Staff
Administrative Staff

Prof Attie de Lange
Director +27 18 299 1558 attie.delange@nwu.ac.za Building E9 - 108, Potchefstroom
Ms Elsa van Tonder
Senior Administrative Assistant +27 18 299 1485 elsa.vantonder@nwu.ac.za Building E9 - 108, Potchefstroom Financial Administration
Ms Nicoline Gerber
Administrative Assistant +27 18 285 2421 nicoline.gerber@nwu.ac.za Building E9 - 108, Potchefstroom General AdministrationAcademic Staff

Prof Herculene Kotzé
Deputy Dean: Community Engagement, Business Development and Stakeholder Relations +27 18 299 1552 herculene.kotze@nwu.ac.za Building E9 - G06, Potchefstroom BA; MA (UFS); PhD (NWU) Translation and Translation Training; Interpreting and Interpreting Training; Educational Interpreting
Prof Rigardt Pretorius
Subject Chair: Professor of Setswana +27 18 299 1510 rigardt.pretorius@nwu.ac.za Building E9 - G18, Potchefstroom BA; BA Hons; MA; PhD (PU for CHE) Morphology and morpho-syntax of Setswana
Prof Tobie van Dyk
Head: Centre for Academic and Professional Language Practice +27 18 299 4570 tobie.vandyk@nwu.ac.za Building E9 - 217, Potchefstroom BA; BA Hons; HED; MA; PhD Applied Linguistics; Language Testing; Academic Literacy
Prof Thys Human
Professor of Afrikaans and Dutch Literature +27 18 299 1559 thys.human@nwu.ac.za Building E9 - 232, Potchefstroom BA; BA Hons (Training Management); BA Hons (Afrikaans); MA; DLitt (UJ) Afrikaans Literature; Prose and Drama
Prof Phil van Schalkwyk
Lecturer of Afrikaans and Dutch Literature +27 18 299 1492 phil.vanschalkwyk@nwu.ac.za Building E9 - 234, Potchefstroom BA Hons; MA; PhD Comparative Literature; Literary Theory; Afrikaans and Dutch Poetry and Prose
Ms Amanda Potgieter
Lecturer of Academic Literacy +27 18 299 1040 amanda.potgieter@nwu.ac.za Building F4 - 103, Potchefstroom BEd Hons; MEd Academic Literacy; Teaching-learning; Educational Psychology
Mrs Retha Schwanke
Lecturer of Academic Literacy +27 18 299 1044 Retha.Schwanke@nwu.ac.za Building F4 - 107, Potchefstroom BA; BA Hons; MA Academic Literacy; Blended Learning; eLearning Environments; Assessment; eAssessment
Dr Philip van der Merwe
Senior Lecturer of German +27 18 299 1565 philip.vandermerwe@nwu.ac.za Building E9- 216, Potchefstroom BA; BA Hons; MA; PhD; PGCE (NWU), Certificate: “Methodik und Didaktik des fremdsprachlichen Deutschunterrichts” (Goethe-Institut) Literary theory
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
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 TheoryDr Susan Meyer
Senior Lecturer of Afrikaans Literature +27 18 299 4723 susan.meyer@nwu.ac.za Building C6 - 230, Potchefstroom BA; HOD; BA Hons; MA; D.Litt et Phil Literary Criticism; Eco-critical Approach to Contemporary Afrikaans Narratives
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; Grammatical Analyses of English and Afrikaans; Systemic Functional Linguistics