Directory of Expertise 2025


1	Title	Name	Surname	Institutional Affiliation	Main fields of active academic expertise	Details of active expertise	NRF Rated	Willing to act as:	Languages	Website	ResearchGate Profile	Other Research Profiles

2	Mr	David	Blignaut	Neslon Mandela University	Language and society (e.g. sociolinguistics, sociology of language, language policy, etc.)	I lecture Communication modules and supervise at Masters and Honours levels.	No	external examiner for postgraduate studies, a moderator of university courses/modules, a reviewer for journal articles	English
3	Ms	Tracy	Bowles	Rhodes University	Sentence and word structure (e.g. syntax, morphology, semantics, language description, etc.), Language and Education (e.g. literacy studies, language teaching, academic literacies etc.), Psycholinguistics (e.g. language acquisition, L2 development, speech therapy, etc.)	I am a Linguistics lecturer and PhD candidate specializing in the psycholinguistics of literacy, with a particular interest in experimental syntax and literacy development in L2 English and Southern Bantu languages.	No	external examiner for postgraduate studies, a moderator of university courses/modules, a reviewer for journal articles	English	https://www.ru.ac.za/linguisticsandappliedlanguagestudies/people/tracybowles/	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tracy-Bowles-3
4	Ms	Nina	Brink	North-West University; School of Languages	Language and society (e.g. sociolinguistics, sociology of language, language policy, etc.), Psycholinguistics (e.g. language acquisition, L2 development, speech therapy, etc.), Cognitive linguistics	Afrikaans first language acquisition; cognitive linguistics; child language	No	external examiner for postgraduate studies, a moderator of university courses/modules, a reviewer for journal articles	Afrikaans and English		https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nina_Brink
5	Ms	Fundile	Cebekhulu	University of the Witwatersrand
6	Dr	Faith	Chapwanya	University of Pretoria	Sentence and word structure (e.g. syntax, morphology, semantics, language description, etc.), Sound systems (e.g. phonetics, phonology, accents, language description, etc.), Discourse and text (e.g. discourse analysis, pragmatics, corpus linguistics, conversation analysis, etc.), Language and society (e.g. sociolinguistics, sociology of language, language policy, etc.)	My field of linguistic expertise is corpus linguistics and African Englishes.	No	a reviewer for journal articles	English
7	Mr	Lidon	Chauke	Department of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, Nelson Mandela University	Language practice (e.g. translation studies, interpreting, etc.), Language and society (e.g. sociolinguistics, sociology of language, language policy, etc.)	My research interests revolve around the following linguistics aspects: Sociolinguistics: Language attitudes, Language and Identity, Language and Ideology, Language contact, Historical Linguistics and Linguistic Anthropology.	No	a media source/commentator, external examiner for postgraduate studies, a moderator of university courses/modules, a reviewer for journal articles, supervisor of postgraduates	English and Xitsonga
8	Ms	Gloria	Daza	North-West University, Law Faculty	Discourse and text (e.g. discourse analysis, pragmatics, corpus linguistics, conversation analysis, etc.), Language and society (e.g. sociolinguistics, sociology of language, language policy, etc.), Language and Education (e.g. literacy studies, language teaching, academic literacies etc.), Psycholinguistics (e.g. language acquisition, L2 development, speech therapy, etc.)	I am an emerging academic. I am a junior lecturer in the law faculty and I teach language in the legal context. My current research is focussed on sociolinguistics, but my interests include discourse analysis, forensic linguistics, and psycholinguistics.	No	a media source/commentator, external examiner for postgraduate studies, a moderator of university courses/modules, a reviewer for journal articles, supervisor of postgraduates, mentor of junior academics
9	Dr	Carla	Ellis	Departement Afrikaans en Nederlands, Duits en Frans	Language and society (e.g. sociolinguistics, sociology of language, language policy, etc.)	I work in the field of sociolinguistics (variational linguistics) and for my PhD I focused on Afrikaans forms of address.	No	external examiner for postgraduate studies, a moderator of university courses/modules, a reviewer for journal articles, supervisor of postgraduates	Afrikaans en Engels
10	Dr	Adebola	Fawole	University of Zululand	Discourse and text (e.g. discourse analysis, pragmatics, corpus linguistics, conversation analysis, etc.), Language and society (e.g. sociolinguistics, sociology of language, language policy, etc.), Language and Education (e.g. literacy studies, language teaching, academic literacies etc.)	I am interested in the use of language in society, especially in education.	No	external examiner for postgraduate studies, a moderator of university courses/modules, a reviewer for journal articles, supervisor of postgraduates	English
11	Ms	Seshnee	Govender-Chetty	University of KwaZulu-Natal
