Staff Profiles

BSc(Mathematics), University of Botswana, 1996

MSc(Mathematics), University of Sussex, 1999

I  have been a member of Mathematics Department in the Faculty of Science  for more than 10 years. During that time I have taught several courses in the areas such as Complex analysis, real analysis, differential equations and calculus. I have also coordinated first year mathematics courses.

My teaching areas include Complex analysis, real analysis, differential equations and calculus.

My research areas include disease modelling( human diseases and Epidemiology) and Mathematics of Finance.

Levy, B., Lephodisa, B., Lungu, E., Nyabadza, F., et al. (2017). Modeling the role of public health education in Ebola virus disease outbreaks in Sudan. Journal of Infectious Disease Modelling, (2), 323 -340.

1. PhD - Structural Geology and Applied Geophysics (2022), Monash University, Australia 

2. MSc - Geophysics (2014), Oklahoma State University, USA 

3. BSc - Geology (2009), University of Botswana, Botswana 

I am a structural geologist. My research interests include integrating geophysical datasets, geomorphology, and structural geology to understand extensional and accretionary tectonic environments. Recently, I developed an interest in using the combination of the aforementioned datasets to understand neotectonic seismic hazards in southern Africa. 

Structural Geology

Tectonics 

Metamorphic Petrology

Structural Geology and Tectonics

Southern African neotectonic seismic hazards 

Subduction zone geodynamics, with an emphasis on subduction congestion/microcontinent collision and orocline development

Aeromagnetic and gravity interpretation and modelling

Southern African neotectonic seismic hazards

Structural Geophysics- Combination of  joint gravity and magnetic modelling and interpretation

Rift initiation and evolution  

See https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Khumo-Leseane-2?ev=hdr_xprf and https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=lyp2MuEAAAAJ&hl=en or a list of my published works.

PhD (Sociology) University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, 2005

MA (Demography) Georgetown University, Washington DC., USA, 1987

Post-graduate Diploma (Population Studies) RIPS, University of Ghana, Accra, 1982

BA (Sociology and Public Administration) University of Zambia, Lusaka, 1981

Dr Gwen N. Lesetedi is a staunch gender activist and is currently a senior lecturer in the Sociology Department, University of Botswana. She holds a PhD (Sociology) from University of Cape Town, South Africa; MA (Demography) from Georgetown University, Washington DC., USA; Post-graduate Diploma, Regional Institute of Population Studies, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana; and BA (Sociology and Public Administration) University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia. She started her working career as a demographer in the then Central Statistics Office now Statistics Botswana where she worked for ten years and left to join the University of Botswana in 1994. She has also been a part time research associate with Women and the Law in Southern Africa (WLSA) since 1994 and conducted studies most of which have culminated in co-authored publications on the Family, Domestic Violence and HIV and AIDS. She has conducted extensive research and published on gender and development. Her most recent publication is entitled, “A Theoretical Perspective on Women and Poverty in Botswana” published in the Journal of International Women's Studies in 2018.

Introduction to Sociology

Mixed Research Methods

Urban Sociology

Gender and Development

Gender and Development

Urban Development

Poverty and Social Inequalities

HIV and AIDS

Urban Development

Family and Society

HIV and AIDS

Gender and Development

Lesetedi, G. N. (2018). High Youth Unemployment in Botswana: A Case of Policy Failure or Poor Research? Mosenodi Journal Vol. 21 (1): 127 - 136

Lesetedi, G. N. (2018). A Theoretical Perspective on Women and Poverty in Botswana. Journal of International Women's Studies, 19(5), 193-208. http://vc.bridgew.edu/jiws/vol19/iss5/13

 Lesetedi, G.N. 2013   “Persistence of urban-rural linkages among men and women in Botswana: the case of low income residents in Gaborone” in Botswana Journal of Technology Vol. 20, No. 1 April 2013

 Lesetedi, G.N. 2005. "Rethinking Gender within the Context of the Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic". A Journal of Transnational Women’s and Gender Studies Vol. 2 (1), Summer 2005

National Diploma in Secretarial Studies (2006)

Diploma in Business Management (2012)

Pursuing Bachelor of Accounting - University of Botswana (Distance Learning since 2016)

Beauty Connie Lesetedi has worked in the University of Botswana for 4 years (2016).

• PhD, Griffith University (Australia)
• Executive Master of Entrepreneurship, University of Botswana
• MA Media Arts, Emerson College (USA)
• BA Multimedia, RMIT University (Australia).
• Advanced Diploma of Arts in Electronic Design and Interactive Media, RMIT University (Australia

William O. Lesitaokana is a Senior Lecturer and Head of Department of Media Studies in the University of Botswana where he also teaches undergraduate courses in Digital Media, Media Production, and Media Technology. His research focus is on media audiences, media technology and society, cultural sociology and the role of the media in Botswana. He has written extensively in the area of digital media and mobile telephony and society, and has published refereed articles in local and international journals. He co-edited 2 books: one entitled “New Media and Mediatisation of Religion: An African Perspective” published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing, and the other “Re-imagining Communication in Africa and the Caribbean: Global South Issues in Media, Culture and Technology” published by Palgrave Macmillan.

He has published in top international journals such as New Media and Society (Sage), International Journal of Cultural Studies (Sage), Journal of Radio and Audio Media (Routledge), Advanced Journal of Journalism and Media Studies (Intellect) and Journal of African Media Studies (Intellect).

Media Studies Courses

• Media in Botswana
• Introduction to Media Technology
• Media and Society
• Media Management and Entrepreneurship

Media Production Courses

• Introduction to Techniques of Digital Media
• Audio Technology
• Motion Graphics
• Online Media Production

• Media in Botswana (Including Television Studies, Audiences and Impacts of Technology)
• Online Media Publishing
• Mobiles Media Communication and Youth Cultures
• Digital Media Technology

Mobile Media and Communication

1. (2018). Gendered identities and mobile phone consumption among urban youth in Botswana. Journal of African Media Studies, 9(2), pp. 339-350.
2. (2018). Mobile phone use in intimate relationships: The case of urban youth in Botswana. International Journal of Cultural Studies, 21(4), pp. 393-404
3. (2016). Influencing factors to mobile phone adoption among urban youth in Botswana. Journal of Media and Communication Studies, 8(1), pp. 8-14.
4. (2014). Key issues in the development of mobile telephony in Botswana (1998-2011): An empirical investigation. Journal of New Media & Society,  16(5), pp. 840-855
5. (2014, With Eno Akpabio) Traditional versus online newspapers: The perspective of news audiences in Botswana. Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies. 3(2), pp. 209-224.
6. (2013). Radio in Botswana: A critical examination of its growth and Dominance across Botswana’s mass media landscape. Journal of Radio & Audio Media.