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

  Professor
  018 299 1487
  ian.bekker@nwu.ac.za
  Building E9, Room 225, Potchefstroom
 PhD
  Sociophonetics

  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 Masekake Philomena Sefotho

  Senior Lecturer
  018 389 2845
  malephole.sefotho@nwu.ac.za
  Building A3-118, Mahikeng
 PhD in Applied Linguistics
  Multi/bilingualism, translingual & , bilingual reading

  Dr Maristi Partridge

  Senior Lecturer
  +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

  Prof Rodwell Makombe

  Professor of English
  rodneymakombe@gmail.com
 PhD
  Literary and cultural studies

  Ms Romalda Ngubane

  Lecturer of English
  +27 18 389 2109
  Romalda.Ngubane@nwu.ac.za
  Building A3, Block B, Office 126, Mahikeng

  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
  +27 16 910 3468
  zhandi.vanzyl@nwu.ac.za
  Building A13, Room 214, Vanderbijlpark
 PhD (Language and Literature with English), MA (Applied Language Studies), BA Hons Journalism, BA Language Practice
  Multilingualism, Language teacher identity, Higher education training