Dr. Mary Muchiri

English Department

Associate Professor of English

Office Location: Reade Center
Phone: (765) 998-4658
Email: mrmuchiri@tayloru.edu

Specialties: Writing and research in Creative Nonfiction, African Post-Colonial and British Literature

Education:

PhD, Applied Linguistics, Lancaster University, U.K., 1994
Thesis: "The Influence of Institutional Practices on Examinations: The case of Kenyatta University"
MEd, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, University of Manchester, U.K., 1981
PGDE, English language and literature, University of Nairobi, 1970
BA, Political Science, Geography, English Language and Literature, University of Nairobi, 1969

Why I Came to Taylor:

It gave me a chance to experience another culture. I only enjoy it because I believe it is where the Lord wants to serve Him at present.

Advice to Incoming Freshmen:

Do not judge a book by its cover. Read it, and then judge it.

Hobbies:

Reading, gardening, walking, talking.

Little known fact about me:

I am the first born in my family and the first to go to college.

Family:

A husband and one son and his wife.