Prof. Mary Nyanjugu Karuri

Education Background

Level	Qualification Name	Institution	Year
PhD	PhD, Linguistics	Chuka University	2016
Master	MA, English & Linguistics	Egerton University	2019
Bachelor	B/Ed English & Literature	Moi University	1994

Teaching Experience and Responsibilities

Period	Institution	Position
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
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
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).