High School Training

Curriculum Vitae

Michael N. Mbito PhD., C.F.L.E.

*** ******** *****, *********** ** 17036.

Ph. 717514759, 717-***-****.

E-mail: *******@*****.***

Summary

Michael is an accomplished family life educator and trainer with a track record of

accomplishments in enriching the lives of individuals and families in derrerent societies. A

strong drive to initiate and lead human development initiatives with goals to alleviate poverty

and disease among the disadvantaged. He is goal oriented, dependable, erudite, frugal in the use

of resources, and an avid innovator – also an ideas person; an astute encourager to peers, the

youth and all–an enthusiast in philanthropic courses. A team player and an accomplished

community mobilizer – established community based programs, in the U.S. and Africa.

Objective: Desires a position to invest time and skills to a worthy course; to change and erich

the lives of disadvantaged young individuals and families to lead wholesome lives.

SPECIFIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS

College Students’ Instruction

Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate students on a wide range of topics including: mid-

childhood to adolescence, parenting, development during adolescence and emerging adulthood,

adult development, lifespan development, marriage and family, strategies for family life

education programs, ethnicity and human services, global cross cultural learning, International

Families, Cross-cultural education, courtship and marriage, dynamics of marital interaction,

family dynamics for human development, human sexuality, gender studies, development across

the life span, research methods, measurement and data collection, and workplace social

relations.

Plan, direct, or coordinate research, students’ instruction, student advisement and counseling,

and related educational activities at college level. Compile bibliographies of specialize materials

for outside reading assignments. Compile, administer, and grade examinations and projects.

Advise students on issues such as course selection, progress toward graduation, and career

decisions.

Adviser to student organizations, advisor to students on academic and vocational curricula, and

career issues. Collaborate with colleagues to address teaching and research issues. Two years’

experience in international ethnography research.

EDUCATION

Dec 2004 Ph.D. University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Human Ecology, Public Health –

Minor)

Dec. 2001 M.S. University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Child and Family Studies)

May 1990 M.Sc. Sir David Owen Population Center, University of Wales, Cardiff

(Population Policies and Programs)

May 1977 S.1. Teacher Diploma (BS equivalent). Kenya Science Teacher's College

(KSTC) Nairobi (Math, Physics &Industrial Education)

PROFESSIONAL/OTHER CERTIFICATION

2005 - To date CFLE – Certified Family Live Educator.

National Council on Family Relations (NCFR)

2003 Certified Parent Advisor – Tennessee Network of Parents’

Advisors (TIPS)

May, 2004 Ordained to Faith Ministry - Central Baptist Church of Bearden,

Knoxville - TN

SPECIALIZED SHORT TERM TRAINING

TIPS/INSITE Training Workshop leading to the Network of Certified Parent

Advisors Oct., 2003

Self Determination/Principles and Communication of Choices – Division of

Mental Retardation Services, Knoxville TN, March 2002.

Basic Helping Skills and Facilitator Training Program – Development of

Interpersonal and Supervisor Skills – University of Tennessee, Spring 2001

Core Communication Program – Development of Interpersonal and Supervision

Skills. Spring 2001

GTA Mentoring Program: Developing Future Faculty as Teacher-Scholars –University of

Tennessee, 2000 – 2001

Application of Medication by Unlicensed Personnel. State of Tennessee

Department of Finance and Administration Division of Mental Retardation Services,

March, 2000

Online competency: MS Office packages; Black-board, WebCT, Sakai, Moodle,

Word Press, Joomla and Digital Samba.

Specialized Studies in Christian Leadership, Haggai Institute Singapore - May

1998

Fundraising Seminar- Limuru Conference and Training Center, LENMAC

Consultancy Services –1996

Research Training: Study on the Status of Women and Demographic Change in

Sub-Sahara Africa, International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP)

- 1993

Logical Frame Work Analysis in project design, implementation and

Management, University of Wales Cardiff – One month workshop, 1989

Anthropological research methods training University of Wales Cardiff– One

month workshop, 1989

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Focus Group Discussion Leadership Training, (One week workshop Nairobi) –

1988

Management Techniques, Voluntary Agencies Development Assistance, (VADA)

March 10 – 12, 1987)

Adolescent Lifeskils and Fertility Management - International Center for Training

on Population and Family Health, Chicago 4th – 28 Sept., 1984

AFFILIATION AND PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) from, 2002 - to date

o Member, NCFR conference planning committee, 2012 to date

o Interim Chair International Section 2009 - 2011

o Chair International Section 2011 - 2012

o Groves Conference on Marriage and Family, 2002, 2004, 2010 - to date

o Society for Research on Adolescence, 2008 - to date

o International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP), 1993 – 1999

o International Association for Adolescent Health IAAH, 1984 - 1995.

