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Director of School

Prof Subeshini Moodley

Position:  Associate Professor and Director of School (Language, Media and Communication)
Department:  Media and Communication
Room:  0409
Location:  South Campus
Phone:  041 504 2225
Qualifications:  PhD
Expertise: Film theory, analysis and practice, postcolonial theory, feminism, diaspora, social develop, self-reflexive filmmaking, auto- and visual ethnography
Responsibilities:  Teaching and supervising film studies and video production
 

Head of Department

Dr Janelle Vermaak-Griessel

Position:  Senior Lecturer and Head of Department
Department:  Media and Communication
Room:  Main Building, 4th Floor, Room 9
Location:  South Campus
Phone:  041 504 4067
Qualifications:  BA Media, Communication and Culture, MA Media Studies, DPhil Media Studies
Expertise: Scriptwriting, Communication, Advertising
Responsibilities:  Programme Coordinator: BA Media, Communication and Culture
 

Professors

Prof Adrian Konik

Position:  Professor
Department:  Media and Communication
Room:  0419
Location:  South Campus
Phone:  041 504 4066
Qualifications:  BA General (UPE), BA Honors: Philosophy (UPE), MA: Philosophy (UPE), DLitt et Phil: Philosphy and Religious Studies (UNISA)   
Expertise: Cultural Studies, Film Studies, Philosophy
Responsibilities:  Lecturing and research
 

Given Mutinta

Position:  Associate Professor
Department:  Media and Communication
Room:  505, 5th floor Main Building
Location:  South Campus
Phone:  041 504 4675
Qualifications:  Dip (Philosophy) (Catholic Philosophicate, Lusaka), BA (Communication Theology) (University of Urbaniana, Rome), MA (Communications & Media Studies) (University of Zambia, Lusaka), MA (Communications & Media Studies) (UNISA), PhD (Culture, Communication & Media Studies) (UKZN), PhD (Research Methods in Culture, Communication & Media Studies) (UKZN)

Prof Shelley Barry

Position:  Associate Professor
Department:  Media and Communication
Room: 0416, Main Building
Location:  South Campus
 

Senior Lecturers

Dr Jakub Siwak

Position:  Senior Lecturer
Department:  Media and Communication
Room:  MB 04 05
Location:  South Campus
Phone:  041 504 2224
Qualifications:  BA (MCC) NMMU,MA (Media Studies), NMMU, D Phil (Media Studies), NMMU
Expertise: New Media Theory, Film Theory, Post-Structuralism
Responsibilities: Research, Postgraduate Supervision, Undergraduate Lecturing
 

Lecturers

Mr Jude Mathurine

Position:  Lecturer
Department:  Media and Communication
Room:  0506
Location:  South Campus
Phone:  041 504 4524
Qualifications:  NDip Journ (Tech Natal), B.Tech Journ (Tech Natal), MA (Rhodes)
Expertise: Journalism, New Media, Media Development, Media Education, Digital Publishing, Curriculum Development
 

Ms Tarryn Rennie

Position:  Lecturer
Department:  Media and Communication
Room:  0407, Main Building, South Campus
Location:  South Campus
Phone:  041 504 2908
Qualifications:  (MA) Media Studies; N Dip Graphic Design (PET)
Expertise: Visual Communication, Graphic Design, Brand Communication, Advertising, Design & Layout, Copywriting for Advertising
 

Ms Cindy Preller

Position:  Lecturer
Department:  Media and Communication
Room:  05-02, Fifth Floor, Main Building
Location:  South Campus
Phone:  041 504 2217
Qualifications:  BA MCC cum laude (NMU), Honours Journalism & Media cum laude (NMU), MA Journalism & Media (Rhodes University)
Expertise: Communication; Corporate Social Responsibility; Media Relations
Responsibilities: Coordinator: Honours Corporate Communication
 

Vuyelwa Jacobs

Position:  Lecturer / Programme Coordinator Diploma in Public Relations
Department:  Media and Communication
Room:  504 Main Building
Location:  South Campus
Phone:  041 504 3438
Qualifications:  PhD Communication Science (University of South Africa, Unisa) M.A. Media Studies: Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) B.A. Hons: Psychology and Education: University of Port Elizabeth (UPE) Bachelor of Arts (B.A): Vista University Full Teachers’ Diploma: Cape College of Education

Mr Mfundo Radebe

Position:  Lecturer
Department:  Media and Communication
Room:  Office 0415, 4th Floor, Main Building
Location:  South Campus
Phone:  041 504 2899
Qualifications:  ND Public Relations Management (DU), B-Tech in Public Relations Management (DUT), BA Honours in Communication Theory (UJ), Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education (UJ), and MA in Public Relations and Communication Management (CPUT)
 

Ms Orisha Ferndale

Position:  Associate Lecturer
Department:  Media and Communication
Room:  504 Main Building
Location:  South Campus
Qualifications:  BA MCC (NMMU), BAHons Media (UNISA)
 

Mr  Lungelo Manona

Position:  Lecturer
Department:  Media and Communication
Room: 0416, Main Building
Location:  South Campus
Phone: 041 504 0409
Qualifications: N.Dip Fashion Design (PE Tech), BA MCC (NMU), BA Honours Media Studies (cum laude) (NMU), MA Media Studies (cum laude) (NMU)
 
 

Administration

Mrs Faizah Samaai

Position:  Secretary
Department:  Media and Communication
Room:  402, 4th floor Main Building
Location:  South Campus
Phone:  041 504 3791

Video Production

Mr Francois Du Plessis

Position:  Video Production Technician/Lecturer
Department:  Media and Communication
Room:  Main Building, 3rd Floor, Office 317
Location:  South Campus
Phone:  041 504 4526
Qualifications: Honours Media Studies, National Diploma Photography
 

Mr. Johannes Jordaan

Position:  Digital Video Technician
Department:  Media and Communication
Location:  South Campus
 

 






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