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Head of Department
Associate Professor Carrol Clarkson, BA (Hons), MA Witwatersrand, D Phil York
Carrol.Clarkson@uct.ac.za
Honorary Professor
André P Brink, MA PU vir CHO DLitt Rhodes Chevalier de la Legion d'honneur, Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, DLitt (hc) Witwatersrand DLitt (hc) OFS Doctorat de l'Université (hc) Université Paul Valéry, Montpellier
Emeritus Professors
Geoffrey Haresnape, BA, BA Hons, MA Cape Town PhD Sheffield
Kay M McCormick, BA (Hons) UED Natal DipEd MA London PhD Cape Town
Kay.McCormick@uct.ac.za
Professors
Gail Fincham BA Columbia MA Tel Aviv DPhil York
Gail.Fincham@uct.ac.za
John Higgins, MA Cambridge PhD Cape Town
John.Higgins@uct.ac.za
Rajend Mesthrie, BPaed UDW BA (Hons) Cape Town and Unisa MA Texas PhD Cape Town
Rajend.Mesthrie@uct.ac.za
Kelwyn Sole, BA (Hons) Witwatersrand MA London PhD Witwatersrand
Kelwyn.Sole@uct.ac.za
Associate Professors
Ana Deumert, MA Freiburg PhD Cape Town
Ana.Deumert@gmail.com
Imraan Coovadia BA Harvard, MFA Cornell, PhD Yale.
Imraan.Coovadia@uct.ac.za
Rodney Edgecombe MA Rhodes, PhD Cambridge
sten@iafrica.com
Harry Garuba MA PhD, Ibadan, (joint appointment with Centre for African Studies)
Harry.Garuba@uct.ac.za
Nigel Love MA DPhil Oxon
Nigel.Love@uct.ac.za
Senior Lecturers
Peter Anderson BA (Hons) Cape Town MLitt Oxon PhD Cape Town
Peter.Anderson@uct.ac.za
Nigel Bakker MA MPhil B ED Cape Town
Nigel.Bakker@uct.ac.za
Lecturers
Mbongiseni Buthelezi BA (Hons) Natal, MA KwaZulu-Natal, MPhil Columbia
Mbongiseni.Buthelezi@uct.ac.za
Cóilín Parsons BA National University of Ireland, Galway MA Syracuse MA MPhil PhD Columbia
Coilin.Parsons@uct.ac.za
Hedley Twidle BA (Hons) Oxon, MA, PhD York
Hedley.Twidle@uct.ac.za
Sandra Young BA (Hons) MA Cape Town MA DPhil Rutgers
Sandra.Young@uct.ac.za
Colette Gordon BA, MA Cape Town, D Phil Queen Mary University College, University of London
colette.gordon@uct.ac.za
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Kai Wiegandt MA, Dr. Phil. Freie Universität Berlin
Kai.Wiegandt@gmail.com
Donald Powers BA (Hons), MA, PhD University of Cape Town
Donald Powers
Administrative Staff
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
Lungisa Mkoka AIM (GSB) Cape Town BA UWC
Isa.Mkoka@uct.ac.za
SENIOR SECRETARY
Shihaam Peplouw
Shihaam.Peplouw@uct.ac.za
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT (LINGUISTICS)
Faiza Steffenson
Faiza.Steffenson@uct.ac.za