Davison Mupinga, Ph.D., professor in the School of Teaching, Learning & Curriculum Studies at Kent State University was awarded a fellowship by the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program to travel to Uganda in March 2023, to work with Bro Denis Katusiime, Ph.D., at the University of Kisubi (UniK) on the development of a graduate degree in Workforce Development Education and Training.
Mupinga, who specializes in the preparation of career and technical teachers/instructors and trainers, will conduct a needs assessment of Ugandan employers and the professional development needs of UniK faculty. He will also mentor graduate students and host workshops on project-based learning.
The University of Kisubi program is one of 63 newly created projects that pair African Diaspora scholars with higher education institutions and collaborators in Africa to partner on curriculum co-development, collaborative research, graduate training and mentoring activities in 2023.
The Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program, now in its tenth year, is designed to strengthen capacity at the host institutions and develop long-term, mutually-beneficial collaborations between universities in Africa and the United States and Canada. It is funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York and managed by the Institute of International Education (IIE) in collaboration with the Association of African Universities (AAU). Nearly 600 African Diaspora Fellowships have now been awarded for scholars to travel to Africa since the program’s inception in 2013.
Fellowships match host universities with African-born scholars and cover the expenses for project visits between 14 and 90 days.