12	Ms	Happiness	Gumbo	Eduvos, Faculty of Humanities	Discourse and text (e.g. discourse analysis, pragmatics, corpus linguistics, conversation analysis, etc.), Language and society (e.g. sociolinguistics, sociology of language, language policy, etc.), Language and Education (e.g. literacy studies, language teaching, academic literacies etc.)	Lecturing 1st to 3rd year linguistics	No	mentor of junior academics	English
13	Prof.	Kate	Huddlestone	Department of General Linguistics, Stellenbosch University	Sentence and word structure (e.g. syntax, morphology, semantics, language description, etc.), Discourse and text (e.g. discourse analysis, pragmatics, corpus linguistics, conversation analysis, etc.), Language and society (e.g. sociolinguistics, sociology of language, language policy, etc.), Sign language linguistics	I am an associate professor in the Department of General Linguistics at Stellenbosch University and editor for Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus (SPiL Plus). My research focuses on various aspects of South African Sign Language (SASL). I also work on the syntax and pragmatics of Afrikaans and South African English.	Yes	a media source/commentator, external examiner for postgraduate studies, a moderator of university courses/modules, a reviewer for journal articles, supervisor of postgraduates, mentor of junior academics, public speaker	English, Afrikaans	https://katehuddlestone.com/	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kate-Huddlestone
14	Prof.	Johanita	Kirsten	UPSET Research Focus Area, North-West University	Sentence and word structure (e.g. syntax, morphology, semantics, language description, etc.), Discourse and text (e.g. discourse analysis, pragmatics, corpus linguistics, conversation analysis, etc.), Language and society (e.g. sociolinguistics, sociology of language, language policy, etc.)	Afrikaans historical linguistics, corpus linguistics, sociolinguistics, metaphor and discourse	Yes	external examiner for postgraduate studies, a reviewer for journal articles, supervisor of postgraduates, mentor of junior academics, public speaker	Afrikaans, English, Dutch
15	Prof.	Herculene	Kotzé	Faculty of Humanities, North-West University	Language practice (e.g. translation studies, interpreting, etc.)	Apart from bibliometric investigations, my research interests include interpreting, interpreter training and translation, specifically the role interpreters play.	No	a media source/commentator, external examiner for postgraduate studies, a moderator of university courses/modules, a reviewer for journal articles, supervisor of postgraduates, mentor of junior academics	Afrikaans and English		https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Herculene-Kotze
16	Dr	Mampoi	Mabena	University of Johannesburg; English Department	Discourse and text (e.g. discourse analysis, pragmatics, corpus linguistics, conversation analysis, etc.), Language and Education (e.g. literacy studies, language teaching, academic literacies etc.)	I have published work on pragmatics and language education	No	external examiner for postgraduate studies, a reviewer for journal articles	English, Sesotho
17	Dr	Yolisa	Madolo	Walter Sisulu University	Language practice (e.g. translation studies, interpreting, etc.)	Translation	No	a reviewer for journal articles	IsiXhosa	www.reserachgate.net/yolisa.madolo
18	Ms	Nokuthula	Maduna		Discourse and text (e.g. discourse analysis, pragmatics, corpus linguistics, conversation analysis, etc.), Language and society (e.g. sociolinguistics, sociology of language, language policy, etc.), Language and Education (e.g. literacy studies, language teaching, academic literacies etc.)	My academic journey has been shaped by an interest in how language intersects with social identity, place, and power. I have developed a strong foundation in sociolinguistics, semiotics, and language and identity. I aim to continue investigating the ways in which language reflects and influences social change	No	external examiner for postgraduate studies, a moderator of university courses/modules, a reviewer for journal articles, supervisor of postgraduates, mentor of junior academics, public speaker	English
19	Dr	Chimwemwe	Magela	Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences	Language and Education (e.g. literacy studies, language teaching, academic literacies etc.)	My research interests include academic and professional literacies, transitions in writing, written genre analysis, and writing development.	No	external examiner for postgraduate studies, a reviewer for journal articles	English
20	Prof.	Kobus	Marais	Linguistics and Language Practice, University of the Free State
21	Dr	PraysGod	Mhlongo	Cape Peninsula University of Technology	Psycholinguistics (e.g. language acquisition, L2 development, speech therapy, etc.)	I specialise in language learning motivation.	No	external examiner for postgraduate studies, a reviewer for journal articles, supervisor of postgraduates	English		https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Praysgod_Mhlongo
