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Dr. Mwangi Gachara

Lecturer, Department of Literature & Linguistics

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Dr. Mwangi Gachara

Lecturer, Department of Literature & Linguistics

Administrative Position
2024-Present: Director, University Endowment and Alumni Programs; 2024-Present: Board member, Confucius Institute; 2024: Board member, Directorate of Endowment and Alumni Programs.; 2019-2022: Director, Center for Teacher Professional Development & Excellence; 2018- 2019: Exams Coordinator, Center for Teacher Professional Development & Excellence; 2014-2018: Exams Coordinator, Center for Teaching Practicum & Mentorship; 2008-2009: Head of English and Literature Department, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, Nairobi Campus; 2025-Present: Chairman, Department's Strategic Committee; 2019-Present: Board Member, Dadaab Center; 2013-2019: Board Member, Kenyatta University Press

Refereed Journal Articles

  1. AEN 201: Description of modern English, Maina Wallerindi, Kenneth Ngure, Mwangi Gachara, June, 2020
  2. AEN 402: English Semantics, Pragmatics, Mwangi Gachara, Kiguru Gatitu
  3. AEN 823: Mwangi Gachara and Maina Njiri
  4. Gachara, M ., Mitambo, G., & Njogu, K. (2009). Uhiki=The wedding: A documentary on culture, and environment. African Health and Development International(AHADI). https://www.africabib.org/rec.php?RID=371257794 (documentary)
  5. Kimwele, M., Gachara, M., & Gimode, K. (2025). A Cognitive Linguistics Perspective of Christian Discourse in Charismatic Fellowship Churches of Machakos County, Kenya. Journal of African Interdisciplinary Studies, 9(1), 32 – 49.
  6. Kimwele, M., Gachara, M., & Gimode, K. (2025). Conceptual Structure of Metaphors in Christian Discourse: A Study of Charismatic Fellowships in Machakos County. Journal of Popular Education in Africa. 9(1), 20 – 33.
  7. Gachara, M . (2025). The Cosmological Metaphor of Lifetime as a Day among the Agikuyu People, Hong Kong,2018. ( Unpublished article ).
  8. Gachara, M . (2024). Metaphors of Disenfranchisement: The case of 2024 Impeachment of Kenya’s Deputy President, Rigathi Gachagua. ( Unpublished article ) .
  9. Gachara, M . (2023). Gĩkũyũ metaphors of marriage negotiations: A cognitive linguistics perspective . CODESRIA Books Publication System. CODESRIA
  10. Gachara , M. (2013). Metaphors of Gikuyu Marriage Negotiations: a Cognitive Linguistic Perspective. Unpublished Ph.D thesis, Kenyatta University.
  11. Wanjiku, G., & Gachara, M . (2024). "Hate Speech and the Deaf Ears of the Kenyan Law: An In-Depth Analysis of Regulation and Enforcement," International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), vol. 8(10), pages 1673-1696.
  12. Mwikali, N., Gachara, M ., & Itumo, J.(2024). Unmasking Metaphors of COVID-19 Pandemic in Kenya’s Virtual Space: A Cognitive Linguistic Approach. International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), vol. 8(10), pages 4116-426, October.

Book Chapters

  1. Gachara, M .(2011). When Facts Lie: A Pragmatics Analysis of the Language Used in Fighting HIV/AIDS in Kenya . Publisher, VDM Verlag Dr. Muller, ISBN-13: 978-3639368222 ,https://www.amazon.com/When-facts-lie-Pragmatics-Analysis/dp/3639368223
  2. Gachara, M.(2025). Metaphors in Marriege Negotioations: Reflections of Gikuyu Customes and Tradations. Publisher, Njigua Books Ltd, ISBN: 978 9966-9813-0-1

Conference Papers

  1. Association of African Universities-Good Assessment Practices in Higher Education Workshop, Strathmore University, Nairobi, Kenya 6 th -9 th August, 2019.
  2. Mother Language Day -Kenyatta University, Kitui Campus
  3. Mother Language Day- Kenyatta University. Main Campus
  4. Curriculum Review Workshop, Machakos
  5. Wendle Trust job in Deadjob, Kisumu
  6. Boarderless Higher Education for Refeugees-BHER, Lead Educator, Dadab Refugeee Complex, (2013-2019).
  7. Machakos Curriculum Review, 2011
  8. Teacher Mentor Training
  9. Gachara, M.(2018). The cosmological metaphor of lifetime as a day among the Agikuyu People . Hong Kong.
  10. Gachara, M .(2018). The Language of Hate Speech and the Kenyan Deaf Laws- An analysis of selected metaphors of incitement and their (in) admissibility in judicial proceedings . Hong Kong.
  11. Gachara, M .(2016). Metaphors of Gikuyu Marriage Negotiations . Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy.
  12. Gachara, M .(2014). Metaphors Used in the Commodification of Kenyan women . Lancaster, UK .
  13. Gachara, M .(2020). Women as market commodities .
  14. Gachara, M .(2024). Covid metaphors .
  15. Gachara, M .(2025). Metaphors of impeachment .
  16. Gachara, M .(2023). The Dynamics of Teacher Training in 21 st Century- the Unique Case of Teacher Mentor of Kenyatta University .

Professional Affiliations

  • Member, International Cognitive Linguistics Association (ICLA)
  • Member, Researching and Applying Metaphor (RaAM)