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Fredrick Muyia Nafukho
A portrait photo of Fredrick Muyia Nafukho
Born
Kenya
Occupation(s)Vice Provost for Academic Personnel, Professor of Management and Organization, Foster School of Business, and Presidential Term Professor at the University of Washington
Academic background
EducationKenyatta University (Bachelor's)
Kenyatta University (M.Ed)
Louisiana State University (PhD)
Harvard University (Certificate)

Fredrick Muyia Nafukho serves as Vice Provost for Academic Personnel, Professor of Management and Organization, Foster School of Business, and Presidential Term Professor at the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.[1] He previously served as a professor of Educational Administration and Human Resource Development[2] and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, College of Education and Human Development at Texas A&M University.[3]

Early life and education

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Fredrick Muyia Nafukho earned a B.Ed. in Business Studies and Economics and an M.Ed. in Economics of Education[4] from Kenyatta University, Kenya. He earned his Ph.D. in Leadership and Human Resource Development from Louisiana State University[5] and attended Harvard's Management Development Program (MDP) offered by Harvard Institutes for Higher Education and was certified in 2013.[6]

Career

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Nafukho has served on the faculty of four institutions of higher education including University of Washington, Texas A&M University, University of Arkansas and Moi University. While at these, he has been an associate dean for faculty affairs, a department head, a program chair, a professor (at Texas A&M), an associate professor, a graduate program director and an assistant department head (at University of Arkansas), and a department head and senior lecturer (at Moi University).

Research

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Nafukho's research focuses on educational policy analysis within international and comparative education, investment in human capital development, emotional intelligence and leadership development,[7] organisational development, human and organisational learning including the transfer of learning,[8] e-learning  and lifelong learning.[9]

The African Ubuntu worldview[10] of "I am because we are" is articulated in his two books published by Pearson Education and UNESCO, Foundations of Adult Education in Africa,[11] and Management of Adult Education Organisations on Africa[12]

Awards and honors

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  • Fulbright Fellowship, Fulbright Program, 1996[13]
  • Distinguished International Scholar Award, Louisiana State University, 1997[14]
  • Outstanding New Faculty Award, Dean's Development Council, College of Education and Human Development at Texas A&M University, 2008[15]
  • Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship, 2016, International Institute of Education[16]
  • Outstanding HRD Scholar Award 2019, Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD)[17]

Bibliography

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Publications

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Nafukho, Fredrick (2001). Training of trainers: Strategies for the 21st century. Moi University Press.

Nafukho, Fredrick (2005). Foundations of adult education in Africa. Pearson South Africa. ISBN 92-820-1121-6.

Nafukho, Fredrick (2006). Road traffic injury prevention: Training manual.

Nafukho, Fredrick (2011). "Management of adult education organizations in Africa". International Review of Education. 57 (5–6): 771. Bibcode:2011IREdu..57..771A. doi:10.1007/s11159-011-9243-7.

Nafukho, Fredrick (2012). Learning entrepreneurship through Indigenous Knowledge.

Nafukho, Fredrick (2014). Governance and transformation of universities in Africa.

Nafukho, Fredrick (2015). Informal public transport in practice: Matatu entrepreneurship.

Nafukho, Fredrick (2015). Handbook of research on innovative technology integration in higher education.

Nafukho, Fredrick (2017). Talent development and the global economy: Perspectives from special interest groups.

Nafukho, Fredrick (2019). Global issues and talent development: Perspectives from countries around the world.

Nafukho, Fredrick (2021). Handbook of research on nurturing industrial economy for Africa's development. IGI Global. ISBN 978-1-7998-6472-1.

References

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  1. ^ UW News Staff. "Fredrick Nafukho named UW Vice Provost for the Office of Academic Personnel". washington.edu.
  2. ^ "Fred Muyia Nafukho". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
  3. ^ University, College of Education and Human Development, Texas A&M. "FREDRICK NAFUKHO". directory.education.tamu.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "Kenyatta University". www.ku.ac.ke. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
  5. ^ "School of Leadership and Human Resource Development". lsu.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  6. ^ "Management Development Program (MDP)". Harvard Graduate School of Education. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
  7. ^ Nafukho, Fredrick Muyia; Muyia, Machuma Helen; Farnia, Forouzan; Kacirek, Kit; Lynham, Susan A. (2016). "Developing Emotional Intelligence Skills among Practicing Leaders: Reality or Myth?". Performance Improvement Quarterly. 29 (1): 71–87. doi:10.1002/piq.21215. ISSN 1937-8327.
  8. ^ Nafukho, Fredrick Muyia; Alfred, Mary; Chakraborty, Misha; Johnson, Michelle; Cherrstrom, Catherine A. (2017-01-01). "Predicting workplace transfer of learning: A study of adult learners enrolled in a continuing professional education training program". European Journal of Training and Development. 41 (4): 327–353. doi:10.1108/EJTD-10-2016-0079. ISSN 2046-9012.
  9. ^ University, College of Education and Human Development, Texas A&M. "FREDRICK NAFUKHO". directory.education.tamu.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ Ovens, Michelle; Prinsloo, Johan Prinsloo (2010). "The Significance of "Africanness" for the Development of Contemporary Criminological Propositions: A Multidisciplinary Approach" (PDF). uir.unisa.ac.za. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  11. ^ "Foundations of adult education in Africa. Cape Town: UNESCO/Pearson". unesdoc.unesco.org. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  12. ^ "Management of adult education organizations in Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Pearson Education and UNESCO". unesdoc.unesco.org. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  13. ^ "Fred Muyia Nafukho". loop.frontiersin.org. Frontiers Media SA.
  14. ^ "Fred Muyia Nafukho". loop.frontiersin.org. Frontiers Media SA.
  15. ^ "College of Education and Human Development Dean's Development Council: Outstanding New Faculty Past Recipients" (PDF). mycehd.tamu.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  16. ^ "December 2016". www.iie.org.
  17. ^ "Outstanding HRD Scholar Award - Award Winners". ahrd.org. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
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