Ella Ruth Anaya

Expertise

Gender studies, Cultural Anthropology, Cross-cultural communication and leadership, Global and transformational leadership, Culture change, Socio-economic development in the Global South (specifically Kenya, Guatemala, Belize), and Curriculum design and contextualization for Asia and Africa

Education

• DLitt et Phil, University of South Africa
• MA in Cross-Cultural Communication, Wheaton Graduate School, Illinois
• Daystar University, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa
• BA with Social Sciences major, Vanguard University, California

Notable Accomplishments

• As researcher, the first GLOBE study on leadership in Black Sub-Saharan Africa.
• 2005 Dean's Innovative Teaching Award.
• Program development for online courses, specifically Anthropology.
• Development of successful Travel Study programs focusing on the developing world, notably Guatemala/Belize/Honduras and Kenya/Uganda.
• Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro!

Companies

• Researcher: Co-Country Investigator for Kenya and Rwanda Thunderbird School of Global Management (2020)
• Assistant Professor Trinity Western University (1995)
• Researcher: replicated a GLOBE country study for Kenya Thunderbird School of Global Management (2007 — 2016)
• Researcher Daystar University (2008 — 2010)
• Co-Director Muhanda Community Development Project, Western Kenya (2004 — 2008)
• Language and Culture Consultant and Trainer Anaya Culture Consulting (1995 — 2008)
• Photo-Journalist Consultant Remember When (1997 — 2004)
• Professor Pan Africa Christian University, Nairobi, Kenya (1983 — 1989)
• Instructor Liberia AoG College, Monrovia, Liberia (1986 — 1986)