Education

PH.D., CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION: DIVISION OF LANGUAGE AND LITERACY, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN
M.A., AFRICAN STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN
M.A., AFRICAN LINGUISTICS (KISWAHILI), MOI UNIVERSITY, KENYA
BACHELOR OF EDUCATION ARTS, MOI UNIVERSITY, KENYA

Publications:

Dr. Kiramba’s publications can be viewed online at the Digital Commons.

Areas of Expertise:

    Bilingual and ESL Education
    Second/additional language acquisition and teacher education
    Bi-multilingualism and biliteracy development
    Language and Literacy teaching and assessment

Honors and Recognition:

Dr. Carlos J. Vallejo Memorial Award for Emerging Scholarship - Multicultural/Multiethnic Education (MME) Special Interest Group (SIG) of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), 2020

Cultivating New Voices Among Scholars of Color (CNV). National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Research Foundation, 2018-2020

International Reading Association (IRA) Reading Hall of Fame (RHOF) Young Scholars Award, Reading Hall of Fame, 2018

Excellence in Teaching, Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015

Memberships:

American Educational Research Association (AERA)

Literacy Research Association (LRA)

National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)

African Studies Association (ASA)