Nairobi (canaafrica.org) - A Nairobi-based University has promoted a Kenyan Catholic nun belonging to the institute of the Sisters of Mary of Kakamega to the position of Associate Professor in communication.
On Monday, August 31, 2015, Daystar University’s Recruitment Committee interviewed and promoted three senior lecturers to the position of Associate Professor, one of them Sr. Prof. Agnes Lucy Lando.
“As I give thanks and glory to God for thus far He has brought me, I’m praying and asking Him that He grants me the grace of humility and deep love for the Church so that I may use the position and opportunity to love and serve Him more dedicatedly, amidst the various challenges that come with the title,” Sister Lando said in a message to CANAA.
Sister Lando who joined Daystar University (DU) in August 2008 is an alumna of the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, from where she obtained her PhD in Social Communication in April 2008.
She served as Secretary of Communications at the Nairobi-based Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA) Secretariat between June 1999 and May 2000.
Sister Lando was also the Director of Ukweli Video Production, a faith-based media production center founded in May 1981 by Father Richard Quinn of the Maryknoll Society, a position she held from 2009 to 2013. At DU, Sister Lando is the Assistant Head of Communication Department and teaches Doctoral Colloquium, Communication and Media Theory, Communication Ethics, Crisis Communication, Media Management, Advanced Audio-Visual Productions, Human Communication and Intercultural Communication, among other courses.
Sister Lando’s research interests are in Media studies, Communication theory, Crisis Communication, and Communication Ethics. Her latest research, co-authored, is entitled, “Traditional African Culture and Communication: The Missing Link in Cattle Rustling Interventions among Pastoralist Communities in Northern Kenya.”
She is a member of the Daystar University Ethics Review Board, in addition to being a member of various national, regional and international communication academic bodies. In an attempt to provide a lasting solution to the perennial school fees plight of a number of MA Communication students at DU, on March 14, 2013, jointly with some MA Communication students Sister Lando founded Master Communicators Welfare Association (MCWA) that aims at raising money and paying fees for financially challenged but academically able MA Communication students of Daystar University.
“I know it has not been a sole Sr. Lando journey to achieve this. Apart from my religious institute, many other people and institutions have been part and parcel of this journey,” Sister Lando said in gratitude, adding, “I would like to thank one and all, especially the Jesuits who are my mentors and educators, for being part and parcel of my story.”
The other two who were promoted to Professor alongside Sister Lando are Abraham Waithima who has a PhD in Economics from Cape Town, South Africa, and Rebecca Oladipo, a holder of PhD in Linguistics from the University of Leeds.
“I know a lot is expected of me because Communication is still a young field in the Continent. Yet I’m not afraid because the good Lord who has brought me this far, will certainly continue guiding and leading me,” Sister Lando said in conclusion.
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