza Afrika, Journal of Contemporary Research in Humanities & Social Sciences Vol. VIII, December 2021
  18. Barasa, M. N., Opande, I. N., & Khasandi-Telewa V. I (2021) A Socio-Cultural Discourse Representation of Women in Bukusu and Gusii Proverbs. Ngano: The Journal of Eastern African Oral Literature. Number 2, June 2021 (pp 1-16)
  19. Ndegwa, F., Kirigia, E., Ndoro, P. & Khasandi, V. (2020). Sexuality Communication
    between the clergy and adolescents in Nakuru County.  Journal of Media & Communication Studies. 2(1), 178-188. Doi:10.51317/ecjmcs. v2i1.194
  20. Barasa, M. N, Khasandi -Telewa V. I, & Nyandoro, G. (2020). A Discursive Analysis of the Interactive Meaning in Covid-19 Containment Discourses in social media: Perspectives on Family Relationships. International Journal of English Literature and Social Sciences, 5(4) Jul-Aug 2020 Available online: https://ijels.com/
  21. Margaret Nasambu Barasa and Vicky Khasandi-Telewa (2020). The Construction of the Disabled Identity in Bukusu Society, Kenya: A Discursive Analysis of Marginalisation. IAR Journal of Humanities and Cultural Studies. 1(2) 95-101.
  22. Ndegwa, F., Kirigia, E., Ndoro, P. & Khasandi-Telewa, V. (2020). Sexuality Communication between Teachers and Adolescents in Nakuru County, Kenya. Journal of Media & Communication. Studies, 2(1), 151-160. Doi:10.51317/ecjmcs. v2i1.195.
  23. Ang’alika Noel Kanguha, Barasa Margaret Nasambu, and Khasandi Telewa Vicky (2020); Women’s Rights to Land Ownership and Use in Vihiga County, Kenya: Need for Communication. International Academic Journal of Education & Literature. 1(7); 335- 340.
  24. Khasandi-Telewa, V., Sheila Wandera-Simwa, Evelyn Mahero, Francis Ndegwa (2019) Ethical Considerations in Rewarding of Sports Winners: A Comparison of Traditional Luhya Community and Contemporary Systems. Coretrain Journal of Languages, Humanities, Social Sciences and Education Vol. 1, No. 1, 2019.
  25. Khasandi-Telewa, V., Margaret Nasambu Barasa (2018) Jamaa wa Vitendawili’: Discursive Construction of Opponents in Political Campaign Discourse in Kenya Using Metaphors. Coretrain Journal of Languages, Humanities, Social Sciences and Education Vol.1.2018 http://www.coretrain.org ISSN 2617-6432 Pp 190-199.
  26.   Asule Mukoba David, Yieke Felicia, Khasandi-Telewa Vicky (2018). Political Disenfranchisement of Street Persons in Kenya-A ‘Hidden’ Vote Rich Constituency: The Case Study of Isiolo Township. Coretrain Journal of Languages, Humanities, Social Sciences and Education Vol.1.2018 http://www.coretrain.org ISSN 2617-6432 Pp 110-118.
  27. Wanjiru Mugo Jane, Mugambi Rutere Albert, Khasandi-Telewa Vicky (2018) Retention of Proverbial Wisdom and Gender Relations in Selected Novels of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o. Coretrain Journal of Languages, Humanities, Social Sciences and Education Vol.1.2018 http://www.coretrain.org ISSN 2617-6432 Pp 1-11/ Print: Coretrain Journal of Social Sciences, Education and Humanities 1.1 (Dec 2018):151-167
  28. Nakiboli Habakkuk; Khaemba Josephine; Khasandi-Telewa Vicky (2017) Ideology in Political Campaigns: Explicating the Digital-Analogue Metaphor Used in the 2013 Election Campaigns by the Jubilee Coalition in Kenya. International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET) e-ISSN: 2395-0056 Volume: 04 Issue: 11 | Nov -2017 www.irjet.net p-ISSN: 2395-0072.
  29. Barasa M, Khasandi-Telewa V & Ndambuki J (2016). The Role of Language in Peacebuilding: The Case of Kenya’s 2008 Coalition Government. African Conflict and Peacebuilding Review Journal (ACPR) Vol. 6 no 2 October 2016.
  30. Barasa M, Khasandi-Telewa, V and Ndambuki J. (2016). Socio-linguistic referential construction of leaders in Kenya’s 2008 post-consultation discourse: coalition governance in nascent democracies. Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal. Vol 3(9) September 2016, pp 46-55.
  31. Khasandi-Telewa V & Wandera S P (2016) Chenda Kalaha Yola: Proverbs of Peace in the Luhya and Swahili of Kenya. Ngano: Journal of East African Oral Literatures. Vol 1 (1) February 2016.
  32. Khasandi-Telewa V. (2016) Manifestation and Social Construction of Corruption in Kenya's Passenger Service Vehicles in the Face of Blasé Passengers. International Journal of Research in Social Sciences. Volume 6, Issue 10 (October 2016) ISSN: 2249-2496, pp 705-727.
