Prof. Yakobo J.K. Mutiti

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Yakobo Mutiti is Professor with a significant experience in teaching and research, especially in the fields of Linguistics, Discourse and Communication Studies. From 2016 to 2019, he was the Dean of the School of Humanities & Social Sciences at Pwani University, Kilifi, Kenya. As scholar and administrator, Yakobo has performed different functions, locally in Kenyan public Universities, specifically at the University of Nairobi and Egerton University, Njoro, where he served respectfully as Exam Coordinator, Communication Skills Unit, Department of Linguistics & African Languages, and Chair of the Department of Literature, Languages & Linguistics; at Pwani University, Kilifi, Kenya, where he is currently domiciled in the Department of Languages, Linguistics & Literature, the scholar has offered relentless support to the English & Linguistics program both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, where he boasts of an impeccable record in the supervision of the Doctor of Philosophy research in Linguistics. Externally, the scholar served as Visiting Research Fellow at the Research Institute for Studies in Education, University of Iowa, and Kiswahili Program Coordinator, as well as Visiting Associate Professor at the Linguistics Department, Ohio University, Athens, USA. In the recently incepted Master of Communication & Media [MCM] program at Pwani University, Prof. Mutiti teaches general communication dynamics, and also the module: English for Communication and Media.