Staff Profiles: Professors
Mrs Wendy Mutsa Pilime (Chiota)
Position: Chairperson
Research Interests
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Climate smart agriculture
Climate resilience and vulnerability studies for rural farmers
Integrated soil fertility management
Plant propagation
Dr Fungai Mutema
Position: Chairperson
Research Interests:
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Reading literacy
Emergent literacy
Academic writing
Psycholinguistics
Applied linguistics
Family communication
Early childhood education
Onomastics
Dr Lettiah Gumbo
Position: Senior Lecturer
Research Interests:
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ESL Teaching
Term Creation
Gender Issues
Communication & Applied Communication
Cultural Communication
Dr Umali Saidi
Position: Senior Lecturer
RESEARCH INTERESTS
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Applied Linguistics
Semiotics
Communication & Applied Communication
Cultural Studies
Discourse Analysis (DA), Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) & Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis (MCDA).
Onomastics
Mr Muzemu Simbarashe
Position: Lecturer
Research interests:
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Crop protection research strategies using biological control options, agents, predators, parasitoids
Plant-insect pest interactions and biopesticides (botanical pesticides).
Mr Esau Mandipa
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests
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Human rights,
disability rights,
sexual minority rights and insurance law.
Mrs Soneni Matandare
Position: Lecturer
Research interests
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Sociolinguistics,
Discourse and critical discourse analysis,
Language acquisition,
Feminist critical discourse analysis
Mr Marlvern Mabgwe
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests:
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Iron Age Archaeology of southern Africa
Historical and Public Archaeology
Miss Kudzai Hilda Zimwara
Position: Technician
Research Interests:
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Geographical Information Technology, Database, Management,
