Academic matters fall under the control of Senate, which consists of the following: Where an individual is listed more than once, the secondary listings are marked with an asterisk*; e.g. where a person is a professor, his/her primary listing is as a professor. At 1 January 2012 the membership of Senate stood at 342:
Vice-Chancellor & Deputy Vice-Chancellors | Deans/Acting Deans & Deputy Deans/Acting Deputy Deans | The Heads & Acting Heads of Academic Departments | The Professors | List of Professors |
The Heads and Acting Heads of Academic Departments
Academic Departments are organisational units formally recognised as such by Senante and Council in terms of the Statute. Some are styled schools while two are styled colleges, but all have the status of academic department. At 1 January 2012 there were 55 recognised academic departments.
| Department | Name | Period |
| Academic Development Programme | *Professor Ian Rael Scott (Director) | (Permanent) |
| Accounting, College of | Associate Professor Mark Gregory Graham | (01.01.2010 – 31.12.2015) |
| African & Gender Studies, Anthropology & Linguistics, School of | *Associate Professor Jane Bennett | (01.01.2012 – 31.12.2014) |
| Anaesthesia |
*Professor Robert Anthony Dyer *Professor Jus tus Ludolph Christiaan Swanvelder |
(01.01.2012 to 31.03.2012) (01 July 2012: Permanent) |
| Archaeology | *Professor Judith Clare Sealy | (01.01.2008 – 31.12.2012) |
| Architecture, Planning & Geomatics, School of | Associate Professor Aletta Katharina Steenkamp (Director) | (01.01.2012 – 31.12.2014) |
| Astronomy | *Professor Reneé Christine Kraan-Korteweg | (01.01.2005 – 31.12.2012) |
| Botany | *Professor Jeremy John Midgley | (01.07.2009 – 31.06.2012) |
| Chemical Engineering | *Professor Jack Calvin Q Fletcher | (01.01.2008 – 31.12.2012) |
| Chemistry | *Professor Susan Ann Bourne | (01.01.2012 – 31.12.2016) |
| Civil Engineering | *Professor Alphose Zingoni | (01.01.2008 – 31.12.2012) |
| Clinical Laboratory Sciences | *Professor Lorna Jean Martin | (01.10.2011 – 30.09.2014) |
| Commercial Law | *Professor Alan John Rycroft | (01.03.2011 – 31.03.2016) |
| Computer Science | Associate Professor Sonia Berman | (01.01.2009 – 30.09.2014) |
| Construction, Eonomics & Management | *Professor Keith Stone Cattell | (01.01.2012 – 31.12.2014) |
| Drama | Associate Professor Mark Jay Fleishman | (01.01.2012 – 31.12.2012) |
| Economics, School of | Associate Professor Corné van Walbeek (Director) | (01.05.2009 – 31.03.2012) |
| Education, School of | Associate Professor Rüdiger Laugksch (Director) | (01.01.2008 – 31.12.2013) |
| Electrical Engineering | Emeritus Professor Barry John Downing | (01.01.2012 – 31.12.2012) |
| English Language & Literature | Associate Professor Carrol-Ann Pauline Clarkson | (01.01.2010 – 31.12.2012) |
| Environmental & Geographical Science | *Professor Michael Edward Meadows | (01.01.2006 – 31.12.2013) |
| Film & Media Studies | *Professor Ian Edward Glenn | (01.01.2005 – 31.12.2012) |
| Finance & Tax | Associate Professor Glen Holman | (01.01.2012 -31.12.2014) |
| Fine Art, Michaelis School of | Associate Professor Stephen Charles Inggs | (01.07.2011 – 31.12.2013) |
| Geological Sciences | Associate Professor Steve Richardson | (01.01.2011 – 31.12.2015) |
