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CURRICULUM VITAE

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PERSONAL DETAILS

Name: Rev. Fr. Dr. John Ndikaru Wa Teresia

Sex: Male

Date of Birth: September 2nd

, 1957

Nationality: Kenyan

Marital Status: Single [Catholic Priest]

Religion Christian

Employer: The Technical University of Kenya, Nairobi

Position: Director, Student Support Services and Lecturer in Criminology

and Disaster Management - Department of Criminology and Legal Studies

Address: P. O. Box 57173, Nairobi 00200 - Kenya

Telephone: 0722 511 361

E-mail: jndikaru@gmail.com

CAREER OBJECTIVES

To work in a community based, academic and research oriented environment with

ample opportunity for personal and bring developmental change in communities and

nation

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

2006 - 2010: PhD in Criminology, Kenyatta University-Nairobi, Kenya

2002 - 2003: M.A. in Disaster Management, University of Nairobi, Kenya

1984 - 1987: B.A. in Theology, Pontifical University of Urbaniana - Rome - Italy

1985 - 1987: Diploma in Theology at St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary in Nairobi - Kenya

1984 - 1985: Certificate in Religious Studies - University of Nairobi - Kenya

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1981 - 1983: Diploma in Philosophy and Religious Studies at St. Augustine’s’ Seminary

in Bungoma - Kenya

1979 - 1980: Kenya Advanced Certificate of Education [KACE] at Queen of Apostles’

Seminary in Nairobi - Kenya

1975 - 1978: Kenya Certificate of Education [KCE] at Queen of Apostles’ Seminary in

Nairobi - Kenya

1974 - 1974: Orientation courses at Apostles of Jesus Seminary in Moroto - Uganda

1972 - 1973: Primary Certificate of Education at Kihura Primary School in Kigumba,

Masindi - Uganda

1967 - 1971: Kigumba Primary School in Kigumba, Masindi - Uganda

1966 - 1966: Kindergarten/Nursery, Kamandura Primary School, Limuru - Kenya

AREA OF SPECIALIZATION

1. Disaster Management

2. Crime and Slums

3. Crime and Deviance

4. Criminological Theories

5. Counseling

6. Victimology and Penology

7. Methods of Detecting Crime

RESEARCH INTERESTS

1. Information Technology and Crime

2. Social Change and Development

3. Methods of Detecting Crime

4. Community Policing

5. Crime Culture and Society

6. Community Based Corrections

7. Crime Preventions Programmes

8. Gender and Crime

9. Criminal Justice

10. Correctional and Rehabilitative

Systems

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COURSES TAUGHT

1. Criminology – Undergraduates at Kenyatta University and Technical University of

Kenya

2. Disaster Management – Undergraduates at Technical University of Kenya and

Undergraduates &Postgraduates at Kenyatta University

3. Introduction to sociology - Undergraduates at Kenyatta University

4. Research Methodology - Undergraduates at Technical University of Kenya and

Undergraduates &Postgraduates at Kenyatta University

5. Gender and Development Studies - Undergraduates at Technical University of

Kenya and Undergraduates &Postgraduates at Kenyatta University

6. Community Development- Undergraduates at Kenyatta University

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Communicate fluently in English, Kiswahili and Kikuyu.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

TEACHING

January, 2010 to date: Lecturer at Technical University of Kenya. [Undergraduates -

Department of Criminology and Legal studies [Specialized in Criminology and Disaster

Management]

January, 2008 to 2010: Lecturer at Main Campus and City Campus, Kenyatta

University [Post-graduates and undergraduates - Department of

Genders and development - taught Disaster Management and

Research Methods

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May, 2005 to 2010: Lecturer at Department of Community Resource Management

and Extension, Kenyatta University. [Post-graduates and

undergraduates - taught Disaster Management and Research

Methods

February, 2004 to 2005: Lecturer and Consultant at the Regional Centre for Emergency

and Disaster Management Kenya Consult

1983 - 1984: Taught at Queen of Apostles' Seminary - Nairobi - Kenya

1982: Taught at Ngararinga Girls School - Limuru in Kiambu County - Kenya

1981: Taught at Kiriko Secondary School - Mangu in Thika County - Kenya

ADMINISTRATION

January 1st, 2014 to date: Director, Student Support Services - The Technical

University of Kenya

October 17th

, 2011 to December 31st 2013: Dean of Students - The Technical

University of Kenya

June 23rd

, 2010 to date: Chaplain and Lecturer at the Kenya Polytechnic University-

Nairobi, Kenya

2007 - June 2010: Appointed Father in Charge of St. Stephen Catholic Parish, Gachie,

Nairobi, Kenya

February 2003 - 2006: Appointed Financial Administrator and assistant Father in

Charge of Holy Family Basilica, Nairobi, Kenya

January 2002 - 2003: Appointed assistant Father in Charge of St Peter’s Xavier’s,

Nairobi, Kenya and Master’s student at University of Nairobi, specializing in Disaster

Management.

