Senior Lecturer

Dr Felistas Ranganai Zimano

Qualifications: PhD (UKZN, 2017); MSc International Relations (UZ, 2012);  Bsc Honours Political Science (UZ);  Diploma in Human Resources Management (IPMZ, 2012);  Diploma in Secondary Teacher Education (Mutare Teachers).

Other Certificates: Certificate in University Teaching and Learning. (UCTL-University of Zimbabwe);  Certificate in AIDS Education, Gender Sensitivity, Guidance, Counselling and Reproductive Health; Certificate in National and Strategic Studies (History of Zimbabwe, Culture, National Heritage, Civic Education, National Orientation and Consciousness).

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Felistas is an educationist cum social scientist with work experience cutting across the spectrum of public and private sectors having been in education fields from Primary, Secondary education to University Level Teaching, private sector Human Resources and NGO consultancy work. She has sound interpersonal and public communication skills gained from an established teaching, training and research track record in the areas of International Relations, Management and Development Studies with a bias to international trade facilitation, trade transaction costs and conflict resolution. She has capacity to use traditional and modern ways of research and lessons delivery. Regularly, she carries out team building and training workshops for both public and private enterprises with special focus on Diplomacy, Peace Building and Research methodologies. Felistas extensive dissertation supervision experience and has served as an external examiner for local and international institutions.

Research Interests: Diplomacy, Trade Facilitation, Transitional Justice, Disability Inclusion.

Conferences and Workshop Papers Presented

1. Re-envisaging Southern African Road Entry Point Management Systems in the Context of African Epistemologies. African Association of Political Science (AAPS) International Conference, 25-26 March 2021.
2. Tinarwo, J., Mzizi, V., Uwizeyimana, D and Zimano F. R. 2019. The relationship between corruption and economic development: Lessons from Zimbabwe’s Public Enterprises. Conference Proceedings: Social Sciences Research Society. pp. 90-100.
3. Intersectionality of Regional Governance and Cross-National Activities in Southern Africa: The Role of African Epistemologies. African Governance Experts Seminar Series (AGOSS) Inaugural Lecture (Johannesburg) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEVCaGw3rjE
4. Manifest colonial legacies perpetuating illegal movements’ phenomenon: The Case of SADC border management systems. Zululand Humanities and Social Science workshop. (Richards Bay -South Africa)
5. Manifest colonial legacies in states’ perceptions versus emerging public perceptions and road entry point management systems: Southern Africa regional integration case. BMC International Conference (Durban South Africa)
6. The manifestations of historical legacies in Southern Africa’s Regional Integration. International Conference for Post Graduate Students’ Research on Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Southern and Eastern Africa (UKZN-Durban)
7. Re-envisaging Southern African Road Entry Point Management Systems in the Context of African Epistemologies. International Conference for Post Graduate Students’ Research on Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Southern and Eastern Africa (UKZN-Durban)

Publications and Research

Book Chapters

1. Zimano, F.R and Mashavira, N. 2021. Communications’ Industry Development in C Chidoko and J Zivanomoyo The (in)efficacy of economic Policy and Development in Zimbabwe. Dream discoveries Publishers, pp 139-155.
2. Tinarwo, J and Zimano, F. R. 2021. Thoughts on exploiting COVID-19 induced urban-rural migration towards household food security rejuvenation. In A. M Rusero., N, Mashavira and M. Mawere (eds) Manifestations, Ramifications and Future Prospects for Zimbabwe – A Multi-Disciplinary Perspective, Langaa Publishers. Pp, 485-507. https://muse.jhu.edu/chapter/2938360  
3. Zimano, F. R., Chimanikire, D and Chilunjika, A. 2019. ‘Border Management Systems’ intelligence and annotations on existing transit challenges in Zimbabwe’, in S Muqayi and Manyeruke C, Dynamics of Contemporary Border Management in Zimbabwe Challenges, Benefits and Prospects, pp. 37-60. Adonis Abbey: Nigeria.
4. Mupereki, F.R. (2013). The Decade when the Teacher Lost Respect and Dignity: A critical Examination, in Zimbabwe’s Decade of Crisis, 2000-2010: Zimbabwean Women’s Critical Perspectives. Zimbabwe Women Writers, Harare.  (18pages ).

