Zimbabwe has one of the largest media, communication and journalism training sectors in southern Africa with a pool of academics covering a wide range of research interests and specialisation areas.
The sector has hardly been used by the established mainstream media Industry, media development organisations or the emerging media initiatives for research or consultancies to help critique, grow and improve standards in media, communication and journalism in the country.
The following are some of the academics currently working in Zimbabwe.
| NAME | SURNAME | INSTITUTION | RESEARCH INTERESTS/ SPECIALISATION | Contact Number | Email Address |
| 1. Dr. Ignatius. Tirivangani | Mabasa | University of Zimbabwe (UZ) | Communication and Culture, Decoloniality, Globalisation, Filmmaking, Transmedia, storytelling, Postcolonialism, Indigenous Languages and language rights, Creative Writing, Storytelling, Sociolinguistics and Indigenous Knowledge Systems. | +263772278171 | [email protected] |
| 2. Dr. Ngonidzashe | Muwonwa | University of Zimbabwe (UZ) | Youth, Multi-media, Digital empowerment, Alternative communication and Development Communication. Expert areas: Film, Radio and Television Production, Production Management, Screenwriting and Copywriting, Film and Television direction. | +26378 4 012 846 | [email protected] |
| 3. Dr. Stanley | Tsarwe | University of Zimbabwe (UZ) | Intersection between Radio and Digital Technologies, Health Communication, Media, Conflict and Peace. | +263774564637 | [email protected] |
| 4. Dr. Zvenyika Eckson | Mugari | Midlands State University (MSU) | Media, Communication, Film, and Theatre Arts. Areas of Interest: Media and Journalism in the service of power, The news and hegemonic reproduction of social inequality, Media in development and democracy. | +263719385317 | [email protected]. |
| 5. Dr. Tariro | Ndawana | Midlands State University (MSU), | Theoretical aspects of Radio, Gender and Radio, Politics and Radio, Religion, Media Peace and security. | +263772773959 | [email protected] |
| 6. Dr. Caven | Masuku | Midlands State University (MSU) | Corporate Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Social Media. | +263773210607 | [email protected] |
| 7. Dr Washington | Mushore | Midlands State University (MSU) | Media and Climate Change, Media and Gender, Health Communication, Media and Ideology, Media and Democracy, Media and Human Rights, Media and Land Reform, Film, Theatre, Popular Culture, Advertising, Corporate Communication. | +263713764841 / +263773040335 | [email protected] / [email protected] LinkedIn: : https://www.linkedin.com/in/washington-mushore-8a07b3140 |
| 8. Dr Albert | Chibuwe | Midlands State University (MSU) | Research Associate – Unit for Institutional Change and Social Justice, University of Free State, Political Communication, Social media, Media Framing, Journalism, Education and Practice. | 0717886697, 0773684687 | [email protected] |
| 9. Prof NhamoAnthony | Mhiripiri | Midlands State University (MSU) | Critical Media Theory, Decoloniality, Film Studies, Cultural Studies, Media Law and Ethics | +263772312953 | https://www.linkedin.com/in/nhamo-mhiripiri-559a971b?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_profile_view_base_contact_details%3BVIlsYLNbSES68EOvP4yfAQ%3D%3D. |
| 10. Dr. Bhekinkosi Jakobe | Ncube | National University of Science and Technology (NUST) | Alternative media and identities, Community and online radio, Media, human rights and democracy, Media and the politics of belonging. | +263712756325 | [email protected] / [email protected] |
| 11. Thabani | Mpofu | National University of Science and Technology (NUST) | Media and Climate Change, Gender, Media and Development, Media, development and democracy. | (09) 282842 Ext. 2122 / 2129. | [email protected] / [email protected] |
| 12. Dr Mphathisi | Ndlovu | National University of Science and Technology (NUST) | Collective memory, nationalism and ethnicity, Development communication, Decoloniality, New media and digital cultures, Critical Discourse Analysis, Cultural Studies. | (092) 282842 Ext. 2198. | [email protected] / [email protected] |
| 13. Dr Sibongile | Mpofu | National University of Science and Technology (NUST) | New technologies and Gender, Communication practices online, and political participation, Feminist Theories, Feminist Political Thought, and Feminist Research Methodologies, Gender and Intersectionality, Corporate Communications and Public Relations, Postcolonial studies. | +263772332762 | [email protected]/ [email protected] |
| 14. Blessing | Jona | National University of Science and Technology (NUST) | Media Texts and reception – Textual Production & Analysis, Genre Film Production Practice and Genre Film Reception Culture, Cultural Studies, Popular Culture: Theories and Perspectives. | (09) 282842 Ext. 2133 | [email protected] / [email protected] |