EXPERIENCE:

HIGHER DUCATION

Aug. 2008 – 2012 Assistant Professor - Department of Human Development and Family

Studies - Messiah College, student instruction, advisement and leadership

Aug. 2004 - 2008 Assistant Professor - Department of Social Work, Sociology,

Criminal Justice and Family Science - Anderson University Student

Instruction, advisement and Committee activities; Family Science

Program director.

May 2002 – 2004 Graduate Teaching Associate (GTA) - Department of Child and Family

Studies, University of Tennessee. Undergraduate student instruction,

GTA team teaching

May 2001 - 2002 Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) - Department of Child and Family

Studies - University of Tennessee. Supervised student instruction

Aug. 1999 – 2001 Administrative Graduate Assistant - Child Development Labs –

Department of Child and Family Studies, University of Tennessee.

Pre-school student teaching – age 3-5

Aug. 1990 - 1992 Research Officer - Sub-Saharan Africa -University of Wales College of

Cardiff – Population Center, 18 months field study living in rural

Communities of Ichagaki in Muranga and Lower-Kabete in Kiambu–

Research Topic: “Cultural Constraints to the Adoption of Modern

Contraceptives in Sub-Sahara Africa

May 1977- 1983 High School teacher Teachers Service Commission – Kenya

Limuru Girls High School May 1979 – Dec. 1983 and Gatamaiyu

High Schools, May 1977 – April 1979

Sampling for college level courses:

• Adolescent Development

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• Adult Development

• Mid-childhood to Adolescence

• Child Development

• Human Developments across the life span

• Family Life and Sexuality Education

• Strategies for Family Life Education

• Parent-Child Relationships

• Marriage and Family: Roles and Relationships

• Human Sexuality

• Dynamics of Marital Interaction

• Courtship and Marriage

• Foundations of Marriage and Family

• Family Ethnicity and Human Services

• African Families and Traditions

• Global service and learning: Kenya Cross Cultural course

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Relationship between adolescents’ perception of parental behaviors and

adolescent’s social competence in Kenya. Doctoral research at the University of

Tennessee, 2003/2004.

Ritual and Adolescent Development: The experience of the male circumcision

ritual in Sub-Sahara Africa, University of Tennessee. Masters research at the University

of Tennessee, 2001.

Family Life Education in Kenya: Response to Social Cultural Change. University

of Wales, 1989.

Cultural constraints to the Adoption of Modern Contraceptives in Sub-Sahara

Africa - research appointment, University of Wales Cardiff, 1990 - 1992.

Current Research

o Family Influences on Adolescents Social Competence: this research is part of

the Cross-National Study on Adolescent Social Competence (ASC) a 12 nation

cross-cultural survey study that focuses on how parents influence the

development of socially adaptive behaviors by adolescents.

o Phase II of the study on the role of ritual in facilitating human life-course

transition to adulthood currently focusing on female puberty rituals among Kikuyu

women in Kenya – data analysis ongoing (Contemporary meaning of the female

circumcision ritual in Sub-Sahara Africa, 2009 to date).

Other Research Interests

o Family influences on adolescent development of social competence.

o Ritual and life-course transitions in individuals and families.

o Alleviation of poverty among HIV/AIDS orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) in

the developing world.

ADHOC REVIEWER

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o Journal of Family Issues - 2005

o National Council on Family Relations international section. Reviewer since 2006 -

to date)

o Journal of Marriage and Family Relationships – reviewer 2009.

o Journal of Marriage and Family – reviewer 2010

o Resource Management for Individuals and Families by Goldsmith, 2006

oHuman Intimacy: Marriage, Intimacy, and Relationships Cox, 2007

VOLUNTEER SERVICES

Chair - International Section, National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) 2011 to 2012

Interim Chair, International Section, National Council on Family Relations, 2009 to 2011

Member, CFLE NCFR Certification Exam item development committee 2006 to date

Chair, Child Aid Africa Inc. board of directors - guides the organization’s mission and

operations - supports HIV/AIDS orphans to earn high school education in East Africa, 2005 - to

date.

