Dr. James Kiwanuka-Tondo has taught numerous courses including Communication Research
Methods, Communication Campaigns, Intercultural/International Communication, Public Relations Applications (PR Campaigns), Media Effects, Interpersonal Communication, Small Group Communication, and Feature Writing. His research interest is health communication campaigns, especially the AIDS campaigns. His work has been published in the Journal of Health Communication, among others. Dr. Kiwanuka-Tondo was awarded a grant worth $20,000 from the John M. Lloyd Foundation to study the effectiveness of the Uganda campaigns. He has received several grants from the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA), the British Council, UNESCO, the University of Connecticut, and North Carolina State University.

Dr. Kiwanuka-Tondo was a Visiting Assistant Professor at Central Connecticut State Univ. for one year and the Univ. of Connecticut for three years. He was also Head of School of Journalism, Uganda Management Institute, for three years. He received the Outstanding Graduate Teacher Award 2008, Dept. of Communication, NC State Univ.; the Advocacy Award for Promoting the Presence of African American at NC State Univ.; the Outstanding Teacher Award, Dept. of Communication, NC State Univ., spring 2007; the Outstanding Professor of the Year Award, 1999, University of Connecticut. He is a recipient of the Fulbright Scholarship, the British Commonwealth Technical Assistance Scholarship, and is a Fellow of the Salzburg Seminar.