22	Dr	Respect	Mlambo	South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR), Faculty of Humanities, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa	Sentence and word structure (e.g. syntax, morphology, semantics, language description, etc.), Language practice (e.g. translation studies, interpreting, etc.), Language and computation (e.g. computational linguistics, parsing, NLP, etc.)	My research interests include translation, terminology development, and lexicography, as well as sociolinguistics, morphology, semantics, and syntax.	No	a reviewer for journal articles	Xitsonga
23	Mr	Sanele	Mthembu	University of Fort Hare	Language and society (e.g. sociolinguistics, sociology of language, language policy, etc.), Psycholinguistics (e.g. language acquisition, L2 development, speech therapy, etc.)		No	a moderator of university courses/modules, a reviewer for journal articles	English and isiZulu
24	Ms	Phakamile	Ngema		Sentence and word structure (e.g. syntax, morphology, semantics, language description, etc.), Sound systems (e.g. phonetics, phonology, accents, language description, etc.), Language practice (e.g. translation studies, interpreting, etc.), Language and society (e.g. sociolinguistics, sociology of language, language policy, etc.), Language and Education (e.g. literacy studies, language teaching, academic literacies etc.), Language and computation (e.g. computational linguistics, parsing, NLP, etc.)	I am a trained linguist specialising in translation, editing in English and Zulu. With a National Diploma in Language Practice and a Postgraduate Certificate in Education, I have worked with institutions like UJ, Comtec, and Netflix. As a SATI-accredited member , I ensure culturally accurate content, bridging linguistic gaps effectively.	No	a media source/commentator, external examiner for postgraduate studies, a moderator of university courses/modules, a reviewer for journal articles, supervisor of postgraduates	IsiZulu and English
25	Prof.	Paul Nepapleh	Nkamta	North-West University	Language practice (e.g. translation studies, interpreting, etc.), Discourse and text (e.g. discourse analysis, pragmatics, corpus linguistics, conversation analysis, etc.), Language and society (e.g. sociolinguistics, sociology of language, language policy, etc.)	Reading literacy, sociolinguistics, applied linguistics	No	external examiner for postgraduate studies, a moderator of university courses/modules, a reviewer for journal articles, supervisor of postgraduates	English
26	Ms	Lamla	Notshulwana	Nelson Mandela University	Language and Education (e.g. literacy studies, language teaching, academic literacies etc.)	Lamla Notshulwana has four years of experience as a Lecturer, is currently a Time on Task Lecturer at University of Fort Hare and a PhD candidate in Applied Linguistics at Nelson Mandela University. Her research interests include second language acquisition and learning, literacy education, and Humanising Pedagogy.	No	external examiner for postgraduate studies, a moderator of university courses/modules, supervisor of postgraduates, mentor of junior academics	English
27	Dr	Douglas	Orang'i	Department of English, University of Djibouti, Djibouti	Language practice (e.g. translation studies, interpreting, etc.), Discourse and text (e.g. discourse analysis, pragmatics, corpus linguistics, conversation analysis, etc.), Language and Education (e.g. literacy studies, language teaching, academic literacies etc.)	I have published articles on: translation of healthcare texts; English language teaching; discourse analysis.	No	external examiner for postgraduate studies, a reviewer for journal articles, supervisor of postgraduates	English, Swahili, and Ekegusii		https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Douglas-Orangi
28	Dr	Maristi	Partridge	North-West University, School of Languages	Sentence and word structure (e.g. syntax, morphology, semantics, language description, etc.), Discourse and text (e.g. discourse analysis, pragmatics, corpus linguistics, conversation analysis, etc.)	Currently, I am investigating the verb complementation patterns in Black South African English. My research draws on corpus linguistics, construction grammar and sociolinguistics.	No	external examiner for postgraduate studies, a moderator of university courses/modules, a reviewer for journal articles	English
29	Mr	Mukhtar	Raban	Nelson Mandela University	Language and Education (e.g. literacy studies, language teaching, academic literacies etc.)	L2 learning and teaching, technology-enhanced language learning	No	external examiner for postgraduate studies, supervisor of postgraduates	English
30	Ms	Azra	Rajah	LALS (NMU)	Discourse and text (e.g. discourse analysis, pragmatics, corpus linguistics, conversation analysis, etc.), Language and society (e.g. sociolinguistics, sociology of language, language policy, etc.)	Critical Discourse Analysis; Language, Gender, and Power; Language, Sexuality and Erotic. Particular focus on hip hop music as the text.	No	external examiner for postgraduate studies, a moderator of university courses/modules, public speaker, Guest lecturer / presenter	English	https://applang.mandela.ac.za/Staff/Azra-Rajah	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Azra-Rajah?ev=hdr_xprf
31	Dr	Kristina	Riedel	University of the Witwatersrand/Department of Linguistics	Sentence and word structure (e.g. syntax, morphology, semantics, language description, etc.)
