School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Areas of interest/specialization: International Criminal Justice, International Victimology, Security and Human rights.

Biography:

Ms. Terry Odhiambo is a Lecturer of Criminal Justice. She is a criminal justice and a human rights professional. She holds a Master’s Degree in Conflict Prevention and Dispute Resolution from the University of Westminster; a Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminal Justice with honors from the United States International University-Africa. She has previously taught BA Criminology at Masinde Muliro University and BA Criminal Justice at USIU-Africa as an Adjunct faculty. Terry has also worked as a human rights and criminal justice consultant at The Kenyan Section of the International Commission of Jurists and Journalists for Justice.

Academic Degrees

MA (Hons) Conflict Prevention, Dispute Resolution Jan 2015- Jan 2016 University of Westminster, London

BA (Hons) Criminal Justice Jan 2011 April 2014 United States International University-Africa, Kenya

Paper Presentations

• Paper Presentation at the 2018 annual Criminology and Criminal Justice Conference at USIU-Africa Nairobi 19-20 June 2018: Structural challenges in Prosecuting High Profile Cases in Corruption Cases
• Presented a paper in June 2013 at the Ulster University Transitional Justice Summer School, Belfast, United Kingdom: Women and Children- key to the future of Al shabaab

Teaching:

Criminal Law, forensic Science, Juvenile Justice, Victimology, Criminology, Criminal evidence, Diversity in Criminal Justice, Ethics in Criminal Justice, Information Technology and Crime

Awards:

Awarded a University of Westminster Scholarship

USIU-Africa Top Student 2014 (Criminal Justice)