Recent Publications
2015 to Present, Research Associate, University of Virginia
‘Investigating the role of spiritual and social support in processes of healing and personal transformation’
Funded by the National Science Foundation [NSF]
2013 to Present, Affiliated Researcher
Makerere Institute of Social Research
Uganda Council for Science and Technology
2013, Centre for Global Christianity Worldwide, University of Cambridge
Towards a critical biography of Apolo Kivebulaya
Investigate archive sources in order to write a biography of this figure and his conversion to colonial Christianity
Interview family members, religious leaders, and people in his place of birth
Working with Church archives in Namirembe and Mityana Cathedrals, plus other archival centres
Translate and transcribe relevant literature
2012, University of Stratford, UK
Class, Disposability and the Environmental Politics of Garbage in Urban Uganda
Identify and interview stake holders in garbage collection, including Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) officials, garbage collection company officials, recycling personnel and business people
English-Luganda translation and transcription
Attend workshops and seminars of garbage stakeholders in Kampala
Visit the main garbage dumping centres
2011– 2012, University of Chicago
The Anti-Politics of an Interminable Adolescence, Gender, Age and Self Shaming In Kampala
Identify and interview adolescents, parents, political leaders, religious and opinion leaders
Analyse and translate radio programmes designed for adolescent children
Translation and transcription: field ethnography and Luganda Press
2009– 2010, University of Cambridge, Faculty of History
Political Theologies in Late Colonial Buganda
Provide English-Luganda translation during extended, semi- structured interviews with former and current political activists
Identify people to be interviewed and schedule appointments
Attend Lukiiko (Buganda Parliament) sessions
Extensive archival work in Kampala, Entebbe, Mukono and Soroti
Translation and transcription: field ethnography and Luganda Press
Manage project funds
2007 – 2008, University of California, Berkeley
The Ethics of Inequality: Charity, Sustainable Development and the Problem of Dependence in Central Uganda
Provide English-Luganda translations during extended semi-structured interviews with NGO officials, beneficiaries of the projects, political leaders, opinion leaders and religious leaders
Identify people to be interviewed and schedule appointments
Translation and transcription: field ethnography and Luganda Press
Manage project funds