Staff Profiles

Karatina University

Dr. Leen Kavulavu

Lecturer

School of Education and Social Science

Department of Humanities and Languages

 

Email Address

lkavulavu@karu.ac.ke

 

Area/ Field of specialization: A Social Historian

Research interests: African History/Social/Culture/Gender/Urban history and Economic History

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Biography

Dr. Leen Kavulavu, is employed as a Lecturer in History at Karatina University in the School of Education and Social Science. She graduated with a PhD. Degree in History at Moi University in 2020. She also has a Masters Art degree in History at Moi University and graduated in 2014. 

Dr. Leen Kavulavu academic growth started as a Tutorial Fellow in 2015 at Karatina University in the department of Humanities and Languages. She has a teaching experience of eight years at University level. Since her appointment at Karatina University, she has been involved in History curriculum review, supervision of postgraduate and undergraduate students and currently serves as the examination officer in the department of humanities and Languages, Dr.Leen Kavulavu has attended two training workshop on writing of grant proposal organized at Karatina University. She has published ten papers in a peer review journals and participated and presented ten papers in Conference Proceeding

Publications

Leen Kavulavu, (2014). Church of God and the Educated Elite: The Case of Idakho Community Kenya 1919-1953. European- American Journals, Vol.2,No.2,pp.21-34,April 2014,www.eajournals.org/journals/global-journal-of-arts-humanities-gjahss/vol-2issue2april-2014/church-god-educated-elite-case-idakho-community-kenya-1919-1953/

Leen Kavulavu, (2015). Western Education on the Changing Roles of Women: The Case of Idakho Community, Kenya. US-China Educational Review, Vol.5,No. 5, May 2015,www.davidpublisher.com

Leen Kavulavu, (2016). Church and Community :Church of God among the Idakho of Kakamega County Kenya. Journal of Advances in Social Sciences and Humanities (online) ISSN No.2395-6542, Volume 2, Issue 06,2016 Page No.07-14.

Leen Kavulavu, (2017). The history and culture of Idakho people of Western Kenya during Pre-colonial Period.  Journal of Sociology and Anthropology  5 (8): 655-663,2017 (online) http://www.hrpub.org

Leen Kavulavu & John, K. Chang’ach (2019). Influence of colonial policies on Isukha marriage, 1894-1945. International  Journal of African society cultures and traditions  Vol.7,No.2, pp 1-24, May 2019 (online) http://www.eajournals.org.

Leen Kavulavu & Prisca, J.Tanui (2019). The collapse of bridewealth and its impact on the Isukha marital institution, 1894-1945. International journal of humanities and social sciences Vol.9. No.5.May 2019  (online) http://www.ijhssnet.com

Kavulavu, L, Chang’ach, J.K & Tanui, P.J.  (2020). Conception and Perception of Marriage among the Isukha People, Kakamega County, Kenya, 1990-2010. Journal of African Interdisciplinary Studies, 4(2),4-15. (onlinelink)https://kenyasocialscienceforum.wordpress.com/2020/03/02/conception-and-perception-of-marriage-among-the-isukha-people-kakamega-county-kenya-1990-2010-by-leen-kavulavu-john-koskey-changach-and-prisca-j-tanui/

Mukhwana M Duncan and Leen Kavulavu (2021). TOILING FOR NIL; Women in the Western Kenya Sugar Industry. Himalayan Journal of Humanities and Cultural Studies; Vol 2,lss-2 March- April 2021); pp 35-40) (online) https://himjournals.com/article/articleID=165

Kavulavu, L,  & Mukhwana, D. (2021). Isukha Traditional Marriage Processes and Rituals in Pre-Colonial Kenya. Journal of African Interdisciplinar Studies, 5(4), 4-23. (online) https://kenyasocialscienceforum.files.wordpress.com/2021/04/pdf-kavulavu-mukhwana-isukha-traditional-marriage-processes-and-rituals-in-pre-colonial-kenya.pdf

Leen Kavulavu & George Okumu Achar (2023). The Changing of African Traditional Celebration of the Living Dead and its effects of Cremation in Kenya.. International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Sciences Volume VII Issue VIII August 2023. (online) https://dx.doi.org/10.47772/IJRISS.2023.7863