Staff Profiles

Bachelor of Arts University of Botswana (UB)

Post graduate in Education  UB

M.Ed. in Curriculum and Evaluation University of Botswana

M.A Research Design, Measurement, and Statistics, University of Pittsburgh

Ed.D Policy Planning and Evaluation    University Pittsburgh  

Bagele Chilisa is a full Professor of the Post Graduate Research and Evaluation programme at the University of Botswana. Over the last 30 years she has taught Research design, Measurement and Evaluation courses to graduate and undergraduate students. She has supervised more than 50 Masters and PhD dissertations and has served as external examiner for PhD thesis in the SADEC region. She also conducts professional development workshops on indigenous research methodologies and contextually and culturally rellevant evaluation around the world. She has also served as guest lecturer, speaker, resource person and keynote speaker at several conferences in Universities in South Africa, USA, Norway, UK, Italy to mention a few. She is  the Director of the HIV and Behavior Change Adolescent Program, member of the UNDP evaluation advisory board and the International Evaluation Council. She has over 80 publications  and has   received over 30 million pula in grants to conduct and design interventions to address gender inequalities and to mitigate the impact of HIV/AIDS on the quality of life of people in Botswana and beyond.  Her book  Indigenous Research Methodologies is used in many Universities across  the globe. She is the recipient of the University of Botswana Research Team Leader of the year; University of Botswana Researcher of the Year award and the International HIV Researcher award

Her research interests include context and culturally responsive research and evaluation methodologies, indigenous knowledge systems and the design and evaluation of context and culturally responsive interventions in Low and Middle Income Countries. 

Impact evaluation of projects across disciplines

Theory based evaluation of projects across disciplines

Classroom assessment strategies

Test Bias

Culturally responsive evaluation

Indigenous knowledge systems and research methodologies

Chilisa, B. ( 2020) Indigenous Research Methods.  Thousand

Oaks, SAGE (USA).

Chilisa B. (2017) Decolonising Trans-disciplinary Research: An African Perspective for enhancing knowledge integration in Sustainability Science. Sustainability Science Journal.

Chilisa B., Major T., Khudu-Petersen K. (2017) Community Engagement with a post-colonial, African based relational paradigm. Qualitative Research, pp1-14.

Chilisa, B., Major, T.E., Gaotlhobogwe M., & Mokgolodi, H. (2016) Decolonizing and Indigenizing Evaluation Practice in Africa: Toward African Relational Evaluation Approaches The Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation. Vol. 30  (3) 312-328. 

Chilisa B; Tsheko G N  (2014) Mixed Methods in Indigenous Research: Building Relationships for Sustainable Intervention Outcomes.  Journal of Mixed Methods Research.

Chilsom L. & Chilisa B. (2012) Contexts of educational policy change in Botswana and South Africa” in PROSPECTS 42 371-388.

Oct 1989 - BSc Mathematics and Physics, UB, Botswana

Oct 1990 - Postgraduate Diploma in Education, University of Botswana

Nov 1992 - MSc Radiation and Env. Protection, University of Surrey, England

Feb 2001 - PhD in Env. Science with Specialization in Physics, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Joined University of Botswana as a Physics Staff Development Fellow in 1990 and appointed Lecturer in Physics in November 1992. Promoted to Senior Lecturer in Physics in April 2011. From January 2014 to September 2019 I was Head of Physics Department. I was Appointed Acting Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Science from September to December 2017 and February 2018 to August 2019 when I was appointed Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Science for the period September 2019 to August 2022. In 2010 I chaired a group of four members assigned by the Faculty of Science to look at performance of students admitted with different grades in the first year basic sciences. I also served as Coordinator of the Radiation Physics Research Group and the Radiation and Health Physics Programme from August 2011 to December 2013. I served in the Botswana Radiation Protection Board from August 2007 to September 2017. In 2004 co-organized a workshop on Air Pollution in Southern Africa held in Gaborone in February 2004. At Community level I have among others been a member of the National Mathematics and Science Fair Organizing Committee since 2008.

Courses taught at the University of Botswana include Mechanics, Geometrical Optics, Vibrations and Waves, Electricity and Magnetism, Radiation Physics, Radiation Therapy, Introduction to Radiography, Radiobiology and Protection, Environmental Physics and Nuclear Rules and Regulations.

Environmental Physics, Air Pollution, Aerosols

Atmospheric Physics

Air Pollution and Aerosols

Environmental Physics

Maabong K E et al, (2019), An Empirical Relation for Vegetation Fuel Flames Breakdown Electric Field Strength, Journal of Electromagnetic Analysis and Applications, 11, 187 - 201.

