Wycliffe W. Njororai Simiyu

• Professor and Chair of Allied Health Studies, Stephen F. Austin State University

Dr Njororai W. W. Simiyu was born, raised and educated in Kenya. He graduated with a PhD from Kenyatta University in 2001, with his dissertation research focusing on association football. He served as athletics director (2001 to 2004) and chair of the Department of Exercise, Recreation and Sport Science (2004 to 2007) at Kenyatta University. He was lead professor of kinesiology at Wiley College from 2007 to 2012, and moved to University of Texas at Tyler in fall 2012 where he served as professor and also served as interim chair of the Department of Health and Kinesiology in the spring semester of 2013 in USA. He then joined Stephen F. Austin State University as chair of the Department of Kinesiology and Health Science, which has been renamed Allied Health Studies since September 2025. He researches and publishes widely on Kenyan sports including soccer and track and field, among others. He has over 100 peer reviewed publications to his name, has spoken at many local and international conferences and has mentored many in the area of kinesiology. He previously served as the president of Faculty Senate at University of Texas at Tyler (2017-2020) and also president of Kenya Studies and Scholars Association () 2017-2019. He is passionate about fitness and loves running.

• 2023–present Professor and Chair, Stephen F Austin State University
• 2016–2023 Professor, The University of Texas at Tyler
• 2012–2016 Associate professor, The University of Texas at Tyler
• 2007–2012 Associate professor, Wiley College

• 2001 Kenyatta University, Ph.D.

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