  33. Khasandi-Telewa, V (2016). Folklore and Environmental Conservation among the Swahili and Luhya of Kenya. International Journal of Innovative Research and Development. ISSN 2278-0211, April 2016.
  34. Barasa M., Ndambuki J & Khasandi-Telewa V T (2016). Pronominal Choice: A Reflection of Authority, Identity, and solidarity In Kenya’s post-election consultation discourse. Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities [SSEH] Vol 1 no 1, March 2016.
  35. Callen Kemunto, Vicky Khasandi-Telewa & James Mutiti (2016). Interface between spoken and written ability in English as a Second Language: Learner-speaker performance in selected primary schools in Nakuru Municipality, Kenya. SK International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research Hub Vol 3 (8) August 2016. ISSN: 2394-3122 (Online). Pp13-22.
  36. Karia C., Ndambuki J & Khasandi-Telewa V (2016) ‘Motivational aspects in Pentecostal Sermon Code-switching: a Case Study of the Mukurweini Gospel Outreach Church Nyeri County, Kenya’.  Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities [SSEH] Vol 1 no 1, March 2016.
  37. Barasa M, Ndambuki J & Khasandi V T (2015).  An Ideological Investigation into the use of modality in Kenya’s Coalition leaders’ discourse. Journal of Pan African Studies, Vol 8 No 9, December 2015.
  38. Achieng L.A & Khasandi-Telewa V (2014) The Resurgence of Interest in African Languages – A Case of Mother-tongue Use in Kenya. Open Science Repository Language and Linguistics.
  39. Oliver Mulanda & Vicky Khasandi-Telewa (2014) ‘In the Cartoonist’s Mind: Exploring Political Comic Strips in Kenyan Daily Newspapers’. The Journal of Pan African Studies, Vol.6, no.9, May 2014
  40. Khasandi-Telewa Vicky & Michael Ndonye (2014) The future of print journalism: internet technology and the 21st century newspaper in Kenya. International Journal of Social Sciences (IJRSS) Volume 3: Issue 3. March
  41. Khasandi-Telewa, Vicky, Evelyn Mahero, Francis Ndegwa & Makarios Wakoko (2014) The Samburu traditional communicative ornamentation: identity and Female Genital Mutilation. International Journal of Social Science and Entrepreneurship.  Vol.1, Issue 11, 2014  www.ijsse.org ISSN 2307-6305
  42. Khasandi-Telewa Vicky, Makarios Wakoko, Jane Mugo, Evelyn Mahero & Francis Ndegwa (2013) “What an old man sees while sitting a young man cannot see while standing”: utilizing senior citizens to achieve peace.” International Journal of Research in Social Sciences (IJRSS) Volume 2: Issue 2 June 2013. ISSN 2307-6305
  43. ‘A Discussion of Select Rights II’ (2013). In Yieke & Chacha B.  (Eds) HURI 111: Human Rights A Common Core Laikipia University Course. Published by Laikipia University Council with the support of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Pages 124-138
  44. POLS 0014 COMMUNICATION SKILLS. Wandera S & Khasandi-Telewa V. Chapter in reviewed Certificate in Police Science Manual, September 2013.
  45. Public Relations for Police Officers (forthcoming). Reviewed chapter in Diploma in Police Science Manual. [DOC 13]
  46. Khasandi-Telewa, Vicky (2014) “‘She worships at the Kikuyu Church’: The influence of Scottish Missionaries on Language in Worship and Education among African Christians”. In Afe Adogame & Andrew Lawrence (eds.) Africa in Scotland, Scotland in Africa: Historical Legacies and Contemporary Hybridities in global contexts. Leiden: Brill.
  47. Khasandi-Telewa V, Liguyani R & Wandera S (2012) Appropriating Globalisation to Revitalise Indigenous Knowledge and Identity Through Luhya Children’s Play Songs’ Journal of Pan African Studies, 5(6), 75 - 91. 
  48. Khasandi-Telewa Vicky (2010). ‘English is Must to Us’: Languages and Education in Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya. Saarbrücken: Lambert Academic Publishing. ISBN 978-3-8383-9428-2
  49. Khasandi-Telewa, V (2006). ‘Of Frogs’ eyes and cows drinking water’: Water and Folklore in Western Kenya. In Tvedt, T, Jackobson E, Coopey R and Oestigaard T. A History of water. Bergen: I. B. Taurus.
  50. Khasandi-Telewa, V (2006) ‘Language Use in the Education of Refugees: Kakuma Camp and Urban Schools in Comparative Perspective’. In: Abebe Z Migration and Citizenship in Africa. Dakar: CODESRIA.

