The Seton Hill University World Affairs Forum is proud to present guest speaker Annamore M. Matambanadzo, PhD, a research associate and assistant professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Matambanadzo will speak on “Zimbabwe: Nation in Turmoil.” Dr. Matambanadzo’s lecture is free and open to the public and will take place Wednesday, November 19 at 6:30 p.m. in Reeves Memorial Library on Seton Hill’s Greensburg, Pa. campus. For more information on the Seton Hill University World Affairs Forum or on this event, please contact Frank Klapak, Ph.D., Seton Hill professor of communication and education, at klapak@setonhill.edu.

Annamore M. Matambanadzo, Ph.D., is a research associate and assistant professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University Of Pittsburgh School Of Medicine. Prior to this appointment, Dr. Matambanadzo served as a research associate for the University of Pittsburgh’s Graduate School of Public Health, Center for Minority Health (CMH). Here Dr. Matambanadzo made significant contributions to the development and implementation of a baseline assessment for The Healthy Class of 2010: A School-Based Health Promotion Demonstration Research Project conducted in ten Pittsburgh public high schools. She also works with The Healthy Class of 2010 Planning and Advisory Committee, comprised of lead administrators from Pittsburgh Public Schools and the University of Pittsburgh partnership specializing in Public Health, Education and Community-Based Interventions. As the designated CMH HIV/AIDS working group liaison person, Dr. Matambanadzo represented the CMH in community-wide HIV/AIDS and health promotion initiatives. Prior to her appointments with the University of Pittsburgh and her acceptance of a Fulbright scholarship for study in the United States, Dr. Matambanadzo worked as a secondary school teacher for 10 years, and as a principal lecturer and department head at a teachers’ college for 16 years. In 1996, she joined the Zimbabwe Open University as assistant professor and program coordinator for the Bachelors’ Degree in Educational Administration and Policy Studies. Dr. Matambanadzo was among the pioneer lecturers for the Zimbabwe Integrated Teacher Education Course (ZINTEC), a distance education teacher training course introduced after Zimbabwe’s independence to address the acute shortage of qualified teachers, especially in rural areas.

The Seton Hill University World Affairs Forum is dedicated to Seton Hill University President JoAnne Boyle, who consistently encourages every member of the academic community to be an informed global citizen. The forum series brings speakers and artists to Westmoreland County to address global issues.