Catheline Bosibori is Kenyan Ph.D. student in the department of African History
at Bayreuth University. She is also a BIGSAS junior fellow since November
2020. She is an accredited member of FemWise Africa and a full member of the
Women Educational Researchers of Kenya (WERK). Her research interests are
African History, focusing on women, violence, security, and terrorism in East
Africa. My Ph.D. topic is "Women Fighters in Kenya; 1952- 2019". Catheline
holds a master's degree in History (Hons) from Kenyatta University; and a
bachelor's degree in education (History and CRE) from the same institution–
valedictorian student class of July 2014.
As part of my professional experience, Catheline has worked in different
capacities: Speaker KAAD African Parliament (2021 to date), BIGSAS Junior
fellow representatives Winter semester (2021/2022), Program manager Eastern
African youth Empowerment forums for Peace and Security (2021 to date)
research assistant under RECSA in collaboration with Hekima Institute of Peace
Studies and International Relations (2015/2016), Lecturer at Kiriri Women
University of Science and Technology, Kenya (2018-2019), a Graduate Assistant
at Kenyatta, Kenya University (2015-2017).