| 15.Tichawona | Zinhumwe | Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) | Television and Radio broadcasting | 0773449048 | [email protected] or [email protected] . |
| 16. Jasper | Maposa | Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) | Political economy of the media, Digital media and Activism; media, Human Rights and Democracy, Decolonial Thinking. | +263 773 361 402 / +263 713 948 542 | [email protected] / [email protected]. |
| 17. Kudakwashe | Keche | Chinhoyi University of Science and Technology (CUT) | Journalism, Politics, Transmedia, Creative Art and the media, Media Framing, Business and Peace Journalism | 0713362604 | [email protected] |
| 18. Dr. Wellington | Gadzikwa | Africa University (AU) | Tabloid Journalism, Tablodisation, Journalism Standards and Media Framing. | +263725023432 +263777812483 | [email protected]/ [email protected] |
| 19. Alexander | Rusero | Independent Researcher | International Relations, Journalism, Development Communication, Political Studies, Political Theory, Comparative Politics, Conflict and Security, Decoloniality. | +263773282725 | [email protected]. https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-rusero-8b656741?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_profile_view_base_contact_details%3BdNPfUtT3SPCJi8zHPn66Pg%3D%3D. |
| 20. Terence | Antonio | Harare Polytechnic School of Journalism and Mass Communication. | Journalism, Communication Theory, Broadcasting, Photojournalism and Development Communication. | +263715427645 +263773395336 | [email protected] |
| 21. Admire | Masuku | Harare Polytechnic School of Journalism and Mass Communication. | Journalism Practice and Studies, Development Communication, New/ Multi-media, Journalism and Analytics, News Reporting and Editing, Peace, Conflict and Humanitarian Journalism, Fact-Checking, Photojournalism. | +263734997059 | [email protected]/ [email protected]/ [email protected] |
| 22. Nokuthaba Hazel Zinhle | Zinhle Mathema | Harare Polytechnic School of Journalism and Mass Communication. | Social Media, Content Creation, Peace and Conflict, Gender rights and feminism, Digital Media management, Journalism, Online Journalism, Human rights, Digital marketing, Digital storytelling, Blogging, Cultural Studies, Communication for Development. | +263774492735 | Twitter: @ballzie47, LinkedIn: Nokuthaba Mathema, Skype: nokuthaba.mathema. |
| 23. Simbarashe. Ndobe | Msasanuri | Harare Polytechnic School of Journalism and Mass Communication. | Development Communication, Media and development, Gender, democracy and the media, Political economy of the media, Media and politics, Social media, Youth development. | +263779060379 | [email protected] |
| 24. Spanyoge Phillip | Madziwa | Harare Polytechnic School of Journalism and Mass Communication. | Broadcast journalism, television production, radio feature stories, digital media | +263714168775 +263773364845 | [email protected] |
| 25. Collins | Mundondwa | Polytechnic and University Broadcast Journalism Trainer | Broadcast Journalism, Digital Media, Multimedia , Radio production, Television Production , Media and Cultural Studies, Media and Key Populations | +263773303137/ +263712083574 | [email protected] |
| 26. Lazarus Sauti | Christian College of Southern Africa, (CCOSA) | Media, Conflict Resolution and Transformation; Digital Media Cultures; Cultural Production, Human Rights and Democracy; and Political Communication | +263717052365; +263773611686 | [email protected], Twitter: @SautiLazarus, Linkedin: Lazarus Sauti. | |
| 27. Virginia | Muwanigwa | Researcher and External Assessor | Gender, Media & Development | +263772327955 | [email protected]. |
| 28. Audrey | Charamba | Catholic University of Zimbabwe (CUZ) | Mass Communication, Audiences, Gender, Culture and Communication for Development. | +263716786242 | [email protected] Twitter: @joyous1 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/audrey-charamba-652a3845/ |
| 29. Dr. Lazarus. D.K. | Dokora | Bindura University of Science and Technology (BUSE) | Media, youth and policy, Political economy of communication, Communication Science, and Digital Humanity, Innovation, Communication and Practices; The Global South and Media Historiography. | +263777040591 | [email protected]/ [email protected] Twitter: @oyatta1 |
| 30. James | Makoma | Midlands State University (MSU) | Print and Digital Media, Decolonial Studies, Sociology of Sports, Global Media Studies and Corporate Communications. | +263779361910 | [email protected] |
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