Jacob Katumusiime

Jacob Katumusiime holds a Bachelor of Arts with Education–First Class, a Master of Philosophy, and an Interdisciplinary PhD in Social Studies from Makerere University. He is a recipient of the SSRC’s Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa (Next Gen) 2021 Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowship and the 2023 Doctoral Dissertation Completion Fellowship. Jacob was also a 2023 Guest Researcher at the University of Bergen’s Department of Government in Norway. He has taught in secondary schools in Uganda and tutored at Makerere University, Uganda. His research interests include religion and politics, social movements, political violence, decolonization, and postcolonial studies. He critically engages the different debates in his areas of interest by utilizing both media and scholarly platforms. Jacob’s research vision is of historicizing and theorizing breakaway religious movements in postcolonial Africa. He hopes to not only reshape research and scholarship on religion but also teach the next generation of social scientists in Africa.