| Graduate School of Business | *Professor Walter Remi Juliaan Baets (Director) | (01.07.2009 – 30.06.2014) |
| Health and Rehabilitation Sciences | Associate Professor Harsha Kathard | (01.03.2007 – 31.05.2013) |
| Historical Studies | *Professor Nigel Anthony Worden | (01.01.2011 – 31.12.2012) |
| Human Biology | Associate Professor Lauriston Kellaway | (01.01.2012 – 31.12.2013) |
| Information Systems | Associate Professor Kosheek Sewchurran | (01.01.2012 – 31.12.2014) |
| Languages & Literatures, School of | Associate Professor Clive Edward Chandler | (01.01.2008 – 31.12.2013) |
| Management Studies, School of | Associate Professor Anton Schlechter | (01.08.2011 – 31.12.2014) |
| Mathematics & Applied Mathematics | Associate Professor Vasco Brattka | (01.08.2009 – 31.07.2012) |
| Mechanical Engineering | *Professor Christiaan Redelinghuys | (01.04.2010 - 31.12.2013) |
| Medicine | *Professor Bongani Mawethu Mayosi | (Permanent) |
| Molecular & Cell Biology | Associate Professor Vernon Errol Coyne | (01.01.2012 – 31.12.2016) |
| *Professor Janet Patricia Hapgood | (Acting: 01.01.2012 – 30.06.2012) | |
| *Professor Jill M Farrant | (Acting: 01.07.2012 – 31.12.2012) | |
| Music, South African College of | Dr Morné Bezuidenhout (Director) | (01.01.2010 – 31.12.2012) |
| Obstetrics & Gynaecology | *Professor Lynnette Ann Denny | (01.01.2010 – 31.12.2012) |
| Oceanography | *Professor Chris James Charles Reason | (01.01.2011 – 31.12.2015) |
| Paediatrics & Child Health | *Professor Heather Joy Zar | (01.06.2009 – 31.05.2012) |
| Philosophy | *Professor David Benatar | (01.07.2008 – 30.06.2013) |
| Physics | *Professor David George Aschman | (01.09.2007 – 30.08.2012) |
| Political Studies | *Professor Annette Seegers | (01.01.2011 – 31.12.2013) |
| Private Law | *Professor Tjakie Naude | (01.04.2011 – 30.06.2012) |
| *Professor Anton Fagan | (01.07.2012 – 30.06.2017) | |
| Psychiatry & Mental Health | *Professor Dan Joseph Stein | (Permanent) |
| Psychology | *Professor Mark Leonard Solms | (01.01.2012 – 31.12.2014) |
| Public Health & Family Medicine | *Professor Leslie London | (01.07.2007 – 30.09.2012) |
| Public Law | *Professor Danwood Mzikenge Chirwa | (01.07.2009 – 30.06.2014) |
| Radiation Medicine | *Professor Raymond Abratt | (01.04.2011 – 31.12.2014) |
| Religious Studies | *Professor Abdulkader Ismail Tayob | (01.07.2011 – 30.06.2013) |
| Social Development | Associate Professor Vivienne Elizabeth Taylor | |
| Sociology | Associate Professor David Michael Cooper | (01.07.2008 – 31.12.2013) |
| Statistical Sciences | Associate Professor Christien Thiart | (01.07.2009 – 30.06.2014) |
| Surgery | *Professor Delawir Kahn | (01.01.2005 – 30.09.2015) |
| Zoology | *Professor Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan | (01.01.2012 – 31.12.2014) |
The Professors are listed at the end of this Senate list.
| Twelve Elected by the Academic Staff (01.07.2008 to 30.06.2012) |
Associate Professor Tania Douglas Associate Professor Alan Hutton Associate Professor Frantz-Josef Kahlen Associate Professor Virna Drucille Leaner Associate Professor Theresa Lorenzo Associate Professor Thomas Moultrie Associate Professor Brandon Collier-Reed Mr Jacques André Rousseau Associate Professor Craig Richard West Three Vacancies |
| Four Elected by the Professional, Administrative, Support & Service (PASS) Staff (01.07.2008 to 30.06.2012) |
