Dr. Benard O . Okal
Dr. Benard Odoyo Okal is a Kenyan citizen teaching general linguistics and literature in Kiswahili at Maseno University, Kenya. Supervisor and examiner of master and doctoral thesis. Coordinator of academic programs for School of Arts and Social Sciences (SASS) and School of Development and Strategic Studies (SDSS) at both the Kisumu campus and eCampus. Trained and a resource person for online course design, facilitation, assessment, and grading by PedaL under the sponsorship of PASGR. Peer reviewer of numerous scholarly journals and served as Associate Editor of Indiana Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences. Authored a book The Linguistic Face of Africa, 3 book chapters, numerous peer reviewed articles in journals, and several articles and book chapters in press. Member of
International Society for Development and Sustainability (ISDS) of Japan. Participated in various workshops and conferences of Western Kenya Kiswahili Association; East Africa Kiswahili Association; Global Association for Promotion of Swahili; SPMA webinar organized by University of Pretoria on Resilience in the Wake of Disasters–the Municipal Voice; national consultative workshop on Languages of Kenya Policy, and National
Kiswahili Council of Kenya Bill; and the KenCorpus Project workshops. Served as a Research Assistant in the KenCorpus Project for the curation of Kenyan Languages Datasets for Natural Language Processing (NLP) funded by Lacuna Fund, Rockefeller Foundation, Google.org, and Canada’s International Development Research Centre. Part-time lecturer for
the Maseno University–Princeton University Summer 2022 Global Seminar Program and Swahili Beginners Teaching, and coordinated Princeton University (USA) visiting team activities at Maseno University, Kisumu Campus.
Phone: 0720856280
Address: Maseno University, Department of Kiswahili & Other African Languages
P. O. Box 333
Maseno, Kenya
International Society for Development and Sustainability (ISDS) of Japan. Participated in various workshops and conferences of Western Kenya Kiswahili Association; East Africa Kiswahili Association; Global Association for Promotion of Swahili; SPMA webinar organized by University of Pretoria on Resilience in the Wake of Disasters–the Municipal Voice; national consultative workshop on Languages of Kenya Policy, and National
Kiswahili Council of Kenya Bill; and the KenCorpus Project workshops. Served as a Research Assistant in the KenCorpus Project for the curation of Kenyan Languages Datasets for Natural Language Processing (NLP) funded by Lacuna Fund, Rockefeller Foundation, Google.org, and Canada’s International Development Research Centre. Part-time lecturer for
the Maseno University–Princeton University Summer 2022 Global Seminar Program and Swahili Beginners Teaching, and coordinated Princeton University (USA) visiting team activities at Maseno University, Kisumu Campus.
Phone: 0720856280
Address: Maseno University, Department of Kiswahili & Other African Languages
P. O. Box 333
Maseno, Kenya
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