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 Ezron Mangwaya

Position: Deputy Dean and Associate Professor

Research Interest:

    Curriculum implementation Curriculum policy Curriculum planning and development  Early childhood education Teacher education

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.

Dr. J Mutambara

Position: Chairperson

Research interests

    Positive Psychology Indigenous psychology Health psychology Trauma healing and coping Women`s mental health Bereavement

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

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 Nomagugu Ndlovu

Position: Lecturer                     

Research Interests:
    Food security Climate change Nutrition and Health Non communicable diseases

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 

Mr Kudakwashe P Dzingirai

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests: 

    Instrumentation and Control systems  SCADA &Industrial Remote Control  Industrial communication networks  Industrial Automation 

Mr Chosani Simon

Position: Lecturer

Research interests

    Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure Auditing Intergrated Reporting Corporate Governance & Accountability Public Sector Accounting & Public Finance Management

Ms Kudzaishe M Nyandoro

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests:
    Media reception studies  Broadcasting Film studies

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:
     

Mr Guwa Tapiwa

Position: Laboratory Technician

Research Areas
    Microbiology

MS MARIAN MAPHOSA

Position: Chief Secretary