Associate Professor of Journalism earned the following degrees: 
Post Doctoral Certificate, Ohio State University, 1991: 
Ph.D. in Communications, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1990; M.S. in Communication, Ohio University, 1981; B.S. in Journalism, Ohio University, 1979; and a Diploma in Journalism, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 1977.

Dr. Mukasa was for four years a senior journalist and news editor of The Chronicle, a daily newspaper in Zimbabwe. He also covered the war between government troops and rebels in western Zimbabwe. During his post doctoral program at Ohio State University, Dr. Mukasa conducted a survey research on the role of the new information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the productive capacities of low-income farmers in eastern and southern Ohio. He co-authored with Professor Lee Becker of Ohio State University a research report on Africa's information and communication education resources and needs.

Prior to joining IUP, Dr. Mukasa was visiting assistant professor of communications at Bethany College, West Virginia. He has presented papers at seminars and conferences in Africa, Canada and the United States and has published a number of articles on international communications as well as the social implications of information and communication technologies. In summer of 1992 he was one of 35 professors selected to attend a seminar on C-SPAN in the classroom held in Washington, D.C. Dr. Mukasa developed for the World Bank a policy paper on an information strategy for
promoting environmentally sustainable development in sub Sahara Africa.

He is a founder member of the Southern African Development, Culture and Communication Network (SADECCON) a consortium of academics and researchers on information and communication technologies and the Internet and their implications to southern Africa.

He is also a founder member and international liaison officer for the public journalism international.

He teaches Research Methods in Journalism; World News Coverage; Journalism and Mass Media; Writing for the Print Media; Journalistic Writing; News Reporting; Community Journalism, Editing; Issues and Problems; Public Opinion and the News Media and History of the American Press.

Dr. Mukasa received  a $70,000-grant from the World Bank to develop and present distance education courses in journalism for Africa.