His area of specialisation is History of Education. Dr. Simwa started his professional career as a teacher educator in Moi University in 1996 and to date, he has a quarter a century of work experience. In addition to teaching and supervision of undergraduate students, he is actively involved in supervision of Masters and PhD candidates in addition to undertaking various research projects. He is an experienced researcher who has published several journal articles and book chapters. Among other professional organisations he is affiliated to is the American Association of Educational Researchers (AERA) and African Network on Internalisation of Education (ANIE). He aspires to enhance the research and knowledge generation role of ANIE, strengthen the capacities of international offices, foster the development of early career researchers in different disciplines and create platforms for scholarly exchanges on internationalization of education in Africa.