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DR. IRENE AWUOR OWUOR

Lecturer, Department of Community Resource Management

Home School of Business, Economics & Tourism Department of Community Resource Management DR. IRENE AWUOR OWUOR

DR. IRENE AWUOR OWUOR

Lecturer, Department of Community Resource Management

Administrative Position
Departmental Quality Management System (QMS) Coordinator (15 th September 2025 to present); Departmental Exam Coordinator (25 th August 2023 to 25 th August 2025); Departmental Post-Graduate Studies Coordinator (2018-2022); Departmental Innovation & Community Outreach Programs Coordinator (2018-2020); Departmental Welfare Coordinator (2016-2018); Departmental e-learning Coordinator (2015-2017); Academic Advisor (on-going from 2014)

Academic Qualifications

PhD, Community Resource Management from Kenyatta University, Kenya (2014-2018)
MA, Population, Poverty & Social Development from International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) of Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands (2009-2010)
PGD, Leadership in
Community Development from Eastern & Southern African Management Institute (ESAMI) in Arusha Tanzania (2005-2006)
MSc, Home Science & Technology from Maseno University, Kenya (1998-2002).

Refereed Journal Articles

  1. Owuor, I (2018) Relationship between Socio-demographic Characteristics of Motorcycle Taxi Riders and their Socio-economic Wellbeing: Case of Homa Bay County, Kenya
  2. Owuor, I (2009) Maternal Mortality: Can Kenya successfully reduce maternal mortality rate by 75% by 2015?, The Hague, Institute of Social Studies, 2009.
  3. Kieru, J and Owuor, I (2020), HCR 102: Trends in Community Development . Kenyatta University
  4. Kieru, J and Owuor, I (2020), HCR 200: Community Development Planning . Kenyatta University
  5. Ndayala, P and Owuor, I (2020). HCR 202: Community Outreach Programs & Extension . Kenyatta University
  6. Ndayala, P and Owuor, I (2020), HCR 309: Housing & Development . Kenyatta University
  7. Owuor, I (2020), HCR 314: Survey of Community Welfare Programs . Kenyatta University
  8. Owuor, I (2020). HCR 405: Community Intervention Programs . Kenyatta University
  9. Owuor, I and Ndayala, P (2020), HCR 413: Management of Community-Based Organizations . Kenyatta University
  10. Kieru, J and Owuor, I (2020), HCR 806: Community Intervention Project . Kenyatta University
  11. Owuor, I (2020), PPH 112: Socio-medical Sciences in Health . Kenyatta University
  12. Mugo, J and Owuor, I (2020), PHP 100: Foundations of Health Promotion . Kenyatta University
  13. Owuor, I (2020). PHP 204: Workplace Health Promotion . Kenyatta University
  14. Mugo, J and Owuor, I (2020). PHP 405: School Health Promotion . Kenyatta University

Conference Papers

  1. A seminar on Community Participation Towards Water Catchment for Sustainable Livelihoods-Presented at a conference in Entebbe, Uganda in June 2019
  2. A seminar on Promoting Alternative Care by Reversing Institutionalizing of Children in Kampala, Uganda in April 2016
  3. Barriers to providing girls with equitable, quality education in Migori County, Kenya-Presented at a conference in July 2012 in Kampala, Uganda.
  4. Challenges faced by children living in Internally Displaced Persons’ Camps in Nyanza Province during 2007/2008 Post-election Violence-Presented at UNICEF office, Kisumu in June 2008.