President - Kenya Christian Fellowship in America (KCFA), Knoxville, Cleveland, and

Chattanooga Chapter, 2001-2004

Member: Grant Advisory Committee - Kenya Christian Fellowship in America – KCFA an

umbrella Christian organization for Kenyan immigrants in America, 2007 – 2010

COMMUNITY SERVICE: RELIEF, AID & DEVELOPMENT

2006/to date Executive Director/Founder/Board Chair - Child Aid Africa Inc.

(Works on volunteer) Non-profit agency operating in U.S. and East

Africa

2003 - 2004 Founding Pastor – IMANI African Church – Knoxville TN

2004 Ordained to the work of “The Gospel Ministry” by the

Authority and order of the Central Baptist Church of Bearden

Knoxville TN

On May 2nd, 2004.

Experience Development work:

In-charge of Aid, Relief and Development inter-agency networking, report

writing and communication training - maintained contacts with key donors, bilateral,

multilateral, faith based partners and other stake holders

Provided leadership in: project development; fundraising, implementation and

monitoring and evaluation

Instituted the development of support of the county teams in designing and

implementing innovative projects serving the needs of target populations

Training of the national staff in program management, integration,

implementation and technical skills i.e. quantitative and qualitative monitoring and

evaluation of the program performance

Community mobilization – established community based program leadership in

the countries of operation – established Local Advisory Committees

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Evaluated reports of country teams - project finances; monitoring of annual

program budgets

Faith development - Preaching and teaching in support of the gospel ministries in

all the communities served

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CONTRACTS APPOINTMENTS

Evaluation of the National Youth Service Family Life Education Program. Contractor:

Population and Health Services

Researcher University of Wales Cardiff and the Overseas Development Agency of U.K.

ODA.

UNICEF, Microfinance Training for the out-of-school youth.

HIV/AIDS awareness training for Plan international. Target group: Community Youth

Leaders Training for youth in local churches, Nairobi.

PUBLICATIONS

Published Monographs/Books

Mbito, M.N. (2012). Parent-Child Relations. Adolescent Development of Social competence in Sub-

Sahara Africa. Lambert Academic Publishers.

Mbito, N. M. (2011). Kikuyu Circumcision Ritual (Irua Ria Anake) -Transition from Boyhood to

Manhood among Kikuyu Men: The Experience of the Male Circumcision Ritual in Sub-Sahara

Africa. Lambert Academic Publishers.

Kabira, D., Kahuki, I. N., Mbito M. N. (1985). Youth Education for Responsible Adulthood. Handbook

for volunteer teachers and students. Christian Health Association of Kenya - CHAK, Nairobi.

Published Journal articles

Mbito, N. M. (2011). Special Issue on Adolescents in the Majority World (accepted letter of intent to

submit manuscript. Journal of Research on Adolescence (manuscript development stage).

Boyd-Soisson, E., Hamon, R. R., & Mbito, M. N. (winter, 2009). Make it meaningful: Take the time for

shared rituals and traditions. The Messiah College Bridge 100 (3), 9.

Mbito, M. N., Julia, A. M. (2009). Transfer of the Kenyan Kikuyu male circumcision ritual to future

generations living in the United States. Journal of Adolescence 32 (2009) 39–53.

Selected Peer Reviewed Presentations

Mbito, M. N., Peterson, G. W., Wilson, S. M., Bush, K. R., Shann H. H. (2011). Adolescent Social

Competence in Sub-Sahara Africa: Does Parenting Matter? Paper presented at the annual

conference of the National Council on Family Relations, Orlando, FL - November 16-19.

Mbito, M. N., Wilson, S. M., Peterson, G. W., Bush, K. R., Julia A. M. (2010). Parenting in Sub-

Sahara Africa: Adolescents’ Self-Esteem, Autonomy Granting, and Love Withdraw in Kenya.

Poster presentation at the annual conference of the National Council on Family Relations,

Minneapolis, MN - November 3-6.

Mbito, M. N. (2010). African Perspectives on Connections and Communication Within and Across

Species. Invited Speaker at the Groves Conference on Marriage and Family - Seattle, Washington,

June 16-20.

Mbito, M. N., Malia, J. (2010). “The Kikuyu Circumcision Rite of Passage: The Boy to Man

Transformation” – Poster presentation - Groves Conference on Connections and Communication

Within and Across Species. Seattle, Washington, June 16-20.