Katumba M. F. et al, (2018), Assessment of Radiological Viewing Conditions in Major Hospitals in Gaborone BIE Journal of Electromagnetic Analysis and Applications 8, 124 - 131

Verma T S et al, (2010) Study of Indoor Air Pollution from Household Fuels in Gaborone, Botswana, Journal of African Earth Science., 14, p.85-94

Moloi K et al, (2002), Black Carbon, Mass and Elemental Measurements of Airborne Particles in the Village of Serowe, Botswana, Atmospheric Environment, 36, p.2447 - 2457

Cimidza S, et al, (2001), EDXRF and TXRF Analysis of Aerosol Particles and the Mobile Fraction of Soil in Botswana, X-Ray Spectrometry, 30, p. 301 - 307

Chimidza S and Moloi K, (2000)Identification of Sources of Aerosol Particles in Three Locations in Eastern Botswana, Journal of Geophysical Research, 105 D14, p. 17811 - 1

MBBS(UWI), FCS(SA), MMed(UCT)

Dr. Nkhabe Chinyepi obtained her Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) from the University of West Indies, St Augustine Campus (Trinidad and Tobago) Class of 2008. She trained as a general surgeon at the University of Cape Town, where she also obtained a Master of Medicine in General Surgery (MMed). Major interests Trauma, Transplant Surgery and Minimally Invasive Surgery. Currently, she serves as a Lecturer at the University of Botswana General Surgery Department

Trauma (ATLS instructor)

Thyroid

Endoscopy

Minimally Invasive Surgery(MIS)

trauma

surgical quality improvement

1. Chinyepi, Nkhabe et al. (2019). Outcomes after thoracic endovascular aortic repair in patients with traumatic thoracic aortic injuries—a single-centre retrospective review. European Surgery. 51. 10.1007/s10353-019-0570-4. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10353-019-0570-4
2. Spence, Richard, ..., Chinyepi, Nkhabe et al.(2016). Factors associated with adverse events after emergency laparotomy in Cape Town, South Africa: Identifying opportunities for quality improvement. Journal of Surgical Research. 206. 10.1016/j.jss.2016.08.025. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022480416302931?via%3Dihub
3. Seemungal, T. A., … , Chinyepi, N. et al. (2007). Plasma homocysteine is elevated in COPD patients and is related to COPD severity. International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, 2(3), 313–321. https://doi.org/10.2147/copd.s2147 https://www.dovepress.com/articles.php?article_id=523

LLB (Hons)

LLM in International Investment and Trade Law 

Emma joined University of Botswana in 2016 as a Lecturer in the Department of Law. Prior to joining UB, she was a legal consultant and a practising attorney in Zimbabwe. Within the Department of Law, she is an Academic Adviser and Chair of the Research Committee. Emma specialises in International Investment Law, Law of the World Trade Organisation and Environmental Law. Her scholarship is on intellectual property; sports law; empowerment laws; the regulation of corruption in international investment treaties and environmental law.

Emma is currently reading for a Doctor of Laws with the University of Pretoria, South Africa.

Comparative Legal History and Systems

Business Law

Company Law /Law of Business Associations

International Trade Law

Law and the Environment

Legal and Social Research Methods

Corruption

Environment Law

International Investment Law

1. Chitsove E et al, in Michele Colucci (ed.), IEL Sports Law, (Kluwer Law International BV, Netherlands 2020) pp.1-116
2. Chitsove E, 'Zimbabwe', in Kurt Deketelaere (ed.), IEL Environmental Law, (Kluwer Law International BV, Netherlands 2019) pp.1-171
3. Chitsove E, 'Legal aspects of combatting corruption in Zimbabwe' (2018) University of Botswana Law Journal  41
4. Chitsove E, 'Indigenization laws and Bilateral Investment Treaties in Zimbabwe' (2017) 24 University of Botswana Law Journal 
5. Pfumorodze J and Chitsove E, 'Major Developments in Intellectual Property Law in Botswana' (Special Issue 2016) 21 University of Botswana Law Journal 197
6. Pfumorodze J, Chitsove E and Morolong S, 'The WTO TRIPS Agreement, domestic regulation and access to HIV/AIDS medicines in Southern Africa: The case of Botswana and Zimbabwe' (2014) 27 University of Swaziland Research Journal 145.

PhD. Language and Literacy Education, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

MEd  English Language Education. Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia, USA 

BA Humanities University of Botswana, Gaborone

DSE Humanities. University of Botswana, Gaborone

Academic Literacy 

Academic writing

Professional communication

Digital Literacies

Academic writing across disciplines

New and emerging technologies in teaching and learning