Strathmore Governance Centre Staff
Strathmore Governance Centre is run by a committed and dynamic team. It was launched with the help of the Hills Program on Governance at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), particularly with the support of Mr. Roderick M. Hills, founder of the Hills Program.
Prof. David Sperling, Senior Research Fellow
A graduate of Yale and Harvard, and the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Prof. David C. Sperling has been teaching in Kenyan universities since 1989, first at the University of Nairobi and since 2001 at Strathmore University where he is currently Research Professor and Senior Research Fellow in the Strathmore Governance Centre.
Dr. Antoinette K. Kankindi, Director
Dr Antoinette K. Kankindi, PhD and MCGO (Governance) from the University of Navarra, Spain and LLM from the University of Kinshasa, DRC is a Congolese citizen. She joined Strathmore University in 2004 where she lectures in Social and Political Philosophy. She was appointed Director of the Governance Centre in May 2009.
Wambui Kariuki, Administrative Assistant
Wambui graduated from the Catholic University of Eastern Africa with a BA degree in Sociology and Political Science in October 2009. She joined the SGC team in May 2010 as a Research and Administrative Assistant. She is interested in sports governance and management among other issues of policy and governance. She is currently building a resource centre for the department as well as managing the administrative duties within the centre.
Dr Tom Odhiambo, Resident Researcher
Tom Odhiambo was awarded a PhD at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa in 2004. He then worked as a Research Officer at the Witwatersrand Institute for Social and Economic Research and also taught in the Department of African Literature at Wits University between 2004 and 2007. He has researched, written and published on African literature, culture and media.
