Fine Art

Jan Jordaan
Lecturer: Fine Art
Director – Art for Humanity
 
Qualifications:
BA FA
 
Area(s) of Expertise:
Fine Art Printmaking.
Project design, development and management.
Fundraising.
 
Contact Details:
Tel: 031 373 6689
Fax: 031 373 6644
Email: janj@dut.ac.za
www.afh.org.za

John Roome
Lecturer: Fine Art
 
Qualifications:
Masters Degree Fine Art (Rhodes University)
 
Area(s) of Expertise:
Contemporary Fine Art Practice with particular interest in Painting Printmaking and Hand Papermaking
 
Contact Details:
Tel: 031 373 6682
Fax: 031 373 6644
Email: johnr@dut.ac.za

Nkosinathi Khanyile
Lecturer: Fine Art
 
Qualifications:
ND Teaching – Esikhawini College of Education
ND: Fine Art – Technikon Natal
B.Tech Fine Arts – TN
M.Tech Fine Arts – DIT
Area of expertise – Sculptor and ceramics
 
Contact details:
Tel: 031 373 5705
Cell: 0827494314
Email: Nkosinathik@dut.ac.za

Graphic Design

Piers Carey
Lecturer: Graphic Design Programme
 
Qualifications:
MTech (cum laude): Graphic Design, NHDip:Graphic Design, PGDip: Printmaking, BA Hons: Fine Art (Sculpture)
 
Area(s) of Expertise:
African Graphic Systems, with interests in typography and widening access to higher education
 
Contact Details:
Tel: 031 373 6648/98
Fax: 031 373 6501
Email: piersc@dut.ac.za

Jewellery Design

Chris de Beer
Associate Director: Jewellery Design
 
Qualifications:
M.A. Fine Art (Jewellery) Stellenbosch University
Fellow of the Gemmological Association (F.G.A) London
 
Area(s) of Expertise:
Identification of Gemstones as used in the Jewellery Industry.
Skills training, in terms of Zulu Crafts and integration of contemporary Jewellery Skills
 
Contact Details:
Tel: 031 373 6673
Fax: 031 373 6674
Email: chrisdb@dut.ac.za

Media, Language and Communication

Ms Odette Swift
Lecturer: Translation & Interpreting Practice
Member of SATI and Chairperson for the Association of Sign Language Interpreters in KZN
 
Qualifications:
BEd(Hons – Deaf Education) from WITS (currently studying MA(Linguistics) through UNISA)
 
Area(s) of Expertise:
Expert in the field of Sign Language interpreting and South African Sign Language instruction
 
Contact Details:
Department of Language and Translation
Tel: 031 373 5119
Cell: 082 463 4143
Email: OdetteS@dut.ac.za

Dr Prenitha (Penny) Singh
Senior Lecturer: Media, Language and Communication
Thuthuka NRF grantholder
 
Qualifications:
B.Paed (Arts), MA, PhD
 
Area(s) of Expertise:
Assessment
Oral assessment in Science, the Applied Sciences, Health Sciences and Environmental Education
Action Research methodologies
Second language teaching and learning
Teaching and learning within a multicultural context
Intercultural communication
Business Communication
Language and Communication
Language Policy and Practice
Transformation in education
Race, racism and equity in education
Women in research
Situated learning
Learning and assessment within communities of discourse
 
Contact Details:
Tel: 031 373 6767
Cell: 082 706 4642
Fax: 031 373 6772
Email: pennysin@dut.ac.za

School of Education

Ms D Njozela
Senior Lecturer: School of Education
 
Qualifications:
STD, B.A. BEd , Med in Education.
 
Area(s) of Expertise:
New Curriculum Framework (Outcomes Based Education)
 
Contact Details :
Tel: 033 398 1741
Fax: 033 845 8936
Email: dudun@dut.ac.za

Peggy Doris Fungai Siyakwazi (PhD)
Associate Professor: School of Education
 
Qualifications:
B A; MEd and PhD Sociology of Education (University of Zimbabwe).
 
Areas of expertise:
Ethnography; Teacher Education and Sociology of Education
 
Contact Details:
Tel: 033 845 8926
Fax: 033 845 8936
Email: peggys@dut.ac.za

Television, Drama and Production Studies

Debbie Lutge
Drama Studies
 
Qualifications:
BA (Hons) [UN] MA (Theatre Studies), MFA (Theatre Studies) [KSU: US] Actor/Combatant SADF [US] 1996
 
Area(s) of Expertise:
Founder and Artistic Director of The R.I.T.E. Co.
Durban Theatre Awards Judge
Script & Screen Writing
Internationally Experienced Director & Performer
Focus on postcolonial productions
 
Contact Details:
Tel: 031 373 2199
Fax:031 373 2820
Email: debbiel@dut.ac.za

Translator (Deaf)

Ms Nayantra (Nan) Kanaye
Co-ordinator Deaf Programme: Information Technology
 
Qualifications:
Master of Arts – Deaf Education (Gallaudet University – Washington, D.C, USA)
 
Area(s) of Expertise:
Deaf Education
 
Contact Details:
Tel: 031 373 5538
Tel: 031 373 5596 (Dept Secretary)
Fax: 031 373 5598
Cell: 083 296 6666
Email: kanayen@dut.ac.za / nkanaye@yahoo.com