aPPLY
Assistant Professor of Counselling Psychology

Munywoki, M. Vincent, PhD.

Location

Nairobi, Kenya

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

  • Spanish and Latin American cultural studies;
  • Spanish language;
  • Spanish and Latin American film;
  • Namibian literature;
  • Botany of south-eastern Spain.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

  • September 2007: European Doctorate with Distinction – Universitat Jaume I, Castellón, Spain. (PhD Dissertation title: WOMEN AND WAR: Deconstructing the notion of victim and reconstructing their role as peace builders).
  • April 2007: International Master in Peace, Conflict and Development studies (Honors) from UNESCO Chair for Philosophy of Peace, (POP-Official Postgraduate Program (MA/ Mphil and PhD) of the Universitat Jaume, I Castellón, Spain.
  • October 2005: Master of Philosophy (MPhil) (Honors) in “Peace, Conflict and Democracy” from Universitat Jaume I, Castellón, Spain.
  • January 2001 to April 2002: International Master in Peace and Development Studies, from the MA Program of Peace and Development Studies of the Universitat Jaume I, Castellón, Spain.
  • June 1997 to June 2000: BA degree in International Relations (Honors) with Minors in Sociology and Management from United States International University – Nairobi, Kenya.

TEACHING

  • SPN 4004: Spanish and Latin American Film
  • SPN 4002: Latin American Literature
  • SPN 4000: Latin American Culture and Civilization
  • SPN 3001: Spanish Culture and Civilization
  • SPN 3000: Advanced Grammar and Composition
  • SPN 2000: Intermediate Spanish
  • SPN 1000: Spanish for Beginners I
  • SPN 1001: Spanish for Beginners II

PUBLICATIONS

Journal Articles:

  1. “Mercado negro (Kurt Land, 1953): cine policial, propaganda estatal y ambiguedad moral.” Dirását Hispánicas. Revista Tunecina de Estudios Hispánicos, no. 9, 2023, 193-203.
  2. “Ya-Otto’s Battlefront Namibia: A Namibian Political Autobiography.” Journal of Language, Technology & Entrepreneurship in Africa, vol. 10, no. 1, 2019, 33-44.
  3. “Deshonra (Daniel Tinayre, 1952): propaganda, lesbianismo, dicotomías y metáforas.” Acta Hispanica, vol. 22, 2017, 113-20.
  4. “Ndeutala Hishongwa’s Marrying Apartheid: Women as part of the struggle for Namibian liberation.” Journal of Language, Technology & Entrepreneurship in Africa, vol. 8, no. 1, 2017, 122-34.
  5. “El caso Berciani de Alan Pauls: un viaje a los bajos fondos.” Acta Hispanica, vol. 21, 2016, 131-41.

Books:

  1. Grandes maestros de la literatura y de la pintura españolas desde el Siglo de Oro hasta el siglo XX. Carla Rossi Academy Press-International Institute of Italian Studies (CRA-INITS), 2018.
  2. La narrativa namibia en inglés anterior a la independencia: John ya-Otto, Ndeutala Hishongwa y Joseph Diescho. Editorial Club Universitario, 2014.
  3. Orden y abyección: el policial según Alan Pauls. Círculo Rojo, 2012.

Book Reviews:

  1. “Más allá de la pantalla con Luis Buñuel by Julie Jones”. Revista canadiense de estudios hispánicos, vol. 43, no. 2, 2019, 494-496.