In Preparation

  1. (Ms) Critical Perspectives in Decoloniality [Eds. Dorothy Takyiakwa, Sinfree Makoni, Alissa Hartig, Vicky Khasandi-Telewa]. Multilingual Matters
  2. (Ms) Indigeneity and Pathways to other knowledges. [Eds Magda Madany-Saa, Sinfree Makoni, Alissa Hartig & Vicky Khasandi-Telewa].
  3. ‘(un)book: This Isn't a Book: Reimagining Ideas about Language and Knowledge Through a Southern Epistemic Lens.’

F  Project/Thesis Supervision

PhD Theses

  1. Ogal, George Ouma, (2024) A cognitive linguistic approach to analogies of marriage: the case of Dholuo in Kenya, PhD in Applied Linguistics, Laikipia University
  2. Gitu Pamela Mukami (2023) Linguistic Stigmatization in Discourses towards Involuntary Childless Women in the Gĩkũyũ Community, PhD in Applied Linguistics, Laikipia University
  3. Ndiewo Tom Barnard Okoth (2023) Relationship between Student-Teacher and Learners’ Errors and Codes in English Language in Kericho-West in Kenya, PhD in Applied Linguistics, Laikipia University
  4. Beatrice Micheni (2022) Fossilization of Grammatical Items in the English Language of Secondary School Learners in Nakuru County, Kenya. PhD in applied Linguistics,
  5. Francis M. Ndegwa (2021) Adult-adolescent sexual communication interaction and adolescent sexual behavior: a study in Nakuru County, Kenya. PhD in Communication and Media, Laikipia University.
  6. Jane W Mugo (2018) Retention of Proverbial Wisdom and Gender relations in Selected Novels of Ngugi Wa Thiong’o. PhD in Literature, Laikipia University 
  7. Mahero Evelyn Ondisa (2015) ‘A study of the Discourse of Female Initiation Ceremony among the Samburu of Samburu County in Kenya’.  PhD in Applied Linguistics, Laikipia University
  8. Kirigia Eliud (2014) ‘A linguistic analysis of health literacy among Meru women attending selected maternal child health clinics in Meru County’ PhD thesis, Applied Linguistics, Laikipia University.
  9. Barasa Margaret (2014) ‘Analysis of the Discursive Strategies in Kenya’s 2007 Post-Election Consultation Negotiation Discourse of Former President Mwai Kibaki and Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga’.  PhD thesis in Applied Linguistics, Laikipia University,
  10. Thuku Stephen Ndichu (2014) ‘Effects of Mastery Learning Pedagogy on Secondary Schools Students’ Achievement and Motivation In English Language Composition Writing In Nyandarua County Kenya’. PhD in Educational Curriculum Instruction and Development, Laikipia University
  11. Jane Ombati Monyange (2014) PhD in Applied Linguistics, Laikipia University.