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May 2001- December 2001, Chaplain at Mary Hill Girls School, Thika - Kenya

July 2nd

2000 - May 2001: Appointed Father in Charge of Our Lady of Visitation

Catholic Church, Makadara, Nairobi

1993 - 2000: The founder and Administrator of the St. Mulumba Mission Hospital –

Thika - Kenya

1992 -1997: Appointed Member of the Board of the Pauline Publication Committee -

Daughter of St Paul - Nairobi, Kenya

1992-1994: Appointed Dean of Deanery, Thika

1992-2000: Administrator of KENGO - St. Mulumba Environmental Quality

Assessment

1990 - July 2nd

2000: Appointed Father in Charge of St. Mulumba Catholic Parish,

Thika

1987 - 1989: Appointed assistant, Father in Charge of St. Mulumba Catholic Parish,

Thika

OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES

10th

January, 2014 to date: Appointed as a member to the Technical Evaluation

Committee for the purchase of motor Vehicles - Technical University of Kenya,

Nairobi

February 2013: Appointed Member of the Technical University of Kenya Students’

Constitution Committee - Nairobi – Kenya – the committee toward the review of the

Students’ Association of Technical University of Kenya [SATUK] constitution held

between 6th

- 9th February, 2013 at the Co-operative Retreat and Conference Centre,

Karen - Kenya

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March 2012 to date: Appointed Member of the Kenya Polytechnic University

College Students’ Disciplinary Committee. [SDC] - Nairobi - Kenya

March 2012 to date: Appointed Member of the Kenya Polytechnic University

College Students’ Bursaries Awards Committee [SBAC] - Nairobi - Kenya

October 17th

2011 to 31st December 2013: Appointed Dean of Students, Kenya

Polytechnic University College, Nairobi – Kenya

October 17th

2011 to date: Appointed Member of the Technical University of

Kenya Students’ Election Board [TUKSEB] - Nairobi - Kenya

October 2011 to date: Appointed Member of the Board of the College Academic

Board - Kenya Polytechnic University College, Nairobi - Kenya

March 2011 to date: Appointed Member of the Board of the Sexual Harassment

Policy Committee - Kenya Polytechnic University College, Nairobi - Kenya

June 2010 to date: Chaplain and Lecturer at The Kenya Polytechnic University -

Nairobi, Kenya

January 14th

, 2010 - January 13th

, 2012: Member of the Board of the National

Management Services Fund, in Ministry of Medical services, Nairobi - Kenya

1991 - 1994: Editor of “Mwananchi Magazines” The Magazine is owned and

published by the Kenya Episcopal Conference. [Catholic Bishops of Kenya]

1993 - 1997: The Editor of Thika Ecumenical Newsletter "Habari Zetu" The

Newsletter owned and published by Catholics, Presbyterian Church of East Africa,

Anglican Church of Kenya and ALL Church Council & Services in Thika.

PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLIC APPEARANCES

October, 2006: Presented paper on “Early Warning and Contingency Planning for

Disaster Preparedness in Kenya” at International Conference on Disaster Management

and Human Security in Africa - Masinde Muliro University of Science &Technology –

Kakamega

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September 8th

- 11th

, 2001: In George Conference Centre. Washington D.C. USA. -

Presented a paper on Child health in Makongeni Estate in Thika

November 20th

- 26th

, 1988: presented a paper and facilitated a workshop on

"Grassroots Communication and Mass Media Communication" in Lusaka - Zambia, the

Participates were from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, South Africa, Malawi, Zambia, Sudan

and Ethiopia

July - Sept, 1995: Presentation and Facilitated the Democracy, Justice and Peace in

Kenya in Washington DC USA - Sponsored by USAID

CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS ATTENDED

June 2013: Attended Workshop/Conference on HELB and STAKEHOLDERS –held

between 12th

-15th June, 2013 at at Maanzoni Lodge [Athi River/Mombasa Road] -

Kenya

June 2012: Attended Workshop/Conference on HELB and STAKEHOLDERS - held

between 20th

– 22nd

June, 2012 at Utalii, Nairobi - Kenya

September 20th

to 23rd

, 2011: Attended a workshop on Basic Occupational and

Health, organized by the directorate of occupational Safety and Health Services -

Ministry of Labour

September 8th

- 11th

, 2001: Presented and facilitated a workshop on “Child health in

Makongeni Estate in Thika”. The Children's Environmental Health 11 International

conference was held in September 8th

-12th, George Conference Centre. Washington

D.C. USA.

PUBLICATIONS - INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS

Rev Fr Dr Ndikaru wa Teresia, November, 2012, Title: Pollution and Urban Life:

A Case Study In Thika Municipality, Kenya, International Journal of Current

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Research, Vol. 4, No, 11 pp 33-4. ISSN: 0975-833, Available online at

http://www.journalcra.com

Rev Fr Dr Ndikaru wa Teresia, June 2007, Title: Early Warning and Contingency

Planning for Disaster Preparedness in Kenya. International journal for Disaster

Management and Risk Reduction. Vol. 1 No 2 pp 7-11 ISSN: 1992-2744.

