College Leadership

Helen Nambalirwa Nkabala

Principal & Associate Professor

Principal College of Humanities and Social Sciences & Director, Rotary Peace Center/Associate Professor, Department of Religion and Peace Studies, at Makerere University

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Eric Awich Ochen

Deputy Principal & Associate Professor

Dr. Eric Awich Ochen is an Associate Professor and Deputy Principal at CHUSS, Makerere University, with a PhD in Applied Childhood Studies from the University of Huddersfield. He specializes in child protection, gender, and post-conflict development.

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Saudah Namyalo

Dean, School of Languages, Literature and Communication and Assistant Professor

Saudah Namyalo is an Associate Professor of Linguistics at Makerere University. She is devoted to empowering Uganda’s indigenous languages through research and teaching. Saudah has enthusiasm for language development and sees the scientific, educational and economic value that may accrue from the growth of mother tongue industries. She looks at Africa’s multilingualism with creative hope and pragmatic realism, rather than with pessimism and frustration at sheer numbers of languages and dialects.

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Pamela Khanakwa

Dean, School of Liberal and Performing Arts | Senior Lecturer

Dr. Pamela Khanakwa is a distinguished academic and administrator at Makerere University, currently serving as the Dean of the School of Liberal and Performing Arts (SLPA). She assumed this role on June 13, 2023

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Martin Baluku

Dean, School of Psychology | Lecturer

Dr. Baluku is one of the growing researchers in the area of entrepreneurship psychology on the African continent. He also has done substantial research work in the areas of career development and workplace deviance. He is currently the Dean, School of Psychology at Makerere University

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Justus Twesigye

Dean, School of Social Sciences | Senior Lecturer

Dr. Justus Twesigye is a Ugandan social work expert and academic, currently serving as the Dean of the School of Social Sciences at Makerere University. A lecturer in the Social Work and Social Administration Department, his research focuses on developmental social work, mental health, and social entrepreneurship

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Gilbert Gumoshabe

Head of Department, Department of African Languages | Senior Lecturer

Dr. Gilbert Gumoshabe (PhD) is a Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of African Languages at Makerere University’s School of Languages, Literature and Communication. He holds a PhD in Linguistics from Makerere University (2013), an MA in Runyakitara (1998), and a BA (Hons) in Runyakitara and Sociology (1994) from the same institution.

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Aisha Nakiwala

Head of the Department of Journalism and Communication and Senior Lecturer

Dr. Aisha Sembatya Nakiwala is a Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of Journalism and Communication at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda. With a Ph.D. in Communication earned jointly from Makerere University and Örebro University in Sweden (2017), her specialization encompasses strategic, social, health, and behavior change communication .

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