MA Theses

  1. Innocent Wandabwa (2023) ‘Verbal Duels in Kenyan Primary Schools: A Case Study of Mchongoano in Nakuru Municipality Primary Schools’. MA in Applied Linguistics, Laikipia University.
  2. Fridah Kimwetich (2019) Pastors’ Discourse on Church-Giving in Pentecostal Churches in Nakuru County. MA in Applied Linguistics, Laikipia University
  3. Habakkuk Nakiboli (2018) Mediatization of the 2013 Election Campaigns: A Case Study of The Standard and Daily Nation Newspapers in Kenya; Masters in Journalism and Mass Communication, Egerton University.
  4. Marotse S. Violet (2015) An analysis of the Influence of L1 on Spoken English in Secondary Schools in Mogotio Sub- County, Baringo County, Kenya. MA in Applied Linguistics, Laikipia University.
  5. Maoncha Job Nyamamba (2015) ‘Euphemisms in Traditional Dirges of the Bagusii of Kenya’, MA in Applied Linguistics, Laikipia University.
  6. Mukoba David Asule (2014) ‘The Rise of a Begging Nation: Discourse Patterns of Soliciting Offers Amongst Street Persons in Isiolo Township, Kenya’. MA in Applied Linguistics, Laikipia University.
  7. Charles Muthee Karia (2014) ‘Codeswitching in the Pentecostal Sermon: A Case Study of Mukuruweini Gospel Outreach Church, Nyeri County, Kenya’. MA in Applied Linguistics, Laikipia University.
  8. Mulanda O Musasia (2014) ‘Kenyan Readers’ Interpretations of Editorial Cartoons in Daily Newspapers in The Run-Up to the 2013 General Election’. Master of Journalism and Mass Communication, Egerton University.
  9. Mbiyu Catherine (2013) ‘Discursive Constructions of Negotiation for Social Space across Genders: A Case Study of the Mugithi song and Dance Performance in Kenya’. MA in Applied Linguistics, Egerton University.
  10. Ogembo C. Kemunto (2012) Interface between Spoken and Written Ability in English as a Second Language: Learner-Speaker Performance in Selected Primary Schools in Nakuru Municipality, Kenya. MA thesis in English Language and Linguistics, Egerton University.
  11. Ochieng, L. Akoth (2012) A Morphosyntactic Analysis of Olusuba Language. MA thesis in English Language and Linguistics, Egerton University.

