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Helen Mugambi, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Department of English

Teaching interests: African/African American/Caribbean Literatures/Classical Mythology/Contemporary Novels in English/World Literatures; and Postcolonial Theory

Research interests: Gender and theory in oral and post colonial  written literatures; Theories of African song and popular culture, Black  Masculinities

Brief biography: I earned my Bachelor's Degree from Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.and  obtained my PhD. in Comparative Literature (1988)  from Indiana University, Bloomington. Since 1989,  I have worked  as a Comparative Literature Specialist in the English  and Comparative Literature Department. Recently, I earned a Stanford University Humanities Fellowship (2002-2003) for my work on theory and African popular culture and  served as Chair of the African Studies' Aidoo/Snyder Prize for the best creative works on African women's experiences. Currently  I am serving on the Editorial Board for Jenda: A Journal of Culture and African Women's Studies. Here at the University, I have served as Acting Coordinator of the Women Studies Program.   I have also been appointed by the College Dean to serve as the H&SS Coordinator and Representative on the "Intercollegiate, International African Research Program".