Dr. Evanson Wamagatta, an Assistant Professor of History, is on the faculty for the Department of History, Government, and Social Science.

Dr. Wamagatta has taught history at the University of Nairobi for about seven years. He also taught for four years as a graduate instructor at West Virginia University. In the 2001-2002 academic year, he was a Visiting Lecturer at Biola University. He became a full-time faculty in the Fall of 2003.

Degrees

Ph.D., West Virginia University
M.A., University of Nairobi
B.A., University of Nairobi

Publications

“African Quest and Struggle for High Schools in Colonial Kenya: The Case of the Abortive Kiambu Local Native Council Central High School at Githunguri, 1926-1934.” Journal of Asian and African Studies. Vol. 43, No. 3 (June 2008), pp. 345-362.
“Changes of Government Policies Towards Mission Education in Colonial Kenya and their Effects on the Missions: The Case of the Gospel Missionary Society.” Journal of Religion in Africa, Vol. 38, No. 1 (February, 2008), pp. 3-26.
“The Roots of the Presbyterian Church of Kenya: The Merger of the Gospel MissionarySociety and the Church of Scotland Mission Revisited.” Journal of Religious History, Vol. 31, No. 4 (December 2007), pp. 387-402.
“African Collaborators and their Quest for Power in Colonial Kenya: Senior Chief Waruhiu wa Kung’u’s Rise from Obscurity to Prominence, 1890-1922.” International Journal of African Historical Studies, Vol. 41, No. 2 (2008), pp. 127-146.
“British Administration and the Tyranny of Chiefs in Early Colonial Kenya: A Case Study of the First Generation of Chiefs from Kiambu District, 1895-1920.” Journal of Asian and African Studies. Forthcoming.
The Presbyterian Church of East Africa: An Account of Its Gospel Missionary Society Origins, 1895-1946. Peter Lang Publishing. Forthcoming (2009).

Affiliations

American Historical Association (AHA).
African Studies Association (ASA).

Research Interests

Missionary work - past and present

Resources

Biola Faculty Page

Wamagatta's CV Document