Tawana Kupe

Tawana Kupe is a Zimbabwean-South African academic. He is the vice-chancellor of the University of Pretoria in South Africa.[1] Prior to this appointment he held several senior positions at the University of Witwatersrand where he also founded the Media Studies Department. He also lectured at Rhodes University. Before Rhodes, he worked in various academic capacities at the University of Zimbabwe.

Tawana Kupe
Alma materUniversity of Zimbabwe University of Oslo
OccupationPrincipal and vice-chancellor of the University of Pretoria

Life

Professor Kupe served as the executive dean of the Wits Faculty of Humanities for six years, between January 2007 and December 2012, after serving as the head of the then Wits School of Literature and Language Studies, and the founding Head of the Media Studies Department. Prior to joining Wits, Professor Kupe lectured at Rhodes University between 1999 and 2001. He joined Rhodes from the University of Zimbabwe, where he worked in various academic capacities from 1988, including as chairperson of the Department of English, Media and Communication Studies. He was installed as vice-chancellor in November 2018, replacing Cheryl de la Rey.[2] Professor Kupe holds a BA Honours degree and Masters in English from the University of Zimbabwe, as well as a DPhil in Media Studies from the University of Oslo in Norway. In December 2019, Professor Kupe was awarded an honorary doctorate degree in Humanities by Michigan State University (MSU).

Current positions
  • Vice-Chancellor – University of Pretoria[3], South Africa (2018- )
  • Chairperson for Africa – Australia-Africa Universities Network (AAUN)[4], (2019-)

Former positions
  • Vice-Principal – University of the Witwatersrand

References
  1. Africa, US Embassy South (16 December 2018), Nina Simone: Four Women - Market Theatre, retrieved 6 March 2019
  2. "University of Pretoria appoints new Vice-Chancellor and Principal". www.up.ac.za. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  3. "ANC lauds 'historic' appointment of Prof Tawana Kupe as UP vice-chancellor". News24. 22 November 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  4. "UP Vice-Chancellor Prof Tawana Kupe elected to lead African universities". University of Pretoria. 24 July 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.


Academic offices
Preceded by
Cheryl de la Rey		 Vice-Chancellor of the University of Pretoria
2018–present		 Incumbent
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