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Prof. Damiannah M. Kieti Manono
DVC – Finance, Planning and Development
dvcfpd@kcau.ac.ke
About Me
Prof. Damiannah is an Associate Professor and tourism expert with over 20 years of experience. She holds PhD. in Tourism Management Moi University MSc. In Services Management, Christelijke Hogeschool Noord (CHN)- Netherlands, and Bachelor of Science in Wildlife Management, Moi University.
She has taught, researched and consulted in tourism, wildlife and related fields. In addition, she has held management positions, including Head of the Department of Tourism and Tour Operations Management at Moi University, the Dean School of Tourism, Hospitality and Events Management at Moi University.
She was awarded Chancellor’s Excellence in Service Award in December 2017 for Demonstrating Leadership and Enterprise in Managing the School of Tourism, Hospitality and Events Management. In September 2020, She was appointed a leadership council member of Sustainable Development Solutions Network, Kenya.
She has supervised over 13 PhD candidates and 36 Masters’ candidates to completion. She is an author of more than 20 journal articles, ten book chapters and several conference proceedings. She has served as an external examiner of 14 Universities and 2 colleges; a peer reviewer of several refereed journals, as well as with the Commission for University Education, Kenya.
She has carried out numerous projects in tourism and conservation, covering tourism product development, wildlife-based tourism, Community-based tourism development, Small and Medium Tourism Enterprises Development, tourism management plans, tourism curricula development, tourism training and research, sustainable tourism development and pro-poor tourism development. She has attracted donor funding in support of various initiatives. She is currently leading a research project funded by the European Union on Heritage entrepreneurship and digitization.
Prof. Damiannah is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor in charge of the Finance, Planning & Development division at KCA University. She is passionate about resource mobilization, bringing a rich experience to the KCA University Foundation Board.
She has taught, researched and consulted in tourism, wildlife and related fields. In addition, she has held management positions, including Head of the Department of Tourism and Tour Operations Management at Moi University, the Dean School of Tourism, Hospitality and Events Management at Moi University.
She was awarded Chancellor’s Excellence in Service Award in December 2017 for Demonstrating Leadership and Enterprise in Managing the School of Tourism, Hospitality and Events Management. In September 2020, She was appointed a leadership council member of Sustainable Development Solutions Network, Kenya.
She has supervised over 13 PhD candidates and 36 Masters’ candidates to completion. She is an author of more than 20 journal articles, ten book chapters and several conference proceedings. She has served as an external examiner of 14 Universities and 2 colleges; a peer reviewer of several refereed journals, as well as with the Commission for University Education, Kenya.
She has carried out numerous projects in tourism and conservation, covering tourism product development, wildlife-based tourism, Community-based tourism development, Small and Medium Tourism Enterprises Development, tourism management plans, tourism curricula development, tourism training and research, sustainable tourism development and pro-poor tourism development. She has attracted donor funding in support of various initiatives. She is currently leading a research project funded by the European Union on Heritage entrepreneurship and digitization.
Prof. Damiannah is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor in charge of the Finance, Planning & Development division at KCA University. She is passionate about resource mobilization, bringing a rich experience to the KCA University Foundation Board.