Inyega Hellen

Associate Professor

Prof. Hellen Inyega - Associate Professor at the University of Nairobi, Department of Educational Communication Technology.

Associate Professor - Language, Literacy, Special and Early Childhood Education - Teaching courses at all levels of the Kenyan education system; supervising students on placement in pre-primary to tertiary educational settings; providing advisement on academic research; coordinating PhD programmes in Early Childhood Development.
Consultant - Language, Literacy, Numeracy, Special Education, Early Childhood Education and Learning Assessment - Providing technical support on: early language, literacy and numeracy instruction, materials development and use; capacity development of regional and national level education personnel; early childhood development policy framework; psychometrics and competency-based curriculum assessment; develop relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, sustainability and impact measures of education projects

Literacy Coordinator Early Grade Reading Institute.
Partnership Liaison - Partnering with different organizations on language, literacy, numeracy, special and early childhood education matters.
Grant Writing Manager - responsible for grants proposal writing for Early Grade Reading Institute.

Academic background

IIEP-UNESCO,Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) Certificate Course on Large-Scale Learning Assessments(February, 2016
The University of Georgia, USA -Doctor of Philosophy in Reading Education(2003-2006)
The University of Auckland,New Zealand –Master of Education in Special Education (1999 -2001)
Kenyatta University, Post-Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) (1995-1996)
Kenyatta University,Bachelor of Arts in Literature in English and Kiswahili (1988 -1991)

Recipient of the 2015 World Literacy Council Award for being a game changer in 2014
National Book Development Council (NBDCK) Literary Award –Children’s Category
International Reading Association (Nila Banton Smith Research Dissemination Grant 2004)
The University of Georgia Graduate School Assistantship 2003-2005.
Lamson Prize in Child Language and Literacy (1999) in recognition of research done about children as emergent readers (University of Auckland, New Zealand
New Zealand Overseas Development Assistance (NZODA) Scholarship (1999 -2001) for a Masters in Special Education, the University of Auckland New Zealand

Office: Department of Educational Communication Technology
Email: hellen.nasimiyuh@uonbi.ac.ke
Office Phone: +254728515058/+254737728515058

Influence of Bachelor of Education Teacher Trainees’ Information Searching Ability on Utilization of E-resources at University of Nairobi Kenya
The Nuts and Bolts for Effective Literacy and Numeracy Instruction in Early Childhood
Improving literacy instruction in Kenya through teacher professional development and text messages support: A cluster randomized trial