Dr Zakeera Docrat is currently a Postdoctoral research fellow under the auspices of the National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS), at the University of the Western Cape.
Dr Docrat is a forensic and legal linguist, researcher and author.
Qualifications include a: BA; BA Hons (cum laude); LLB, MA (cum laude); PhD from Rhodes University.
Dr Docrat's recent book publication (2021) is: A handbook on Legal Languages and the quest for linguistic equality in South Africa and beyond.
She is the vice-chairperson of the Indigenous Languages Action Forum and an international advisory board member for the International Journal for the Semiotics of Law.
Experience
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2020–presentPostdoctoral research fellow, Rhodes University
Education
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2019Rhodes University , PhD
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2017Rhodes University , MA (cum laude)
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2015Rhodes University , LLB
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2013Rhodes University , BA Honours (cum laude)
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2012Rhodes University , BA
Professional Memberships
- Member of the International Association of Forensic Linguists
- Member of the African Languages Association of Southern Africa
Honours
2018 Women in Science Award: DST Albertina Sisulu Doctoral fellowship; 2018 ALASA award for the most outstanding MA thesis in Southern Africa in the area of African languages; 2018 Mail & Guardian 200 Young South Africans (Justice and Law category); 2021 Sunday World and DSI Women in Science Award; 2021 Emerging Researcher Award African Languages Association of Southern Africa
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