Masumi Hashimoto Odari
Department of Literature University of Nairobi P.O. Box 30197 [email protected]
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
December 2010 University of Nairobi (Kenya) Doctor of Philosophy in Literature “The Treatment of Social Injustices in Charles Dickens’s Works” The research involved how Charles Dickens portrayed social injustices of the nineteenth century Victorian Era in his novels.
September 2002 School of Law (Kenya) Diploma in Law
December 2001 University of Nairobi (Kenya) LL.B Honors
December 1988 University of Nairobi (Kenya) M.A. Literature “The Use of Satire in Wole Soyinka’s The Interpreters” The research involved analyzing Wole Soyinka’s use of satire in his novel, The Interpreters
March 1986 Soka University (Japan) B.A. English Literature
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
January 2013 – Present Associate, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
June 2011 – Present Department of Literature, University of Nairobi Senior Lecturer
November 2008 – present Notary Public
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June 2008 – present Commissioner for Oaths
June 2003 – present Advocate, High Court of Kenya
October 2002 – September 2012 Part-time lecturer, Strathmore University
July 1996 – Present Department of Literature, University of Nairobi Lecturer
October 1990 – July 1996 Department of Literature, University of Nairobi Assistant Lecturer
June 1989 – October 1990 Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund (presently Japan Bank of International Cooperation) Assistant Administrator to the Chief Representative
1989 to date Translation and interpretation for the Embassy of Japan, JICA, JBIC, among other organizations
Other Duties
June 2014 – Present Chair, Department of Literature
May 2014 – Present Women Division Advisor, Soka Gakkai International of Kenya
October 2013 – Present Member, KEMRI IP and TT Committee
October 2013 - June 2014 Examinations Officer, Department of Literature
June 2013 – Present Chair, CHSS Health and Safety Committee
April 2011 – March 2014 Chair, Faculty of Arts Welfare Committee
October 2007 – July 2008 Director, Club Project Committee, Rotary Club, Westlands
2 January 2007 – Present Welfare/Seminar Officer, Department of Literature
February 2006 – December 2006 Assistant Examinations Officer, Department of Literature
October 2005 – February 2006 Literature Students Association Matron, University of Nairobi
June 2005 – May 2006 Vice Chairlady, Japanese Language Teachers’ Association
October 2004 – September 2005 Examinations Officer, Department of Literature
April 2004 – May 2014 Women’s Division Chief, Soka Gakkai International of Kenya
January 2003 – Present Editor, The Nairobi Journal of Literature, Department of Literature
October 2003 – September 2004 Welfare Officer, Department of Literature
1996 and 1997 Judge, Japanese Language Speech Contest at Utalii College
1992 – 1997 Taught non-credit Japanese language Course to University of Nairobi Students
PUBLICATIONS
Odari, H. Masumi Africa, Shining as the Continent of the 21st Century. World Tribune Vol. 4074 September 2016.
Odari, H. Masumi Promoting Peace Through Korean Children War Stories: A Case Study of “When My Name Was Kioko And Year Of Impossible Goodbyes in The Nairobi Journal of Literature Special Edition 2015. Nairobi: Department of Literature, University of Nairobi, 2015.
Odari, H. Masumi. “Telling the Truth to Children to Create a Better Society” in Belief Issue 003 August-
3 September 2010. Nairobi: Canon Literature Media, 2010.
Odari, H. Masumi. The Role of Women in Peace Making: “Daisaku Ikeda’s Re-Interpretation of the Role of Women in the 21st Century” in Daisaku Ikeda and Voices for Peace from AFRICA. Nairobi: Kenya Literature Bureau, 2008.
Odari, H. Masumi. “Women Literature in Japan’s Heian Era:A Study of The Kagero Diary.” in The Nairobi Journal of Literature No. 5 March 2007. Nairobi: Department of Literature, University of Nairobi, 2007
Odari, H. Masumi. “A Christmas Carol: Teaching Children to be Just and Compassionate.” in The Nairobi Journal of Literature No. 4 March 2006. Nairobi: Department of Literature, University of Nairobi, 2006.
Odari, H. Masumi. Introduction to Poetry. Distant Learning Course Book for University of Nairobi, August 2006.
Odari, H. Masumi. “Self Identity: Reflections on Yusuf K. Dawood” in The Nairobi Journal of Literature No. 1. March 2003 Nairobi: Department of Literature, University of Nairobi, 2003.
Odari, H. Masumi. “An Overview of the Achievements of Daisaku Ikeda” in Daisaku Ikeda and Africa: Reflections by Kenyan Writers. Nairobi: Nairobi University Press, 2001.
Odari, H. Masumi. Vocational Training Guidebook: Kenya. Chiba: Yamashita Hiroshi, 1996.
PRESENTATIONS
28-29th June 2017 Nurturing Global Citizens Through Exchange Programs: A Case Study of University of Nairobi and Soka University Japan Exchange program (Multi Media University)
4 20 September – 1st October 2016 Value Creating Education for Sustainable Development Conference (University of Nairobi)
12-13 June 2016 Africa, Shining as the Continent of the 21st Century (World Summit of Educators , Soka University of America)
August 2015 Lecture at Open Campus Day (Soka University, Japan)
December 2014 Promoting Peace Through Korean Children War Stories: A Case Study of “When My Name Was Kioko And Year Of Impossible Goodbyes (paper presented at the International Conference of Korean Studies at Nairobi Safari Club)
December 2013 Nurturing Students to Become Global Citizen (paper presented at the Education, Youth and Peace Symposium at University of Nairobi)
July 2013 Education in the 21st Century Africa: Value Creating Education in Nurturing a Culture of Peace (paper presented at the International Conference on Education in Africa at Riara University)
April 2013 “The Japanese Spirit Found in Lafcadio Hearn’s Stories” paper presented at the Department of Literature Seminar
Aug 2007 “Children’s Stories: A Way of Talking to the Children’s Hearts. A Case Study of The Princess of the Desert Kingdom and Kirikou and The Sorceress.” Paper presented at the International Writers’ Conference held in Nairobi.
