Curriculum Vitae Richard M. Bosire (Ph.D) Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Nairobi P.O. Box 30197, Nairobi. Tel. 020-3518411 E-mail: bosirerm@yahoo.com, r.bosire@uonbi.ac.ke EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS Ph.D., Political Science and International Relations, University of Delaware, United States of America (January 7, 2006) Dissertation Title: Protecting Rights of Sub-Saharan African Migrants in Britain: International Human Rights Standards versus State Policies and Practices Advisers: Professors Mark J. Miller, William Meyer, Janet Johnson and Wunyabari Maloba Master of Arts, Political Science and International Relations, University of Delaware, United States of America (May 25, 2002) Paper: Restructuring Local Authorities in Kenya: A Decade of Multi-party Politics Adviser: Professor Daniel Green Master of Arts, Political Science, University of Nairobi, Kenya (December 11, 1995) Thesis: Kenya-U.S.A Relations: A Symbiosis of National Interests, 1963-1994. Adviser: Professor Samuel Rohio Bachelor of Arts, Political Science (Second Class Honors, Upper Division), University of Nairobi, Kenya (October 22, 1990). TEACHING AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Lecturer, University of Nairobi (1996 to present). Department: Political Science and Public Administration Courses previously and currently being taught both graduate and undergraduate levels: I. International Relations Courses: International Law and African States; International Organizations (BA & MA); Introduction to International Relations; African International Relations; International Migration and Human Rights. II. III. IV. Comparative Politics Courses: Introduction to Comparative Politics; Comparative Politics of Developing Areas; Migration and Development (MA & PGD). Political Theory Courses: Introduction to Political Theory; Modern Political Theory; Theory of Political Inquiry (MA & BA); Methods of Political Inquiry. Public Administration Courses: Advanced Public Policy Analysis (MA); Administrative Theory and Behavior (MA); Organization Theory and Behavior (MA); Introduction to Public Administration; Monitoring and Evaluation of Development Programs (MA & BA); Advanced Public Policy Analysis (MA). Administrative Duties Richard M. Bosire Page 1 of 5
Senator, University of Nairobi, Representing the Faculty of Arts (Since May 2010) Head, departmental Post-graduate Studies Committee and Representative of the department at the Faculty of Arts Post-graduate Studies Committee (2009 to present) Head, departmental Curriculum Development Committee and departmental representative to the Faculty of Arts Curriculum Development Committee (Chairman, 1997-1999; 2008-2010) Head, departmental Time-Tabling Committee (2008-2010) Head, departmental Examinations Officer (1998-1999) Adjunct Assistant Professor, Towson University, Maryland, United States of America (Spring and Fall 2006) Department: Department of Political Science Course Taught: American National Government (undergraduate) Adjunct Assistant Professor, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (Spring /Fall 2006). Department: Geography and Urban Studies. Courses Taught: African Development; Urban Systems in the Global Economy (Undergraduate) Adjunct Instructor, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA (Summer/Fall 2003) Department: Political Science and International Relations Courses Taught: Introduction to International Relations Teaching Assistant, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware USA (Fall 2001 Spring 2003). Department: Political Science and International Relations Courses Taught: American Government; Issues in Urban and Public Policy; Introduction to Comparative Politics. Additional Training Related to Teaching 1. University of Delaware (USA): Completed a one-month intensive course, English as a Foreign Language Teacher Training Program, for international or foreign teachers and teaching assistants Summer 2002 2. Monterey Institute of International Studies (California USA) Instructional Methods, language skills, international relations in practice and simulations, and intercultural relations: July 22 to August 23, 1999. OTHER IMPORTANT ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE Public Administration: District Officer with the Government of Kenya, Office of the President (October 1993 to August 1996). Administrative Officer/Assistant Secretary: External Resources Section, Ministry of Water Development, Government of Kenya, Nairobi (July 1991 to October 1993). Duties: Coordination of Donor-Funded Water Development Activities, Project Implementation, Evaluation and Monitoring, Evaluation of Management Consultancy Reports, Policy Formulation and Reviews, Community Training and Empowerment, Environmental Protection and Sanitation, General Administration, a Member of Water Management Committee Secretariat and Member of the Program Review Team (Donors and GOK), with minute-taking, report-writing and coordination functions as key responsibilities. General security, development coordination, environmental conservation and protection, presiding over all government programmes at local level, among other duties. Richard M. Bosire Page 2 of 5
