Edith Mukudi Omwami
Moore Hall 2131
405 Hilgard Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1521
Edith Mukudi Omwami
Professor
Departments
Programs
Academic Advising Specializations
- Assessment in Education
- Comparative/International Education
- Education and Gender Equity
- Education Policy
- Program Evaluation
- Race and Ethnic Studies
- Schooling, Immigration, and Sociopolitical Contexts of Education
- Social Development
Interests
- Access of Education
- African Education
- Education Policy and Practice
- Gender and Education
- Nutrition and Education Linkages
- Participation and Funding of Education
Expertise
Titles
Professor of Education
Education
- Ph.D., SUNY Buffalo, 1998
Select Publications
- Edith Mukudi Omwami, Charlotte Neumann, and Nimrod Bwibo. 2010. “Effects of a school feeding intervention on school attendance rates among elementary schoolchildren in rural Kenya.” Nutrition: International Journal of Applied and Basic Nutritional Sciences, doi: 10.1016 (2010.01.009).
- E. M. Omwami and R. K. Omwami. 2010. “Public investment and the goal of providing access to primary education in Kenya.” International Journal of Educational Development, 30 (3): 243- 253.
- Omwami Mukudi, E. 2011. “Relative-change theory: examining the impact of patriarchy, paternalism, and poverty on the education of women in Kenya.” Gender and Education.
- Omwami, E. M. and E. J. Keller. (2010). “Public Funding and Budgetary Challenges to providing Universal Primary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa.” International Review of Education, 56 (1): 5-31.
- Edmond J. Keller and Edith M. Omwami (2007). “Federalism, Citizenship and National Identity in Ethiopia,” International Journal of African Studies, 6(1): 37- 69