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Acting Head of Department: Prof Maleshoane Rapeane-Mathonsi
Tel: 031 373 2823
Location: S3, L1
Campus: Steve Biko Campus
Qualification(s): PhD (University of Cape Town)
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Bio: Maleshoane Rapeane-Mathonsi is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Media, Language and Communication. She is a sociolinguist whose research interests include work on formal linguistics, linguistic landscape of southern African cities, and language differentiation and gender. She supervises postgraduate students in her department and sister departments in the Faculty of Arts and Design. She has co-authored a book, and published articles on language and orality in peer-reviewed journals. In addition, she is an experienced translator.

Course Currently Teaching: English for the Arts

Research and Innovation Focus: Language differentiation and gender, socio-onomastics, critical discourse analysis, orality, and lexicology.
Secretary: Ms L P Ntombela
Tel: 031 373 2823
Email: lindiwenp@dut.ac.za
Campus: Steve Biko
pa-sam Senior Lecturer: Dr Sam Usadolo
Tel: 031 373 2837
Email: samu@dut.ac.za
Location: S3, L1
Campus: Steve Biko Campus
Qualification(s): PhD
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Bio: Dr Sam Erevbenagie Usadolo is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Media, Language and Communication. He supervises across disciplines in the Faculty of Arts and Design, and his research adopts a critical organisational communication perspective to examine issues of workplace outcomes such as job satisfaction, retention and work engagement in both public and non-profit organisations.
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Courses Currently Teaching: Effective Business Communication in Organisations, and Business Communication and Information Literacy.

Research and Innovation focus: Organisational Communication, Health Communication, Participatory Communication, and Legal Interpreting Situations in South African Courtrooms.
  Senior Lecturer: Dr Bheki Mthembu
Tel: 031 373 2826
Email: AndreasM@dut.ac.za
Location: BS3305H
Campus: Steve Biko
Qualification(s): D. Ed (UniZulu), Master of Commerce in Organisational and Management Systems (University of Natal), Masters in English Language Education (Kent), Diploma in Industrial Relations (Damelin), Diploma in Project Management (Varsity College), Certificate for Overseas Teachers of English (UCLES), English at Secondary Level Certificate (Canterbury Christ Church University College), Senior Primary Teachers Diploma (Mpumalanga College of Education)
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Bio: Bheki Mthembu is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Media, Language and Communication. He is involved in research and postgraduate supervision. His research interests include African Literature Teaching, Language Pedagogy, Teacher Education and Higher Education. Bheki has also published articles on English language teaching and learning, Higher education and Curriculum studies. 

Currently Teaching: Communication Science 1 & Communication 2

Research and Innovation Focus: English Education pedagogy, Language Education, Multilingualism, African Literature, Curriculum studies, Organisational Communication
  Lecturer: Dr Ursula Vooght
Tel: 031 373 2821
Email: ursulas@dut.ac.za
Location: AB0111J
Campus: M L Sultan
Qualification(s):PhD Media and Cultural Studies (UKZN), Master of Arts in Cultural and Critical Studies (Lond), BA (Hons) English Literature (Lond), Bachelor of Arts (UNP, now UKZN)
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Bio: Dr Ursula Vooght is a Lecturer in the Programme of English and Communication. She lectures in the Faculty of Arts and Design and has supervised BA Hons (Film) students at AFDA, Durban. Her primary research interest is in the adaptation of texts. This long-standing interest has been pursued through her PhD and published research, and her own creative projects, which include graphic novel and screenplay adaptations. She has also supervised in the area of identity and communication, and film genres. Prior to entering academia, she worked for more than a decade in Corporate Communications.

Courses Currently Teaching: Business Communication and Information Literacy, Communication 1, English for the Arts, Interpersonal Communication and the Self

Research and Innovation focus: Dr Vooght is interested in interdisciplinary topics which draw on the disciplines of Adaptation Studies and/or Media and Cultural Studies and/or Communication Studies and/or Literary Studies.