Contact Information
Name: Mary Nyanjugu Karuri (PhD)
Position: Dean, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Official Email: mary.karuri@tharaka.ac.ke
Office Telephone: +254 721 616 368

Education Background
TEACHING EXPERIENCE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Level | Qualification Name | Institution | Year |
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PhD | PhD, Linguistics | Chuka University | 2016 |
Master | MA, English & Linguistics | Egerton University | 2019 |
Bachelor | B/Ed English & Literature | Moi University | 1994 |
Period | Institution | Position |
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2023 – to date | Tharaka University | Associate Professor |
2019 -2023 | Chuka University/Tharaka University | Senior Lecturer |
2014- 2019 | Chuka University | Lecturer |
2009- 2014 | Chuka University | Assistant lecturer |
1994-2009 | Teachers Service Commission | Teacher of English |
Research Publications
Research Title | Online Link | Year |
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Riungu., L, Ireri H. Karuri M. Transitivity Analysis of Social - Media Political Discourse in Kenya. International Research Journal , Vol 11, Issue 10, pp.74-87 | VIEW ONLINE | 2024 |
Riungu., L, Karuri M., Ireri H. Multimodality in Kenya’s Political Discourse in the Social Media. International Research Journal , Vol 11, Issue 10, pp. 181-197 | VIEW ONLINE | 2024 |
Kiplangat, V., Muriungi P., Karuri M. Syntactical Analysis of Copula Clauses. East African Journal of Education Studies, Vol 6, Issue 1, pp. 338-356. . | VIEW ONLINE | 2023 |
. Njiru, F.N., Karuri, M. Phonemic Awareness Strategies Used in Teaching English Language Literacy Skills to Grade Three Pupils in Public Primary Schools in Embu County, Kenya. International Journal on Studies in English Language and Literature, Vol 10, Issue 10, pp. 1-7. | VIEW ONLINE | 2023 |
Kang’ori, T., Mukasa, M., Mugo, J., Karuri, M. Ungodliness or Dissidence? A Critical (Re) Valuation of Religious Internet Memes. Journal of Humanities and Social Science, Vol 28, Issue 8, pp. 25-31. | VIEW ONLINE | 2023 |
Miriti G., Karuri M.Marking Identity through Language in Social Media Discourse by Chuka University Students. International Journal on Studies in English Language and Literature, Vol 7, Issue 8, pp. 43-52. | VIEW ONLINE | 2019 |
Mbui, M.K., Karuri, M. Paralinguistic Strategies for Persuasion in Kenyan Commercial Banks Television Advertisements. The International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol 7, Issue 8, pp. 326-343. | VIEW ONLINE | 2019 |
Karuri, M., Riungu, L. Representational Discourse in TV News Preludes. International Journal of Humanities and Social Studies, Vol 7, Issue 1. | VIEW ONLINE | 2019 |
Karuri, M., Murigi, J. Popular Music and Construction of Ethnic Political Identity. International Journal of Humanities and Social Studies, Vol 6, Issue 5, pp. 84-89. | VIEW ONLINE | 2018 |
Karuri, M. Media Bias in Legitimizing Political Action. International Journal of Economics, Business and Management, Vol 2, Issue 2, pp. 116-132. | VIEW ONLINE | 2018 |
Karuri, M., Nabea, N. Constructing National Identities in Newspapers. International Journal of Studies in English Language and Literature, Vol 6, Issue 11, pp. 10-20. | VIEW ONLINE | 2018 |
Karuri, M., Muriungi, P. Creation of Identities in Political Conflict: Kenya’s Newspaper Discourse. International Journal of Studies in English Language and Literature, Vol 4, Issue 10, pp. 6-18. | VIEW ONLINE | 2016 |
Nkanatha, J., Karuri M. Female Genital Mutilation: Its Physical-Social Effects on Individuals and Reasons for its Persistence among Communities. Research on Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol 4, Issue 28. | VIEW ONLINE | 2014 |
Karuri, M., Christine, A., Mbaka, N. Pragmatics and Parenting: Language Strategies in Communicating Issues of Sexuality to Teenagers by Kenyan Parents. Research on Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol 4, Issue 5. | VIEW ONLINE | 2014 |
. Muriungi, P., Mutegi, M., Karuri, M. The Syntax of Wh-Questions in Gichuka. Open Journal of Modern Linguistics, Vol 4, pp. 182-204. doi: 10.4236/ojml.2014.41015. | VIEW ONLINE | 2014 |
. Muriungi, P., Mutegi, M., Karuri, M. The Syntax of Wh-Questions in Gichuka. Open Journal of Modern Linguistics, Vol 4, pp. 182-204. doi: 10.4236/ojml.2014.41015. | VIEW ONLINE | 2014 |
. Mbaka, N., Christine, A., Karuri, M.Implementation Status of Kenya’s Language in Education Policy: A Case Study of Selected Primary Schools in Chuka. | VIEW ONLINE | 2013 |
Conference Presentations/ Proceedings
Conference | Paper Presented |
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Tharaka University International Conference in November 2024. | ‘Language, Power, and Resistance: Unpacking African Presidential Discourses on Western Economic Exploitation at the UN’ |
Tharaka University International Conference, November 2023. | ‘Africa Re-awakening or a Storm in a Tea Cup?’ - A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Economic Conflict between Africa and the West, |
Tharaka University College International Conference on 18/11/2021 | ‘Covid 19: Discourse of Political Intrigues and “Conspiracy Theories”’ |
Membership in Organization
Member, Organization for Social Science in East and Southern Africa (OSSEREA). |
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