June 2007 “Daisaku Ikeda’s Reinterpretation of Women in the 21st Century.” Paper presented at the Writers Association of Kenya Seminar held in Nairobi.
March 2007 “10th Century Female Writers: The Diary of Kagero.” Paper presented at the Department of Literature seminar.
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October 2004 “The Quest for Justice and the Lawyer’s Dilemma: Time for a Paradigm Shift.” Paper presented at the Strathmore University Ethics Conference held at Strathmore University
CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS ATTENDED
December 2013 Education, Youth and Peace Symposium (Organized by University of Nairobi and Soka Univeristy, Japan)
October 2013 Exchange Programme to Soka University with SONU Representatives
July 2013 International Conference on Education in Africa (Organized by Riara University)
September 2012 Stakeholders Workshop (Organized by Faculty of Arts Welfare Committee)
May 2012 Occupational First Aid Course (Organized by Faculty of Arts & Kenya Red Cross)
March 2011 Departmental Curriculum Development Workshop in Mtwapa (Organized by the Department of Literature)
February 2011 Anti-Plagiarism and Referencing Skills Workshop (Organized by Kenya Library Association in collaboration with INASP)
July 2010 Departmental Curriculum Development Workshop at KIE (Organized by the Department of Literature)
April 2009 Research Methodology Training Workshop (organized by Kenya Oral Literature Association)
August 2007 International Writers’ Conference at Safari Park Hotel (organized by the Korean Writers’ Association and KWANI)
6 October 2005 Programme for Training Lecturers in Pedagogy (Organized by University of Nairobi)
PhD. SUPERVISION
2017 Gloria Ongoing 2017 Shadrack Mwanthi Ongoing
2017 Omutiti
M.A. SUPERVISION
2016 Abdiwali Ali Shiek Mohamed: Narrative Strategies and the Image on an Emancipated Somali Woman in Nuruddin Farah’s From a Crooked Rib 2016 Murage Peter Ndambiri: A Study of the Child Character in Selected Works of Yukio Mishima (Kenyatta University)
2016 Lubanga Angeline Asiko: Moment of Truth: A Novella
2015 Lynder Christine Achieng Oketch Quest Motif: A Search for Identity and Justice in Mukoma wa Ngugi’s Nairobi Heat
2015 Owiti Tom Odhiambo
2014 Munene Bancy Wanjiru
2014 Ochieng Gilbert Oduor
2010 Eric Cheruiyot Maritim: The Enigmatic Feminine Character in Kawabata: A Study of Selected Works
2009 Thiongo Joseph Kanyi: A Critical Explication of Selected Songs by John de Mathew
2008 Irene Wainaina: Sins on the Land
2006 Michelle Nthumba Nenkai Nalama: Education in Maasai Oral Narratives
2005 Mwai F. Karekia: The Portrayal of the Doctor Character in Yusuf Dawood’s Off My Chest and No Strings Attached
2004 Peter Kamande Mbugua: Issues of Identity in Ole Kulet’s Is it Possible? and To Become a Man
7 2003 Ocham Collins Olande: The Journey Motif in Edward Brathwaite’s The Arrivants: A New World Trilogy
2002 Everleen N. Makhanu: The Treatment of the Theme of Childhood in Njabulo S. Ndebele’s Fools and Other Stories
2002 Omolo George Odhiambo: The Aesthetic Confluence of Texual Deixis and Narrative Lexies in Wole Soyinka’s The Interpreters
2000 Makau Kitata: Narrative Techniques in Wole Soyinka’s The Interpreters
2000 Simon Peter Victor Otieno: In Search of an Equilibrium: A study of Gender Roles and Style in Drama Festival Plays
1999 Elizabeth Ogweno: Satire in Okot P’Bitek’s Songs: An Analysis of Song of Lawino, Song of Ocol and Song of Malaya
1997 Peter Anyanga Wasamba: Language in Marjorie Oludhe MacGoye’s Fiction
1996 Philo Ikonya: Marjorie Oludhe MacGoye and the Quest for Freedom: A Study of Coming to Birth, Song of Nyarloka and Other Poems
MEMBERSHIP
2013 – Present Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
2006 – Present Rotary Club Westlands
2003 - Present East African Law Society
2003 – Present Law Society of Kenya
2002 – Present Kenya Japanese Language Teachers’ Association
1999 – Present Kenya Writer’s Association
1998 – Present Kenya Oral Literature Association
1999 – 2000 Students Association of Law
1992 – Present Soka Gakkai International of Kenya
8 RELEVANT SKILLS
Languages English and Japanese - Fluent French and Kiswahili – Basic
Computer Skills MS Word Web Site Design Power Point Email Internet
REFEREES
1. Prof. Henry Indangasi Department of Literature University of Nairobi
2. Prof. D.H. Kiiru Department of Literature University of Nairobi
3. Prof. Peter Wasamba Chairman Department of Literature University of Nairobi
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