Senior Lecturer

Dr Tafadzwa Chevo

Qualifications: Ph.D. (Rhodes); MSc (Erasmus); MSc (UZ). BSc Hons Sociology (UZ).

Autobiography

Dr Tafadzwa Chevo is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Demography Settlement and Development at the University of Zimbabwe as well as a Research Associate at Rhodes University’s Institute of Zimbabwean Studies. He obtained his PhD from Rhodes University’s Sociology Department and two Masters Degrees in Urban Social Development from Erasmus University and Sociology & Social Anthropology from the University of Zimbabwe. For his doctoral research, Tafadzwa combined qualitative and quantitative methodologies in a diachronic and synchronic study of livelihood practices to obtain insights on agency, marginality and territorial stigmatisation. Tafadzwa has more than twelve years of experience in design and management of programs and projects combined with research interests and advisory expertise in building resilience in rural and urban localities, climate change, livelihood practices, poverty and the impact of policies and interventions. Tafadzwa has worked and consulted for several organisations which include ZRBF/UNDP, RWI-Sweden, CIP-Kenya, IES, UNICEF, UNESCO, Practical Action and ZNANGO.

Publications and Research Profile

Lecturer

Dr Thebeth Rufaro Masunda

Qualifications: Bachelor of Community and Development (Honours), Master of Development Studies and PhD in Development Studies from University of KwaZulu Natal (KZN).

Bio: Dr. Thebeth, Rufaro Masunda is the chairperson and a Full-Time Lecturer in the Department of Community and Social Development at the University of Zimbabwe. She holds a Bachelor of Community and Development (Honours), Master of Development Studies and PhD in Development Studies from University of KwaZulu Natal (KZN). She is the Programme Coordinator for the BSc Social Innovation and BSc Smart Technology Applications degree programme, as well as the University Wide Digital Skills and Student Life Skills modules. Her research interests are in Migration and Family Studies, Social and Economic Development, Education and Development. As an academic, development practitioner and researcher she does research in socio-economic welfare of the marginalised groups in society. She has conducted extensive research on migration between South Africa and Zimbabwe. Most her research focused on the effects of migration on migrants and their family members during the migration period.  Her studies also investigated remittance transfers and transnational lives of migrants. Dr Masunda’s research interests are in social innovation, family studies, poverty and inequality and the education and development nexus. Dr Masunda as Editorial Member for the UZ PRESS, FIIB Business Review, Journal of Public Policy in Africa (JOPPA), as well as an External Examiner of PhD dissertations at the Women’s University.

Research Interests: Socio-economic welfare of marginalised group, Migration and family Studies, Poverty and Inequality, Gender and Social Development

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Phone Number: +263 775789347

Publications and Research Profiles: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=L5-IIFUAAAAJ

Senior Lecturer

Dr W.Ruparanganda 

DPhil in Social Science (UZ); MSc in Sociology and Social Anthropology, (UZ); BSc Honours in Sociology (UZ);Certificate in Education (Mkoba Teachers College)

Key Research area: Sexuality and Reproductive Health, Urban Poverty, Gender Issues.
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Books
1. Ruparanganda Watch 2011, Genitals Are Assets; Sexual Behaviour Patterns of Street Children of Harare, Lambert Academic Publishers, Germany
2. Ruparanganda Watch 2012, Children with Adult Hearts; The Case of Child-Headed Households of Highfield, Harare, Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany.

Lecturer

Dr. Benjamin Gweru

Qualifications: PhD in Sociology (Stellenbosch University, South Africa), Masters in Sociology and Social Anthropology (University of Zimbabwe), Bachelor of Science Special Honours in Sociology (University of Zimbabwe), Bachelor of Arts Degree (University of Zimbabwe)

Bio: Dr. Benjamin is an experienced academic with a history of working in the higher education industry. Benjamin has worked at the University of Zimbabwe since 2015 as a Teaching Assistant and currently he is a Lecturer at the same university in the Department of Community and Social Development. He also worked as a Tutor at the University of Pretoria during his time as a Doctoral student. Skilled in Statistical Data Analysis, Qualitative and Quantitative Methodologies, Benjamin is conversant with softwares such as Atlas.Ti, Nvivo, and SPSS.

Research Interests: Ageing Studies (Gerontology), Livelihood Studies, Urbanization, Violence and Victimology, Migration, Crime Studies, Social Theory, Research Methodology

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Phone number: +263772332231

Publications and Research Profiles: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=4pTIt4YAAAAJ