Prof. Francis Wambalaba

Professor of Economics and previously the Associate Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Research at the United States International University – Africa (USIU-A)

Francis Wambalaba is a Professor of Economics and previously the Associate Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Research at the United States International University – Africa (USIU-A). He has a multidisciplinary background in Economics, Urban Planning and Business Administration. Prof. Wambalaba is a certified planner with the American Institute of Certified Planners and has 35 years of teaching both in Kenya and the USA. He was a Senior Research Associate with the Center for Urban Transportation Research at the University of South Florida, an assistant professor at Portland State University in Oregon, and a Senior Transportation Planner with the Tri-County Metropolitan District of Oregon in the United States. He teaches Business Research Methods, Managerial Economics, International Economics, Economic Development and Transportation Economics. Prof. Wambalaba has written and published multiple case studies, one of which won the Emerald Case study completion. He was trained by Ivey University in case writing and teaching. He is an active researcher with over 30 grant funded projects in Kenya and the USA, mostly in Action Research, including the development of an Agribusiness Living Lab program at USIU-A.