Juliet Wambui Macharia is an Associate Professor of Communication Studies She is currently the Academic leader of Post Graduate and undergraduate Communication and Public Relations programmes and the Former Dean, School of Business at Karatina University. She holds a PhD in Educational Communication Technology( Moi University) ,a Masters of Arts degree(,University of Birmingham,1990 ),PGD in Public Relations(,Presbyterian University of East Africa,2011) a PGD in Human Reource Management,(Cambridge International College,U.K.,1992) and a Bachelor of Education degree (Kenyatta University,1985) She has 34 years teaching experience, 29 years university teaching experience both at undergraduate and post graduate levels . She moved from Moi university in 2015 and joined Karatina university in 2015 . She has occupied several administrative positions ,among them Head of Department ,Communication Studies ,Moi University and Head of Department of Human Resource Development at Karatina University. She has attended many international and local conferences as a delegate and as a Keynote speaker. She is a published author of many articles in peer reviewed journals and several chapters in books. She is an editor of several peer reviewed Journals. . Her research interests are: Gender, Communication, Media ,Politics, and Public Relations. E-mail: juliemach@yahoo.com