G  Scholarly Presentations at Conferences/Workshops/Seminars

  1. American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL) conference in Houston, Texas, March 14-20, presented my work in the pre-conference Graduate Student/Postdoc mentorship session. Also, colloquium on the ‘Unbooking project on Southernizing sociolinguistics’.
  2. Presented paper on ‘Unequal language practices in Parliament: implicit attitudes and identity challenges in Kakamega County, Kenya’ at the 2024 Kenya Scholars and Studies (KESSA) conference in Atlanta, Georgia, September 2024.
  3. Presented paper “Women should not wear pants?’ Reflections from Kenyan English speakers in a strait between American and British English” at the Kenya Scholars and Studies (KESSA) Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, USA 8-9 September 2023.
  4. Vicky Khasandi-Telewa, Sinfree Makoni and David Bade presented the roundtable “Proverbs in African Political Discourse: Lume ling’ompela alikombi chiwulu” at the the annual Conference of the International Association for the Integrational Study of Language and Communication (IAISLC), March 15-20, 2021 at the Federal University of Santa Catarina/Brazil.
  5. Presented a paper at the 13th International Society of African Oral Literatures (ISOLA) at the Kenya Cultural Centre in July 2021 ‘Startling the Luhya girl from the forest: an ecocriticism analysis of Kabras oral narratives’.
  6. Presented paper ‘The Ubiquitous Kenyan Entertainment Anthems:  Cultural Progress or Erosion?’ at the Annual Kenya Oral Literature Association Annual Conference at Moana Research Centre, University of Nairobi, Diani, Kenya from 12-14 April 2022.
  7. Presented paper, ‘The Effect of Referencing on the Perpetuation of TFI (Traditional Female Initiation) Among the Samburu of Samburu County: An Aspect of Othering’ at the Annual KOLA conference at Modern Guest House Ukunda (Diani, South Coast), Kwale County from 17th to 21st April 2019.
  8. Participated in the 2nd Biennial Conference for University Education from 30th October to 2nd November 2018 at the Kenya School of Monetary Studies, Nairobi
  9. Participated in the Humboldt Kolleg in the Humanities conference at University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria from 19th to 22nd February 2017.
  10. International Federation of Reprographic Rights Organisation (IFRRO) African Delegates Conference AGM in Dar es Salaam- 9th to 10th May 2016.
  11. Barasa M, Ndambuki, J & Khasandi-Telewa V. ‘The linguistic strategies of the principals’ in Kenya’s Post-consultation negotiation discourse on portfolio balance’. Paper presented at the 2nd Laikipia University conference, 20th-23rd May 2014.
  12. Barasa M., Khasandi V & Ndambuki J.  A discursive perspective on legitimation strategies in coalition governments-a case of Kenya’s 2008 post-election consultation discourse of the principals. Paper presented at the 1st Kisii University International conference, 30th Jul-2nd August 2014.
  13. Presented paper at the 3rd Annual International Conference; Kabarak University, Kenya between 15th and 18th Oct 2013 ‘The Future of Print Journalism: Internet Technology and the 21st Century Newspaper in Kenya’. Khasandi-Telewa V and Michael M. Ndonye [Egerton University].
  14. Barasa M., Khasandi-Telewa V & Ndambuki J. The role of language in peacebuilding: the case of Kenya’s 2008 coalition government. Paper presented at the 1st Chuka International conference 29th -31st October 2014.
  15. ‘Motivational aspects in Pentecostal Sermon Code-switching: a Case Study of the Mukurweini Gospel Outreach Church Nyeri County, Kenya’. Paper presented at the 2nd Laikipia University (LU) International Conference at LU main Campus, 20th -23rd May 2014, with Mr. Charles Karia and Dr J. Ndambuki.
  16. Barasa M., Ndambuki J & Khasandi-Telewa V. An ideological investigation into the use of modality in Kenya’s coalition leaders’ discourse. Presented at the 2nd Chuka University Conference28th-30th October 2015.
  17. ‘The Rise of a Begging Nation – The Discourse Patterns of Soliciting Offers Amongst Street Persons in Isiolo Township, Kenya’ – David Asule Mukoba, Dr Vicky Khasandi-Telewa, and Prof. F Yieke, Laikipia University, Kenya. Presented at the 2nd Laikipia University (LU) International Conference at LU main Campus, 20th -23rd May 2014.
  18. Verbal Duels In Kenyan Primary Schools: A Case Study of Mchongoano in Nakuru Municipality Primary Schools by Wandabwa M. Innocent and  Dr. Vicky Khasandi-Telewa. Paper presented at the Kenya Oral Literature Conference, Kibabii University, 2015.
  19. The Resurgence of Interest in African Languages – A Case of Mother-tongue Use in Kenya – Ms. Lillian A Achieng and Dr. Vicky Khasandi-Telewa, Egerton University; Laikipia University, Kenya. Presented at the ‘East Africa at 50: A Celebration of Histories and Futures Conference’, University of Nairobi, 10 – 12 September 2013
  20. The Samburu Traditional Communicative Ornamentation – Identity and FGM – Dr. Vicky Khasandi-Telewa, Evelyn Mahero, Francis Ndegwa, Laikipia University; Egerton University, Kenya. Presented at the ‘East Africa at 50: A Celebration of Histories and Futures Conference’, University of Nairobi, 10 – 12 September 2013.
