Lecturer, African Studies
she/her/hers
makiding@umich.edu
Office Information:
505 S. State St., 4749 Haven Hall, 4th Floor
African Studies Center;
ASC Faculty
Education/Degree:
Ph.D, Applied Linguistics (Second Language Studies), Michigan State University (2021)
M.A., Applied Linguistics (Second Language Teaching), Ohio University (2017)
BA, Education (Arts - English and Literature), Pwani University, Kenya (2015)
About
Magdalyne Akiding was born and raised in Kenya. She received her bachelor’s degree in education, majoring in English language and literature. She then moved to the United States to pursue graduate education. She received her master’s degree in linguistics from Ohio University, and her Ph.D. in applied linguistics - second language studies - from Michigan State University. Magdalyne has taught Swahili as a foreign language in several universities in the US. She started her position at the University of Michigan in Fall 2022 as a lecturer of Swahili and the Coordinator of African Languages in the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies.
