Staff

Extraordinary Professors/Researchers

Botha

Werner

Professor

 

AL

PhD

 

 

Doherty

Stephen

Professor

 

LP

PhD

 

 

Kotze

Haidee

Professor

 

DL,LP

PhD

 

Y1

Kruger

Jan-Louis

Professor

 

LP

PhD

 

 

Peters

Arne

Assistant professor

 

AL

PhD

 

 

Ravyse

Natasha

Doctor

 

AL

PhD

 

 

Rosenbach

Anette

Independent

 

DL

PhD

 

 

Van der Slik

Frans

Professor

 

AL

PhD

 

 

Van Rooy

Bertus

Professor

 

DL

PhD

 

B2

  Ms Anneke Butler

  Lecturer of Academic Literacy
  +27 16 910 3502
  anneke.butler@nwu.ac.za
  Building 7 - 204, Vanderbijlpark
 BA; HED; BEd (Psig); MA.
  Linguistics; Morphology (especially in Afrikaans); Academic Reading; Academic Writing; Material Development; Test Development

  Prof Bernard Nchindila

  Professor
  +27 18 389 2302
  Bernard.Nchindila@nwu.ac.za
  Building A3-150, Block B, Mahikeng
 PhD, MA (Unisa), Cambridge Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA) (Cambridge), BA English with Education, Advanced Certificate in Human Resource Management (Zambia)
  NRF rated: Linguistics, reading literacy, TESOL, ESL, EFL, ODeL, EAP,CLIL

  Dr Caroline Piotrowska

  Deputy Subject Leader; Lecturer of English Literature and Linguistics
  +27 16 910 3477
  Carolina.Piotrowska@nwu.ac.za
  Building A13-225, Vanderbijlpark
 BA Hons, MA in English, PhD in Linguistics
  Internet linguistics, sociolinguistics, World Englishes, modernism, comics and graphic novels

  Dr Eileen Pooe

  Senior Lecturer
  +27 18 389 2347
  Eileen.pooe@nwu.ac.za
  Base building,B161, Mahikeng
  MA
  Literature, Translation and Interpreting

  Prof Ella Wehrmeyer

  Associate Professor: Language Practice
  ella.wehrmeyer@nwu.ac.za
  Building A15- Office 103, Vanderbijlpark
 Doctor of Literature and Philosophy (DLitt et Phil)
  Translation and Interpreting Studies, C2 NRF rating

  Dr Frans van der Slik

  Research Associate
  f.v.d.slik@let.ru.nl

  Prof Gustav Butler

  Director: UPSET Research Area
  +27 16 910 3480
  gustav.butler@nwu.ac.za
  Building 6, Office G107, Vanderbijlpark
 PhD
  Curriculum and course design for academic literacy interventions; The teaching and learning of academic writing; The translation of academic literacy assessment instruments; Applied linguistics

  Dr Henri Laurie

  Lecturer of Academic Literacy
  +27 16 910 3479
  henri.laurie@nwu.ac.za
  Building A13, Room 215, Vanderbijlpark
 PhD
  Literature esp. 20th Century and Science Fiction, Literary Theory, Academic Literacy, Visual Culture

  Prof Ian Bekker

  Professor of English Linguistics
  +27 18 299 1551
  ian.bekker@nwu.ac.za
  Building E9-225, Potchefstroom
 PhD; C2 NRF rating
  English Linguistics; Sociolinguistics; Phonetics

  Mr Jacques Heyns

  Manager of Vanderbijlpark Campus Writing Centre
  +27 16 910 3485
  Jacques.Heyns@nwu.ac.za
  Building A14 (Library), Room SL331A, Vanderbijlpark
 BA Language Technology, MA Applied Positive Psychology
  Teaching and learning of academic writing

  Prof Johanita Kirsten

  Researcher UPSET
  +27 16 910 3474
  johanita.kirsten@nwu.ac.za
  Building 6, Office 106, Vanderbijlpark
 BA; BA Hons; MA; PhD
  Afrikaans Historical Linguistics and Sociolinguistics

  Dr Karien van den Berg

  Senior Lecturer of English Linguistics
  +27 18 299 1554
  karien.hattingh@nwu.ac.za
  Building E9 - 218, Potchefstroom
 BA; BA Hons; MA; PhD (NWU); Forensic Linguistics
  English as a Second Language; Language Testing; Discourse Analysis; Forensic Linguistics; Assessing writing

