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Dr. Sylvia Tuikong

Director, Quality Assurance and Accreditation

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Title and Responsibilities

  • Doctor in Peace and Conflict studies
  • Director, Quality Assurance and Accreditation- Responsible for; establishing, maintaining and improving standards of teaching and learning in the university.
  • Senior Lecturer of Peace, Conflict Studies & Psychology: - Teaching Masters and Undergraduate students.

Biography

I have been a Geography and Christian Religious Education teacher in Alliance Girls, Pangani Girls and AIC Morop Girls Nakuru, Kenya. I joined Daystar University in January 2006 as a Student Counselor and later became the Coordinator, Collaborative Academic Programs. I was a Lecturer in the department of Psychogy from May 2014 to May 2015 and in June 2015 became a Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Peace and Conflict Studies. I became the Assistant Director, Quality Assurance in November 2015 to October 2016. In November 2016, became the Director, Quality Assurance, a position that I hold to date.

I have skills in the area of leadership, motivation speaking, counseling, negotiation and mediation. I am good at assertiveness training, decision making, capacity building as well as team building.

I am a member of Kenya Counseling Association as well as Kenya Psychological Association. I am also a member of Association for Faculty Enrichment in Learning and Teaching.

Academic Qualifications

  • Ph.D. in Peace and Conflict studies 2014, Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology
  • Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology 2005 Daystar University
  • Higher Diploma in Human Resources Management 2001 Kenya Polytechnic
  • Bachelor of Education(Arts) 1994 Moi University

Publications (11 Publications)

Books

  • Wafula, J. & Tuikong, S. (2016). Addressing Stigmatization in Gender Based Violence. The Problem with GBV in Educational Institutions. Published by Grin Verlag, Munich-Germany.

Journals

  • Tuikong, S. (2022) Just Techno-panic or a Real Risk? Publishing Children’s Pictures Online: A Review of Literature. International Journal of Child, Youth and Family Studies Volume 13, Number 2-3, 2022, p. 72–87. Special Issue: Towards a Localized Understanding of Violence Against Children and Adolescents in Africa. https://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1092565ar

  • Abigail S Robbertz, Sae-Jin Kim, Christine Musyimi, Sylvia Tuikong, Jenelle Shanley, Victoria Mutiso, Olivia Hucks, David Ndetei, Lisa Armistead, Qualitative analysis of health literacy: exploring a Kenyan community’s response to childhood illness, Health Promotion International, 2022;, daac027, https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daac027

  • Tuikong, S. (2022). The Church and Humanitarian Crisis in the Post-COVID-19 Era. The African Church and COVID-19: Human Security, the Church, and Society in Kenya, 83.

Refereed Journal Articles

  • Taking Nairobi Lessons to Addis Ababa: The Critical Role of Stakeholders’ Involvement in a Nation’s Environmental and Development Agenda, March 11th and 12th 2019.

  • Kuria, J., Wahome, L. Tuikong, S. (2018). PTSD, Depression and Anxiety Comorbidity Among Adolescents Living in Neema and Tumaini Children Homes. International Journal of Social Science and Economic Research, Vol. 3, no. 12,
    Dec. 2018, pp. 7121-7129, ijsser.org/more2018.php?id=504

  • Kuria, J. Tuikong. S. & Mwangi M. (2018). Assessment of Post-Traumatic Stress Levels among Adolescents Residing at Neema and Tumaini Children’s Home. International Journal of Current Research, Volume 10, Issue 8, pp. 72808-72811,
    August 2018

  • Njuguna S., Tuikong S., Ngure P. (2018) A Storytelling Program for Women Living with HIV in an Informal Settlement in Kenya: Addressing Psychological Trauma, Depression and Stigma. Arch Palliat Care Med: APCM-108.
    DOI:10.29011/APCM-108.00008

  • Ireri, N.W, Mbwayo, A. W, Munene, A.K & Tuikong, S. (2017). Proportions and Severity Levels of Anxiety among Children and Adolescents Presenting with Autism Spectrum Disorder in two Schools in Nairobi, Kenya. Elixir International Journal, 109 (2017) 48090-48094.

  • Tuikong, S. (2016). Types and Nature of Peace Building Strategies Employed by Humanitarian Organizations after 2007 Post Election Violence in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya. International Journal of Recent Research in Social Sciences and
    Humanities (IJRRSH), Volume 3, Issue 3, pp. (124-154). July-September 2016.

  • Wamalwa, D.N, Wanjala, T.N. & Tuikong, S. (2016) Nature and Influence of Conflict in Kibera and Mathare Slums after 2007 Elections in Kenya: International Journal of Recent Research in Social Sciences and Humanities (URRSSH) Volume 3, Issue 2, pp (9-16), Month: April 2016-June 2016.