Consultancy and Collaborative Work with Individuals and Institutions Consulted with Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs through South Consulting Africa Ltd on the Development of Policy Framework Paper for the GJLO Sector Institutions, 2011-2012 Consulted with Fredrich Ebert Stiftung Foundation on Developing Political Parties Index for Monitoring and Evaluation of Kenya Political Parties to enhance party governance and oversight, 2011. Consulted with Fredrich Ebert Stiftung Foundation on the Role of Political Parties in Kenya, with the agenda of reforming parties as effective tools of social, political and economic progress, the work was completed and outcome published in June 2010. Consulted with the Centre for Governance and Democracy (CGD), Nairobi Kenya. Consulted with Management Systems International (MSI) on evaluating Kenya s National Civic Education Programme II (URAIA) between January and May 2009, in collaboration with Professors Stephen Orvis (Hamilton College, USA) and Nicholas Van de Walle (Cornell University USA); report already approved and published. Consulted with USAID, the State University of New York Research Foundation, SUNY Center for International Development, offering expert support to Kenya s National Assembly Strengthening Programme, Committee on the Administration, National Security and Local Authorities 2008/2009. Consulted for Inter-Religious Forum on Constitutional Review and Institutional Weaknesses and Post-Election Violence 2007. This work entails research design, collection of data and analysis and reporting. It has a national scope, with the aim of designing interventions for Institutional Reforms and Conflict Prevention and Management. The report was published as a book ( The Root Causes and Implications of the Post Election Violence of 2007 ), released to the public in September 2009. Participated in the UNDP Stakeholder Conference on November 13, at the Pan Afric Hotel, Nairobi December 2008, and was discussant of the UNDP sponsored National Youth Development Report in April 2010 held at School of Monetary Studies, Nairobi. Consulted with CLARION in Constitution Review Project, specifically on Citizenship and Constitution Making. RESEARCH INTERESTS Key areas include: Migration policy and refugee studies, human rights and governance issues (both local and global), study of constitutions/institutions, regimes and security studies, public administration and public policy. Richard M. Bosire Page 3 of 5
PUBLICATIONS "East African Integration: The Role of Tanzania s Legislative Assembly." in African Regional Integration Process: Regional, National Parliaments and Civil Society Dimensions, soon coming out. "Tanzania: Multilateralism and National Interests in the Nile River Basin Question". In Korwa G. Adar and Nicasius Achu Check (eds), Cooperative Diplomacy, Regional Stability and National Interests: The Nile River and the Riparian States. Pretoria: Africa Institute of South Africa, 2011. Political Parties Index: Measuring Performance of Political Parties in Kenya Published by Fredrich Ebert Stiftung Foundation, December 2011. Institutionalization of Political Parties in Kenya 1991 to 2007, Published by Fredrich Ebert Stiftung Foundation, June 2010. Constitution Making and Institution Building, (Chapter) in Inter Religious Forum, (2009). Root Causes and Implications of the Post Election Violence of 2007. Kijabe: Kijabe Printing Press. Compliance with international human rights standards: treatment of African migrants and asylum seekers in Britain (2006) [electronic resource], web address: en.scientificcommons.org/richard_moegi_bosire Migration and Refugee Settlement in Britain (Book Review), International Migration Review, Summer 2004. The Constitution and Citizenship, in Mute Lawrence and Smokin Wanjala (eds.). When the Constitution Begins to Flower. Nairobi: Claripress Limited, 2002. Peace Agreement will Chart the Way Forward, Sunday Nation, February 17, 2008. Kenya: Handle Internal Refugees with Care, Daily Nation, February 2, 2008, http://allafrica.com/stories/200802040288.html Work in progress and unpublished manuscripts include: 1) International and Regional Human Rights Instruments and Norms: The African State s Response to the Influx of Refugees and Asylum Seekers 2) Tanzania s Parliament and the East African Community (On-going book Project) 3) Detention of Migrants and Asylum Seekers in Britain:International HumanRrights Standards versus State Practices. 4) Dalliance with Power: Instruments of State Coercion in Kenyan Politics, 1992 to 2007 (Presented at Goethe Institute in Nairobi on May 6 th 2009). 5) Reforming Provincial Administration in Kenya: Depolitization or De-ethnicization? Richard M. Bosire Page 4 of 5
6) Historical injustices and the post-election violence in Kenya 2007-2008. HONORS/AWARDS Excellence in Teaching Award at University of Delaware (U.S.A): Nominated in May 2004. Fulbright Scholarship: International PhD Scholarship, US Department of State, University of Delaware, United States of America (1999-2002). University of Nairobi M.A. merit Scholarship: Department of Government, University of Nairobi (1990-1992). COMMUNITY/PROFESSIONAL SERVICE 1) Member of African Studies Association 2) Member of Fulbright Alumni Association (USA). 3) Member HAKI Africa, an organization of Eastern and Southern Africa Human Rights Teachers and Scholars at Public Universities. 4) Board of Management Member and Vice Chairman, Maxwell Adventist Preparatory School, Nairobi (March 2008 to present). 5) School Board Member, Wilmington Junior Academy, Wilmington, Delaware (2003-2005) 6) Participant and Coordinator of Vocational Bible School (for kids) every summer (2002-2006). 7) Member of community development organizations such as Kenya Delaware Association, Delaware Benevolence Association (2001 to 2007). 8) Volunteer soccer coach for kids ages 8 to 12. Player in Adult New Castle Soccer League (Delaware): 2000 to 2007. REFEREES i. Dr Fred Okeng'o Matiang'I, Sunny Kenya, Nairobi, Tel. +254733600882 ii. Professor Mark J. Miller, University of Delaware, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Newark Delaware, (302) 831-1926, (302) 322-3949; e-mail: mjmiller@udel.edu iii. Professor Peter Wanyande, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Nairobi, P.O Box 30197 00100, Nairobi. iv. Dr. Kennedy Japhan Omoke, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Nairobi, P.O Box 30197-00100, Nairobi; E-mail: jkomoke@uonbi.ac.ke or jkomoke@yahoo.co.uk Richard M. Bosire Page 5 of 5