Rev Fr Dr Ndikaru wa Teresia, December 2011, Title: Family and Personal

Protection in Disaster Situations, International Journal of Current Research, Vol.

3, Issue, 12, pp.271-274. ISSN: 0975-833X, Available online at

http://www.journalcra.com

Rev Fr Dr Ndikaru wa Teresia, December 2011. Title: Crime Causes and

Victimization In Nairobi City Slums, International Journal of Current Research

Vol. 3, Issue, 12, pp.275-285, ISSN: 0975-833X, Available online at

http://www.journalcra.com

PUBLICATIONS - BOOKS

Year of Publication: October, 2012. Title: The Community Awareness and

Education for Sustainability: A Case Study in Thika Municipality, Kenya;

published by LAP-Lambert Academic Publishing – Germany. ISBN- 978-365-

924869

Year of Publication: September, 2012. Title: The Ambient Air Quality

Monitoring: A Case Study in Thika Urban Residential Areas, Kenya; published by

LAP-Lambert Academic Publishing – Germany. ISBN 978-365-9240818

Year of Publication: November, 2011. Title: Introduction to Criminology and

Penology: A detailed Approach: published by LAP-Lambert Academic Publishing

– Germany. ISBN 978-3-8465-4398-6

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Year of Publication: July, 2011. Title: Pollution and Urban life, published by

VDM Verlag Dr. Muller GmbH & Co. KG – Germany ISBN 978-3-639-379037

Year of Publication: June, 2011. Title: Introduction to Research Methodology,

published by International Book Market Service Ltd – Germany. ISBN 978-3-639-

372038

Year of Publication: May, 2011: Title: Crime Differential in Metropolitan Slum

Areas; An analysis of slums in the city of Nairobi, Kenya, published by VDM

Verlag Dr. Muller GmbH & Co. KG - Germany. ISBN 978-3-639 367331

Year of Publication: May, 2011: Title: Introduction to Disaster Management and

published by VDM Verlag Dr. Muller GmbH & Co. KG - Germany. ISBN 978-3-

3639 363876

Year of Publication: July, 2009: Co-Authored a book with Waiheya Wathaka,

Managing Director of Kenya Broadcasting Corporation [KBC] “A Voice Unstilled:

Ndingi Mwana a’ Nzeki - Longhorn Publisher - Nairobi. ISBN 978 9966 36 5117

Year of Publication November, 2005: Published a book, “Cry of the oppressed”

self published ISBN 978 9966 36 5117

INTERNATIONAL MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES

Queen of Apostles Seminary Alumni -1980 to date

St Augustine’s Seminary Alumni -1982 to date

St Aquinas’s Seminary Alumni - 1988 to date

Kenyatta University Alumni Association [KUAA]: 2012 to date

University of Nairobi Alumni Association [UONAA]: 2014 to date

Australia and New Zealand Society of Criminology [ANZSOC]:2014 to date

The American Society of Criminology [AMC]: 2015 to date

The British Society of Criminology [BSC] : 2015 to date

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HOBBIES AND INTERESTS

Researching on environmental issues, preaching the word of God and caring, Human

right issues, Athletics, Watching football, Listening gospel music, Reading, Writing,

teaching and attending conferences/seminars and workshops

TRAVELLED

Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, United States of America, Canada, Great

Britain, Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Italy, France, Australia and

Qatar

REFEREES

1. Prof Joseph Kiplang’at

The Deputy Vice - Chancellor

Administration, Planning and Infrastructures

The Technical University of Kenya,

P. O. Box 52428 - 00200 - NAIROBI, KENYA

2. Prof Henry Kemoni

School of Social and Technology Studies

The Technical University of Kenya,

P. O. Box 52428 - 00200 - NAIROBI, KENYA

3. Prof Francis K. Gatheri

The Director and Head of School

School of Mathematics and Statistics

The Technical University of Kenya,

P. O. Box 52428 - 00200 - NAIROBI, KENYA

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4. Rev Fr Prof. Joseph Kahiga

Moi University,

Department of Philosophy

P. O. Box 3900 - ELDORET, KENYA

5. Prof. Joseph Mworia Wamutitu

Senior Lecturer

Faculty of Education and Community Studies,

Department of Curriculum, Instruction and Educational Management,

Egerton University

P. O. Box 536 – 20115, EGERTON

NJORO, KENYA

6. Prof. Mellitus Nyongesa Wanyama

Moi University

Senior Lecturer, Department of Literature, Theater and Film Studies

Executive Director and Founder of Utafiti Foundation Research Center

Director - Moi University Choir

Literary & Editorial Consultant, Chief Editor - Utafiti Foundation

P. O. Box 3900 - ELDORET, KENYA

7. Dr Lucy W. Ngige

Senior Lecturer

Kenyatta University

Department of Community and Resource Management Studies

P. O. Box 42310, 00200 - NAIROBI, KENYA.