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Dr Kristina Masuwa-Morgan
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Job title: Senior Lecturer
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Dept: Business School
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Tel: 01227 782689
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Campus: Canterbury
Biography
Dr Kristina Masuwa-Morgan has a BSc in Psychology, a Postgraduate Diploma in Management studies, an MSc in Information Systems Engineering with Business Information Systems, plus a PhD in Computing and Maths focussing on Accessibility Requirements Specification. She also has various professional qualifications in Business Administration, Marketing and Information Management.
She has worked at CCCU since 1998, first in the Department of Computing and now in the Business School. She has been in HE since 1994 having started her HE career at Southbank University and also having had a short period of teaching at Westminster University. Before this she worked in the computing industry for 12 years as Operations Manager for Central Computing Services (Ministry of Finance) in Zimbabwe then Analyst/Programmer for a Zimbabwean parastatal called the Agricultural Finance Cooperation. She then became Software Manager and later Logistics Manager for an information technology company before she became a self-employed consultant working with major clients such as ICL (Zimbabwe), University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Public Health Labs and various other legal and medical organisations. Some of her key systems have included a loan enquiry system, an integrated business system (including debtors, creditors, stock control and nominal accounting), an AIDS analysis system developed for the Public Health labs in Zimbabwe. Whilst working at Southbank University, she also worked as an Information Management Consultant/Trainer offering database development services and training. Some of her major clients included London Voluntary Services Council, Camden Social Services, Happy Computers, and various other organisations.
Before becoming Faculty Learning and Teaching Co-ordinator, Kristina was Programme Director for the MSc in Information Systems run by the Department of Computing, and then Programme Director for the BSc in Business Information Systems. She also worked as Faculty Quality officer for the Faculty of Business and Management as well as representing her Faculty on the CCCU Academic Planning Committee and Equality and Diversity Committee. Her key areas of development for Learning and Teaching are in areas of e-Learning, graduate skills and assessment. She is also a member of the UK Software Metrics Management Committee.
Kristina is also a literary critic, poet and short story writer recognised as a 'Chimurenga Writer' (group of political writers that emerged in Zimbabwe following Independence in 1980). At the time of her first publication she was also the youngest ever Zimbabwean author to publish an anthology and the first ever Zimbabwean woman to publish in English.
Teaching and Academic Interests
Kristina lectures on:
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Information systems and Information management
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Web design, eBusiness and e-Commerce
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Human computer interactions/interfaces
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General areas of computing (programming, systems analysis and design, databases, office packages
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Strategic management including International Business Strategy and Management & Leadership
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Statistical Analysis and Project management
Her research interests include:
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Assistive Technologies and Accessibility issues;
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User Support Systems; Requirement specification and design methods.
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International Business and eBusiness
See http://shapevle.cant.ac.uk/| for further information on current research
Subject Group
Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Management Decision Making, Marketing
Publications, Working Papers and Conference Papers
Information Management/Computing related publications
Masuwa-Morgan K.R and Burrell P, A methodology for ontology development: Lessons learnt from the development of AccessOnto, under submission (JA)
Masuwa-Morgan K.R and Burrell P, Perspectives on user requirements specification, under submission (JA)
Masuwa-Morgan K.R (2008), Introducing AccessOnto: Ontology for Accessibility Requirements Specification, IEEE Computer Society, ONTORACT'08 workshop proceedings volume (JA), http://xplqa.ieee.org/xpl/tocresult.jsp?isnumber=4756181&isYear=2008|
Masuwa-Morgan K.R and Burrell P (2004), Justification of the need for an ontology for accessibility requirements specification, Elsevier B.V, Interacting with Computers, Volume 16, Issue 3: Universal Usability Revisited, June 2004, Pages 523-555, (JA)
Masuwa-Morgan K.R (1996), Supporting user diversity, Presentation at the doctoral consortium at HCI'96 (Conference in Human Computer Interactions)
Learning and Teaching Workshops
2008 Cultural issues in Assessment, Canterbury Christ Church University Student First Conference, in collaboration with Dr Martin Hyde
1995 ICT workshop series, Women's Returner Week, London Information Technology training for unemployed women, hosted by London Voluntary Services Council in collaboration with North London University
Consultancy Interests
1995 Women's Returner Week, London Information Technology training for unemployed women, hosted by London Voluntary Services Council in collaboration with North London University
1990-1998 Training contracts (London): Microsoft Office products; WordPerfect, Multimate and Multiplan, Lotus, Quattro pro and SuperCalc;
Happy Computers, 10 Rosebery Ave., London EC1 (teaching various packages to various organisations)
London Voluntary Services Council, 356 Holloway Rd, London N7 6PA (IT training and course design)
Camden Social Services, 79 Camden Rd, London NW1 9ES (IT training and course design)
1990 Willdale Pvt Ltd (Brick Company – Zimbabwe)
Computerisation of all accounting functions and especially stock control and brick production monitoring and distribution.
