Chitegetse A. Minanago

Director of the Open University of Tanzania – Kigoma Regional Centre,

A Lecturer and a GBV & VAC Researcher.

“She is a results-oriented person, embracing self-development, service and transformation at the core of her career growth.”

Bio

Director

Minanago is a Sociology Lecturer at the department of Sociology and Social Work of The Open University of Tanzania. She is currently a PhD candidate at the Department of Health Promotion, Care and Public Health Research Institute at Maastricht University, in the Netherlands. Her thesis is focused on exploring the dynamics of children’s exposure to inter-parental violence and its effects on child development.

Her main interest is uncovering children’s own voices on their experiences and involvement in inter-parental violence and their coping strategies. She is currently working on developing a theory and evidence-based intervention for children aged 9-12 years experiencing emotional difficulties as an outcome of exposure to inter-parental violence.

Besides her scholarly domain, Minanago is intrigued by the origin of life and the universe, the laws of the universe, spirituality, mental health, personality psychology, vibrational learning, digital teaching and learning, agile management and social change. She enjoys spending time with mother nature and engaging in community service.

TEACHING

  • Course planning, organization and facilitation
  • Planning, evaluating and reviewing online courses
  • Developing course materials and learning materials
  • Designing quizzes, assignments, setting exams and generating exam question databank
  • Grading learners’ formative and summative work
  • Supervising learners’ fieldwork and research projects
  • Facilitating online oral examinations
  • Developing and reviewing curricula
  • Designing and facilitating online face to face classes
  • Facilitating effective online discussions
  • 2020- todate : OGS 600 – Gender Theories and Debates; Master Course
  • 2020- todate : SWT06211 – Quality Assurance and Improvement in Social Welfare Services; Certificate Course
  • 2019- todate : OSS 222 – Social Sciences Research Methods; Undergraduate Course
  • 2020- todate : OSS 123 – Classical Sociological Theories; Undergraduate Course
  • 2020- 2022 : SWT05208- Social Advocacy and Empowerment; Certificate Course
  • 2020- 2022 : OSS 321 – Sociology of Knowledge; Undergraduate Course
  • 2016-2019: OSS 124 – Social Psychology; Undergraduate Course
  • 2012- 2019: OSP 104 – Psychology for Social Workers; Undergraduate Course
  • 2009- 2019: OSS 205 – Youth, Crime and Deviance; Undergraduate Course

RESEARCH PROJECTS

Translation and Cultural Adaptation of Assessment Scales from English to Swahili (2017-2019)

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CEDV

Children’s Exposure to Domestic Violence

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PSI

Parenting Style Inventory

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CGPQ

Comprehensive General Parenting Questionnaire

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APRS

Academic Performance Rating Scale

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CYRM

Child and Youth Resilience Measure

  • Association between children’s exposure to interparental violence and children’s academic performance and social-emotional adjustment

CONSULTANCY

Co-Research for the Urban and peri urban agriculture as green infrastructure: implications on wellbeing and sustainability in the Global South. Research regions in Tanzania are Morogoro and Dar es Salaam, from January 2020 to date

PUBLICATIONS

  • Minanago, C. A. (2017). A Practical Experience to Academic Success, DAUD Publishing company, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
  • Minanago, C. A. (2017). Successful Field Practicum for Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, DAUD Publishing Company, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
  • Kitula, M., Mntambo, B., & Minanago, C. (2012). Special and Vulnerable Groups on Access, Success and Equity on Open and Distance Education in Tanzania: The Case of the Open University of Tanzania, Huria Journal, Vol.13 (2), 432-445
  • Minanago, C. A., Crutzen, R., Van Den Borne, H and Kaaya, S. F: Examining the association between Children’s Exposure to Inter-Parental Violence and Academic Perfromance and Socioemotional Adjustment In Iringa, Tanzania. Submitted for journal publication
  • Minanago, C. A., Crutzen, R., Van Den Borne, H and Kaaya, S. F: Risk And Protective Factors for Child Harm in the Context of Inter-Parental Violence-Submitted for journal publication.
  • Minanago, C. A., Crutzen, R., Van Den Borne, H, Kaaya, S. F and Straton, F.Ruhinda: Children’s Experiences of Exposure to Inter-Parental Violence and Involvement In Violence– Submitted for journal publication.
  • Minanago, C. A., Crutzen, R., Van Den Borne, H, Kaaya, S. F and Straton, F.Ruhinda: Systematic Development of an Intervention to reduce Emotional Difficulties for Children Exposed to Inter-parental Violence: An Intervention Mapping Approach– Work in Progress.

RESEARCH AND SCHOLARLY WORK

  • Children’s Exposure to Inter-parental Violence
  • Childhood Resilience
  • Child Development
  • Violence and Victimization
  • Family Violence
  • Child Maltreatment
  • Intervention Development
  • Violence Prevention
  • Intervention Mapping
  • Delphi Study
  • Cognitive interviewing
  • Photo Voice
  • Mixed methods research
  • Systematic Reviewing
  • Sociological analyses
  • In-depth interviews
  • Focus Group Discussion
  • Participatory Action Research
  • NVivo & SPSS Software
  • Translation and Cultural adaptation of measurements
  • British Journal of Social Work (BJSW)
  • The African Review Journal (TARE)

Currently a PhD candidate registered with Maastricht University, Department of Health Promotion, Care and Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI) in Maastricht, the Netherlands

  • The Exploration of the Effects of Exposure to Inter- parental Violence on Child Development: Developing a Theory and Evidence- based Intervention
  • Minanago, C. (2010). Marital Dysfunction: Consequences on Children and Adolescents’ Wellbeing. Master’s Thesis, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
  • Minanago, C. (2007). Psychosocial Effects of Marital Conflicts on Children and Adolescents’ Wellbeing. Bachelor’s Thesis, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

     Membership

  • Tanzania Violence Research Network (TVRN)
  • Tanzania Psychological Association (TAPA)
  • Tanzania Association for Social Workers (TASWO)
  • Tanzanian Association of Sociologists (TAS)
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