Mr Abubakar Adams Ms Brenda Klingenberg Mrs Rosemary Arddyn Mossop Ms Karen Tania Wienand |
| Six Students appointed by the SRC (01/11/2011 to 01/10/2012) |
Ms Fadzai Chitiyo Ms Insaaf Isaacs Mr Ali Kiyaei Ms Basani Mkhize Ms Lusani Nemalili Mr Alexander Spoor |
| Two Members of Council Elected by Council (01.07 2008 to 30.6.2012) |
Vacant Emeritus Professor John Terblanche |
| Up to 35 Co-opted Members | |
| List 1: Co-opted Ex Offico (5) | |
| Head: Centre for Educational Technology (CET) | Associate Professor Laura Czerniewicz |
| Head: Higher & Adult Education Studies Development Unit (HAESDU) | Associate Professor Linda Helen Cooper |
| Executive Director: Student Affairs | Ms Moonira Khan |
| Head: School of Dance | Mr Gerard Manley Samuel |
| Executive Director: University Libraries | Ms Gwenda Thomas |
|
List 2: Co-opted under the Provision of the Statute allowing for Co-option that allows for greater Diversity in the Senate (26) (01.07.2008 to 30.06.2012) |
Associate Professor Muhammad Saalih Allie Associate Professor Jane Bennett Associate Professor Debbie Wendy Collier Dr Beatrice Isabel Conradie Associate Professor Laura Czerniewicz Associate Professor Mqhele Dlodlo Ms Tracy Lee Gutuza Dr Salma Ismail Associate Professor David Steve Jacobs Associate Professor Rochelle Lynne Kapp Associate Professor Franklin Larey Associate Professor Mbulungeni Ronald Madiba Associate Professor Pilate Moyo Associate Professor Dick Ng’ambi Dr Colleen O'Ryan Associate Professor Jayendrah Pather Dr Sharon Prince Associate Professor Elelwani Ramugondo Associate Professor Maano Freddy Ramutsindela Associate Professor Ulrike Karin Rivett Associate Professor Kosheek Sewchurran Dr Cynthia Nonhlanhla Sikakana Associate Professor Milford Sibusiso Soko Associate Professor Hussein Suleman Associate Professor Sally Grace Swartz Dr Amanda Weltman |
The Professors (Total at 1 January 2012: 256)
(With the year of professorial appointment)
| Haiim Abraham | 2000 | Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan | 2003 |
| Raymond Abratt | 2000 | Danwood Mzikenge Chirwa | 2012 |
| Colleen Merle Adnams | 2007 | Michael Christian Claeys | 2010 |
| Mark Gavin Alexander | 1992 | Patrick Joseph Commerford | 1987 |
| Jane Alexander | 2008 | Colin Douglas Cook | 2007 |
| Seyi Ladele Amosun | 2001 | Hugh Micah Corder | 1987 |
| Kurt Andre April | 2006 | Jean-Louis Maurice Cornille | 1996 |
| Andrew Charles Argent | 2009 | Carlos De Jesus Correia | 2010 |
| David George Aschman | 1983 | Owen Crankshaw | 2006 |
| Walter Remi Juliaan Baets | 2009 | Timothy Michael Crowe | 2004 |
| Jeffrey Jacob Bagraim | 2012 | Graeme Cumming | 2006 |
| Igor Vladilenovich Barashenkov | 2001 | David Alan Deglon | 2011 |
| Jaco Barnard-Naude | 2012 | Pierre Francois de Vos | 2009 |
| Karen Irma Barnes | 2009 | Wouter de Vos | 2011 |
| Graham Douglas Irving Barr | 1997 | Lynnette Ann Denny | 2006 |
| Bruce Adrian Bassett | 2011 | Elton Wayne Derman | 2010 |
| Eric Donn Bateman | 1996 | Keertan Dheda | 2012 |
| David Benatar | 2007 | Robert Edwin Dorrington | 1988 |
| Stephen James Beningfield | 1993 | Barry John Downing (Emeritus) | 1983 |
| Paul Stephen Benjamin | 2007 | Kathleen Ann Driver | 2006 |
| Kevin Frank Bennett | 1992 | Robert Dunn | 2012 |
