PROF RICHARD OGOLA BELE MAKOPONDO :: :: STAFF EPORTAL - THE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF KENYA

Faculty:	Social Sciences and Technology
School:	HOSPITALITY AND HUMAN ECOLOGY
Department:	Tourism and Travel Management
Current Designation:	Associate Professor, TOURISM AND TRAVEL MANAGEMENT
Office Telephone:	+254(020) 2219929, 3341639, 3343672
Official Email:	rmakopondo@tukenya.ac.ke
Consultation Hours:	8AM-5PM MON - FRI

Level	Qualification Name	Institution	Year
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	LEISURE STUDIES	UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS,(United States)	2003
Masters of Arts (MA)	RECREATION AND LEISURE STUDIES	UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO,ONTARIO CANADA(United States Minor Outlying Islands)	1995
Bachelor of Science (BSc)	HOSPPITALITY MANAGEMENT	FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY (United States)	1984

Period	Institution	Position
2011 - TODATE	THE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF KENYA	ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
2007 - 2011	CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY EAST BAY	ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
2005 - 2007	UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA AT GAINESVILLE	ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
2003 - 2005	SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY , SAN JOSE ,CALIFORNIA	COORDINATOR & PROGRAM PROMOTION
2001 - 2002	UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS	LECTURER
1995 - 1999	UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS	TEACHING/RESEARCH ASSISTANT
1992 - 1994	UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO	TEACHING/RESEARCH ASSISTANT
1986 - 1992	KENYA UTALII	SENIOR LECTURER
1981 - 1985	KENYA UTALII COLLEGE	LECTURER

UNDERSTANDING OF INSTITUTIONAL /SYSTEMIC,SOCIAL AND PERSONAL FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE WHETHER AND HOW TRADITIONALLY MARGINALIZED GROUPS AND INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS BENEFIT FROM AND /OR GET INVOLVED WITH OPPORTUNITES,PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES WITHIN NATIONAL PARKS,PUBLIC OUTDOOR AND TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AREAS.

RACE,ETHNICITY, AND DIVERSITY IN PARKS, RECREATION, AND TOURISM: A QUALITATIVE APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING THE ISSUES, FACTORS AND RELEVANT DIMENSIONS:

LEISURE AND RECREATION

Title	Link to pulication
Makopondo, Richard O.B.. Vol 24, No 1 (2006) - Special Creating Racially/ Ethnically Inclusive Partnerships in Natural Resource Management and Outdoor recreation:the chellenges issues and strategies ...	.journal of park and recreation adminstration. volume 24,number1 pp.7-31 spring
By Pettis Perry and Richard Makopondo Working With Nonprofits 101 and Beyond.	California Park and Recreation Magazine San Jose State University. Winter 2005. Volume 61, No. 1

Name	Project Title	Period
WAN-ZU CHAO	MARKETING TOOLS AS A FACTOR IN DESTINATION IMAGE FORMATION(2005)	2005
PETER PARKER	TOURISM IN DEQIN:A CULTURAL, ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSEMENT	2006
LEPETU JOYCE	PhD.COMMUNITY- BASED NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND TOURISM PARTNERSHIPS IN BOTSWAN:WHICH AWAY FOR	2007
WU TING BING	PhD:COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS AS EFFECTIVE STRATEGY FOR ENCHANCING DIVERSITY IN E.E	2006

Title	Institution
MEMBER	CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF HOSPITALITY
MEMBER	RESORT AND COMMERCIAL RECREATION ASSOCIATION
MEMBER	NATIONAL RECREATION AND PARKS ASSOCIATION
MEMBER	SOCIETY FOR PARKS AND RECREATION EDUCATORS
MEMBER	CCALIFORNIA SOCIETY FOR PARKS AND RECRATION EDUCATORS
MEMBER	NORTH AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATORS

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