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Biography
Dr Sithembinosi Dube is a linguist, educator and researcher with extensive experience in university teaching and community language education. She has taught across undergraduate and postgraduate programs at the University of New South Wales, Macquarie University, the University of Sydney, and the University of Zimbabwe. Her research and teaching span language processing, first & second language acquisition, multilingualism, intercultural...view more
Dr Sithembinosi Dube is a linguist, educator and researcher with extensive experience in university teaching and community language education. She has taught across undergraduate and postgraduate programs at the University of New South Wales, Macquarie University, the University of Sydney, and the University of Zimbabwe. Her research and teaching span language processing, first & second language acquisition, multilingualism, intercultural communication, heritage and migrant languages, with publications and conference presentations in Australia and internationally. She is also a co-founder and community language teacher supporting Shona and Ndebele language and culture education, reflecting her strong commitment to both academic excellence and community engagement.
My Grants
2019: Chitra Fernandes Research Scholarship Award – Macquarie University (AU$5 000)
2012: Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship. Australia (AU$38316)
2008: ERASMUS MUNDUS Scholarship. European Union (EUR$29 000)
My Qualifications
PhD in Linguistics: Macquarie University
MSc. in Clinical Linguistics: Universities of Potsdam & Groningen
Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Linguistics: University of Zimbabwe
Bachelor of Arts (Hons.): University of Zimbabwe
My Awards
2023: ZIMAA Community Champion Award – 2023 ZIMAA Gala, Sydney, Australia
2020: Teaching Excellence Student Nominated-Award (Nominated) – Macquarie University
2019: Champion Award (Awarded) – Academic Excellence. Celebrate Africans Australians, Australia
2018: Academic Excellence Award. Zimbabwe Achievers Awards – Australia Chapter
2015: Post Graduate Research Fund. CCD, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia (AU$5 000)
2014: Robert Menzies’ Community Award. Robert Menzies College, Sydney, Australia (AU$1 500)
My Research Activities
My PhD research focused on experimental psycholinguistics, using the Event-Related-Potentials neuroimaging technique, to investigate morphosyntactic processing in children, adults, who were monolingual and second-language speakers of English.
Dube, S., Kung, C., Brock, J., & Demuth, K. (2018). Perceptual salience and the processing subject-verb agreementin 9-11 years-oldEnglish-speakingchildren:EvidencefromERPs. LanguageAcquisition, Doi.org/10.1080/10489223.2017.1394305
Dube, S., Kung, C., Peter, V., Brock, J., & Demuth, K. (2017). Effects of sentence position and type of violation on the auditory processing of subject-verb agreement: An auditory ERP study.
Frontiers in Psychology. 7: 1276.doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01276.
Demuth, K., Dube, S., Miles, K., & Tomas, E. (2015). Morphology. In S. McLeod & J. McCormack (Eds.), Introduction to Speech, Language and Literacy. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
My post-doctoral research focuses on multilingualism, intercultural communication, heritage and migrant languages maintenance in Australia.
Williams-Tetthe & Dube, S. (in prep.). A biographical exploration of African migrant repertoires, identities and language ideologies in Australia. To be submitted to Multilingual Matters.
Williams Tetteh, V., & Dube, S. (2024) Book Chapter: Decolonising African Migrant Languages in the Australian Market Economy in Language and Decolonisation: An Interdisciplinary Approach. Edited by Ndlovu, F., & Ndlovu
Gatsheni, S. J., Routeledge -Taylor & Francis Group: doi.org/10.4324/9781003313618.
Wang, Y., Williams Tetteh, V., & Dube, S. (2023). Parental emotionality and power relations in heritage language maintenance: experiences of Chinese and African immigrant families in Australia. Frontiers Psychology,
Jun 30:14:1076418. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1076418.
Dube, S. (2022). The use of ‘sorry’ as an apology in an intercultural interaction: A Shona perspective (Expert witness report, submitted to the Geelong Magistrate Courts, VIC- Australia)
My Engagement
Community Language Teaching