Staff Profiles: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

staff profiles: FACULTY OF HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES

Tom Fox

Department: sociology

1. Name:(Title , First, Last Names)	Tom Fox
2. Tertiary Qualifications (High to Low) Note: Acronyms to be written out in full	MSc. Sociology & Politics. Birkbeck College, University of London. 1983 BA Social Science (Honours). London South Bank University. 1981
3. Current Position	Lecturer
4. Campus Address (Postal, Room No, Block/Unit)	Main Campus, Mandume Ndemufayo Avenue, Windhoek, Private Bag 13301 Block Y, Room Y061
5. Office Phone, Fax & Cell phone (optional)	Phone: + 264 61 206 3808
6. Email Address	tfox@unam.na
7. Short Biography (maximum 150 words)	Tom Fox graduated from the Universities of London and the South Bank, UK and majored in Sociology, Politics and Media Studies. He is currently Lecturer in Sociology at UNAM, and undertaking DPhil. research on media and identity negotiation in Windhoek through the Dept. of Journalism, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa. He came to Namibia in 1996. He has published and researched broadly on HIV and culture, media in Namibia and on development issues, including research consultancies with the United Nations Development Programme, French Cooperation and the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation. He is co-editor/contributor to the book ‘Namibia Society Sociology’ (2005).
8. Resume/Vita	Not available
9. Recently Taught Courses (last 2 years- include course codes)	Sociology of Development Classical Sociological Theory Contemporary Sociological Theory Sociology of Namibian Society
10. Academic interest/ expertise	Media studies Cultural and identity Theory HIV/AIDS and culture Grounded theory and qualitative analysis
11. Research and Publications List of references/citations: Title, year, place& publisher (includes links to abstracts& UNAM Press) Note: Acronyms to be written out in full
12. Recent Professional Activities (last 2 years): Training, Presentations, University Committees, Community Outreach, Professional Associations, Bodies &Public Lectures Note: Acronyms to be written out in full