Prof. Kinuthia Macharia

Professor of Sociology
School of Arts and Sciences

E-Mail: macharia@aaun.edu.ng, macharia0@gmail.com

Educational Background:

Ph.D. Sociology: University of California, Berkeley

Prof. Macharia is a pan-Africanist who is living the dream of bringing back African experts in the West back to the African continent and while advocating this in his research on International Migration, he is living the example by being here at the AUN. After a prolonged career in leading American institutions of higher learning, UC Berkeley where he did his doctorate on a Fulbright Scholarship, Harvard University, American University, an experience in West Africa engaging enthusiastic youth has been his dream, He is a native of Kenya, East Africa. He is well published and has participated in major international professional meetings, like the International Sociological Congress, Durban, South Africa in July 2006.

Previous Posts:

Associate Professor of Sociology, American University, Washington DC, USA
Assistant Professor of Sociology, American University, Washington DC, USA
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Social Development Program officer -Consultant (Social Development Division, World Bank, Washington DC, USA
Junior Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies, University of Nairobi, Kenya
Graduate Assistant, Department of Sociology, University of Nairobi, Kenya
Program Consultant, Ford Foundation and International Development Research center (IDRC-Nairobi, Kenya

Selected Publications:

Social and political dynamics of the Informal Economy in African Cities: Nairobi and Harare,UPA, UPA, Lanham, MD, 1997
The Social Context of the Mau mau Movement 1952-1960, UPA, Lanham, MD 2006
"Alternative Economies: The Role of Jua Kali Sector in Kenya's Future Development " in The Independent Review, Vol. 1 No.1 1996, pp.79-93.
"Slum Clearance and the Informal Sector in Nairobi, Kenya."Journal of Modern African Studies, June 1992, Vol. 30, No. 2, pp. 221-236, Cambridge University Press, London.
"Housing Policy In Kenya - the View from the Bottom: A Survey of Low Income Residents in Nairobi and Thika, “International Journal of Urban and Regional Research”, Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 405-420 London: Edward Arnold, September 1985.
African Immigrant Entrepreneurs In America in Motion: African –American Migration Experience www.inmotionaame.org 2004

Research Interests:

Studying the informal economy (small scale enterprises and their contribution to development especially in Africa.)
Different Ethnic groups and Religious groups engage in the informal economy in historical city of Maiduguri, Borno State, North East Nigeria.
International Migration and skilled migration--brain drain, brain drain and possibilities of brain waste. Role of State in Development.

Selected Affiliations:

African Studies Association
American Sociological Association
Association of Third World Studies
Association of African Studies Research Forum

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