Richardson Addai-Mununkum

Senior Lecturer, University of Education - Winneba, since 2016per ORCID

Publishing since 1970, latest 2026

Richardson Addai-Mununkum is a Senior Lecturer of Curriculum and Pedagogy in the Department of Educational Foundations, University of Education, Winneba Ghana. He is an African Humanities Program Postdoctoral Fellow and a 2023 Carnegie Corporation of New York Fellow. He holds Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, and is also an alumnus of University of Cape Coast, Ghana, from where he graduated with Bachelor of Education and Master of… More on ORCID

Education
Sociology and Political Science
Clinical Psychology
Applied Psychology
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Economics and Econometrics

In their own words

Curriculum
Pedagogy
Religion in Education
African Studies
SDGs

Publications: 361970–2026
Citations: 197to those papers
h-index: 9i10-index 8
Field-weighted impact: 1.641.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 30%6 of 20 scored papers
Open access: 70%14 of the 20 whose access is recorded

1 other work — a preprint, a dataset or the like — is listed but not counted.

Google Scholar shows 314 citations, h-index 11 and i10-index 12 (272 citations and h-index 10 since 2021), as of October 10, 2026. It also counts theses, books and web pages, so it runs higher.

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Senior Lecturer, Educational FoundationsUniversity of Education - Winnebasince 2016

Education

Curriculum & Instruction, Curriculum & InstructionUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison2011–2015

Honours, memberships and service

African Studies Association
American Educational Research Association
African Humanities Association
Visiting Scholar, Linguistics and Applied Language Studies/Institute for the study of Englishes of Africa

Publications

36 in all

Exploring Connections in Co-curricular Activities and Students’ Holistic Development: A Case Study of a High School in Ghana
2026INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE AND EDUCATION RESEARCH STUDIESJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.55677/ijssers/v06i03y2026-04
Reimagining University Teaching: The Promise of Flipped Classrooms for Developing 21st-Century Pedagogical Skills among Pre-Service Teachers

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Citations received each year

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To all their work, old papers included. Google Scholar also counts citations from theses, books and web pages, so its line runs higher.

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Education1747%
Sociology and Political Science925%
Clinical Psychology411%
Applied Psychology13%
Developmental and Educational Psychology13%
Economics and Econometrics13%
General Social Sciences13%
Health13%
Information Systems13%
Literature and Literary Theory13%

Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Religious Education and Schools8
Religion, Society, and Development7
Education and Islamic Studies4
COVID-19 and Mental Health3
Technology-Enhanced Education Studies3
Diverse Education Studies and Reforms2
Higher Education Practises and Engagement2
Parental Involvement in Education2
Teacher Education and Leadership Studies2
Child Therapy and Development1
Collaborative Teaching and Inclusion1
COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts1

Who they write with

Their most frequent co-authors, and the papers those co-authors share

Where their co-authors are

35% of their 20 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1122223Home

Most frequent partner countries

South Africa3
United States2
Pakistan2
United Kingdom1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of GhanaGH3 papers
University of EducationPK2 papers
University of South AfricaZA2 papers
Southwestern Oklahoma State UniversityUS1 paper
State University of New YorkUS1 paper
University at Albany, State University of New YorkUS1 paper
University of the West of ScotlandGB1 paper
University of Cape CoastGH1 paper
University of PretoriaZA1 paper
University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial DevelopmentGH1 paper

Where they publish

African Studies Quarterly2
American Journal of Qualitative Research2
British Journal of Religious Education2
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Schools and Religion2
College of Education, University of Northern Iowa1
Cradle of Knowledge African Journal of Educational and Social Science Research (The)

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

4Quality education9
3Good health and well-being1
10Reduced inequalities1
13Climate action1

Most cited

Curriculum studies: Foundational issues
Sprint Ltd
202025 citations
‘These religions are no good–they’re nothing but idol worship’: mis/representation of religion in Religious Education at school in Malawi and Ghana
British Journal of Religious Education
201924 citations
COVID-19 and Online Learning: A SWOT Analysis of Users’ Perspectives on Learning Management System of University of Education, Winneba, Ghana
International Journal of Learning Teaching and Educational Research4
202020 citations

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

GHANA JOURNAL OF EDUCATION AND TEACHING

“It Makes Us Feel More Professional!” Stakeholders’ Perception of the Ghana Teacher Licensure Examination

2024Teacher Education and Curriculum StudiesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.11648/j.tecs.20240901.13

APPLYING ADLERIAN THERAPY TO ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES IN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

2024International Multidisciplinary Journal of Research and Education (IMJRE)JournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.64712/imjre.v2i1.283

Implementing Curriculum Change in Ghana: Exploring Teachers’ Experiences with Enacting 21st-Century Pedagogies

2023American Journal of Qualitative ResearchJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding13 citations10.29333/ajqr/13660

Non-Formal Education in Digital Spaces: A Digital Ethnography of Ghanaian Teachers’ Use of WhatsApp Group

2023International Journal of Qualitative ResearchJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.47540/ijqr.v3i1.961

Yonah Hisbon Matemba, Richardson Addai-Mununkum

2023The Bloomsbury Handbook of Schools and ReligionJournal0 citations

Religious Minorities at School South of the Sahara–Ghana, Lesotho, Malawi, South Africa and Zimbabwe

2023The Bloomsbury handbook of schools and religionJournal3 citations

From Proselytization to Democratization: Tracing the Footprints of Religion in Ghanaian Basic School Curriculum

2023Education in Ghana: History and PoliticsJournalFirst author1 citation

Online Instructional Scaffolding and Needs Satisfaction in COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from University Students in Ghana

2021Noble International Journal of Social Sciences ResearchJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation10.51550/nijssr.65.71.85

Curriculum studies: Foundational issues

2020Sprint LtdJournalFirst author25 citations

Students’ representation of “other” religions

2019Journal of Curriculum Studies ResearchJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding9 citations10.46303/jcsr.01.01.1

Teacher Identity, Positionality and (Mis) Representation of Religion in the Ghanaian School Contexts: Insider/Outsider Case Study Perspectives

2019American Journal of Qualitative ResearchJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding7 citations

The Representation of Religion in Basic Schools in Ghana: Ideology, Identity and Positionality in Curriculum Enactment.

2015College of Education, University of Northern IowaThesisFirst author0 citations

Rethinking Christian religious education in Ghana: history, challenges and prospects

2014Journal of Research on Christian EducationJournalFirst author18 citations10.1080/10656219.2014.966873

African Traditions in the Study of Religion, Diaspora and Gendered Societies

2014African Studies QuarterlyJournalFirst author0 citations

Perspectives of Basic School Level Headteachers in Accra Metropolitan Education Directorate about their Job Satisfaction amid the COVID-19 Pandemic

1970Cradle of Knowledge African Journal of Educational and Social Science Research (The)JournalOpen access0 citations10.4314/ajessr.v11i1.3

Cradle of Knowledge: African Journal of Educational and Social Science …1

How it can be read

70% free to read, of the 20 recorded

Diamond 5 · 14%Free to read and to publish
Gold 2 · 6%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 6%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 3 · 8%Free to read, no open licence
Green 2 · 6%A copy in a repository
Closed 6 · 17%Behind a paywall
Unknown 16 · 44%Not recorded by the source

Open access · Diamond