Dr. James Kiwanuka-Tondo is an Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Public Relations curriculum
in the Department of Communication at North Carolina State University.

His main area of research is health communication campaigns with particular emphasis on HIV/AIDS. His major contribution has been in developing the first ever quantitative model of relationships between organizational factors, campaign planning, and campaign execution variables. He has also studied the influence of HIV/AIDS public policy on the organizations and preventive strategies to reduce HIV/AIDS in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania.

Dr. Kiwanuka-Tondo has received several awards including the Outstanding Faculty 2008, Department of Communication, the Advocacy Award for Promoting the Presence of African American at North Carolina State University 2008; and the Outstanding Teacher Spring 2007, Department of Communication, North Carolina State University. He has been a principal investigator on several research grants and has authored several publications and conference papers. He is a fellow of the Salzburg Seminar, and a recipient of the Fulbright Scholarship, as well as the British Commonwealth Technical Scholarship.

Dr. Tondo received his PhD from the University of Connecticut in l999, majoring in Communication Sciences. Dissertation title: An Organizational Theory of Health Communication Campaigns: Evidence from the Uganda AIDS Campaigns.

He received his Masters of Arts degree from the University of Connecticut in1996, majoring in Communication Sciences.

Additional Masters of Arts degree from the University of Leicester in1989, in Mass Communication.

B A. (Honors), Makerere University, 1978., Major: Literature.

Certificate: Advanced Journalism and Public Relations, International Institute for Journalism, Berlin, Germany, 1983.