Staff Profiles: Professors

Dr. Vincent Jenjekwa

Position: Deputy Director & Research Fellow

Research Interests
    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
    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
    Horticulture & Organic farming

Prof Jephias Mapuva

Position: Associate Research Professor-Social Scientist

Research Interests:
    Sustainable Development Local Governance Rural Development Human Rights and Development Climate Change

Dr R. Muranda

Position: Senior Lecturer

Research Interests:

    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

    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
    Biodiversity conservation Ethno Zoology Water Resources management

DR MWADZINGENI LIBOSTER

Position: Research Fellow

RESEARCH AREAS
    Integrated water resources management Climate change Rural Development

Dr Munetsi Zvavahera

Position: Research Fellow

RESEARCH AREAS
    Biodiversity Aquatic Ecology Fishery Science

Mr Terrence Kwarayi

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests:

    Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Quality Management Brand Management Consumer Behaviour

Mr Blessed Mveku

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests

    Entrepreneurship Strategic Management Corporate Governance Leadership Innovation Financial Management

Mr. Wilberforce Kurevakwesu

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests:

    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 

    Community Work Disability issues Social Development Green Social Work Caregiving

Mr Praise Percy Tinashe Gandah

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests:

    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

    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:

    Phonetics and Phonology Sociolinguistics Academic and Professional Communication Second Language Teaching and Learning

Hlalani Ndhlovu

Position: Researcher-Kalanga

Research Interests
    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
    Language policy and planning Language education Oral literature

Ms NHEMACHENA NANCY

Position: Researcher – English

Research interests:
    Language Technology Academic and Professional Communication Language Policy and Planning Language teaching Literature

Mrs. Rhoda Ngirazi

Position: Chief Secretary

Research Interests:
     

MS NYASHA CHIVOMBO

Position: Administrative Assistant