Articles

1. Chilunjika, R. T., Zimano, F. R and Chilunjika, A. 2022. The COVID-19 pandemic and sexual reproductive health needs of women and adolescent girls in Zimbabwe, International Journal of Behavioural and Healthcare Research, Vol 8, No. 1/2, pp. 58-73.
2. Chilunjika, A., Tapfumaneyi, N. T and Zimano, F. R. 2021 "Impediments to the Advancement of Human Rights by the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission in Zimbabwe from 2013-2016’, International Journal of Law and Public Policy, pp. 1 – 10. https://doi.org/lamintang.ijlapp-0301.163  
3. Matsaure, K., Chindimba, A., Zimano, F.R. & Ruffin, F., 2020, ‘Looking under the veil: Challenges faced by people with disabilities in crossborder entrepreneurship’, African Journal of Disability 9. a645. https://doi.org/10.4102/ajod.v9i0.645 
4. Zimano, F. R. 2020. The catch-22 in pre-set budgetary allocations: The case of 2001 Abuja Declaration. International Journal of Human Rights and Constitutional Studies. Vol.7 No.2, pp.149 – 157. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJHRCS.2020.108014
5. Zimano, F. R. 2020. "A formal future is possible: Unpacking perceptions perpetuating African women’s informalisation." International Journal of Gender Studies in Developing Societies. Vol.3 No.4, pp.304 – 313. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJGSDS.2020.109229  
6. Zimano, F. R. 2019. Customised institutional experiences’ use in curbing unwanted occupational incidents and accidents. Facta Universitatis, Series: Working and Living Environmental Protection Vol. 16, No. 19, pp. 107-115.  https://doi.org/10.22190/FUWLEP1902107Z
7. Zimano, F.R. and Chilunjika, A. (2019) ‘Mixed methods in multi-level sampling: a research paradigms teaching and learning case to spur downstream innovation’, Int. J. Innovation in Education, Vol. 5, No. 4, pp.323–339. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJIIE.2019.102625   
8. Zimano, F.R., Keresencia, M. & Chilunjika, A., 2018, ‘‘Clutch-the-ear’ and get enrolled: The antagonistic intrusion of indigenous knowledge systems to the detriment of contemporary educational developments’, South African Journal of Childhood Education 8(1), a557. Available on https://doi.org/10.4102/sajce.v8i1.557
9. Zimano, F. R and Ruffin, F (2018) Simultaneous Development of Border Points as Trade Facilitation: Advocacy to aid Supply Chain of Goods through the Case of SADC Road Entry Points. International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management.  Volume 31, No 3, pp. 402-419 Available on: http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJLSM.2018.095826  
10. Zimano, F.R. 2018. Censoring Transitional justice: An intellectual departure from religious acceptance of methods. International Journal of Human Rights and Constitutional Studies. Volume 6, No 2, pp. 137-149. Available on https://doi.org/10.1504/IJHRCS.2018.10015118 
11. Zimano, F. R and Ruffin, F (2017). Palpable linkage of Supply Chain Management to Hard and Soft Infrastructure Marriage: The Case of SADC Road Entry Point Management Systems. International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management. Volume 30, No 3, pp. 349-365  https://doi.org/10.1504/IJLSM.2018.092614 
12. Mupereki, F.R (2014).  An Inquest into The Efficacy of Edmund Burke’s Political Ideas in Africa: The Case Study of the Arab Region.  African Journal of Social Sciences, Volume 4, No. 1, London, pp 43-52. http://www.sachajournals.com/user/image/ajss2014mupereki002.pdf
13. Mupereki, F.R (2014), Coalition Governments’ Place in Edmund Burke’s Political Philosophy. International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, Volume. 4 No. 2, pp 270-275. http://www.ijhssnet.com/journals/Vol_4_No_2_Special_Issue_January_2014/27.pdf  
14. Mupereki, F. R and Murwira, A (2014).  Situating Contemporary Politics into Karl Marx’s Theory: An Analysis of Events and Conditions that Led to the Arab Revolutions. International Journal of Physical and Social Sciences. Volume 4, Issue 4, pp 601-614 http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:ijpss&volume=4&issue=4&article=048

Community Service - University Community

• University of Zimbabwe Department of Governance and Public Management departmental board member
• University of Zimbabwe Department of Governance and Public Management departmental examinations’ board member.
• University of Zimbabwe Department of Governance and Public Management undergraduate degrees committee member
• University of Zimbabwe Department of Governance and Public Management departmental selection committee member
• University of Zimbabwe Department of Governance and Public Management departmental student advisory committee chairperson
• University of Zimbabwe Department of Governance and Public Management departmental Domboshava committee member
• Served in the development of the Faculty Minimum Body of Knowledge and Skills (MBKS) at Great Zimbabwe University

Wider Community

• Assist various groups of persons with disabilities in academic and non-academic matters (Particularly those with speech, hearing, sight and albinism conditions).

Membership

• Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa-Zimbabwe Chapter (OSSREA) Member.
• IPMZ ( Affiliate Member)
• Zimbabwe Women Writers Association.
• Zimbabwe Evaluation Association (Individual member)
• Friend of the deaf.

External Profile Links

Academia: https://independent.academia.edu/FelistasMupereki

Research gate https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Felistas_Zimano