Priscilla Njeri Gitimu, PhD

       Selected Papers

Gitimu, P. N. & Kobia, C.  The Compassionate Classroom: Nurturing Minds and Building Communities of Care. Accepted to be presented in Lily Teaching Conference, San Diego, California. 

 

Gitimu, P. N. & Gichaga L. W. . Discovering One’s Purpose

Through Classroom Storytelling. Presented in Lily Teaching Conference,

Austin Texas.

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Gitimu, P. N. Teaching empathy and restorative justice to university students.

 Paper presented in Lily Teaching Conference, Austin Texas.

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Gitimu, P. N. How self-compassion frees individuals

Paper presented in the New Directions in Humanities.

 

Gitimu, P. N. & Waithaka, A. G.  Body Appreciation Activities and the

 Importance of Self-compassion. Paper presented at the American Association of

Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS) Conference, St Louis, Missouri.

Refereed presentation

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Gitimu, P. N. & Kobia C.  Holistic Wellness – Body, Mind, and do not

forget the ‘Spirit’.  KESSA Association, Atlanta, GA.

 

Gitimu, P. N.Synergetic Collaborations between Fashion,

Architecture, and Interior Design. International Textiles and Apparel

Association Conference , Long Beach , California.

 

Gitimu, P. N. & Kobia C. Phenomenological experiences

about used clothing in Kenya. Paper presented in Kenya Scholars and Studies Association, Atlanta, GA.

 

Gitimu, P. N.  Intergenerational  conceptualization of beauty, body image, and

relationship to spiritual formation. Paper presented in Society of Professors in Christian Education - SPCE,  Chicago, IL

 

Gitimu, P. N.  Applying Raworth ‘s Doughnut Sustainable Model  to the

Secondhand Clothes trade in Kenya. Paper presented in Kenya Scholars and Studies Association, Atlanta, GA.

 

Gitimu, P. N. International Council of Fine Arts Deans (ICFAD)

Leadership Development Workshop and conference. San Juan , Puerto Rico.

 

Gitimu, P. N.  Sustainability within Production and Operations Management

Guest Speaker -University Students- Karatina University.

 

Gitimu, P. N. & Waithaka, A. B. Engaging Digital natives, Motivational speaker to UK

Christians on reaching the GenZ generation.

 

Gitimu, P. N. & Waithaka, A. B. Stories of Love, Motivational speaker to Nashville

African Diaspora .

 

Gitimu, P. N.  Body perception attributes as reflected on the holistic wellness

mirror model. Presented in Faculty Research Symposium at Belmont University, Research track.

 

Gitimu, P. N. & Waithaka. Christian Dating and Marriage. Speakers on how to

Young adults at Nashville Life Church, Nashville, TN .

 

Gitimu, P. N.  The benefits and challenges of being part of a faculty of a liberal

Arts University? What the faculty offer. Presented to all faculty during the fall 2023 Faculty Workshop at Belmont University, Nashville, TN.​ 

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Gitimu, P. N. & Waithaka, A. G.  Body image quality of life and

Appearance investment. Paper presented at the International Textiles and Apparel Association (ITAA) Conference, St. Petersburg, Florida.

 

Gitimu, P. N. & Waithaka, A. G. Perspectives on how the Textiles

 and Apparel Global Complex can be a Pathway for Social-Economic

 Development in Kenya. Paper presented at the Kenya Scholars and Studies

 Association (KESSA) Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.

 

Gitimu, P. N.  Appearance Related Apprehensions among College Students.

Paper presented at the Popular Culture Association / American Culture Association Conference, Seattle, Washington.

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Gitimu, P. N. & Waithaka, A. G. Retail Therapy: Its relationship to Gender,

Life Engagement, and Subjective Happiness. Paper presented at the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS) Conference, Jacksonville Florida.