Departmental Officers

Mrs Helen Dakada, Senior Departmental Officer / 021 808 2040 / [email protected]
Mrs Johanita Passerini, Departmental Officer / 021 808 2051 / [email protected]

Professor Emerita

Prof Annie Gagiano

Prof Shaun Viljoen

Professors Extraordinaire and Associate Professors Extraordinaire

Prof Gabeba Baderoon (Pennsylvania State University)

Prof Meg Samuelson (University of Adelaide)

Prof Evan Mwangi (Northwestern University, Illinois)

Research Associates

Dr Tyrone August (Independent scholar) to June 2027 [email protected] 

Dr Wesley Macheso (Independent scholar) to 30 September 2028 [email protected] / [email protected]  

Prof Maria Olaussen (University of Gothenburg) to March 2029  [email protected] 

Prof Ranka Primorac (University of Southampton) to 31 Dec 2027 [email protected] 

Dr Ryan Topper (Western Ontario University) to 31 January 2028 [email protected] / [email protected] 

Dr Doseline Kiguru (Bristol) to 31 March 2028 [email protected] 

Dr Rose Lim (American University of Phnom Penh), to 31 Dec 2028, [email protected] 

Prof Graham Riach (Université Libre de Bruxelles), to 31 March 2029, [email protected] 

Prof Zlatan Filipovic (Gothenburg University), to 30 April 2029, [email protected] 

Dr Joseph Oduro-Frimpong (Ashesi University, Ghana), to 30 April 2029, [email protected] 

Dr Laura Zander (Independent Scholar), 1 June 2026 to 31 May 2029 

Prof Peter Schneck (University of Osnabrück), 1 June 2026 to 31 May 2029 

Current and Recent Postdoctoral Fellows

Dr Danie Stander

Dr Denish Odanga

Dr Elana Rykliff

Dr Rose Lim

1st and 2nd Year Tutors

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Lara Alhadeff

Eva-Liisa Andima

Pieter Conradie

Lameez Hendricks

Meg Hill

Bramwell Lusala

Siwongiwe Makupula

Josephine Troost

Khenjé Van der Walt

Donna Van der Wat

Inge Van Graan

Linda Van der Watt

Izelle Viljoen

Bo Whittaker

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Chan Croeser

Adri Marais 

Siwongiwe Makupula