Deputy Dean of Students & Lecturer School of Education, Arts & Social Sciences, KCA University
Benson Ngobia facilitates learning in the areas of film and digital media, where he champions a practice-oriented model to learning and assessment. He supports relevant university functions such as audio visual communication and marketing.
He brings on board wealth of experience in the creative sector, having undertaken artistic projects in producing TV shows, executing theatrical tours, initiating film development programs in Kenyan schools to complement government efforts in teaching of the arts at basic education level. He is a resource person for various Ministry of Education agencies, such as KICD and TVETA, where he has supported their curriculum development processes in the arts, and the Kenya National Drama and Film Festival, where he is a regular trainer of trainers and adjudicator.
He is also the founder and convenor of the Kenya Film Summit.
Interrogating the Digital Shift in Film Consumption Trends in Nairobi
Priming Theory in a Kenyan Context: An Exploratory Study Evaluating President Kenyatta’s Performance on Fighting Corruption presented at the African Association for Rhetoric Conference (AAR) held at USIU-Africa, July 2022
Session Chair, Paper presentations on decolonization, at the Performing Arts Conference, held at the Kenya National Theatre, February 2022
Interrogating Netflix and the VOD Disruption in Kenyan Cinema, paper presented at the Lagos Studies Association 2023 Conference at the University of Lagos, Nigeria, June 2023
Chinese Take-over: Myth or Looming Reality? Refereed paper presented at the 11th Annual International Interdisciplinary Conference June 23 to 26, 2021 at Multimedia University
Navigating Film Adjudication in the Kenya National Drama & Film Festival, Non-refereed paper presented at the Ministry of Education National Adjudicators Workshop on 12th June 2021 at Chania High School, Thika.
The Mechanics of Spoken Word Performance, Non-refereed paper presented at the Ministry of Education Trainers Workshop in January, 2020 at Kangaru School, Embu
The Nexus Between Digital Communication and Film Consumption among the Elite Youth in Nairobi: A Case Study of Private University Students in Nairobi, Refereed paper presented at the 3rd biennial African Studies Association of Africa Conference in October, 2019, at USIU-A, Nairobi.
