Doreen Alusa is an International Relations Lecturer in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the United States International University (USIU) in Nairobi, Kenya. Since she began her academic career five years ago, Doreen has consistently engaged in research projects in development, peace and conflict studies, as well as education effectiveness, resulting in a number of peer reviewed publications. She is a resource person for the State University of New York parliamentary strengthening programme in Kenya and is part of the Steering Committee for the Development Partnership in Higher Education (DELPHE) project at USIU. She is also the School of Humanities and Social Sciences representative at the Centre for Learning and Teaching Excellence at USIU.