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Public health is deeply interconnected with community resistance and restoration, as health inequities often stem from historical and systemic oppression. My research, scholarship, and teaching style as a lifelong learner is to be a critical thinker to apply and investigate current public health practices at the service of our communities.

I'm very excited to return to the �鶹��Ƶ community to connect with students who are the current and future public health leaders!!

Following my graduation from �鶹��Ƶ in 2017 with a Sociology and Anthropology degree, I obtained my Master of Public Health (global health concentration) from St. Catherine University and published multiple peer-reviewed articles investigating cultural practices in the context of health. Over the course of 8 years, I have worked in various roles in both local and state government including the hospital setting.

My teaching philosophy focuses on linking theoretical knowledge to practical applications, promoting critical thinking, and collaborating effectively with community partners to tackle current and emerging public health challenges.

Outside of work, I enjoy my time cooking, gardening, organizing, and doing anything that restores my mind and soul.

Publications

Haizel-Cobbina, J., Boumi, A. E., Chung, E., Sobboh, J., Rose, J. M., Mwangi, E., Johnson, R., Oni, R. B., Wanduragala, D., & Stauffer III, W. M. (2024). Leveraging community advisory boards within travel medicine to help reduce malaria incidence in refugees, immigrants and migrants visiting friends and relatives abroad: reflections from the Minnesota Malaria Community Advisory Board on patient-provider interactions. Journal of Travel Medicine.

Munala, L.,��Harris, M.,��Mwangi, E., Okunna, N.,��Hohenshell, E., & Ong'ombe, M. (2023). Submit to survive: An exploration of sexual cleansing as an act of violence against widows in the Luo community of Kenya.��Culture, Health & Sexuality, 25(6), 698-710.����

Munala, L., Mwangi, E. M., Harris, M., Okunna, N., Yewhalawork, B., & Ong’ombe, M. (2022). “I was forced into it”: The continued violation of widows from the Luo community of Kenya through sexual cleansing rituals. Frontiers in Global Women’s Health.

Volkman, H. R., Walz, E., Wanduragala, D., Schiffman, E., Frosch, A., Alpern, J. D., Walker, P. F., Angelo, K. M., Coyle, C. M., Mohamud, M. A., Mwangi, E. M., Haizel-Cobbina, J., Nchanji, C., Johnson, R. S., Ladze, B., Dunlop, S. J., & Stauffer, W. M. (2020). Barriers to malaria prevention among immigrant travelers in the United States who visit friends and relatives in sub-Saharan Africa: A cross-sectional, multi-setting survey of knowledge, attitudes, and practices. PLOS ONE.

Larson, K., Mullaney, M., Mwangi, E., Xiong, D., & Ziegler, F. (2017). Access to Healthy Foods in Rural Minnesota: A Pilot Analysis of Corner Stores. American Journal of Health Studies.