Simon ThuraniraSimon Thuranira Taaliu is an Associate Professor of International Education Policy. He has a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Maryland (USA), Master of Education and Bachelor of Education both from Kenyatta University (Kenya). He has over 0 years of experience in teaching, research and administration at the university level. His areas of research and specialization include Educational Leadership and Management, International and Comparative Education and Teacher Education. He has served as Chairman of the Education Department at Kenya Methodist University (Kenya), and taught at the University of Maryland (USA) and Indiana-Purdue University (USA). He has also been a consultant at the International Reading Association and at US-Africa Initiative on Higher Education, both in Washington DC (USA). Currently, he is the Chairman of the Department of Education and Social Sciences at the University of Embu, a Constituent College of the University of Nairobi (Kenya). He was a visiting Professor at Purdue University (USA) in 2017. Read More Read Less