  Me Kehilwe Mose

  Junior Lecturer
  +27 18 389 2361
  16093968@nwu.ac.za
  Building A3, Block B, Office 157, Mahikeng
 Hons – English and B.A. Ed (Currently pursuing MA in English)
  Academic Literacy and Languages

  Dr Maristi Partridge

  Senior Lecturer of English Linguistics
  +27 16 910 3461
  maristi.partridge@nwu.ac.za
  Building A15-104, Vanderbijlpark
 BA, BAHons, MA, PhD
  Linguistics, Corpus Linguistics, World Englishes

Melanie Law Favo

  Dr Melanie Law Favo

  Senior Lecturer: Language Practice
  +27 16 910 3508
  melanie.law@nwu.ac.za
  Building A15, Office 102, Vanderbijlpark
 BA, BA Hons, MA in Language Practice (NWU); PhD Linguistics, Cotutelle (NWU and Macquarie University)
  Editing, corpus linguistics, language variation and change, World Englishes

  Ms Mimi Nokuthula Masango

  Lecturer of Academic Literacy
  +27 18 389 2470
  Mimi.masango@nwu.ac.za
  Building A3, Block B, Office 154, Mahikeng
 MTech: Language Practice

  Mr Ninan Samuel

  Lecturer
  +27 18 389 2541
  Ninan.samuel@nwu.ac.za
  Building A3, Block B, Office 149, Mahikeng
 M. A.
  English Language and Literature, Academic Literacy

  Prof Paul Nepapleh Nkamta

   Deputy Director, School of Languages (MC); Associate Professor
  +27 18 389 2895
  21114374@nwu.ac.za
  Building A3-162, Block B, Mahikeng, Mahikeng
 PhD in English, MA in Translation, PGCE, BA (Hons) in English
  Linguistic inequality in advertising, multilingualism and multiculturalism, reading literacy

  Dr Pheladi Fakude

  Senior Lecturer of Academic Literacy
  +27 16 910 3501
  Pheladi.Fakude@nwu.ac.za
  Building A13, Room 220, Vanderbijlpark
 BEd; BA Hons; MA (UL); PhD (NWU)
  Academic Literacy, Bi-and Multilingualism, Applied Linguistics, eye movement reading

  Ms Sarah Matsetela

  Junior Lecturer in Academic Literacy (Mahikeng)
  +27 18 389 2561
  sarah.matsetela@nwu.ac.za
  Building A3, Block B, Office 144, Mahikeng
 BA Hons English (Limpopo)

  Dr Taty Dekoke

  Lecturer of French
  +27 16 910 3493
  taty.dekoke@nwu.ac.za
  Building 7, Office 219, Vanderbijlpark
 MA French didactics: French as a foreign language (UCT) PhD Linguistics and Literary Theory (NWU)
  French language, Migrations, Multilingualism, Languages repertoires

  Dr Yolande Botha

  Subject Leader; Senior Lecturer in English Linguistics
  +27 18 299 1561
  lande.botha@nwu.ac.za
  Building E9-224, Potchefstroom
 BA; BA Hons; MA; PhD
  Corpus Linguistics; Systemic Functional Linguistics; Grammatical Analyses

  Ms Zhandi van Zyl

  Lecturer of Academic Literacy and English
  +27 16 910 3468
  zhandi.vanzyl@nwu.ac.za
  Building A13, Room 214, Vanderbijlpark
 BA Language Practice; BA Hons. Journalism; MA in Applied Language Studies
  Teacher/lecturer identity and bilingualism; multilingualism in the classroom; language repertoire methodologies.

Liqhwa Siziba

  Prof Liqhwa Siziba

  Director School of Languages
  +27 18 389 2168
  Liqhwa.siziba@nwu.ac.za
   Base Building , Office G68 Block B, Vanderbijlpark

  Prof Adri Breed

  Subject group leader (Potchefstroom Campus): Associate professor of Afrikaans and Dutch Linguistics
  +27 18 299 1563
  adri.breed@nwu.ac.za
  Building E9 - 243, Potchefstroom
  BBk; BTh; BA Hons; MA; PhD (NWU)
  Afrikaans Linguistics; Descriptive Linguistics; Grammaticalisation; Tense and Aspect

  Ms Nina Brink

  Lecturer of Afrikaans and Dutch Linguistics
  +27 18 299 1486
  nina.brink@nwu.ac.za
  Building E9 - 238, Potchefstroom
 BA; BA Hons; MA (NWU)
  Afrikaans Linguistics; Cognitive Linguistics; Applied Linguistics; Child Language Acquisition