Staff Profiles: Professors

DR ANNAH MOYO

Position: Executive Dean - Faculty of Education

Research Interests

    Gender and Education Gender and  Stress Management Gender Women Empowerment and Culture Social Justice and Education Indigenous Knowledge Systems Gender and Religion Education and Development Education and Policy

Dr S Shoko

Position: Chairperson

Qualifications:  
    Dip Ed (UZ), B.Ed Hons (UNISA), MEd (ZOU), PhD (UKZN) 
Research Interests:

MR LAURENCE MAREGEDZE

Position: Acting Chairperson

Research Interests

    Machine design Computational engineering Digital Twin Energy engineering Industrial process automation and optimization Artificial intelligence Computational Fluid Dynamics Finite element method Antragogy

Dr Patience Chadambuka

Position: Chairperson

Research interests

    Climate change Land and Agrarian Studies, Community Development and Livelihoods Gender, Sexuality and Family Studies, Migration, Race, Ethnicity and studies of difference.

Prof E. Mangwaya

Position: Professor

Dr. Shingirai Mugambiwa

Position: Lecturer

RESEARCH INTERESTS

    Migration Climate governance  Indigenous Knowledge Systems Sustainable Livelihoods and Food Security 

DR NOAH KUPETA

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests:

    Cultural Studies and Political Communication, Memory Studies, Digital and Electronic Broadcasting Media Education & Andragogy Training Approaches  Indigenous Languages in Journalism

Dr Leon Poshai

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests:

    Public Policy Analysis Digital Governance  Public Administration 

Dr Augustine T Mataba

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests

    Strategic Management Business/Labour Law Human Resources Management  Intellectual Property Law Business model Innovation Strategic Human Resources Management

Dr Francis Muromo

Position: Research Fellow

Research Interests

    Rural Development, development induced displacements and dynamics behind the sugarcane out grower model inherited from the colonial era.

Dr Takunda Maodza

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests:

Media and Politics, Data Journalism, Investigative Journalism 

Mr. Julianos Masimba

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests:

    Human Settlements and Governance Local Economic Development Rural and Urban Development Social Media and Citizen Participation

Mr. Hagreaves Kumba

Position: Lecturer

Research interests:

    Engineering Management Energy, Renewable Energy Engineering Education Computational Fluid Dynamics

Mr. John Vengai Muzvondiwa

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests:

    Fisheries and Aquaculture, Epidemiology and data analysis, Monitoring and Evaluation

Ms Nency Munyuki

Position: Lecturer

Research interests: 

    Agronomy, Sustainable Agriculture, Soil fertility Plant nutrition

MR KUMBIRAI NICHOLAS MATINGO

Position: Assistant Lecturer / Staff Development Fellow

Research Interests:

    Spatial Dimensions of Public Health and Health Geography  Climate Change Impacts on Health  Spatial Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance  Applications of Geographic Information Science (GISc) for Sustainable Development Earth Observation Technologies for Enhancing Livelihoods and Supporting the Sustainable Development Goals (Space4SDGs) 

MR R. ZHOU

Position: Staff Development Fellow

Research Areas:  

Structural Designs, Water and Sanitation

Lindani Mpinami

Position: Assistant lecturer

Research Interests:
    Cultural studies language development Climate change  translation studies gender studies

Tsveti Tichaona

Position: Laboratory Technician

Research Interests:
    Water supply and Sanitation Water Purification and Quality management Soil and Water Conservation Irrigation systems and current technologies Climate smart Agriculture GIS and Remote Sensing

Mr Kure Godfrey

Position: Field Technician