Staff Profiles: Professors
Prof Efiritha Chauraya
Position: Executive Director
Research Interests:
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Gender Issues in society
Gender issues in the curriculum
Curriculum Development issues
Gender and Political instability
Dr Tirivashe Phillip Masere
Position: Acting Deputy Dean
Research Interests:
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Soil and Water Conservation
Water Quality
Water Supply and Sanitation
Climate Change and Adaptation
Climate Smart Agriculture
Small Scale Farming Research
Agricultural Extension and Rural Resource Management
Crop Simulation Modeling
Technology Adoption and Innovation in Small-Scale Farming Systems
Dr R. Muranda
Position: Senior Lecturer
Research Interests:
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Digital music production in the 21st century
Instrumental performance of mbira and western musical instruments.
Live sound reinforcement techniques.
Recording, mixing, and mastering music.
Virtual teaching and learning resources in the 21st century.
AI and music teaching-learning
Dr Luxwell C Ngara
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests:
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Cyber Security
IT Governance
Information Security
Dr Beauty Dzawanda
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests:
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Sustainable livelihoods and Community development
Informal Cross Border Trading and sustainable development
Environmental Issues that affect sustainability
Dr Francis Muromo
Position: Research Fellow
Research Interests
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Rural Development, development induced displacements and dynamics behind the sugarcane out grower model inherited from the colonial era.
Dr Smart Mhembwe
Position: Research Fellow
Research Interests:
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Gender & Development
Gender, Climate change & Food security
Cooperatives and collective development
Dr Daniel Mawere
Position: Research Fellow
Research Interests
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Gender justice in education;
Gender and research productivity;
Gender violence and gender and policy issues.
Dr. Tendai Chirimaunga
Position: Research Fellow
Research Interests:
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Lexicography and Corpus Building
Orthography Development
Translation and Terminology Development
Language Policy & Planning
Linguistics & Language Research
Indigenous Knowledge Systems
Pr. Eng. Laurence Maregedze
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests
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Machine design
Computational engineering
Digital Twin
Energy engineering
Industrial process automation and optimization
Artificial intelligence
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Finite element method
Andragogy
Mr. Eric Manyonda
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests:
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Indigenous institutions & Peace/climate change & Peace
Artificial intelligence & Peace
Research methods & Statistics
Governance, mobility & Trade
Ms Devotion Mahamba
Position: lecturer
Research Interests:
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Juvenile justice system
children and families' mental health
human rights
research
Indigenous knowledge systems
drug and substance use
Nyevero Maruzani Matyavira
Position: Research Fellow
Research Interests:
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Gender
Education
Gender and Disability
Counselling
Justice Muberekwa
Position: Technician
Research Interests:
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Biometry and Statistical Computing
Bioeconomic Systems Modelling
Behavioral Economics & Decision Science
