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Eunice Wanjiku Kamaara

Eunice Wanjiku Kamaara, born January 5, 1965, in Kenya, is a Professor of Religion at Moi University, Eldoret Kenya, and an International Affiliate of Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana in the US. She is a widely published author with over 100 titles.

Eunice Kamaara Karanja
Born	January, 5th 1965 Ngemwa, Kiambu County.
Nationality	Kenyan
Occupation(s)	Professor of Religion at Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya
Spouse	Francis Karanja
Academic background
Education	PCEA Ngemwa Primary School Kiambu High School, Bachelor of arts, University of Nairobi, MPhil in Religion, MSc. in International Health Research Ethics, and PhD in African Christian Ethics. Moi University, Eldoret
Alma mater	Moi University, Eldoret
Academic work
Discipline	Religious Studies
Sub-discipline	African Christian Ethics Social anthropologist
Institutions	Moi University, Eldoret

Life

Eunice Wanjiku Kamaara was born in Ngemwa village, Kiambu District, on January 5, 1965, in Kenya. The last born of the late Mr. Stephen Mwaura Kamaara and Anne Nduta Kamaara. She is married to Francis Karanja and together they have two children.

Education

Eunice began her education at PCEA Ngemwa Primary School from 1971 to 1978. She attended Kiambu High School from 1979-1984 where she sat for her Ordinary level and Advanced level examinations. She joined the University of Nairobi in 1986, pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Religion. In 1993, she graduated with a Master of Philosophy in Religion from Moi University, Eldoret. She holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Religion degree from Moi University earned in 2003. Eunice further holds a postdoctoral in Gender Mainstreaming and a Master of Science in International Health Research Ethics.

Career

Eunice Kamaara is a professor of Religion, with a specialization in African Christian Ethics with interests in the intersection of Religion and health, Holistic development research, Gender and Intersectionality studies.She began her teaching career at Mother of Apostles Seminary in Eldoret from 1989-1990. She later joined Moi University as a Graduate assistant (1992-1993), promoted to a Tutorial fellow (1993-1994), lecturer (1994-1999) senior lecturer (1999-2006) , Associate Professor (2006-2012) and a full professor (2012- Present). She founded the African Character Initiation Program (ACIP) in 2004 where she continues to be the Director. Eunice is the president of the Eldoret Based Gender and Development Network (EldoGaDnet.) She has consulted for the World Council of Churches (WCC), the World Bank, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Templeton World Charity Foundation Inc. (TWCF), and Institute of Development Studies/Partnership for African Social Governance Research (PASGR) among others, and served on international boards of Church World Service, Theological Book Network, and currently, on Medecines San Frontieres ethics review board. Her consultancies are in the areas of Research, Teaching and Learning and in Mainstreaming Gender, and Diversity and Inclusivity.

Awards

She is a Top 30 WHO Africa health innovator . Eunice is an SRF Fellowship (2018) recipient at Indiana University Prude University Indianapolis (IUPUI)[1].

Selected Works

Kamaara, E. (2015). “The Challenges of Social Change to the African family: a Situational Analysis” in The Anthropology of Africa: Challenges for the 21st Century edited by Paul Nchoji Nkwi, Mankon, Bamenda, Cameroon: Langaa Research & Publishing CIG. Pp 347-360.

Kamaara, E. (2022). Identity, Religion/Spirituality, Character Values, and Development in Youthful Africa. In: Chitando, E., Kamaara, E. (eds) Values, Identity, and Sustainable Development in Africa. Sustainable Development Goals Series. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.

Kiplagat, J., Njuguna, B., Kamaara, E. (2022). Reprogramming HIV Prevention and Service Provision for Older Adults in Western Kenya. In: Brennan-Ing, M., Porter, K.E., Kaufman, J.E., MacPhail, C., Seeley, J. (eds) Aging with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa. Springer, Cham.

D’Souza, J. Kamaara, E. Nderitu, D. (2021.) All in this together”: the global duty to contribute towards combating the Covid-19 pandemic. Indian Journal of Medical Ethics.

Palk, AC, Bitta M, Kamaara E. Stein DJ. and Singh, I. (2020) Investigating assumptions of vulnerability: A case study of the exclusion of psychiatric inpatients as participants in genetic research in low‐ and middle‐income contexts. Developing World Bioethics.

Nderitu, D. Kamaara, E. (2020) Gambling with COVID-19 Makes More Sense: Ethical and Practical Challenges in COVID-19 Responses in Communalistic Resource-Limited Africa. Bioethical Inquiry (2020).

Kamaara, E, Elisabeth T. Jeanine V. (2012) Listening and Speaking as Two Sides of the Same Coin: Negotiating Dualisms in Intercultural feminist Collaboration. in Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, Vol. 28, Number 2, Bloomington: Indiana University Press

Kamaara, E. (2010) Towards Christian National Identify in Africa, in Studies in World Christianity 16.2 Pg126–144, Edinburgh University Press. [2]

Kamaara, E. (1999.) Reproductive and Sexual Health Problems of Adolescent Girls in Kenya: A Challenge to the Church Journal of Reproductive Health Matters.