Education

• PhD: Language, literacy, and Sociocultural Studies - University of New Mexico, 2023
• Masters: Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies - University of New Mexico, 2017
• Bachelor’s degree in education (Arts): Concentration in English and Literature – Kenyatta University, 2012
  

Bio

Peter Njagi is a Postdoctoral fellow in the department of Africana Studies at the University of New Mexico. He holds a PhD from the Department of Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies and an MA in Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies from the Department of Languages and Cultures, both from the University of New Mexico. Peter is the Swahili instructor in the Africana Studies Department in addition to teaching other topic courses in the department. His research centers on language and cultural issues in education, community-centered education, critical pedagogy, and the construction of leadership in Indigenous communities.

Why Africana Studies?

I am in Africana Studies because I have always been interested in the educational, sociocultural, political, and literary conversations in Black communities. Here, I find a community of people interested in the same, and my research interests are a product of these conversations over time. I can now look at and understand these issues from a comparative global lens, thanks to my amazing colleagues and students.