USIU-Africa is pleased to announce the appointment of Prof. Munyae M. Mulinge to the position of Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academic & Students Affairs effective Tuesday, March 1, 2022 for a period of one year.

Prof. Mulinge joined USIU-Africa in January 2009. He has served the University in various capacities including being Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice Studies in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS), Dean, School of Humanities and Social Sciences (February 2011 to April 2014), Associate DVC, Academic Affairs (September 2017 to January 31, 2021), and Acting Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academic and Student Affairs (March 2021 to February 2022).

Prof. Mulinge holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and a Master of Arts in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Nairobi, Kenya, and a PhD in Sociology from the University of Iowa, USA. Prof. Mulinge has taught Sociology in various colleges and universities in the United States, Botswana, and Kenya.

He has conducted research in varied areas, including Higher Education (focusing on governance and the quality of postgraduate training), job satisfaction and organizational attachment, corruption and economic mismanagement, ethnicity and HIV/AIDS, leading to the authorship and publication of many research works with internationally acclaimed journals and publishing houses.

Congratulations to Prof. Mulinge as he takes up his new position.