For a student who nearly quit school after having a child in her second year, Salome Aluso’s academic journey is full of perseverance.
Aluso was just 27 when she embarked on her PhD in Higher Education and Student Affairs at Ohio University.
Her passion for teaching was shaped early in life by her parents, both respected teachers in their Vihiga community.
Her doctoral pursuit has required significant intellectual commitment, long hours of research, resilience in the face of setbacks, and many sleepless nights.
Balancing academic demands with social life has been her greatest challenge, a trade-off she admits often feels isolating.
She now looks back on that period with gratitude, describing her baby as the blessing that kept her going.
Salome Aluso Educational Background
Salome Aluso began her higher education at the University of Nairobi, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in education from 2010 to 2014.
She then pursued a master’s degree in applied Linguistics at Ohio University between August 2016 and May 2018, supported by a Fulbright scholarship.
Following this, she pursued a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Higher Education and Higher Education Administration at Ohio University.
She completed the program from August 2018 to May 2023, focusing on Higher Education and Student Affairs within College Student Counselling and Personnel Services.
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Career Background
Salome Aluso currently serves as the Assistant Director for the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs at Ohio Wesleyan University, a role she has held since August 2022.
Before this, she spent over seven years at Ohio University between 2017 to 2024 serving in multiple capacities, including Graduate Teaching Assistant and Graduate Assistant in the Department of Higher Education and Student Affairs.
In these roles, she assisted professors with administrative tasks, coordinated professional development programs, conducted research, designed methodologies, analyzed data, and taught College Student Personnel courses.
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In 221, Aluso worked as a Summer Graduate Assistant at Ohio Wesleyan University, where she helped design and implement the Summer Bridge Program.
Earlier, from August 2017 to May 2018, she served as the Swahili Program Language Coordinator at Ohio University.
In this role, she taught Swahili to second-language learners at elementary and advanced levels, supervised and graded students, organized cultural activities, and developed strategies to promote the language program.
She also drafted grant applications and proposals to support program growth.
Additionally, in the summer of 2017, Aluso served as Lead Instructor for the Summer STARTALK Program, where she developed and implemented the curriculum, created assessment strategies, and managed both indoor and outdoor program activities.
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