| Thomas William Bennett | 1989 | Timothy Terence Dunne | 2000 |
| Haroon Ismail Bhorat | 2007 | Peter Klaus Dunsby | 2007 |
| John Vivian Bickford-Smith | 1999 | Robert Anthony Dyer | 2011 |
| Anthony Henry Black | 2008 | Anton Adriaan Eberhard | 2004 |
| Jonathan Blackburn | 2008 | Timothy John Egan | 2006 |
| Edwin Haupt Blake | 2000 | Rodney Ehrlich | 2006 |
| John Joseph Bolton | 2005 | George Adriaan Ekama | 1991 |
| William John Bond | 1992 | Margaret Paula Ensor | 2004 |
| Susan Ann Bourne | 2008 | Anton Gabriel Fagan | 2006 |
| Paul Anthony Bowen | 1993 | Johannes Jacobus Fagan | 2002 |
| Martin Braae | 1997 | Jill Margaret Farrant | 2005 |
| David John Bradfield | 1998 | Loretta Annalise Feris | 2012 |
| David Thomas Britton | 2011 | Anthony-Graeme Fieggen | 2008 |
| Frank Brombacher | 2000 | Anthony Figaji | 2012 |
| Irwin Thomas Brown | 2011 | Gail Fincham | 2012 |
| Robin Alexander Brown | 2011 | Ingrid Jean Fiske | 2010 |
| Vanessa Celeste Burch | 2008 | Jack Calvin Fletcher | 2006 |
| Jonathan Mark Burchell | 2000 | Donald Hugh Foster | 1990 |
| Anthony Michael Butler | 2012 | Jean-Paul Franzidis | 2007 |
| Douglas Stuart Butterworth | 1994 | Charles Trevor Gaunt | 2004 |
| Mino Rudolfo Caira | 2001 | John Noel Gibson | 2002 |
| Robert Greig Cameron | 2004 | Lucy Jennifer Gilson | 2008 |
| Claude Carignan | 2011 | Jan Ignacy Glazewski | 2000 |
| Jennifer Margaret Case | 2012 | Ian Edward Glenn | 2007 |
| Keith Stone Cattell | 2010 | Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela | 2010 |
| Anthony Chan | 2004 | Leslie Jacqueline Harriet L Greenberg | 2008 |
| Michael Halton Cheadle | 1999 | Dhirendra Govender | 2003 |
| Kelly Chibale | 2007 | Clive Maurice Gray | 2011 |
| David Shane Chidester | 1994 | Charles Llewellyn Griffiths | 2007 |
| Joan Helene Hambidge | 2003 | Gary Marsden | 2010 |
| Carolyn Anne Hamilton | 2008 | Adrian David Marais | 2004 |
| Willem Albert Hanekom | 2011 | Lorna Jean Martin | 2004 |
| Janet Patricia Hapgood | 2007 | Robert Britt Mattes | 2007 |
| John Edward Hare | 1999 | Bongani Mawethu Mayosi | 2006 |
| Christopher Harris | 2008 | Dianne Elizabeth McIntyre | 2008 |
| Susan Therese Harrison | 1999 | Michael Edward Meadows | 2004 |
| Terry Albert Hedderson | 2006 | Peter Nicholas Meissner | 2008 |
| Bruce Charles Hewitson | 2005 | Rajend Mesthrie | 1998 |
| John Anthony Higgins | 2002 | Valerie Mizrahi | 2011 |
| Chuma Himonga | 2002 | Jeremy John Midgley | 2007 |
| Phillip Hockey | 2008 | Klaus Peter Moller | 2009 |
| Michael Timm Hoffman | 2001 | Alastair John Ward Millar | 2007 |
| Hendrik Pienaar Hofmeyr | 2010 | Alan Gregory Morris | 2008 |
| Roger Hunter | 2011 | Michael Leon Morris | 2011 |
| Gregory Dudley Hussey | 2003 | Hanri Mostert | 2008 |
| Dale Brenton Hutchison | 1983 | Johan Pieter Muller | 1991 |
| Nicola Illing | 2011 | Christina Mary Murray | 1995 |
| Michael Raymond Inggs | 2002 | Jonathan Elliot Myers | 1994 |
| Graham Ellis Jackson | 2011 | Kevin Jonathan Naidoo | 2011 |
| Marian Eslie Jacobs | 1995 | Nicoli Jean Nattrass | 1999 |
| George Janelidze | 2004 | Tjakie Naude | 2009 |
| Mohamed Fareed Jeebhay | 2010 | Mark George New | 2011 |
| Jennifer Margaret Jelsma | 2009 | Ronald Thandabantu Nhlapo | 2005 |
| Richard Dennis Jooste | 1995 | Mark Patrick Nicol | 2008 |
| Delawir Kahn | 2000 | Timothy David Noakes | 1989 |
