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Department of Philosophy Permanent Staff

NameSpecialisation
Dr. C. Harris
Senior Lecturer and Head of Department
B Ring 704, APK
+27 (0) 11 559 3840
Areas of specialization: Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Social Science, African Philosophy, Decolonisation.
Dr A Singh
Senior Lecturer
B Ring 703A, APK
+27 (0) 11 559 4940
Applied ethics, bioethics (transhumanism/human enhancement), population ethics (anti-natalism), environmental ethics, meaning in life; AOI: African philosophy (esp. metaphysics), Eastern philosophical approaches (esp. Indian), Nietzsche.
Dr Dimpho Takane Maponya
Lecturer
B Ring 705, APK
+27 (0) 11 559 2734
AOS: Feminism, Gender and Sexuality, African Philosophy and Decolonisation

AOC: Ethics

Prof Rafael Winkler
Professor
B Ring 704, APK
+27 (0) 11 559 4555
 AOS: 19th and 20th century European thought, Kant, Hegel, German Idealism, phenomenology, deconstruction, psychoanalysis
Mrs Nicolene Marks
Office Manager
B Ring 703A, APK
+27 (0) 11 559 2337
Prof Benjamin Smart
Associate Professor
B Ring 703, APK
AOS: philosophy of medicine, philosophy of public health, biomedical ethics, metaphysics of science

AOC: philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, philosophy of sport, philosophy of biology, biomedical ethics, philosophy of time

Prof Catherine Botha
Professor
B Ring 7086, APK
+27 (0) 11 559 3997
AOS: 19th and 20th C History of Continental Philosophy, with specialization in the phenomenological and hermeneutic traditions, aesthetics, philosophy of art, philosophy of dance, somaesthetics.

AOC: ethics, especially animal and environmental ethics, bioethics, Philosophy of Mind Philosophy of Technology, with a strong competency in the ethics and aesthetics of AI; feminisms, especially African feminisms and existentialist approaches.

Dr Devon Bailey
Lecturer
B ring 708A, APK
+27 (0) 11 559 4942
AOS: Philosophy of Art and Aesthetics (specifically, Philosophy of dance), Identity Politics, Self-knowledge, Somaesthetics

AOC: African Philosophy, Phenomenology, Feminist Theory, Hip Hop Theory

Prof Veli Mitova
Professor and Director of the African Centre for Epistemology and Philosophy of Science
B Ring 707, APK
+27 (0) 11 559 3133
AOS: Veli welcomes Honours, MA and PhD students who would like to work in any area of epistemology, social epistemology, and feminist epistemology, especially on epistemic injustice, the decolonisation of knowledge, and the epistemology of AI.
Dr Tony Shabangu
Lecturer
B-Ring 704A, APK
+27 (0) 011 559 3765
AOS: Tony is happy to offer supervision to Hons and MA (and exceptional PhD) students who would like to work in any area of moral philosophy, African ethics, ethics & jurisprudence, ethics in corrections and bioethics, with a huge focus on Ubuntu and decolonisation of knowledge.

AOC: Moral philosophy, African ethics, ethics & jurisprudence, ethics in corrections and bioethics, journalism ethics, transhumanism in the African context, professional & workplace ethics, pedagogies in higher learning institutions, decolonisation of knowledge and African metaphysics.

Department of Philosophy Temporary Lecturers

NameCampus
Mr Edmund Ugar
Temporary Lecturer
APK
Ms Shené de Rijk
Temporary Lecturer
APK
Ms Yolanda Mlungwana
Temporary Lecturer
APK
Ms Yoliswa Mlungwana
Temporary Lecturer
APK
Ms Sarah Sitlaelo
Temporary Lecturer
 APK
Ms Michaela Waffenbaugh
Temporary Lecturer
APK
Mr Damon Mackett
Temporary Lecturer
APK
Mr Abraham Tobi
Temporary Lecturer
APK
Ms Linda Maqutu
Temporary Lecturer
APK

Department of Philosophy Contract Lecturers

NameTelephone NumberOffice NumberRoleCampus

Department of Philosophy Distinguished Visiting Professors

NameTelephone NumberOffice NumberRoleCampus
Prof D. Moellendorf+27 (0) 11 559 2729B Ring 608Distinguished Visiting ProfessorAPK
Prof Nancy JeckerVisiting ProfessorUniversity of Washington
Prof Alex BroadbentVisiting ProfessorDurham University
Prof Lewis GordonVisiting PorfessorUniversity of Connecticut

Department of Philosophy Emeritus and Honorary Professors

NameTelephone NumberOffice NumberRoleCampus
Prof Mongane Serote011 559 4555B Ring 702Honorary ProfessorAPK
Prof Johan SnymanTo contact Prof Snyman please write to our office manager, Mrs. N Marks at nmarks@uj.ac.zaProfessor EmeritusAPK
Prof HPP LötterTo contact Prof Lötter, please write to our office manager, Mrs. N Marks at nmarks@uj.ac.zaB Ring 705Professor EmeritusAPK