Professor Ntarangwi is a scholar, teacher, researcher and administrator of international repute whose experience and expertise span three decades and cut across diverse geographical locations and institutions. Trained in language education (Kenyatta University) and cultural anthropology (University of Illinois), Ntarangwi has been keen to apply his research interests and focus to teaching and administration. He has taught in universities in Kenya, the United States, and Liberia; carried out research in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, the United States, and Zimbabwe.

Prof. Ntarangwis teaching and administrative experiences include serving as faculty at St. Lawrence University, Augustana College, and Calving College (USA), Kenyatta University and Egerton University (Kenya) and as CEO at the Commission for University Education (CUE), Kenya, which he successfully transformed from a policing body into an institution focusing on progressive partnership with universities, with clearly understood quality assurance standards and as the Deputy Principal in charge of Academics, Research and Student Affairs at NIRUC (a constituent college of the National Defence University Kenya) ,where he was instrumental in laying the foundations for faculty teaching, research and publishing and the mentoring of students for applied research and interdisciplinary academic work.

USIU-Africas mission to prepare the next generation of effective, engaged, and ethical leaders for the fast-changing African and global contexts was a major draw for Prof. Ntarangwi and he plans to not only support it but take it to the next level.