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Dr. Oketch Selline

Dr. Oketch Selline

Publications

Books:

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

Book Chapters:

  • 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)

Journal Articles:

  • 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.
  • 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, 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.
  • 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.
  • 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, Vol. 4, No. 8, pp. 1613-1618. 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, ISSN 2582-7421, pp. 2180-2186.
  • Wangari, J., Ouno, V., & Oketch, S. (2022). Conflicting Selves and Identity Crisis in Yaa Gyasi’s Transcendent Kingdom and Homegoing. The International Journal of Humanities and Social Studies, ISSN 2321 – 9203.
  • 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.
  • 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, Serial Number: Education Ethics Series no.7 2021.
  • 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, Volume 3, Issue 2, pp. 34-46.
  • Wainaina, S., Oketch, S., & Yenjele, W. (2019). Parenting Landmines: A Critique of Leslie Nneka Arima’s What it Means When a Man Falls from the Sky. Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, DOI: 10.36347/SJAHSS.2019.v07i09.001.
  • 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, DOI: 0.21276/sjahss.2019.7.8.8, ISSN 2347-9493 (Print) | ISSN 2347-5374 (Online), pp. 587-596.
  • 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, ISSN (online): 2312-0134.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Oketch, S. (2005). Teaching Integrated English: A Teacher’s Handbook. In Practical Guide to Teaching Practice. Nairobi: 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.

Modules:

  • Literary Language and Scholarly Presentation. CUEA Press, 2006.
  • Co-authored Communication Skills Resource Book (manuscript for the Department of English, CUEA).
  • Subject Methods: Literature. CUEA Press, 2006.
  • Subject Methods: English, CUEA Press, 2011.
  • African Literature (forthcoming).