Sr. Lucy Dora Akello, LSMIG
Visiting Scholar - Uganda
Sr. Lucy belongs to the Little Sisters of Mary Immaculate of Gulu (LSMIG) congregation in Uganda. She has a Bachelor of Education in English and Religious Education (Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Nairobi), a Postgraduate Certificate in Research and Writing Skills (Centre for Basic Research, Kampala) and a Master of Education in Language & Literature Education (Makere University, Kampala). Sr. Lucy received her doctorate in Pedagogy in June, 2018 from the University of Groningen, The Netherlands, where she successfully defended her dissertation, titled, “Adopting the child-centred padagogy for teaching reading and writing.” Throughout her career she’s served as a teaching assistant, lecturer and senior lecturer. She’s also held Director, Coordinator and General Secretary positions in Quality Assurance.
Sr. Lucy was selected as the 7th Sister scholar accepted for a six month research fellowship to learn applied research skills in the apostolate at the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA), Georgetown University in collaboration with ASEC.
Contributions
- Visiting Scholar visits ASEC Headquarters, Presents Progress on Catholic Research (Hero)
- After Two-Year Delay, ASEC and CARA Welcome 7th Visiting Scholar (Hero)
- Catholic Sisters: Critical Investigators and Capable Researchers for Africa (Hero)
- 7th Visiting Scholar Selected for CARA Research Fellowship (Hero)