Zakeera Docrat

Dr Zakeera Docrat is an Andrew W Mellon Foundation post-doctoral research fellow in forensic linguistics (language and law) at the University of the Western Cape (UWC), based in the Department of African Language Studies. Dr Docrat was Rhodes University's first post-doctoral research fellow in forensic linguistics (language and law), under the auspices of the NRF SARChI Chair in the Intellectualisation of African Languages, Multilingualism and Education. Dr Docrat holds the following degrees:...See more

Dr Zakeera Docrat is an Andrew W Mellon Foundation post-doctoral research fellow in forensic linguistics (language and law) at the University of the Western Cape (UWC), based in the Department of African Language Studies. Dr Docrat was Rhodes University's first post-doctoral research fellow in forensic linguistics (language and law), under the auspices of the NRF SARChI Chair in the Intellectualisation of African Languages, Multilingualism and Education. Dr Docrat holds the following degrees: BA, BA Honours (cum laude), LLB, MA (cum laude) and a PhD. She has presented at international and national conferences including: The International Association of Forensic Linguists (IAFL) conferences in Portugal and Australia; and at the World Congress of African Linguists (WOCAL) conference in Morocco. She has published widely in accredited national and international journals and books. She has penned opinion pieces in several press forums. As an expert, she has been interviewed on national media. She is a member of the International Association of Forensic Linguists (IAFL), the African Languages Association of Southern Africa (ALASA) and Vice-Chairperson of the Indigenous Languages Action Forum (ILAF). She developed and co-lectured the first course module in African Forensic Linguistics at Rhodes University's (RU) School of Languages and Literatures. Dr Docrat was one of the Mail & Guardian 200 Young South Africans in 2018 (Justice and Law category) and received numerous awards, including most outstanding Master's Thesis (African Languages Association of South Africa) and the Women in Science Award - Albertina Sisulu Doctoral Fellowship (Department of Science and Technology), recognising her outstanding academic and research ability. See less