Staff Profiles: Professors

Dr Talknice Z. Jombo

Position: Chairperson

Research Interests:
    Food Chemistry Cereals and legumes processing Dairy science and processing Product development

Dr Macloud Sipeyiye

Position: Chairperson

Research Interests
    Religion, health and human flourishing, Religion and politics, Religion and ecological conservation, Religion and 4IR.

Dr Ernest Jakaza

Position: Senior Lecturer

Research interests:

    Discourse analysis, parliamentary discourse, media discourse, argumentation discourse, appraisal discourse, political discourse, sociolinguistics and syntax Communication 

Dr. Angeline K. Sithole

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests:
    Gender and Development Public Policy Public Administration

Dr Smart Mhembwe

Position: Research Fellow

Research Interests:

    Gender & Development Gender, Climate change & Food security Cooperatives and collective development

Ms Valerie Rumbidzai Jeche

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests:

    Gender and Politics  Politics and Governance in Africa  Conflict Resolution 

Ms Tanya Nyasha T. Moyo

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests:
    Human Settlements and Governance Rural and Urban Development Planning and Management Decentralization and Sub-national Service Delivery Ethics in Local Governance Resource Mobilisation and Financing for Sub-national Development

Miss Davidzo Hope Mufema

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests:
    Public Management  Local Government Financing Public Finance Public Organisation behaviour  Government civil service reform Local Government service delivery

Mr Zibanai Zhou

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests
    Tourism management Destination management Event tourism Tourism development and local communities.

Mrs Victoria Masere

Position: Lecturer

Research interests:

    Public Finance Family Economics Macroeconomics Develoment Economics Industrial Economics

Mr Tenson Tawanda Mugodzwa

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests:

    Gender Education  Politics and History

Mr Amiel Mugari

Position: Lecturer

Research interests

    Sensory Science and Food Product Development. Food and Nutrition Security and Community Development. Food Safety, water and sanitation.

Mrs Phyllis Nyamande

Position: Lecturer

Research interests
    Reproductive health and nutrition Therapeutic nutrition Indigenous food systems Food safety Product development

Ms Chengeto P Mkwendi

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests:

    Ubuntu Journalism Health Journalism & the media Polital Economy & the media Cultural Studies

Precise Ndebele

Position: Technical Assistant

Research Interests:
     

ZWELIBANZI NGUMANI

Position: Binder

Research Interests:

     

Mr Rodney N Gwaza

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests
    Food Microbiology, Food Biotechnology, New Product Development Total Quality Management Systems, Risk Analysis and Food Safety
 

Ms Getrude Ndari

Position: Lecturer

Research interests
    Diet and disease Food Security, Maternal and Child nutrition Gut microbiota Functional foods and herbs Public health nutrition consultancy and Policy Food microbiology Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
 

Bhasera Maruzani

Position: Researcher – Braille

Research interests:

    Inclusion of persons with disabilities Braille technology Visual impairment and braille Deaf-blind and tactile signing Disability in the community