Anne Namatsi Lutomia

Anne Namatsi Lutomia is a Post-doctoral Research Associate in the department of Agricultural Sciences Education and Communication at Purdue University with the Scientific Animations Without Borders (SAWBO) program. She holds a doctoral degree in Human Resource Education with a minor in Gender and Women’s Studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA. Her research focuses on scientific knowledge production and networking, science communication, learning technologies and adult learning. Her practice centers on developing effective scientific communication educational content for communities to learn using mobile phones in local languages. She has published several book chapters and refereed journal articles in , , and the .

Publications

Learning to Be Leaders: Case Study of Novice Black Women Executive Directors of Small Nonprofit Organizations
Learning to Be Leaders: Case Study of Novice Black Women Executive Directors of Small Nonprofit Organizations
Anne Namatsi Lutomia, Chelesea Lewellen, Jeremy W. Bohonos. © 2023. 22 pages.
In the United States, nonprofit organizations exist in varying sectors of society. These nonprofits are headed by leaders who play an important role in combating social justice...
Program Planning and Animated Videos as Learning Tools in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Case Study of an International Educational Collaboration
Program Planning and Animated Videos as Learning Tools in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Case Study of an International Educational Collaboration
Jeremy Bohonos, Phenious Chuma, Anne N. Lutomia, Eboni W. Henderson, Barry Robert Pittendrigh, Julia Bello-Bravo. © 2022. 20 pages.
This paper reports on a case study that explores how the integrative model of program planning can be applied to better understand the process of mobile learning efforts in...
Making Agricultural Learning Accessible: Examining Gender in the Use of Animations via Mobile Phones
Making Agricultural Learning Accessible: Examining Gender in the Use of Animations via Mobile Phones
Julia Bello, Anne Namatsi Lutomia, Eric Abbott, Robert Mazur, Sostino Mocumbe, Barry R. Pittendrigh. © 2020. 21 pages.
Worldwide women play an important role in agriculture but they still are marginalized in extension education programs. Traditionally, male-dominated extension services may...
Applying Data Triangulation to Explain Parenting Experiences in the African Diaspora
Applying Data Triangulation to Explain Parenting Experiences in the African Diaspora
Dorothy O. Rombo, Anne Namatsi Lutomia, Inviolata L. Sore. © 2020. 28 pages.
This study investigated African diaspora parenting in the United States. Three different sources of data were analyzed: parents' focus group discussions, interviews from...
Intersecting Gender and Culture: Indigenous Andragogical Practices in Western Kenya
Intersecting Gender and Culture: Indigenous Andragogical Practices in Western Kenya
Anne Namatsi Lutomia, Wycliffe Osundwa Wanzala. © 2019. 17 pages.
Ethnoknowledge is practical information inherently accumulated by humanity and passed on from one generation to the next mostly by word of mouth in time and space. The knowledge...
Changing Formal and Informal Learning Practices Using Smartphones: The Case of Market Women of Ghana
Changing Formal and Informal Learning Practices Using Smartphones: The Case of Market Women of Ghana
Julia Bello-Bravo, Anne Namatsi Lutomia. © 2019. 23 pages.
Smartphones have afforded women opportunities to overcome some of the constraints they face in the informal sector. The culture of traditional learning for women in the...
Beyond Binaries of Scientific and Indigenous Knowledge Bean Storage Techniques: A Case of Market Women in Ghana
Beyond Binaries of Scientific and Indigenous Knowledge Bean Storage Techniques: A Case of Market Women in Ghana
Anne Namatsi Lutomia, Julia Bello-Bravo, Teresia Muthoni Njoroge, Barry R. Pittendrigh. © 2019. 23 pages.
Using a case study, this chapter illustrates how indigenous knowledge—and particularly female knowledge systems—can intersect with technology to disclose the limits of the...
Becoming an African Hair Salon Entrepreneur in the United States of America
Becoming an African Hair Salon Entrepreneur in the United States of America
Anne Namatsi Lutomia, Julia Bello Bravo, Dorothy Owino Rombo, Fatimata Seck. © 2019. 21 pages.
African beauty salons are important institutions within the African and African American community and can be found in nearly every city and community where African immigrants...
Becoming an African Hair Salon Entrepreneur in the United States of America
Becoming an African Hair Salon Entrepreneur in the United States of America
Anne Namatsi Lutomia, Julia Bello Bravo, Dorothy Owino Rombo, Fatimata Seck. © 2018. 21 pages.
African beauty salons are important institutions in African and African American communities and can be found in nearly every city and community where African immigrants live....
Tracing the Rights of Domestic and International Kenyan House Helps: Profiles, Policy, and Consequences
Tracing the Rights of Domestic and International Kenyan House Helps: Profiles, Policy, and Consequences
Dorothy Owino Rombo, Anne Namatsi Lutomia. © 2018. 18 pages.
This chapter traces a history of domestic workers both within, and to a lesser degree without, Kenya. Reading from international policy platforms—including the United Nations and...
Communities of Practice and Indigenous Knowledge: A Case Study of Empowering Women in Processing Shea Butter Using Scientific Animations
Communities of Practice and Indigenous Knowledge: A Case Study of Empowering Women in Processing Shea Butter Using Scientific Animations
Anne Namatsi Lutomia, Julia Bello-Bravo. © 2017. 18 pages.
This chapter contributes to critical inquiry literature regarding various ways that indigenous knowledge intersects with technology, especially in regards to female knowledge...
Making Agricultural Learning Accessible: Examining Gender in the Use of Animations via Mobile Phones
Making Agricultural Learning Accessible: Examining Gender in the Use of Animations via Mobile Phones
Julia Bello-Bravo, Anne Namatsi Lutomia, Eric Abbott, Robert Mazur, Sostino Mocumbe, Barry R. Pittendrigh. © 2017. 27 pages.
Worldwide women play an important role in agriculture but they still are marginalized in extension education programs. Traditionally, male-dominated extension services may...
The Role of Guanxi, Ubuntu, and Wasta in Shaping Workplace Leadership and Culture: A Conceptual Framework
The Role of Guanxi, Ubuntu, and Wasta in Shaping Workplace Leadership and Culture: A Conceptual Framework
Anne Namatsi Lutomia, Ping Li, Raghida Abdallah Yassine, Xiaoping Tong. © 2017. 22 pages.
Social networks are taking center stage in organizations for the ways they shape and inform workplace leadership. Hofstede's cultural dimensions and social capital provide a...