Dr. Jennifer Kibicho, Associate Professor in the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s School of Nursing in the College of Health Professions Sciences (CHPS), was awarded a fellowship by the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program to travel to Kenya to work on a collaboration project with Kenyatta University (KU) faculty Dr. Jacob Omolo, Dr. Josephine Gitome and Dr. Priscilla Ndegwa. This is Dr. Kibicho’s second Carnegie Fellowship, having previously worked with Cooperative University of Kenya faculty Professor Isaac Nyamongo and Dr. Monica Nderitu on Curriculum development of the Master of Science in Economics and PhD in Economics programs, graduate student and junior faculty mentoring and research support. The KU project involves curriculum development of a dissertation seminar course for graduate student teaching, mentoring and support of both doctoral students and their supervisors on successful dissertation process. This work is in alignment to KU’s vision as a dynamic, inclusive and competitive center of excellence in teaching, learning, research and service to humanity. UW-Milwaukee is a globally engaged university, and this project supports KU’s mission to provide high-quality education and training, promote scholarship service, innovation and creativity for sustainable individual and societal development. The Carnegie Fellowship Project also aligns with KU’s strategic plan of promoting interdisciplinary collaboration, and international partnerships and collaborations, in order to provide solutions to pressing local and global challenges.
The Kenyatta University project is one of 43 newly funded projects that pair African Diaspora scholars with higher education institutions and collaborators in Africa to work together on curriculum co-development, collaborative research, graduate training and mentoring activities in 2025.
The Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program, now in its twelfth year, is designed to strengthen capacity at the host institutions and develop long-term, mutually beneficial collaborations between universities in Africa and the United States and Canada. It is funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York and managed by the Institute of International Education (IIE) in collaboration with the Association of African Universities (AAU). Nearly 750 African Diaspora Fellowships have now been awarded for scholars to travel to Africa since the program’s inception in 2013.
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