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Instructional Professor of Swahili Language and Literature
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University

Office Hours — Spring 2020

  • Mondays and Wednesdays: 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.
  • Or by appointment

Biography

Dr. Rose Sau Lugano is a Master lecturer at the University of Florida, where she currently teaches Swahili language and African Literature. She holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature, and a minor in Women Studies from the Pennsylvania State University in State College. She is currently a faculty member of the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures (LLC), a position she has held since 2004. She has extensive teaching experience which begun in Kenya in 1981 at a high School, then to Kenyatta University after she got her MA. She has presented in several conferences and workshops as well as published articles on various issues on language pedagogy/documentation and African literature. Her research in literature is focused on issues of self-hood of the African girl child/woman in literary texts written in Swahili and English languages.

Areas of Interest

I joined the University of Florida in fall 2004. I teach beginning, intermediate, and advanced Swahili language and literature courses. My current research is centered around issues of identity formation in the African female Bildungsroman. I focus on texts written in both English and Swahili languages. My other interests include comparative literature, African literature and cultures, children’s literature, women studies, and translation.

Courses Taught

  • SSW 3303 Swahili Oral Tradition
  • SSW 4713 African Women Writers
  • SWA 1130 Beginning Swahili 1
  • SWA 1131 Beginning Swahili 2
  • SWA 2200 Intermediate Swahili 1
  • SWA 2201 Intermediate Swahili 2
  • SWA 3410 Advanced Swahili 1
  • SWA 3411 Advanced Swahili 2
  • SWA 4905 Speaking Swahili