- Campus:
- IU Bloomington
Violet Ojwang is a Kenyan educator and a 2026-2027 Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) at Indiana University Bloomington, where she serves as an Assistant Kiswahili Instructor with the African Studies Program. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Kiswahili and a Postgraduate Diploma in Education and has experience teaching Kiswahili and History to secondary school students and private candidates in Kenya.
She is passionate about language education, differentiated instruction, and innovative approaches to language learning. Through the FLTA program, she looks forward to sharing Kiswahili language and Kenyan culture while engaging with the diverse academic and cultural community at Indiana University.
Her academic interests include applied linguistics, second language learning, language pedagogy, and curriculum development. She hopes to pursue graduate studies in these areas and contribute to strengthening language education and learning experiences in Kenya.
During the 2026-2027 academic year, Violet will work with the African Studies Program as an Assistant Kiswahili Instructor and with the National African Language Resource Center (NALRC) on innovative language-learning initiatives.