Amongin Helen Christine

Senior Lecturer


Helen Christine Amongin (PhD) is currently the Acting Head of Department Educational Psychology and Coordinator for Post Graduate education Programme (PGE). She is a passionate Teacher of over 30 years in the teaching profession: more than 18 years as a Secondary School Teacher (Nabumali High School, Kiira College Butiki, Tororo Girls’ School and Nkoma SS, teaching Christian Religious Education, English Language, Literature in English and Religious Studies) and 16 years as a Lecturer in the Department of Educational Psychology, Gulu University (Lecturing Human Growth and Development; Human Learning; Cognition and Instruction; Guidance and Counselling; and Special Needs Education). She did part-time lecturing at Makerere and Kyambogo Universities too.
Responsibilities:

Ag. Head Of Department Educational Psychology From 2024 To -Date
Coordinator:

Postgraduate Education, Faculty Of Education And Humanities Patron Teso Development Students Association, Gulu University

Qualifications

Institution Period Degree Obtained
 

Makerere University

 2023 Philosophy Of Educational Psychology Degree (Phd)
 

Makerere University

 2005 Master Of Educational Psychology
1991 Bachelors In Education

Research Interests

Amongin’s area of specialisation is Educational Psychology where she obtained a PhD at Makerere University. Her research interests include but are not limited to Educational Psychology issues: Emotional intelligence, Interpersonal relations, Academic and non-academic Achievement, Co-curricular activities, HIV/AIDs, Self-esteem, Assertiveness, Well-being, Gender parities, Teaching and learning, Growth and development, Special needs education, resilience, peace, Adult learning and Psychosocial issues. Amongin has participated in the Problem-based project run by Building Stronger Universities at Gulu University and produced a short-course for the Common Wealth of Learning on Behaviour Change Communication.

Publications

. (2025) . Transforming Higher Education for Community Development Participatory Reflection on a Decade of Mutual Capacity-Building in Northern Uganda . In: Volume Editors: Lone Dirckinck-Holmfeld, Tabo O. Geoffrey, Charles Nelson Okumu, Morten Kure Kattenhøj, and Inger Lassen, Transforming Higher Education for Community Development Participatory Reflection on a Decade of Mutual Capacity-Building in Northern Uganda. Available at: https://brill.com/display/title/72354?srsltid=AfmBOoqoyvA5C9Oj3qZUvQzZ3qSpOmxGrVXdrljVEoFA8RBdndODNS87
Helen Christine Amongin Waiswa, Peter K. Baguma, & Joseph Oonyu. (2024) . (2024) . Understanding the Connection between Emotional Intelligence and Interpersonal Relations among University Upgrading (Grade V) Teacher Students
Amongin, H., Baguma, P., Oonyu, J., & Lassen, E. (2024). . (2024) . Interpersonal Relations and Non-Academic Achievement among University Upgrading (Grade V) Teacher Students . International Journal of Online and Distance Learning , 5(2), pp. 1 - 18
Helen Christine Amongin Waiswa, Professor Peter K. Baguma and Associate Professor Joseph Oonyu . (2020) . Emotional Intelligence and Interpersonal Relations among university upgrading (Grade V) teacher students (2020) . International Journal of Psychology, [online] Volume 5(1). Available at: https://ideas.repec.org/a/bdu/ojtijp/v5y2020i1p1-18id1126.html
1. Helen Christine Amongin Waiswa 2. Professor Peter K. Baguma 3. Associate Professor Joseph Oonyu . (2020) . Emotional Intelligence And Academic Achievement Among University Upgrading (Grade V) Teacher Students . African Journal of Education and Practice, [online] Volume 6(4). Available at: https://ideas.repec.org/a/bdu/ojajep/v6y2020i4p39-64id1095.html
1. Helen C. A. Waiswa 2. Peter Baguma 3. Joseph Oonyu . (2020) . Interpersonal Relations and Achievement among University Upgrading (Grade V) Teacher Students
Kitara, D., Amongin, H., Oonyu, J., & Baguma, P. (2013) . (2013) . Assertiveness and attitudes of HIV/AIDS orphaned girls towards education in Kampala (Uganda) . African Journal of Infectious Diseases, [online] Volume 7(2). Available at: https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajid/article/view/92740
Hellen Christine Amongin, Joseph C. Oonyu, Peter K. Baguma, and David Lagoro Kitara. 2012. . (2012) . Self-Esteem and Attitudes of Girls Orphaned to HIV/AIDS towards Education in Kampala, Uganda . International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health 2, 2(2)

Projects

Building Stronger Universities Phase 4 (BSU4) project
    Dr. Alidri Agatha, Amongin Helen Christine, Dr. Atube Francis(Member)

Supervision

Currently Supervising One Phd Student And 7 Masters Students. Not Completed Yet

More Information

Community Service
As part of Community service Amongin has worked with Save the Children Gulu to train Primary School Teachers on Inclusive Education. She has worked with UNEB as a Scout and Monitor to ensure the smooth running of national examinations and participated in the National Assessment of Primary Education (NAPE) Programme. She is currently a Mother Mentor for the Mothers under Watoto Church Village Homes and the Patron of the Gulu University Teso Students Development Association (TESDA). Before joining Gulu University Amongin was a member of FAWE.

Key Achievements Registered:

  1. Research Assistant in the National Assessment of Progress in Education (NAPE) in Uganda: ensuring that the curricula are followed; ensuring that quality assurance is obtained
  2. Acting Head of Department Educational Psychology Gulu University (2010 – 2013 and 2024 – to-date): ensuring quality assurance.
    Adult learning and teaching; Lecturer Educational psychology.
  3. Conferences and Paper presenrations: Aalborg University 2022, Makerere University 2021, Mount Kenya University 2019, Kyambogo University 2018, Nepal, 2016; an online academic Conference, 2021
  4. Research Assistant in the National Assessment of Progress in Education (NAPE) in Uganda: ensuring that the curricula are followed; ensuring that quality assurance is obtained.