32	Dr	Theodore	Rodrigues	Department of Afrikaans and Theory of Literature, University of South Africa	Language practice (e.g. translation studies, interpreting, etc.), Discourse and text (e.g. discourse analysis, pragmatics, corpus linguistics, conversation analysis, etc.), Language and society (e.g. sociolinguistics, sociology of language, language policy, etc.), Language and Education (e.g. literacy studies, language teaching, academic literacies etc.), Lexicography and materials developement (e.g. lexicography, dictionary development, textbook development, publishing, etc.)	I publish on translanguaging, translation studies, forensic linguistics, academic literacy, and multimodality. I am an external examiner for post-grad studies and review academic submissions. Currently, I'm the editor-in-chief for Aweh - A journal for minoritised languages, and deputy chairman of the Society virrie Advancement van Kaaps.	No	external examiner for postgraduate studies, a moderator of university courses/modules, a reviewer for journal articles, supervisor of postgraduates, mentor of junior academics, public speaker	Afrikaans, Kaaps, English	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1280-5549	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Theodore-Rodrigues	https://unisa-za.academia.edu/TheoRodrigues
33	Dr	Sharon	Rudman	Nelson Mandela University	Discourse and text (e.g. discourse analysis, pragmatics, corpus linguistics, conversation analysis, etc.), Language and society (e.g. sociolinguistics, sociology of language, language policy, etc.), Psycholinguistics (e.g. language acquisition, L2 development, speech therapy, etc.)	I am a lecturer in the Department of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics at Nelson Mandela University	No	external examiner for postgraduate studies, a reviewer for journal articles, supervisor of postgraduates, mentor of junior academics	English
34	Ms	Qaqambile	Sitela	Linguistics and Applied Linguistics	Language and society (e.g. sociolinguistics, sociology of language, language policy, etc.), Psycholinguistics (e.g. language acquisition, L2 development, speech therapy, etc.)	I am more interested in language policy, multilingualism, pedagogies and language acquisition. Curriculum development is also a research interest for me.	No	supervisor of postgraduates, mentor of junior academics, public speaker
35	Ms	Onelisa	Slater	Rhodes University	Sentence and word structure (e.g. syntax, morphology, semantics, language description, etc.)	IsiXhosa morphology and morphopragmatics. I have been a temporary lecturer at the undegraduate level focusing on microlinguistics of Bantu languages.	No	a media source/commentator, a moderator of university courses/modules, a reviewer for journal articles	English, isiXhosa
36	Ms	Dumelang	Thomas-Kereeditse	University of Botswana- Department of African languages and Literature	Language practice (e.g. translation studies, interpreting, etc.), Language and society (e.g. sociolinguistics, sociology of language, language policy, etc.), Language and Education (e.g. literacy studies, language teaching, academic literacies etc.)	I am a lecturer specializing in applied linguistics, with a focus on Translation and Interpretation, Language Policy, and the role of language within educational systems. My research delves into the dynamics of multilingualism in the society and it aims to contribute to the development of inclusive language policies and pedagogical strategies.	No		English
37	Mx	Laurinda	van Tonder	University of Johannesburg / Department of Languages, Cultural Studies and Applied Linguistics	Language practice (e.g. translation studies, interpreting, etc.), Language and Education (e.g. literacy studies, language teaching, academic literacies etc.), Psycholinguistics (e.g. language acquisition, L2 development, speech therapy, etc.)	I lecture linguistics and language practice at UJ. My PhD explores extended duration interpreting and my MA focussed on fansubbing and its potential for language learning. I supervise students working on language and education, language and social media, language and media representation, language and gender, 4IR graduate readiness and subtitling customisation.	No	external examiner for postgraduate studies, a moderator of university courses/modules, a reviewer for journal articles, supervisor of postgraduates	English and Afrikaans		https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Laurinda-Van-Tonder	https://johannesburg.academia.edu/LaurindavanTonder
38	Dr	Alyssa	Vratsanos	University of South Africa	Language and society (e.g. sociolinguistics, sociology of language, language policy, etc.)	Sociolinguistics, language and diaspora studies, language and food studies, linguistic/semiotic landscape studies, geosemiotics, Greek diaspora studies, authenticity studies.	No	a media source/commentator, external examiner for postgraduate studies, a moderator of university courses/modules, a reviewer for journal articles, supervisor of postgraduates, public speaker	English
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