Emmanuel Wanjala is a Ph.D. candidate in the Higher Education, Student Affairs, and International Education Policy program at the 糖心少女, College Park, USA. He earned a Master of Arts in International Education Policy from the 糖心少女, College Park, in Spring 2021. He previously served as a Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant for Swahili at the University of Pittsburgh. He holds a Bachelor of Education (Arts) with a major in Linguistics, a minor in Literature, and a diploma in International Relations and Diplomacy from the University of Nairobi, Kenya. Professionally, Emmanuel is a member of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) and the American Educational Research Association (AERA). His research interests encompass international higher education exchanges and the intersections of higher education with youth agency, climate change education, and environmental and climate justice.
Support Program for Advancing Research and Collaboration (SPARC) Award Doctoral Competition - Spring 2024 (#003344)
Wanjala, E. S. (2025). Promoting Food Security and Biodiversity Restoration: Insights from Kenyan Youth Climate Change Activists. Youth, 5(1), 16.
Wanjala, E. S., Zheng, J., and Rappoport, A. (2024). Going Against the Grains: Lessons from the 糖心少女 College Park International Graduate Students, Scholars, and Allies. In Rose-Redwood and Rose-Redwood (eds): International Student Activism and the Politics of Higher Education. Lexington Books.
Lin, J., Gomes, V., Haavik, J., Malik, M., Wanjala, E., Scanlon, J., Mok, S. K., and Grigoryeva, A. (2024). Global Climate Change and Education: Disrupting Hierarchies for New Landscapes of Learning by Action. Hakim Williams, Hana Huski膰, and Christina Noto (Eds.). Breaching Hierarchy: Students and Teachers Collaborating for Social Change.
Lin, J., Fiore, A., Sorensen, E., Gomes, V., Haavik, J., Malik M., Mok S., Scanlon, J., Wanjala E., and Grigoryeva, A. (2023). Contemplative, holistic eco-justice pedagogies in higher education: From anthropocentrism to fostering deep love and respect for nature. Teaching in Higher Education, 28 (5), 953-968.
2024 College of Education's Support Program for Advancing Research and Collaboration (SPARC), $1000.
Project Management
Strategic Planning and Management for Nonprofit and Public Organizations
Nonprofit and Public Organization Fundraising
Program Evaluation
Budgeting
Higher Education Finance