Mwenda Ntarangwi, PhD., Executive Director Tel. 1 616 526 7906 email:iapche[@]calvin{.}edu
Prof. Ntarangwi earned his BEd in language education and MA in Swahili Studies from Kenyatta University, Kenya and MA and PhD in cultural anthropology from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Mwenda’s research is on popular cultural expressions, the practice and history of anthropology, and inter-cultural engagement. He is the author of, among other works, Reversed Gaze: an African Ethnography of American Anthropology (Illinois, 2010), East African Hip Hop: Youth Culture and Globalization (Illinois, 2009), Gender Identity and Performance: Understanding Swahili Cultural Realities Through Song (Africa World Press, 2003), editor of Jesus and Ubuntu: Exploring the Social Impact of Christianity in Africa (Africa World Press, 2011), and co-editor of African Anthropologies: History, Critique and Practice (Zed, 2006). He has held faculty positions at Kenyatta University, Kenya; Egerton University, Kenya; St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York; Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois; Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan; and Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, Indiana.
J. Dinakarlal, Director Asia/Oceania Region
appointed in February 2008
Skype: dinakarlal
Dr. Dinakarlal taught English for thirty-four years at Scott Christian College (Autonomous), India and served as dean. He has conducted several national level training programs for students, teachers, and administrators for All India Association for Christian Higher Education and served as consultant to their program on alcohol, drug, AIDS, and tobacco. He has associated himself with the Student Christian Movement of India and YMCA in several capacities. He is trained in Christian leadership by Haggai Institute, Singapore.
Isaac Mutua, Director Africa Region
(via Centre for the Promotion of Christian Higher in Africa organization office in Kenya)
appointed in 2004
cpchea_admin[at]cpchea[dot]org
Skype: Isaac N Mutua
Rev Mutua is a founding member and the Executive Director of the Centre for the Promotion of Christian Higher in Africa (CPCHEA), the regional expression of IAPCHE.
James Padilla De Borst, Director Latin American Region
(via the Institute for the Promotion of Christian Higher Education in Costa Rica)
appointed in 2010
jpadilladeborst[at]gmail[dot]com
Skype: jpadilladeborst
Institute for the Promotion of Christian Higher Education: We serve as a catalysts for the creation and consolidation of a learning community of students, professors, administrators, institutions and alumni in Latin America that contextualize a Kingdom worldview in the area of higher education and in their professions, and intentionally connect to their local churches for the transformation of their societies. Building on existing programs and projects and in partnership with IAPCHE, UNELA, the Latin American Theological Fellowship and others, the Institute hopes to help bring Christian faculty together for mutual support and development, to foster the publication of books by Latin American authors, to contribute to the strengthening of Christian universities, to encourage able people to rethink curriculum so that educational practice contributes to transformation, and to facilitate South-North exchange and learning.