Yikiru Peace

Assistant Lecturer


Ms Yikiru is a rising scholar with robust academic achievements who has interests in Syntax, the diachronic issues in the development of English, corpus linguistics, sociolinguistics and African literary studies specifically those addressing gender and other issues that are relevant to contemporary life and the future of the contemporary society. She also has special interests in stylistics and themes in the area of protest poetry at regional levels in Africa. Coupled with this is the fact Ms Yikiru has an outstanding diligence and teamwork skills, as well as keen interest in undertaking and completing academic tasks. She has served at different positions in renown institutions of learning of Uganda.

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Qualifications

Institution Period Degree obtained
 

Gulu University

 2023 to date PhD Student
 

Gulu University

 2019 to 2023 Master of Arts in Literature and English Linguistics
Uganda Christian University 2013 to 2015 Master of Arts Degree in Literature
Gulu University 2008 to 2012 Bachelor of Arts with Education

Research Interests

Syntax, corpus linguistics and sociolinguistics

Publications

Ajok, B. A., Akello, G. R., Amarorwot, S., Malagala, A. T., Metz, T., Mirembe, D. D., ... & Yikiru, P. (2024) . (2025) . Philosophy, Language, and Literature in an African Context . USA: Bloomsbury Publishing . Available at: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/philosophy-language-and-literature-in-an-african-context-9781666952100/
Yikiru, P. (2025). . (2025) . Changing Trends in Poetry of Protest in East Africa: A Case Study of Selected Poems of Susan Kiguli and Jard Angira.
Yikiru, P. (2025). . (2025) . Language of Freedom in The Trial of Dedan Kimathi and I Will Marry When I Want. . London : The Rowman & Littlefield Publisishing , pp. 49-72
Yikiru, P. & Isingoma, B. (2024). . (2024) . Ditransitive Constructions in Lugbarati: A Preliminary Study. . Nordic Journal of African Studies., 33(1), pp. 47–67
Peace Yikiru, Bebwa Isingoma . (2023) . The use of ditransitive constructions among L1 Lugbarati speakers of English in Uganda: A preliminary study
Yikiru, P., & Isingoma, B. (2023) . (2023) . The use of ditransitive constructions among L1 Lugbarati speakers of English in Uganda: A preliminary study. Studies in Linguistics, Culture, and FLT . Studies in Linguistics, Culture, and FLT, 11(1), pp. 33-48

Projects

Supervision

  1. 2020 to date  Ms Ajoot Sarah (19/U/2614/MEL/PS), topic: The Influence of         Westernisation on African Marriage Ritual Performance: A Case of the Iteso in Soroti    District
  2. 2. 2023 to 2025  Ms Aciro Millicent (22/U/2012/MEL/PS), topic: A Discourse Analysis of Arthur Miller’s Death of A Salesman: A Metafunction Approach
  3.  2022 to 2024 Ms Akikoli Scovia (21/U/2894/MEL/PS), topic: Drama in Christian Worship: A Study of the Role of Drama in Anglican Churches in Arua City
  4. 2019 to 2022 Ms Akello Victoria (18/U/2807/MEL), topic: A comparative study of gender representation in Sembene Ousmane’s God’s Bits of Wood and Francis Imbuga’s Aminata

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