| Asgar Ali Kalla | 2002 | Michael Francis Noero | 2000 |
| Evance Rabban Kalula | 2002 | Nicolas Novitzky | 1995 |
| David Ellis Kaplan | 1998 | Lungisile Ntsebeza | 2008 |
| Kemal Khan | 2008 | Gerald Norman Nurick | 1994 |
| Susan Hillary Kidson | 2004 | Francis Beng Nyamnjoh | 2009 |
| Julian Kinderlerer | 2007 | Mohamed Iqbal Parker | 1993 |
| Sandra Klopper | 2012 | Susan Parnell | 2006 |
| Robert Douglas Knutsen | 2008 | Nigel Penn | 2012 |
| Thomas Albert Koelble | 2000 | André Peshier | 2010 |
| Reneé Christine Kraan-Korteweg | 2005 | Jonathan Clemence Peter | 2011 |
| Jake Edmond Joubert Krige | 2010 | Francis William Petersen | 2008 |
| Hans-Peter Albert Künzi | 2000 | Howard Phillips | 2005 |
| Michael Ian Lambert | 2010 | Edgar Arther Pieterse | 2008 |
| Estelle Victoria Lambert | 2005 | Pragasen Pillay | 2004 |
| Rochelle le Roux | 2011 | Deborah Beatrice Posel | 2010 |
| Anton Powter le Roex | 1997 | Paul Charles Potter | 2008 |
| Murray Victor Leibbrandt | 2000 | Rajkumar Ramesar | 2000 |
| Naomi Sharlene Levitt | 2005 | Chris James Charles Reason | 2006 |
| Alison Emslie Lewis | 2007 | Batmanathan Dayanand Reddy | 1989 |
| Leslie London | 2005 | Christiaan Redelinghuys | 2005 |
| Graham Johan Louw | 2008 | Stephen John Young Reid | 2010 |
| Johannes Louw | 1998 | Colin Peter Richards | 2010 |
| Joha Louw-Potgieter | 2003 | Donald Alan Ross | 2001 |
| Iain Low | 2007 | Michael John Rossi | 2007 |
| Gary Maartens | 2004 | Vivienne Ann Russell | 2005 |
| Anne Kelk Mager | 2011 | Edward Peter Rybicki | 2003 |
| Anwarul Haq Suleman Mall | 2008 | Alan John Rycroft | 2009 |
| Salvatore Mancuso | 2012 | Philippe-Joseph Salazar (Distinguished) | 1986 |
| David Jonathan Schalkwyk | 2002 | Gail Todd | 2012 |
| Martin Peter Schwellnus | 2007 | Colin Getty Tredoux | 2008 |
| Pamela Jane Schwikkard | 2001 | Enrico Orlando Uliana | 1994 |
| Ian Rael Scott | 2005 | Arjan Bastiaan van As | 2008 |
| Judith Clare Sealy | 2007 | Jean-Paul Willy van Belle | 2011 |
| Annette Seegers | 1997 | Zephne Margaret van der Spuy | 1997 |
| Jeremy Fraser Seekings | 2003 | Etienne Roche van Heerden | 1999 |
| Janet Seggie | 2000 | Paul van Rensburg | 2002 |
| Bryan Trevor Sewell | 2011 | Eric Wilhelmus J van Steen | 2002 |
| Milton Shain | 1997 | Daniel Petrus Visser | 1983 |
| Clifford Denning Shearing | 2006 | David Wardle | 2006 |
| Frank Alan Shillington | 2004 | Alexandra Watson | 2010 |
| Aristides Sitas | 2009 | Vanessa Jane Watson | 2003 |
| Phillipa Ann Skotnes | 1999 | Bernhard Weiss | 2011 |
| Justus Ludolph Christiaan Swanvelder | 2012 | Robert Charles Williams | 2010 |
| Karen Sliwa-Hahnle | 2010 | Anna-Lise Williamson | 2005 |
| Kelwyn Ellis Sole | 2004 | Carolyn Williamson | 2010 |
| Mark Leonard Solms | 2002 | Harald Ernst Winkler | 2011 |
| Crain Arthur Soudien | 2000 | Martin Wittenberg | 2012 |
| Dan Joseph Stein | 2005 | Eric Arthur Wood | 2010 |
| Edward David Sturrock | 2008 | Robin Wood | 2009 |
| Justus Ludolph Christiaan | 2012 | Nigel Anthony Worden | 1997 |
| George Henry Swingler | 2004 | James Gavin Forrest Younge | 1999 |
| Robert Bennett Tait | 2004 | Heather Joy Zar | 2008 |
| Jonathan Craig Tapson | 2004 | Peter Zilla | 2000 |
| Abdulkader Ismail Tayob | 1999 | Alphose Zingoni | 2003 |
| Sandie Rutherford Thomson | 2011 |