Dr. Lydia Ouma Radoli, PhD Profile
Associate Dean, School of Communication, Senior Lecturer Media & Film Studies Department
Dr. Lydia Ouma Radoli, PhD
Associate Dean, School of Communication, Senior Lecturer Media & Film Studies Department
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| Name: | Dr. Lydia Ouma Radoli, PhD |
|---|---|
| Mobile: | +254 709 972 000 |
| E-mail: | lradoli@daystar.ac.ke |
| Website: | None |
| Updated: | 31 Jan, 2025 |
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About
I am a former Broadcast Journalist, Social Researcher, Senior Media and Communication Lecturer and Associate Dean in the School of Communication- Daystar University. The founder of Diaspora Radio, an online media platform dedicated to: “changing African narratives using a transnational perspective.” https://www.diasporardio.org. In 2019, Diaspora Radio was adopted as a Civil Society Project for the Brandenburg University of Technology- Cottbus (BTU), Intercultural Studies Chair. I hold a Doctor of Philosophy - German abbreviations (Dr.rer. Phil) focusing on Media, Migration, and Development from the Brandenburg University of Technology (BTU- Germany). I have a European Union Erasmus Mundus Tripartite master's in human Rights Practice - EMHRP-MA (Roehampton-United Kingdom), (Gothenburg-Sweden) and (Tromso-Norway) Universities. A Communication - Sociology BA degree from the University of Nairobi and a Diploma in Journalism from the Kenya Institute of Mass Communication (KIMC). I have worked as a Senior Broadcast Journalist in East Africa, specifically, Kenya (Radio Waumini), Rwanda (Contact FM Radio), and Uganda (Uganda Radio Network), where I also served as a Gender Focal Person for the URN, European Union (EU) led Democratic Government Facility (DGF) project. Internationally, I have contributed articles to Mkenya Ujerumani - a Diasporic Media outlet for Kenyans in Germany and We Will Lead Africa Journal for African innovators based in the USA. I have published academic papers and presented in international conferences in Tampere (Finland), Berkeley, Princeton, American University, John Hopkins Maryland (USA), UN Center - New York, Tangaza (Kenya), Bonn, Goethe-Frankfurt and Cottbus (Germany). I have also been a Session Chair and Guest at International Conferences (RAIS, KAAD). I was the Principal Investigator for Daystar University-Kenya Film Commission Research (August 2020). I am an Alumni of the Katholischer Akademischer Auslander Dienst (KAAD) -The Catholic Academic Exchange Services (Germany), where I served as the Speaker to its African Parliament. Currently, I sit on the KAAD Scholarship Selection Committee of Kenya. I also serve as the Editorial Secretary to the KAAD, Society of East Africa ( KASEA - Alumni Body). I was Vice Chair of the Europe Chapter of the Diaspora Youth Council (DYC) - of the Kenya Diaspora Alliance (KDA). I am a Fellow of the African Good Governance Network (AGGN), a DAAD project, and served as its Vice Chair between 2017-2018. I received the 2019 African Women in Europe (AWE) Media Award and the 2018 BTU Women Empowerment Award. In 2020, together with partners, we founded the Nairobi-based Communication Content Network (CCN) , a forum that aims to create linkages between academia and media practice. In CCN, I bring a wealth of knowledge in social research, conferencing, media training, and practice. Between November 2022- April 2024, I was a visiting scholar at the Bandenburg University of Technology- Cottbus and completed a Research Fellowship at the Leuphana Institute of Advanced Studies in Culture and Society (LIAS-CAS), Leuphana University.
Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Lydia Ouma Radoli, PhD CV
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Recent Publications
Teaches
- Doctoral Colloquium (GRA-801)
- Media Studies (COM 834)
- Media Stewardship and Socio-Cultural Institutions (COM 831)
- Communication Ethics (COM 624)
- Writing for Media (COM 688)
- Communication Theories (COM 621)
- Exploring Mass Media (CON 592)
- Communication Ethics Law and Human Rights (COM 419)
- Broadcast Journalism (COM 467)
- Writing for the Screen (COM 364)
- Magazine and Feature Writing (COM 349)
- Audio Production (COM 361)
Relevant Links
- Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lydia_Radoli2
- Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user
- AGGN: https://www.aggn.org/fellows/radoli-lydia#6/50.096/8.776
Publications
Book Chapters
Radoli, O.L. (2022). Switching to SIDE Mode”- COVID-19 and the Adaptation of Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) Learning in Kenya. In Online Learning Instruction and Research in Post-Pandemic Higher Education in Africa. Lexington Publishers.
Published2025
Link:
Radoli, O.L. (2024). The African Theory of Stigmatized Dialects: ‘Shembeteng’ & Communicative Dialects on an African Digital Media Space – In Black Communication Theory Volume II. Palgrave McMillan (Springer).