  21. ‘From Bongo to Benga’ – Makarios Wakoko and Dr Vicky Khasandi-Telewa, Laikipia University, Kenya. Presented at the ‘East Africa at 50: A Celebration of Histories and Futures Conference’, University of Nairobi, 10 – 12 September 2013.
  22. Karia C., Khasandi-Telewa V & Ndambuki J. ‘Application of Codeswitchiong to Security Issues: Lessons from a Pentecostal Sermon in Nyeri County, Kenya’. Presented at the USIU Multidisciplinary Annual Research Conference, Windsor hotel 12th-14th November 2013.
  23. “What an old man sees while sitting a young man cannot see while standing”: utilizing senior citizens to achieve peace among the Kikuyu and Bukusu communities in Kenya. Presented paper at the Kenya Oral Literature Association Junior Scholars’ Workshop in Tot, Marakwet County- 21st to 25th May 2013. By Vicky Khasandi-Telewa, Mr. Makarios Wakoko and Ms Jane Mugo.
  24. Presented paper at the Kenyatta University Conference, 2014. ‘Revitalising the Suba Language’: Lilian A. Ochieng and Dr. Vicky Khasandi-Telewa.
  25. Presented paper at the international conference on Orality, Talk, Circularity organised by the Centre for English Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University and the Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate Programme in ‘Cultural Studies in Literary Zones’ at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India March 7-9, 2012.
  26. International Deans’ course 2011/2011 organised by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), DIES, The University of Osnabruck, the German Rectors’ Conference, the Commission for Higher Education, and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Part I: Osnabruck/Berlin, Germany June 20-30, 2011; Part II Nairobi, Kenya, 08-09 November 2011; Part III Addis Ababa Ethiopia, February 20-24, 2012.
  27. Presented paper at the South African Comparative and History of Education Society (SACHES) Annual Conference whose theme was ‘Redrawing the boundaries of difference in the Region: Regionalisation as a new space for Educational Change’; Monday 8th August 2011 to Thursday 11th August 2011 at Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort in the outskirts of Kampala City, Uganda.
  28. Presented paper at the State University of Zanzibar– SPINE 2010 in collaboration with the University of Bristol (UK) International Symposium on Teaching, Learning, and Assessing in Second Language Contexts: 2nd to 3rd December 2010.
  29. Presented paper at the 4th Formulaic Language Research Network (FLaRN) Conference at The University of Paderborn, Germany 23rd to 26th March 2010.
  30. Presented paper at the Interdisciplinary Annual Centre for African Studies International Conference at the University of Edinburgh, April 29th to May 1st, 2009, ‘Scotland in Africa-Africa in Scotland’.
  31. Presented paper at the 8th International Society for the Oral Literature of Africa (ISOLA) Conference held at Diani Leisure Lodge, 15th to 20th July 2010.
  32. Presented two papers at the Annual Chama Cha Kiswahili Cha Kitaifa (CHAKITA) Conference at Pwani University, August 2010.
  33. Egerton University 4th Annual Research Week and International Conference September 15th to 17th 2009 at ARC Hotel.
  34. Egerton University Proposal Development and Communication Skills Enhancement Training, 24th to 26th March 2009 at ARC Hotel, Egerton.
  35. Stakeholders’ Workshop for the Identification of Research Priority Areas for the Period 2010-2013 on 3rd December 2009 at Egerton University CMRT.
  36. Linguistic Ethnography Symposium, University of London, April 2004
  37. 34th BAAL Conference, University of Reading, UK 6-8 September 2001
  38. 2nd International Water History Association Conference, 8-12 August 2001, University of Bergen, Norway
  39. Association of Third World Studies Conference- Kenya chapter, Nov 17-21, 2000, Moi University, Kenya
  40. Laikipia College Campus Annual Interdisciplinary Symposium Feb 2001
  41. CODESRIA Governance Institute ‘Migration and Citizenship in Africa’, Dakar, Senegal, August to September 2000.

H  Consultancies

  1. Reviewer for the Applied Linguistics Journal (Oxford University Press)
  2. University External examiner.
  3. Trainer- Graduate Students Research and Proposal Writing, Coretrainers, Nakuru, 3rd September 2016
  4. Graduate Students Research and Proposal Writing, Coretrainers, Nakuru, 8th August 2016

Awards

  1. 2023-2024 Presidential Postdoctoral fellowship programme at Pennsylvania State University, USD 200,000.
  2. 2024 Grant from the Pennsylvania State University African Research Center for participation in the American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL) conference in Houston, Texas, March 14-20, 2024, $1000.
  3. 2020 On the research team that won Laikipia University Internal Research grants for the proposal ‘e-Peer Mentorship for Improved Mental Health among University Students Engaging in Transactional Sex amid COVID-19’ $2000.

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