Edwin Chris Odhiambo

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Edwin Chris Odhiambo

 I am a doctoral candidate in Language and Society Studies at the University of New England. My passion lies at the intersection of language and politics, with a focus on the intricate dynamics of multilingualism, language planning and policy, and the agency of language-minoritized communities within governance. I am particularly dedicated to the pursuit of social justice issues and in exploring epistemologies of the Global South.

EDUCATION

Mar 2023- Present

PhD in Language and Society Studies, The University of New England, Australia

Thesis: Unsettling the Coloniality of Political Governance in Kenya: Language, Social Justice, Access

Principal Supervisor: Associate Professor Finex Ndhlovu

Co-supervisor: Dr Christina Kenny

Nov 2019-Dec 2021

Master of Arts in Transborder Languages & Intercultural Communication (First Class Honours), Advanced School of Translators & Interpreters (ASTI), The Pan African University and The University of Buea, Cameroon, 2021

Sept 2013 - Dec 2017

Bachelor of Education (Arts, With IT), (First Class Honours), Maseno University, Kenya, 2017

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Language and/in Politics

JavaScript

Intercultural Communication

Language Policy, practices and translanguaging

Figma

Linguistic ideologies, attitudes and stereotypes

Translation and interpretation

React

Decolonial and/or Southern theories and approaches to sociolinguistics

Adobe XD

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Jan-Nov 2022

Research Assistant

Kenyan Languages Corpus (KenCorpus)

Joint Project: Maseno University,the University of Nairobi & African Nazarene University

• Annotating and translating Lumarachi texts to facilitate the curation of the Kenyan Languages Dataset for Natural Language processing.
• Transcribing Swahili/English speech texts into written texts forthe Kenyan Languages Corpus.
• Editing and reviewing translated texts from the Lumarachi language into Swahili.
• Coordinating the transcription and translation group to ensure production of high-quality work.

Principal Investigator: Dr Lilian Wanzere
Supervisor: Prof Florence Indede
Funding: Lacuna – jointly funded by || Rockefeller Foundation ||Google.org || & || Canada’s International Development Research Center.

Sept 2013-Dec 2017 & Nov 2019-Dec 2021

Undergraduate & Graduate Student

Maseno University, Kenya

Uibukaji na Matumizi ya Msamiati Ibuka katika Riwaya za Kiswahili: Nyuso za Mwanamke na Kidagaa Kimemwozea Supervisor: Associate Professor Florence Indede

• Reviewed studies on language and literature, terminology emergence, creative and fictional writing, and terminology theories.
• Read and analysed stylistic devices used by authors in coining and using new terminologies in their novels.
• Adopted a purely qualitative research design to collect and analyze data. • Participated in creative writing of short stories and poems in the Kiswahili language.

Aug- Oct 2016

Research Assistant

Appollo Associates, Karen, Kenya

• Assessed the accommodation status at MasenoUniversity by collecting and compiling data on demand, pricing, and competitive supply analysis for student housing.
• Used the geographic information system (GIS) to create, manage, map and integrate location data by describing the student’s housing.

Supervisor: Mr. James Juma Absaloms (Project Manager)

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