{"id":86725,"date":"2025-12-05T16:37:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T14:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/?p=86725"},"modified":"2025-12-05T16:50:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T14:50:39","slug":"the-series-continues-spus-postdoctoral-fellows-up-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/the-series-continues-spus-postdoctoral-fellows-up-close\/","title":{"rendered":"The series continues: SPU\u2019s Postdoctoral Fellows\u00a0Up\u00a0Close"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"86725\" class=\"elementor elementor-86725\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3934de e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c3934de\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79a2b24 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"79a2b24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Our Postdoctoral Fellows Up Close series continues today with four scholars whose research showcases the range and richness of SPU\u2019s academic work. From understanding communities and cultures to advancing technology based learning and modelling biological systems, these Fellows demonstrate how research at SPU continues to grow in depth, purpose\u00a0and\u00a0relevance.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-afa8b48 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"afa8b48\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6244d74 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6244d74\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08e1968 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"08e1968\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dr-Darlington-Mutanda-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-86727\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dr-Darlington-Mutanda-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dr-Darlington-Mutanda-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dr-Darlington-Mutanda-203x270.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dr-Darlington-Mutanda.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea37628 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ea37628\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Dr Darlington Mutanda<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A dynamic, adaptive and innovative researcher and educator in the Department of Anthropology in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/faculty-of-humanities-home\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Faculty of Humanities<\/span><\/a>, Dr Darlington Mutanda is committed to practical and transformative approaches to education that respond to the evolving demands for peace, justice, healing and reconciliation. With an extensive publication record, he has contributed to scholarly dialogue and intervention in healing and reconciliation, strategic studies and peacebuilding. Dr Mutanda has taught a wide range of modules including Security Intelligence, Civil Military Relations, Human Rights Education, Diversity and Social Justice, War and Society in Contemporary Africa, Strategic Doctrine, Mechanization and Airpower during the era of the two World Wars.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bbb9e7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2bbb9e7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf0649a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bf0649a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3eeb5f6 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3eeb5f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Dr Folasade Olubusola Isinkaye<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A Postdoctoral Fellow in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/faculty-of-natural-and-applied-sciences-home\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences<\/span><\/a>, Dr Folasade Isinkaye holds a BSc in Computer Science from <a href=\"https:\/\/oaustech.edu.ng\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Ondo State University<\/span><\/a> in Nigeria and an MSc and PhD in Computer Science specialising in Intelligent Systems from the University of Ibadan. During her doctoral studies she served as a visiting research scholar at the Laboratory of Knowledge Management and the Department of Electrical and Information Engineering at Politecnico di Bari in Italy, where she advanced her work in intelligent systems.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Her research focuses on recommender systems, machine learning and data driven solutions that support sustainable development. She publishes in high impact, peer reviewed journals and is a recipient of the NRF Innovation Postdoctoral Fellowship Award. Dr Isinkaye has contributed to several academic journals and editorial boards and is a registered member of both the Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria and the Association for Computing Machinery.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e4529e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e4529e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-114680a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"114680a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"274\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dr-Folasade-Isinkaye-274x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-86728\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dr-Folasade-Isinkaye-274x300.jpg 274w, https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dr-Folasade-Isinkaye-247x270.jpg 247w, https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dr-Folasade-Isinkaye.jpg 607w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 274px) 100vw, 274px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2623364 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2623364\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec8e9eb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ec8e9eb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f0f57e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3f0f57e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"259\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dr-Mamotjoka-Joyce-Morai-259x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-86729\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dr-Mamotjoka-Joyce-Morai-259x300.jpg 259w, https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dr-Mamotjoka-Joyce-Morai-885x1024.jpg 885w, https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dr-Mamotjoka-Joyce-Morai-768x889.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dr-Mamotjoka-Joyce-Morai-233x270.jpg 233w, https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dr-Mamotjoka-Joyce-Morai.jpg 1106w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a47f3ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a47f3ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Dr Mamotjoka Joyce Morai<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Based in the Centre for the Advancement of Rural and Inclusive Education Research in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/faculty-of-education-home\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Faculty of Education<\/span><\/a>, Dr Mamotjoka Morai specialises in deaf education and rural and inclusive education. She obtained both her Masters and Doctoral degrees in Inclusive Education from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp\/en\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Hiroshima University<\/span><\/a> in Japan.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Her research interests include the design and implementation of innovative instructional strategies to strengthen foundational phase literacy instruction, promote linguistic inclusion and improve literacy outcomes for Deaf and hard of hearing learners in rural communities. Dr Morai has conducted impactful studies evaluating the effectiveness of instructional strategies for enhancing the writing skills of Deaf and hard of hearing learners and has presented her work at various academic conferences. She is committed to research collaborations that support language access and inclusive educational practices for diverse learners.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-baacd02 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"baacd02\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00a3f65 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"00a3f65\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d8bb74 elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1d8bb74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Dr Bothwell Maregere<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A Postdoctoral Fellow in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/faculty-of-natural-and-applied-sciences-home\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences<\/span><\/a>, Dr Bothwell Maregere specialises in Applied Mathematics with a focus on Biomathematics. His research applies mathematical models to understand complex biological systems including population dynamics, disease transmission and ecological interactions. By bridging theoretical mathematics with real world biological applications, Dr Maregere\u2019s work contributes to improved scientific understanding and evidence based decision making in health and environmental\u00a0contexts.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d105f5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9d105f5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15e419f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"15e419f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dr-Bothwell-Maregere-200x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-86731\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dr-Bothwell-Maregere-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dr-Bothwell-Maregere-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dr-Bothwell-Maregere-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dr-Bothwell-Maregere-180x270.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dr-Bothwell-Maregere.jpg 853w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4d08f1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a4d08f1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2628796 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2628796\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Collectively, the work of our Postdoctoral Fellows demonstrates the growing capacity of SPU\u2019s research community. Their scholarship informs new understandings and supports the University\u2019s long term vision for a responsive and robust research\u00a0culture.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Postdoctoral Fellows Up Close series continues today with four scholars whose research showcases the range and richness of SPU\u2019s academic work. 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