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Secretary: Ms P Mseleku Tel: 031 373 2823 / 6767 Fax: 031 373 2822 Email: portiam1@dut.ac.za Location: S3 L1 Campus: Steve Biko Campus |
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Senior Lecturer: Dr Rachel Matteau Matsha Tel: 031 373 2827 Email: RachelM1@dut.ac.za Location: S3 L1 Campus: Steve Biko Campus Qualification(s): PhD (Wits), MA (Wits), BA (UQAM) Bio: Dr Rachel Matteau Matsha is a Senior Lecturer in the Programme of English and Communication. She lectures and supervises across disciplines in the Faculty of Arts, and has published in the fields of literary studies, postcolonial studies, book history, cultural studies and communication studies. She is the programme coordinator for English and Communication. Courses Currently Teaching: Communication Skills Research and Innovation focus: Literary studies, postcolonial studies, book history, cultural studies and communication studies |
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Senior Lecturer: Dr Sam Usadolo Tel: 031 373 2837 Email: samu@dut.ac.za Location: S3, L1 Campus: Steve Biko Campus Qualification(s): PhD 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. Courses Currently Teaching: Effective Business Communication in Organisations, and Advanced Management Communication Skills Research and Innovation focus: Research and innovation focus: Communication influence on work engagement and job satisfaction; legal interpreting situations in South African courtrooms. Interested in supervising the following research topics: participatory communication and rural development, the influence of communication on individual and organisational factors in non-profit and public organisations, crisis communication in the workplace, datafication, legal interpreting, and linguistic human rights. |
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Lecturer: Dr Nontsasa Nako Tel: 031 373 2830 Email: nontsasan@dut.ac.za Location: S3 L1 Campus: Steve Biko Campus Qualification(s): PhD, Binghamton University
Courses Currently Teaching: English for the arts, communication 1 and business Information & communication literary. |
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Senior Lecturer: Dr Veena Partab Tel: 031-3736732 Email: partabv@dut.ac.za Location: ABO111, 1st Floor, B Block Campus: M.L.Sultan Qualifications: Phd (UKZN), MA (UN), BEd (UNISA), UHDE( UDW) Hons (UDW), BA (UDW)
Courses Currently Teaching: Interpersonal Communication and The Self Research and Innovation: Orality-Literacy Studies, Oral History. |
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Lecturer: Zizipho Mdletye Email address: ziziphom1@dut.ac.za Campus: ML Sultan Campus Qualifications: MA (UP), PGDHE (The IIE), BA Honors (NMU), BA (NMU)
Courses Currently Teaching: Business Communication and Information Literacy Research and innovation focus: business communication, higher education, communication for social change, digital communication and reputation management. |
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Lecturer: Ms U Vooght Tel: 031 373 2821 Email: ursulas@dut.ac.za Location: AB0111H Campus: M L Sultan Qualification(s): Master of Arts in Cultural and Critical Studies (Lond), BA (Hons) English Literature (Lond), Bachelor of Arts (UNP, now UKZN) Bio: Ms Ursula Vooght is a Lecturer in the Programme of English and Communication. She lectures in the Faculty of Arts 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 published research, her current PhD studies at UKZN, and her own creative projects, which include graphic novel and screenplay adaptations. 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 |
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Senior Lecturer: Ms Terry D Herd Tel: 031-3732826 Email: terryhe@dut.ac.za Location: S3 Level 1 Campus: Steve Biko Campus Qualification(s): MA (University of Natal, Durban), BA (Hons) (Unisa) HDE (UND), BA (UND) Bio: Ms Terry D Herd is a Senior Lecturer in the Programme of English and Communication. She has been lecturing Communication across all faculties at DUT (formerly Technikon Natal) for 35 years. Courses Currently Teaching: Communication Skills 1 and Communication Skills 2 Research and Innovation Focus: Student writing as an empowering |
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Lecturer: Dr Jade Smith Tel: 031 373 2825 Email: JadeS1@dut.ac.za Location: S3 L1 Campus: Steve Biko Campus Qualification(s): PhD, MA, BA Hons, BA (Rhodes)
Research and Innovation Focus: Systemic functional linguistics (appraisal, visual analysis); multimodality; critical discourse analysis; South African print media and children’s literature. |