Professional affiliation and Awards

Professional Affiliation & Service in Professional Boards

Alliance Française du Swaziland: member since the early 1990s; management committee member since March 2011
AFSSA: member since 1994
APELA: member since 2007
OSSREA-Swaziland Chapter: member since February 2007
ASHEWA (Association for Strengthening Higher Education for Women in Africa): member since April 2007; convenor committee on constitution (since 29 September 2007)
French Panel: appointment as member of the French Panel (October 2008)
SWAFT (Swaziland Association of French Teachers): since December 2008
Associate member of ORACLE, Research Unit, Université de la Réunion, since 2008
Researcher for Ercilis, Research Unit (Civilization and Literature), University of Sfax, Tunisia, Director: Hédia Abdelkéfi: March 2009-February 2012
Member of REELC/ENCLS since September 2010
Researcher for I2L, Research Unit (Intermédialité, lettres et langages), Université de Tunis-Hammar, Director: Hédia Abdelkéfi, March 2012-ongoing.
Senior Research Associate, University of Johannesburg, since September 2012
Docteure associée, Ecole doctorale régionale, since 16 November 2012

Awards and appointments

Ecole doctorale régionale (Regional Doctoral School) – AUF (Agence Universitaire Francophone): seminars – workshops – bourse de mobilité/sponsorship for regional mobility (research-related): March 2011 (duration: three years)

Scholarship for training (Commonwealth of Learning): Master in Instructional Design and Technology (Open University Malaysia): September 2011 (duration : two years)

Appointed Senior Research Associate (University of Johannesburg): date of commencement 1 November 2012.

Appointed Associate PhD Holder, Ecole doctorale régionale (Regional Doctoral School) – AUF : since 16 November 2012.

Research project funding (by Uniswa Research Board): title of empirical research project: Empowering School Teachers with Educational Technology using the Distance Education mode. Prof. Satish Rastogi (IDE), Dr. Karen Ferreira-Meyers (IDE), Dr. B. S. Dlamini (Faculty of Education) and Dr. N.H. Nsibande (Faculty of Education). A total of E63,000 has been awarded to this project which will run over a year (2013).