Mbito, M. N. & Malia, J. A., (2009). The Value to Kenyan Kikuyu Parents of Their Adolescent Sons’

Circumcision Ritual a poster presented at the 70th Annual Conference of the National Council on

Family Relations (Burlingame, CA). November 10 -14.

Mbito, M. N., Wilson, S. M., Ngigi. L., Bush, K. R., and Peterson, G. W. (2008). Kenyan Adolescents’

Perception of Parental Guidance and Autonomy Granting on Self-Esteem . Paper presented in the

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Asia/ Africa Adolescent Study symposium at the Society for Research on Adolescence 12 th

Biennial Meeting March 5- 8.

Mbito, M. N., Malia, J. A., Wilson, S. M., Peterson, G. W., Bush, R. K., Ngigi, L. S., Rombo, D.

(2007). Adolescents’ Self-Esteem and Perceptions of Parental Monitoring, Punitiveness, and

Love Withdrawal in Kenya at the 69th Annual Conference of the National Council on Family

Relations (Pittsburgh, PA). November 7 – 10, 2007.

Mbito, M. N. & Malia, J. A. (2005). Parental Behaviors and Adolescents Self-Esteem in Sub-Sahara

Africa – the case of Kenya. A paper presented at the 67 th Annual Conference of the National

Council on Family Relations (Phoenix, Arizona). November 16 – 20.

Mbito, M. N. & Malia, J. A., (2004). - Orlando, Florida. Parental Influences on Adolescent Social

Competence (ASC): Cross National Symposium on Adolescent Social Competence in Sub-Sahara

Africa: Adolescents’ Perceptions on Parental Behaviors. A paper presented at the 66th Annual

Conference of the National Council on Family Relations (Orlando, Florida). November 17 to 20.

Mbito, M. N. & Malia, J. A. (2003). The meaning of seclusion during the circumcision ritual for boys

reported by Kenyan Kikuyu men living in the U.S. A paper presented at the 65 th Annual

Conference of the National Council on Family Relations. November 21. Vancouver, B.C. Canada.

Malia, J. A., & Mbito, M. N. (2003). Conflict between Traditional and Christian Meanings of what it

means to be a Kenyan Kikuyu Man and Sexual. A paper presented at the annual conference of the

National Council on Family Relations. November 21. Vancouver, B.C. Canada.

Mbito, M. N., & Malia, J. A. (2002). From boys to men in Sub-Sahara Africa: The meaning of

circumcision ritual as reported by Kikuyu men living in the United States. A presentation made at

the Southeastern Symposium on Child and Family Development. April 12. Virginia Polytechnic,

Blacksburg, VA.

Price, N., Mbito, M. N. (1992). Cultural constraints to the adoption of modern contraception. A

presentation made at the dissemination seminar Nyeri, Jan 1992. Aberdare Country Club, Nyeri

Kenya.

Selected Reports

Mbito, M. N., Thuku, S. K., Ngure. P. K., (1997). HIV/AIDS awareness training. UNICEF reports on

peer educators for churches and slum communities of Nairobi. Limuru, Center for Adolescent

Health Kenya.

Mbito, M. N. (1994-1996). African Evangelistic Enterprise Aid and Development regional office grant

report to Zoa Refugee Care, Nairobi.

Katui K., Mbito, M. N. (1996) Evaluation Report - Korogocho slum community development project.

Nairobi, African Evangelistic Enterprise, Nairobi.

Wilkinson, W., Mbito, M, N. (1996). Client Care and Cultural Awareness for Family Planning Front Line

Service Providers. A report on the seminar to Marie Stopes International clinics. Nairobi, Kenya.

Mbito, M, N., Wilkinson, W. (1996). Population and Health Service, National Youth Service, Family Life

Program. A midterm program evaluation report. Marie Stopes International, Nairobi.

Price, N. and Mbito M. N., (1992). Cultural constraints to the adoption of modern contraception in Sub-

Sahara Africa. Research dissemination seminar report to Overseas Development Agency.

University of Wales, Cardiff.

SPECIAL INTERESTS: Carpentry, Gardening,

Writing.

LANGUAGES: English Proficient

Kiswahili Proficient

Kikuyu First language - Fluent

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BIO DATA: Marital Status: Married with three children

Nationality: Kenyan (but with U.S. permanent residency)

Faith inclination: Christian Faith

Contact: 551 Rosalie Drive, Hummelstown PA 19036

US PH: Mobile: 717-***-****

US Other: 717-***-****

E-mail: *******@*****.***

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