Wycliffe Wekesa Njororai Simiyu_SSPE 2021

个人简介
Prof. Wycliffe Wekesa Njororai Simiyu University of Texas at Tyler, USA
简介： Wycliffe W. NJORORAI Simiyu was born, raised and educated in Kenya. He graduated with a Ph.D. from Kenyatta University in 2001, with his Dissertation research focusing on association football. He served as Athletics Director (2001 to 2004) and Chair of the Department of Exercise, Recreation and Sport Science (2004 t0 2007) at Kenyatta University. He moved to the USA and initially taught at Wiley College from 2007 to 2012, where he served as the Coordinator of the Physical Education Program. He moved to University of Texas at Tyler in fall 2012 where he currently serves as Professor and served as Interim Chair of the department of Health and Kinesiology in the spring Semester of 2013. He has published widely on the area of sports and physical activity. He has won various awards for exemplary teaching both at Wiley (2011) and University of Texas at Tyler (2016). He also has won an outstanding scholar award by the Africa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance (2003), at Wiley (2010, 2011) and outstanding faculty leadership award at University of Texas at Tyler (2019). He has delivered keynote addresses in Nairobi, Kenya; Wuhan, China; and in several places in USA.

个人简介

Prof. Wycliffe Wekesa Njororai Simiyu
University of Texas at Tyler, USA

简介：
Wycliffe W. NJORORAI Simiyu was born, raised and educated in Kenya. He graduated with a Ph.D. from Kenyatta University in 2001, with his Dissertation research focusing on association football. He served as Athletics Director (2001 to 2004) and Chair of the Department of Exercise, Recreation and Sport Science (2004 t0 2007) at Kenyatta University. He moved to the USA and initially taught at Wiley College from 2007 to 2012, where he served as the Coordinator of the Physical Education Program. He moved to University of Texas at Tyler in fall 2012 where he currently serves as Professor and served as Interim Chair of the department of Health and Kinesiology in the spring Semester of 2013. He has published widely on the area of sports and physical activity. He has won various awards for exemplary teaching both at Wiley (2011) and University of Texas at Tyler (2016). He also has won an outstanding scholar award by the Africa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance (2003), at Wiley (2010, 2011) and outstanding faculty leadership award at University of Texas at Tyler (2019). He has delivered keynote addresses in Nairobi, Kenya; Wuhan, China; and in several places in USA.