I am a Ph.D. candidate in the International Education Policy program at the Ï㽶ÊÓƵ, College Park (Ï㽶ÊÓƵ). I hold an M.A. in International Education Policy from Ï㽶ÊÓƵ, a Bachelor of Education in Linguistics and Literature, and a Diploma (Minor) in International Studies from the University of Nairobi, Kenya. I am a former Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) for Swahili at the University of Pittsburgh.
Wanjala, E. S. Promoting Food Security and Biodiversity Restoration: Insights from Kenyan Youth Climate Change Activists. Preprints 2024, 2024100920.
Wanjala, E. S., Zheng, J., and Rappoport, A. (2024). Going Against the Grains: Lessons from the Ï㽶ÊÓƵ College Park International Graduate Students, Scholars, and Allies. In Rose-Redwood and Rose-Redwood (eds): International Student Activism and the Politics of Higher Education. Lexington Books.
Lin, J., Gomes, V., Haavik, J., Malik, M., Wanjala, E., Scanlon, J., Mok, S. K., and Grigoryeva, A. (2024). Global Climate Change and Education: Disrupting Hierarchies for New Landscapes of Learning by Action. Hakim Williams, Hana Huskić, and Christina Noto (Eds.). Breaching Hierarchy: Students and Teachers Collaborating for Social Change.
Lin, J., Fiore, A., Sorensen, E., Gomes, V., Haavik, J., Malik M., Mok S., Scanlon, J., Wanjala E., and Grigoryeva, A. (2023). Contemplative, holistic eco-justice pedagogies in higher education: From anthropocentrism to fostering deep love and respect for nature. Teaching in Higher Education, 28 (5), 953-968.
2024 College of Education's Support Program for Advancing Research and Collaboration (SPARC), $1000.