Prof Nancy Booker

Biography

Prof. Nancy Booker is the Dean and Professor of Journalism, Media and Communications at Aga Khan University’s Graduate School of Media and Communications (GSMC), Kenya. She has over 25 years of experience in journalism and communication education, academic leadership, research and professional training. Her work focuses on strategic communications, media transformation, gender equality, peacebuilding, innovation and strengthening journalism ecosystems in Africa.

Before joining AKU in 2017, she held academic leadership positions at Multimedia University of Kenya and ABC University in Liberia, and taught at Daystar University. She is Vice President of the African Journalism Educators’ Network (AJEN) and serves on the boards of SOS Children’s Villages Kenya and Amani Ya Juu Kenya. She previously served as a Non-Executive Director of Nation Media Group PLC and Commissioner of Kenya’s Media Complaints Commission.

Prof. Booker has led numerous research, policy and capacity-building initiatives across Africa and serves as a juror for journalism and media awards. She holds a PhD in Communication from Daystar University, undertook executive leadership training at Harvard Kennedy School and was a visiting scholar at Köln International School of Design, Germany.