Dr. Mumbi Mwangi
Dr. Mumbi Mwangi was appointed as an Honorary Professor at Nelson Mandela University in South Africa this spring.
Nelson Mandela University’s Centre for the Advancement of Non-Racialism and Democracy (CANRAD) conferred the title of Honorary Professor onto Mwangi in recognition of her intellectual and scholarly accomplishments in the development and application of knowledge that has a transformative impact on society.
A professor of Gender and Women’s Studies at St. Cloud State University, Mwangi’s work with Nelson Mandela University has helped CANRAD to create a more democratic, equal, socially just and sustainable world through her work on the intersections of gender, race, class and sexuality.
Mwangi was the recipient of a Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship and served her fellowship in CANRAD at Nelson Mandela University in 2015. She is also founder and CEO of Ngatha International USA, a non-profit with the mission to restore hope and dignity to women and children through sustainable community projects in rural Africa.
Following her fellowship visit, she continued working with CANRAD and helped to guide and nurture the development of a Women and Gender Studies Center at Nelson Mandela University. She continues to serve as an external examiner evaluating doctoral dissertations for Nelson Mandela University graduate students and helps to facilitate study abroad exchanges between the two institutions.
Mwangi was one of four women honored with an Honorary Professor or Adjunct Professor title by CANRAD this spring as the center expands its research and engagement activities. The South African newspaper HeraldLIVE article on the appointments referred to the four recipients as “Female Powerhouses”, which demonstrates the significance of the accolades and the appointments, particularly for African women in Africa and the diaspora. The conferral of honorary and adjunct professorships acknowledges the recipients’ contributions to scholarship and professional fields, respectively.
I congratulate you my dear sister for this honarable appointment. May the good Lord reward you more for the outstanding commitment and hard work that your portray in your work
Congratulations to you my dear sister for this honorable appointment!