Robert Kaunda

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Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant - Kiswahili

Robert Kaunda holds a B.ED Linguistics and Literature from the University of Nairobi (First Class Honors), Kenya. He has been working in Kenyan High schools as a teacher of English and literature for three years, where he has been heading departments of language for the past two years. He is currently in an MA program in Linguistics at the University of Nairobi.

As a Fulbrighter at Yale University, where he is a Swahili Teaching Assistant, he is not just a cultural ambassador but has been honing his teaching and research skills, creating a pool of knowledge and understanding of the American Culture by interacting with American students. He also plans to learn more about the American education system to understand its critical elements. In the future, Robert hopes to become a philosophy professor.

Council on African Studies
Acad Year (Current): 
2019-20
Program: 
Council on African Studies
Fulbright FLTA