Other Publications

  • Attended Inter University Council Quality Assurance Training (Cohort 4 in 2016 and 2017)

Travel Grants

  • Travel grants to attend International Conference on Engineering Innovations in Ethiopia– Resource Sustainability and Infrastructure Improvements, at Jimma, University, March 11th and 12th 2019. US$ 500

  • Travel grants to attend 2018 International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) Conference, June 20 – 24, 2018, at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon, USA. US$ 2000

  • Travel grant to attend the 4 th Regional Parenting Conference (on Embracing Technology for Safety of Children in Care Settings: Ending online Violence Against Children) in Malawi from the 24th to 27th October 2017. US$ 1500

  • Travel grant to attend ISPCAN International Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect held at the Telus Convention Centre, Calgary Canada between 28-31 August 2016. US$ 3620

Conferences attended

  • International Conference on Engineering Innovations in Ethiopia-Resource Sustainability and Infrastructure  Improvements. March 11th and 12th 2019 at Jimma Instititute of Technology, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia.

  • The 4th Regional Parenting Conference (on Embracing Technology for Safety of Children in Care Settings: Ending online Violence Against Children) in Malawi from the 24th to 27th October 2017 at Sun and Sand Resort, Malawi.

  • ISPCAN International Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect held at the Telus Convention Centre, Calgary Canada between 28-31 August 2016

  • International Communication Association held in Daystar University, Nairobi Kenya 19-21, October 2016.

  • International Trauma Conference on the 25th to 27th of August 2015 held in United States University Africa (USIU), organized by the Psychological Association of Kenya.

  • The 2nd East and Central African Regional Conference of Psychology & The 1st National Congress Of Psychology (NCP 2015) held at the Hilton Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya, organized by The Psychological Society of Kenya.

  • The 3rd East African Communication Association Conference, 9th - 11th October 2013 at Silver Springs Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya

Paper Presentation

  • Towards a Transformed Society: The Role of Participatory Communication and Behavior Change Campaigns on Plastic Disposals in Kenya, 2018 International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) Conference, June 20 – 24, 2018, at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon, USA.

  • Community Based Intervention for Women Living with HIV and AIDS In Korogocho, Nairobi, Kenya: Reducing Trauma, Depression and Stigma Using The Narrative Approach (Presented at the International Trauma Conference at USIU, Nairobi, Kenya.

  • A Storytelling Program for HIV and AIDS-Infected Women: Reducing Psychological Trauma and Depression in  Korogocho, Nairobi, Kenya.Addressing Stigmatization in Gender Based Violence: The Case of Kenyan Universities

  • Is it techno-panic or a real risk? Publishing children’s pictures online: a review of literature presented in the 4th Regional Parenting Conference (on Embracing Technology for Safety of Children in Care Settings: Ending online Violence Against Children) in Malawi from the 24th to 27th October 2017

  • Enhancing Resilience among vulnerable Juveniles in Charitable Children Institutions in Kenya presented in Pathway  Resilience Conference in South Africa.

  • Adolescent Girls Participation Towards Ending Child Marriages presented at ISPCAN conference in Calgary Canada, 28th – 31st August, 2016

  • Child abuse, Neglect, Resultant Trauma and Interventional Measures: A Case Study of Childline Kenya presented at ISPCAN conference in Calgary Canada, 28t-31st August 2016.

Research Grants

  • Research project on assessing the effectiveness of plastic bags ban inKenya, (2017) US$ 11000

  • The Impact of Student Processes: A Case Study of Daystar University (2017) US$ 1920

  • The Perception Of County Residents On Devolution In Kenya (2016) US$ 24221

  • Daystar University Graduate Exit Satisfaction Survey (2016) US$ 1650

  • Investigating Factors Promoting Resilience Among Institutionalised Children In Selected Shelters In Lower Kabete And Dagoretti Sub- Counties, Kenya. US$ 3500

Research Interests

Peace, conflict resolution, children, child abuse, quality assurance in higher education, environment, HIV and AIDS and other terminal diseases

Research Projects

  1. Member of a multidisciplinary research group in a study titled “Towards a Transformed  Society: The Role of Participatory Communication and Behavior Change Campaigns on Plastic Disposals in Kenya”
  2. Participated in a HIV and AIDs Psychotrauma Project (Intervention). This was a project with several phases including finding out the depression levels of HIV positive women in Korogocho, Nairobi Kenya, taking them through a counseling programme using the narrative approach and re- checking their depression levels after the counseling program.

The project was being done between Seoul Institute of Narrative Studies, KOICA and Daystar University and was one of the Key participants.

Teaches

Undergraduate, Masters and PhD
Peace and Conflict Studies, Post Conflict Reconstruction, Conflict Transformation, Peace building, Counseling Fundamentals and Micro-skills, Group Dynamics, Professional Ethics, Abnormal Psychology, Human Development, Psychology of Learning, Thesis Supervision

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