Biography:
I began my second year as graduate student in International Development and Social Change at Clark University this fall. Before attending Clark, I worked for twelve years with various development agencies and NGOs in Zimbabwe as a researcher and financial management specialist freelance consultant. In my work, I have assisted the government of Zimbabwe and development agencies in formulating project/program development proposals that culminated in bi-lateral program financing agreements. My work also included project/program evaluation, end of project audits, and technical assistance in project management as a financial management specialist. I also conducted research studies in the health and education sectors. My most recent research before coming to Clark was with UNICEF looking at the cost of basic education in Zimbabwe and analytically evaluating how parents and caregivers were coping to keep children in school given the country's economic crisis and the HIV/AIDS pandemic and orphans crisis. In between my work assignments in Zimbabwe, I have also worked for a charity organization in community housing in England for three years as a project officer and community housing policy analyst.

I am a Registered Public Accountant in Zimbabwe, an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries and Administrators (ACIS) and a member of the Zimbabwe Institute of Public Finance and Accountants. I hold an MBA/International Banking and Finance from the University of Birmingham in UK.

Research Focus:
My research interests evolve around the interconnected links between the environment, the wellbeing of man, and sustainable development. I believe in a healthy environment being the mainstay of man's wellbeing and man's wellbeing a necessary condition for sustainable development. My particular interest is to analytically evaluate development interventions that seek to address environmental degradation in communities in South Africa and Zimbabwe. The objective is to highlight the importance of a systems-based integrated approach when addressing community environmental issues and sustainable development particularly in an HIV/AIDS environment. The argument I pursue in the analysis is that, man is central to both aspects of environmental protection and sustainable development and his wellbeing is affected by what happens in the health, education, agriculture, and other sectors and also affects what happens in those sectors and to the environment and sustainable development.