Published2024
Link: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-69495-0_5
Eboi,A.A., Obonyo, L., Kowuor, R.N. Aswani, D.R., Radoli.O.L. (2024). Advancements and Challenges of Problem-Based Learning: A Case Study of Daystar University. In. Creating Dynamic Space in Higher Education: Modern Shifts in Policy, Competencies, and Governance. IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Published2024
Link: https://www.igi-global.com/chapter/advancements-and-challenges-of-problem-based-learning/361987
Lando, A. L. & Radoli, O.L. (2021). To Cover or Not to Cover? A Critical Discourse Analysis of Mainstream Media News Framing of Children in Kenyan Care Homes in Routledge Companion to Media and Poverty
Published2024
Link: at:https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9780429291333-29/cover-cover-agnes-lucy-lando-lydia-radoli
Ayiro, P.L. Muriithi, S., Munyao, J., Radoli, L., Munyao.M. (2023). Ambitions Racing Ahead of Capabilities. The Politics of Competency Based Curriculum in Kenya. Research on Improving Systems in Education. University of Oxford. Available at: https://portal.sds.ox.ac.uk/articles/online_resource/Ambitions_racing_ahead_of_capabilities_The_politics_of_a_competencybased_curriculum_in_Kenya/24565195
Published2023
Link: https://portal.sds.ox.ac.uk/articles/online_resource/Ambitions_racing_ahead_of_capabilities_The_politics_of_a_competency-based_curriculum_in_Kenya/24565195?file=43151176
Radoli, O.L, and Langmia, K. (2023). Of Deepfakes, Misinformation, and Disinformation. In Black Communication in the Age of Disinformation; Deep Fakes and Synthetic Media. Palgrave Macmillan
Published2023
Link:
Radoli, O. L .(2020).“Switching to SIDE Mode”- COVID-19 and the Adaptation of Computer Mediated Communication Learning in Kenya. Research Association Interdisciplinary Studies.DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4006012
Published2020
Link: https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781666916065/Online-Learning-Instruction-and-Research-in-Post-Pandemic-Higher-Education-in-Africa
Refereed Journal Articles
Mohamed, R.A., Radoli.O.L and Aswani, D.R. (2024). Social Media Amplification of Political Rhetoric in Kenya: The case of the 2022 General Elections Journal of African Interdisciplinary Studies (JAIS) 8 (No. 9), 146 – 164
Published2024
Link:
Radoli, L. O. (2024). “If It Bleeds It Leads”: The Visual Witnessing Trauma Phenomenon Among Journalists in East Africa. Journalism & Mass Communication Educator, Sage
Published2024
Link: https://doi.org/10.1177/10776958241242941
Njihia, C. Radoli, L. and Mwangi, W.S. (2022). The Influence of Corporate Social Responsibility on FGM Survivors ´Work Performance: The Case of Teule, Oloitoktok County. African Multidisciplinary Journal of Research. Special Issue. ISSN 2518-2978
Published2022
Link: https://journals.spu.ac.ke/index.php/amjr/issue/view/16
Obonyo, L. and Radoli, O.L. (2020). Balancing Privacy and the Right to Information in Covid-19 Reporting in Kenya. Ethical Space: The International Journal of Communication Ethics.
Published2020
Link: http://www.abramis.co.uk/ethical-space/dload01.php?dldid=000125
Activities
Conference Paper Presentation
Published2024
Radoli, O.L. (2024). "Shifting Imageries: Artificial Intelligence and Journalism in African Legacy Media," RAIS Conference Proceedings 2022-2024 0358, Research Association for Interdisciplinary Studies.
Published2023
Radoli, O.L. (2023). Courting Trauma: An Unspoken Mental Health Crisis Among Journalists in East Africa. Available at: https://rais.education/proceedings-of-the-33rd-rais-conference/ Research Association of Interdisciplinary Studies. DO1: 10.5281/zenodo.8310051
Published2023
Radoli. O.L (2023). Suppressed Narratives a Lens Through the Life Cycle of Visual Rhetors in East Africa. Eighth International Conference on Communication and Media Studies Sep 6th - 8th 2023 Complutense University Madrid – Spain.
Published2021
Radoli, O.L. (2021).“Unfortunate Bedfellows”: Contextualizing Political Contestations and Right to Education in Kenya. Unequal World Conference UN Centre. New York. USA
Published2020
Radoli, O.L. (2020). “Rhetoric Vs Reality”: Confronting Difficult Truths in an Unequal World through a Covid-19 Healthcare Lens. Research Association for Interdisciplinary Studies (RAIS), in partnership with the Unequal World Research Center, IRLA, and IPSEC on 28-29 September 2020.
Conferences
Published2020
Radoli, O.L. (2020). “Healing Rwanda’s Genocide Trauma”: A Re-construction of Painful Oral Historical Narratives. Research Association Interdisciplinary Studies
Published2020
Radoli, O.L. (2020). “Switching to SIDE Mode”- COVID-19 and the Adaptation of Computer-Mediated Communication Learning in Kenya. Research Association Interdisciplinary Studies
Published2019
Radoli, O.L. (2019). “White Terror and Ghosts of Kenya”: Post-colonial, Social-Political Imagery, and Narratives of Kenyan Diasporas. Research Association Interdisciplinary Studies
Research Interests
Digital Media, Journalism and Trauma, Migration and Development, Human Rights, Qualitative Research Approaches, Political Contestations, Constructs of Media, and AI
Projects
- June 2020: Francis Nangenda Project: A team of Researchers and Art Curators from Uganda and Germany embarked on a venture to archive works of little-known but influential Ugandan artist Francis Nangenda, through media archiving, curating, and exhibition, creating digital art spaces. Partially Funded by the Katholischer Akademischer Auslánder Dienst (KAAD).
- July -August 2020: Daystar University Directorate of Research for Kenya Film Commission: An Examination on the Extent of Kenyan Artists’ Knowledge of Rights and Practice (Principal Investigator).
- September 2020 - June 2021: Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE) Political Economy Team - Adoption (PET-A Kenya, Non-Rise) - Research Peer. Daystar University in Collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania & Rise Programme
- November 2020: Part of the Research Team on the Economic Contribution of the Film Industry in Kenya. Project Report on the Historical and Cultural Perspectives of Fort Jesus
- February 2021: Concept and Proposal Development and Lead Researcher for the Scholar Activists Project Between Daystar (Kenya), Cambridge (UK), and Sergio Arboleda (South America) Universities.
- May 2022-Dec 2022: Porticus Grant for Promoting Arts Education in Primary Schools: Research on the Status of Arts Education in Catholic Primary Schools in Nairobi County.