1989-90 University of Zimbabwe, Project run by ICL Zimbabwe
University-wide computerisation of administration functions and training of staff
Published anthologies
(literary worked published as Kristina Rungano)
Rungano Kristina (2004), Several pieces of poetry published by Imperium, VOL IIV 2004, ISSN 1473-219X
Rungano Kristina (2000), This morning (a poem), published in Sallah Tijan M, Ojaide Tanure (eds, "New African Poetry: An Anthology"
Rungano Kristina (1999), Several pieces of poetry in "The Penguin Book of Modern African Poetry", Edited and translated by Ulli Beier and Gerald Moore
Rungano Kristina (1997), The Rights of Soldier (a poem), published in Compost magazine, USA; and the same poem published by The National Library of Poetry in their anthology, Fields of Gold
Rungano Kristina, Veit-Wild Flora (ed), (1987), Patterns of Poetry in Zimbabwe, Mambo Press pub, Zimbabwe, includes several pieces of poetry by Rungano Kristina
Rungano Kristina (1995), Several pieces of poetry in "African Women's Poetry", Oxford: Heinemann pub, edited by Stella and Frank Chipasula
Rungano Kristina (1992), Busby Margaret (ed), (1992), Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Words and Writings by Women of African Descent - From the Ancient Egyptian to the Present, Heinemann pub, includes various pieces of poetry by Rungano Kristina
Rungano Kristina (1984), The Woman (a poem), in Besner Neil et al (eds), (1997) Uncommon Wealth, Oxford University Press (Canada), p. 804; and in Worldscapes, Oxford University Press (Southern Africa) in same year; then in Daymond M.J et al (eds), (2003), Women Writing Africa: Southern Region, Feminist Press (USA), p. 385; and in Powell Kevin (ed) (2000), Step into a World: A Global Anthology of the New Black Literature, John Wiley & Sons Inc; and in Kozain Rustum ed (2007), Voices from All Over, Oxford University Press Southern Africa
Published Short Stories
Rungano Kristina (1994), Waiting for God's Mercy, Wasafiri (Literary journal of Contemporary African, Asian, Black British and Caribbean literature), Issue 19, Summer 1994
Published Literary papers and book reviews
Rungano Kristina (1994), Paper: "South African Writing: Lewis Nkosi", - Wasafiri, Issue 19, Summer 1994, (JA),
Rungano Kristina (1993), Review: "A shield of the Coolest Air", by Marion Molteno - Wasafiri, Issue 17, Spring, (JA),
Rungano Kristina (1992), Review: The blood of Peace and other poems, by Thomas Ojaide; "Of Chameleons and Gods", by Jack Mapanje; "Whispers in the wings", by Frank Chipasula - Wasafiri, Issue 16, Autumn, (JA),
Rungano Kristina, (1991), Review: Harvest of thorns, by Shimmer Chinodya - published by Wasafiri and then by The Black Scholar in the same year, (JA),
Participation at Major Literary Workshops and conferences
1986 Poetry reading, Zimbabwe-German Society, Harare, Zimbabwe
1985 Panel Member, International Writers conference, Harare, Zimbabwe
1984 Respondent to Conference workshop session in collaboration with Dr. Lewis Nkosi, International Writers conference, Harare, Zimbabwe
Various other readings and presentations including schools and universities in Zimbabwe and the UK.