| Intro | Ugandan academic |
| Is | Journalist |
| From | Uganda |
| Type | Journalism |
| Gender | female |
| Birth |
1963, Uganda, Uganda |
| Age | 58 years |
Monica Balya Chibita is a Ugandan journalist, academic and academic administrator, who serves as professor & Dean, Faculty of Journalism, Media and Communication at Uganda Christian University.
Background and education
Chibita was born in Uganda in 1963. She holds a Bachelor of Arts with Education degree, awarded by Makerere University, Uganda’s oldest and largest public university. Her degree of Master of Journalism was awarded by the University of Iowa. She also obtained a Doctor of Literature and Philosophy in Communication from the University of South Africa, in Pretoria.
Career
Professor Chibita joined Uganda Christian University in 2012 from the Faculty of Journalism, Media and Communication at Makerere University at the rank of Associate Professor. She was appointed Head of Department of Mass Communications at UCU. Over the next six years, she nurtured the department into the Faculty of Journalism, Media and Communication (FJMC).
In the process of growing the department into a faculty, the following changes were effected: (a) re-naming the department of Mass Communication into the department of Journalism and Media Studies (b) creating a new department of Communication (c) hiring of new staff, including five new PhD faculty.
As of March 2019, the faculty offered (i) a Bachelor of Journalism and Communication degree (ii) a Master Arts in Journalism and Media Studies degree (iii) a Master of Arts in Strategic Communication.
In May 2019, UCU promoted Dr. Monica Balya Chibita to the rank of full professor, in recognition of her body of work.
Family
Dr. Chibita is married to Justice Mike J. Chibita, the Director of Public Prosecution in Uganda. Together, they are parents to five children, two daughters and three sons.
Other considerations
Among her many titles and responsibilities, Dr. Chibita is the Chairperson of the board of directors of the New Vision Printing and Publishing Company, the publisher of the New Vision, a Ugandan, English language daily newspaper, the African Centre for Media Excellence and World Vision Uganda
In December 2015, she was elected to the Board of World Vision International, representing Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Somalia, Burundi, Sudan and South Sudan, effective end of January 2016.