Dr. Oketch Selline

Position: Senior Lecturer, PhD

Department: Languages, Literature and Communication

Specialisation: Literature, Digital Humanities, Doctoral Supervision

Email: soketch@cuea.edu

Qualifications: PhD (D.Litt.) African Literature in English School of Literature, Media & Culture, Nelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa; Master of Arts (Literature), University of Nairobi; Bachelor of Education (Literature and Linguistics), Kenyatta University. Experience: Senior Lecturer, The Catholic University of Eastern Africa, CUEA-2005-to date; Lecturer, The Catholic University of Eastern Africa, CUEA 2000 - 2005; Assistant Lecturer, The Catholic University of Eastern Africa, CUEA 1997- 200 0; Thogoto Teachers College, 1992 – 1997; Njoro Boys High School, 1986 – 1988.

Pounds, A., & Oketch, S. (Eds.). (2024). Voices from Sindo: A book of poetry and vignettes from a Fishing Community. (Forthcoming)

Literary Language and Scholarly Presentation. CUEA Press, 2006.

Subject Methods: Literature. CUEA Press, 2006.

Subject Methods: English. CUEA Press, 2011.

African Literature (forthcoming).

S., O. (2024). How are Supervision Skills Developed? Perceptions of Doctoral Supervisors. In Stellenbosch CREST Book on Doctoral Supervision.

Oketch, S. (2024). How are Supervision Skills Developed? Perceptions of Doctoral Supervisors in Selected Universities in Kenya. In Stellenbosch CREST Book on Doctoral Supervision at African Universities. (Forthcoming)

Pounds, A., & Oketch, S. (Eds.). (2024). Voices from Sindo: A book of poetry and vignettes from a Fishing Community. (Forthcoming)

Nabutete, E. H., Oketch, S. & Kimathi, C. (2023). Analysis of three novels as representative models of Kenyan Literature’s suitability for film adaptation, Hybrid Journal of Literary and Cultural Studies. ISSN 2707-2150 (Online) PP 14-25.

M., K., V., O., & S., O. (2023). A Thematic Exploration of Digi-orature: A Case of Zerato Tales. International Journal of Research Publication and Reviews. https://doi.org/10.55248/gengpi.4.823.50385

Keino, M., Ouno, V., & Oketch, S. (2023). A Thematic Exploration of Digi-orature: A Case of Zerato Tales. International Journal of Research Publication and Reviews, Vol. 4, No. 8, pp. 855-860. ISSN 2582-7421.

Karani, K., Oketch, S. & Ouno, V. (2023). Political Repression in East African Drama: The Potency of Silent Protest in Ruganda’s Echoes of Silence, International Journal of Research Publication and Reviews Journal homepage: www.ijrpr.com ISSN 2582-7421, pp2180-2186.

Jerop, C., Ouno, V. & Oketch, S. (2023). Transformation of Visual Images into Narratives in Go Down Arts’ and Kwani Trust’s Kenya Burning, International Journal of Research Publication and Reviews Journal homepage: www.ijrpr.com Vol 4, no 8, pp 1318-1323, ISSN 2582-7421

Langat, J., Oketch, S. & Mutuku, D. (2023). Perspectives on law and justice depicted in Muroki Ndung’u’s A Friend of the Court (1994), Hybrid Journal of Literary and Cultural Studies. ISSN 2707-2150 (Online) PP 14-25.

Kaingi, V., Ouno, V. & Oketch, S. (2023). Social Stereotypes and Distorted Images of Women in Maya Angelou’s Letter to My Daughter and Mom & Me & Mom, International Journal of Research Publication and Reviews Journal homepage: www.ijrpr.com ISSN 2582-7421Vol 4, no 8, pp 1613-1618.

Mogire, J.F., Ouno, V. & Oketch, S. (2022). Depiction of Shifting Identities in Yvonne Owuor’s Dust and The Dragonfly Sea, The International Journal of Humanities and Social Studies ISSN 2321 - 9203

Wangari, J., Ouno, V. & Oketch, S. (2022). Conflicting Selves and Identity Crisis in Yaa Gyasi’s Transcendent Kingdom and Home going, The International Journal of Humanities and Social Studies ISSN 2321 – 9203

Selline, D. O. (2021). ISBN: 978-88931-383-9. Serial Number: Education Ethics Series no.7 2021.

Oketch, S. (2021). The Story and the Moral: Ethical Dimension of African Literature. In O. Ike, J. Mbae, C. Onyia, & H. Makinda (Eds.), Mainstreaming Ethics in Higher Education, Vol. 2. ISBN: 978-88931-383-9.

Nashirobe, E. Oketch, S. & Nabukonde, L. (2020). The Role of YouTube in the Dissemination and Preservation of Initiation Songs of the Bukusu of Bungoma, Journal of Marketing and Communication

Wainaina, S. Oketch, S. &Yenjele. W. (2019) Parenting Landmines: A Critique of Leslie Nneka Arima’s what it means When a Man Falls the Sky, Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Selline, D. O. (2019). DOI: 0.21276/sjahss.2019.7.8.8 ISSN 2347-9493 (Print) | ISSN 2347-5374 (Online) PP587-596.

Selline, D. O. (2019). Odutsa, E. Busolo, B. & Oketch, S. (2019 Impact of Post-Modernist Trends on the Practice of Imbalu Initiation Rituals among the Bagisu of Eastern Uganda, Scholars Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.

Oireri, G. Oketch, S. &Nabukonde, L. (2018) Literary Strategies in Yvonne Owuor’s Dust and Meja Mwangi’s the Last Plague, African Research Journal of Education and Social Sciences, 5(2), 140-149

Oketch, S. (2017). Violence against Women and Girls: Transformation through Literature in Violence against Women and Girls: Exploring Some Unrecognized Causes: A Journal of African Women’s Studies. African Women Studies Centre (AWSC) University of Nairobi.

Selline, D. O. (2011). • Subject Methods: English. CUEA Press, 2011.

Oketch, S. (2011). Teaching Integrated English: Challenges and Implications for Teacher Education in Kenya in Effective Schools for the 21st Century in Africa. Proceedings of Faculty of Education 4th Interdisciplinary Session. Nairobi: CUEA Press.

Oketch, S., & Maurice, K. (2010). The Story of CUEA: 25 Years of Service to Church and Society. CUEA Press.

Selline, D. O. (2006). • Literary Language and Scholarly Presentation. CUEA Press, 2006.

Selline, D. O. (2006). • Subject Methods: Literature. CUEA Press, 2006.

Oketch, S (2005). Teaching Integrated English: A Teacher’s Handbook in Practical Guide to Teaching Practice CUEA Publications.

Oketch, S. (2000). “Hints on Teaching English,” in P. Ogula et al. Practical Guide to Teaching Practice for Students and Lecturers. Nairobi: CUEA Publications.