Mukasa Joseph

Joseph Mukasa, Assistant Lecturer

Joseph Mukasa

Assistant Lecturer
Linkedin
Email: mukasajoseph@kyu.ac.ug
Phone: (+256) 771 411 471 / 701 194 921

Biography: 

Mukasa Joseph is an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Community and Disability Studies, Kyambogo University, Uganda. He’s currently a Ph.D. student in Disability Studies at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. His thesis focuses on “Disability Inclusive Local Government Development Planning and Implementation: Exploring the Inclusion of Youth with Disabilities in South Western Uganda”.

Joseph has held other responsibilities as examination and timetable coordinator in the department. He was a graduate fellow under Kyambogo University Graduate Fellowship where he was a teaching assistant for four (4) years in the department. Previously, Joseph had worked in the department as a part-time teaching assistant, after completing his Bachelor of Social Work and Community Development degree in the same department.

He has a Master of Arts in Social Sector Planning and Management, a Postgraduate Diploma in Community Based Rehabilitation, and a Certificate in Administrative Law. Mr. Mukasa is an experienced community development practitioner, having worked as a Community Development Officer under Uganda’s Lower Local Government.

His research interests are focused on the social constructivism research paradigm and qualitative research on financial inclusion, inclusive entrepreneurship and employment, child welfare and protection, social gerontology, physical accessibility audit, disability inclusive community development, and community-based rehabilitation. He has supervised several students in these research areas and is passionate about working with vulnerable persons, especially persons with disabilities, children, and older persons.

His passion for inclusive community development and nurturing young people for community service is evident in his voluntary roles as a founder member of the Centre for Mental Health Initiative Uganda and a Patron of the Community Development and Social Justice Students’ Association at Kyambogo University.

Current Job Title

  • Assistant Lecturer, 2021- Present

Department

  • Department of Community and Disability Studies
  • Faculty of Special Needs and Rehabilitation, Kyambogo University, Uganda

Additional Responsibilities Held

  • Examination Coordinator, Community and Disability Studies, Faculty of Special Needs and Rehabilitation, Kyambogo University, 2022-2024
  • Timetable Coordinator, Community and Disability Studies, Faculty of Special Needs and Rehabilitation, Kyambogo University, 2017-2023

Academic Qualifications

  • Ph.D., Disability Studies, University of Cape Town, South Africa, 2024-2027
  • Master of Arts in Social Sector Planning and Management, Makerere University, Uganda, 2018-2021
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Community Based Rehabilitation, Kyambogo University, Uganda, 2020-2021
  • Bachelor of Social Work and Community Development, Kyambogo University, Uganda, 2009-2012

Past Work Experience

  • Graduate Fellow, Department of Community and Disability Studies, Kyambogo University, Uganda, 2017-2021
  • Community Development Officer, Isingiro District Local Government, Uganda, 2016-2017
  • Part-Time Teaching Assistant, Department of Community and Disability Studies, 2013-2016

Research Interests

  • Qualitative research and social constructivism research paradigm
  • Sustainable livelihood: financial inclusion, and inclusive entrepreneurship & employment
  • Child welfare and protection
  • Disability inclusive community development
  • Community based rehabilitation
  • Social gerontology
  • Physical accessibility audit

Research Reports Written

  • Mukasa, J. (2021). Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Microfinance Services Provision in Uganda: The Case of BRAC and Pride Microfinance Institution. Master’s Dissertation, Supervisors: Dr. Firminus Mugumya (Principal Supervisor), Dr. Paul Bukuluki (Co-Supervisor)

  • Mukasa, J. (2012). Factors Contributing to Child Labour in Nyamitanga Division, Mbarara Municipality. Bachelor’s Dissertation, Supervisor: Mr. Ddamulira Moses

Participation in Research Projects and Consultancies

  • Content Writer, Drafting of the National Blue Print on Disability Prevention, Management and Disability Inclusion. Led by Dr. Ojok Patrick, Ph.D., Funded by Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development (MGLSD), Uganda, 2023

  • Data Enumerator, Evaluation of the Child-to-Child Inclusive Education Project in Northern Uganda. Led by Dr. Ojok Patrick, Ph.D., 2021

  • Co-Investigator, Research on Self-employment Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities in Uganda: The Experiences of Persons with Disabilities under the National Special Grant. Led by Dr. Ojok Patrick, Ph.D., Funded by Kyambogo University Staff Competitive Research Grant, 2019

  • Qualitative Data Enumerator, Employment Situation of Persons with Disabilities and Prospects for a Quota Policy in Uganda. Led by Dr. Ojok Patrick, Ph.D., Funded by Light for the World, and National Union of Disabled Persons of Uganda (NUDIPU), 2019

  • Research Assistant, Research Project “From Segregation to Inclusion: What Direction for Uganda?” Led by Dr. Ojok Patrick, Ph.D., Funded by An EQUAL Seeds Grant awarded by New York University, 2018 – 2019

  • Data Enumerator, A Survey of the Market Demand and Need for the Masters of Disability Studies and Inclusive Development in Uganda, Led by Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa, 2019

Selected Undergraduate Research Supervised

  • Nabweteme Winnie, Reg. No. 18/U/CSE/7960/PE. Psychosocial Disability and Community Reintegration in Uganda: Experiences of Survivors in Kampala and Wakiso District. Bachelor of Community Development and Social Justice, Kyambogo University, Uganda. Graduated in 2018

  • Ainebyoona Brezia, Reg. No. 18/U/CSD/7912/PD. Affirmative Action and Women Participation in Political Affairs in Nabweru Sub-County Wakiso District. Bachelor of Community Development and Social Justice, Kyambogo University, Uganda. Graduated in 2018

  • Kisakye Elizabeth, Reg. No. 19/U/CSE/4103/PE-2019. An Assessment of Utilization of Sexual and Reproductive Health Services Among Women with Disabilities in Mukono Central Division, Mukono District. Bachelor of Community Development and Social Justice, Kyambogo University, Uganda. Graduated in 2019

  • Adoc Vivian, Reg. No. 17/U/6687/CBD/PD. Experiences of Domestic Violence by Women with Physical Disabilities in Bardege Sub-County Gulu District. Bachelor of Community Development and Social Justice, Kyambogo University, Uganda. Graduated in 2017

  • Ainembabazi Samuel, Reg. No. 17/U/7244/CSE/PE-2017. Co-existence of Refugees and Host Communities in Uganda: A Case of Nakivale in Isingiro District. Bachelor of Community Development and Social Justice, Kyambogo University, Uganda. Graduated in 2017

  • Mugala Malyamu, Reg. No. 17/U/7153/CSD/PD. Silence or Disclosure: Exploring the Reaction to Physical Domestic Violence Against Men in Kagumu Sub-County Kibuku District. Bachelor of Community Development and Social Justice, Kyambogo University, Uganda. Graduated in 2017

  • Ajok Solomey, Reg. No. 17/U/7246/CSE/PE-2017. Experiences of Single Mothers in Raising Their Children in Nakawa Division, Kampala. Bachelor of Community Development and Social Justice, Kyambogo University, Uganda. Graduated in 2017

Membership of Corporate, Social and Professional Bodies

  • Patron, Community Development and Social Justice Students’ Association (CODESSA), Kyambogo University, Uganda, 2018-2024

  • Member, Kyambogo University Academic Staff Association (KYUASA), Uganda, 2020 – Present

  • Founder Member, Centre for Mental Health Initiative, Uganda, 2020-Present