English - staff
Prof Attie de Lange
Professor of English Literature +27 18 299 1480 attie.delange@nwu.ac.za Building F4 - G01, Potchefstroom English Literature; Conradian Studies; Post-modernism
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
Prof David Scott-Macnab
Professor in English Literature +27 18 299 1555 23822732@nwu.ac.za Building E9-108A, Potchefstroom BA (Hons); PhD; NRF rated Medieval Language and Literature
Mrs Diana Bloem
Lecturer of English Literature +27 18 389 2396 Diana.Bloem@nwu.ac.za Building A3-C178, Mahikeng B.Social Science (UKZN), BA Hons (UKZN), MA in English Studies (UKZN) Creative writing, postmodern genres and postcolonial writing.
Prof Ian Bekker
Associate Professor of English Linguistics +27 18 299 1551 ian.bekker@nwu.ac.za Building E9-225, Potchefstroom PhD; C2 NRF rating English Sociolinguistics; Phonetics
Mr Jurie Wynand Steyn
Junior Lecturer 22271783@nwu.ac.za Building A3-172, Block C, Mahikeng BA (Hons.) English
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
Dr Malephole Sefotho
Deputy subject leader; Senior Lecturer of English Linguistics 018 389 2845 malephole.sefotho@nwu.ac.za Building A3-148, Mahikeng PhD in Applied Linguistics Reading comprehension strategies; sociolinguistics; multi/bilingualism; translanguaging/lingualism and grammatical analysis
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
Ms Mercia Morris
Junior Lecturer 018 299 1490 21975957@nwu.ac.za Building E9-215, Potchefstroom BA Language and Literature; Hons (Eng); MA Applied Linguistics (cum laude); TEFL Applied linguistics; collocations; vocabulary teaching and assessment
Dr Michèle du Plessis-Hay
Senior Lecturer in English Literature +27 18 299 1556 michele.duplessishay@nwu.ac.za Building E9-220, Potchefstroom BA; BA Hons; BA Hons (Rand); MLitt (Oxon); PhD (Rand) Renaissance Literature; Ben Jonson; The Inklings; Early Equestrian Writing
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
Mr Rakgomo Pheto
Lecturer of English Literature +27 18 299 1550 rakgomo.pheto@nwu.ac.za Building E9-223, Potchefstroom BA; BA Hons; MA; PGCE Creative writing, English World Literature, Post-colonial Literature, Didactics
Dr Rilette Swanepoel
Senior Lecturer of English Literature +27 16 910 3467 rilette.swanepoel@nwu.ac.za Building A13-211, Vanderbijlpark NRF (Y2) 2018 - 2023, PhD (English Literature) Postmodern Fiction, Poetry, Literary Theory
Dr Ronel Wasserman
Senior Lecturer of English Linguistics +27 16 910 3401 ronel.wasserman@nwu.ac.za Building A13-224, Vanderbijlpark BA in Language and Literary Studies; BA Hons in English; MA conferred with PhD in English Historical Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Language Contact
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
