Staff Profiles: Professors
Dr. Vincent Jenjekwa
Position: Deputy Director & Research Fellow
Research Interests
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Sociolinguistics
Onomastics
Linguistic landscapes
Academic and Professional Communication
Language policy and planning
Contemporary issues in Education
Literary Studies
Indigenous Knowledge Systems
Prof. Cosmas Parwada
Position: Associate Research Professor: Agricultural and Development Scientist
Research Interests
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Sustainable soil management practices
Irrigation and crop, soil and water relations
Impact of soil organic matter on soil-water conservation and climate change
Soil conservation & fertility management
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Horticulture & Organic farming
Prof Jephias Mapuva
Position: Associate Research Professor-Social Scientist
Research Interests:
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Sustainable Development
Local Governance
Rural Development
Human Rights and Development
Climate Change
Dr R. Muranda
Position: Senior Lecturer
Research Interests:
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Collecting and recording children’s traditional songs.
Digital music production in the 21st century.
Exploring preservation of ethnic musical traditions through digital technology.
Instrumental performance of mbira and western musical instruments.
Live sound reinforcement techniques.
Music and internet resources for music instruction.
Performative music technologies.
Recording, mixing, and mastering music.
Transcription of traditional African music using notation software packages.
Virtual teaching and learning resources in the 21st century.
Dr Terence Tapiwa Muzorewa
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests
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Rural and urban development
Food security and agrarian reform
Cooperatives and collective development
Development Finance
History of development in Africa
Development Theory
DR JEKE AUGUSTINE
Position: Research Fellow
RESEARCH AREAS
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Biodiversity conservation
Ethno Zoology
Water Resources management
DR MWADZINGENI LIBOSTER
Position: Research Fellow
RESEARCH AREAS
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Integrated water resources management
Climate change
Rural Development
Dr Munetsi Zvavahera
Position: Research Fellow
RESEARCH AREAS
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Biodiversity
Aquatic Ecology
Fishery Science
Mr Terrence Kwarayi
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests:
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Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
Quality Management
Brand Management
Consumer Behaviour
Mr Blessed Mveku
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests
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Entrepreneurship
Strategic Management
Corporate Governance
Leadership
Innovation
Financial Management
Mr. Wilberforce Kurevakwesu
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests:
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Social Work Regulation
Child Protection
Social Welfare Policy
Developmental Social Welfare
Drug and substance use and misuse
Mental Health
African Social Work
Ms. Rudo Mukurazhizha
Position: Lecturer
Research interests
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Community Work
Disability issues
Social Development
Green Social Work
Caregiving
Mr Praise Percy Tinashe Gandah
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests:
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Rural and urban development
Water and livelihoods
Social inequalities
Social marginalization
Crime and deviance
Climate change
Climate migration
Sebastian Wilbert Rwakonda
Position: Researcher - Sign Language
Research interests
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Sign Language and deaf education
Issues on inclusion of persons with disabilities
Assistive technology and deaf education.
Mrs Elina Mukutu
Position: Researcher - English
Research Interests:
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Phonetics and Phonology
Sociolinguistics
Academic and Professional Communication
Second Language Teaching and Learning
Hlalani Ndhlovu
Position: Researcher-Kalanga
Research Interests
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Indigenous Language Development through literature production
Indigenous Language Teaching And Learning
Comparative Studies For Zimbabwean Indigenous Language Orthographies For Dialectal Languages
Kalanga Folklore
Adrian Mafa Phiri
Position: Researcher - Nambya
Research Interests
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Language policy and planning
Language education
Oral literature
Ms NHEMACHENA NANCY
Position: Researcher – English
Research interests:
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Language Technology
Academic and Professional Communication
Language Policy and Planning
Language teaching
Literature
