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Dr. Jackline Lidubwi, PhD

Dr. Jackline Lidubwi, PhD

Lecturer: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
jackline.lidubwi@mut.ac.ke
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Biography

Dr. Jackline Lidubwi is a lecturer in mass communication and a multi-award-winning communications professional. She was the Project Lead for the Inclusive Media Project at Internews where she trained journalists on the inclusion and participation of Persons with Disabilities in media in Sub-Saharan Africa. She was the Head of Station at Y254 television and Senior Producer at Kenya Broadcasting Corporation. Jackline is a 2017 American Disability Act (ADA) fellow and a Global Change Leader trained at the renowned Coady International Institute in Canada. She won several media awards which include the Kuza Award (2017, 2018, 2019), Disability Mainstreaming Award (2017), Disability Media Activist Award (2014), and UNFPA/KEMEP Award (2013). Her research interests are in disability, mass media and feminism. She regularly speaks on mass communication and disability rights at local and international conferences.

Education

  • PhD in Mass Communication, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology.
  • Master of Arts degree in Communication Studies, University of Nairobi
  • Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication studies, St. Paul’s University

Publications

Book Chapter published

  1. Lidubwi, J. U., & Ndavula, J. (2025). Revitalising Endangered Languages through Social Media: A Case Study of Olunyore Language Preservation through Facebook in Kenya. In F. O. Makananise & S. E. Madima (Eds.). Decolonising Digital Media and Indigenisation of Participatory Epistemologies (pp. 163-174). London: Routledge.
  2. Ndavula, J., & Lidubwi, J. U. (2023). Can Vernacular Radio Be Conflict Sensitive? An Analysis of Vernacular Radio Programming in Western Kenya. In A. Salawu, B. T. Molale, E. Uribe-Jongbloed, & M. S. Ullah (Eds.). Indigenous Language for Social Change Communication in the Global South (pp.229-242). Lanham: Lexington.
  3. Ndavula, J., & Lidubwi, J. (2022). Children with Disabilities in Kenyan Media Lessons from the Abled Differently Program. In N. Berman & R. Monteleone (Ed). Disability and Social Justice in Kenya Scholars, Policymakers, and Activists in Conversation (pp.). Michigan: University of Michigan.

Research Papers published

  1. Lidubwi, J., Bosire, J., & Mutua, J. (2023). Television Story Angle and the Involvement on Learners with Intellectual Disability in Inclusive Education in Kenya. International Journal of Communication and Public Relation, 8(1), 1–11.
  2. Lidubwi, J., Bosire, J., & Mutua, J. (2023). Disability Lense: Television Framing of Intellectual Disability and Inclusive Education Engagement in Kenya . International Journal of Communication and Public Relation, 8 (3), 1-12.
  3. Ndavula, J., & Lidubwi, J. (2022). Vernacular Radio Stations and Inclusive Education in marginalized communities in Kenya. Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal, 17(4), 1-17.
  4. Ndavula, J., & Lidubwi, J. (2021). Access to health information for persons with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya. African Journal of Social Work, 11(4), 172-181.
  5. Lidubwi, J. U., & Gathigi, G. (2021). Representation of Disability in Media A Study of Abled Differently Program. The University Journal, 3(1), 29-44.
  6. Ndavula, J. O., & Lidubwi J. U. (2017). Representation of students with disability in the media: The case of Abled Differently television programme. African Multidisciplinary Journal of Research, 1(2), 1-16.