Ruth Murambadoro holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Pretoria. She is a Black political feminist whose scholarship centers on women, transitional justice, social justice, and the politics of the Global South. She holds an appointment as Assistant Professor of Black Feminisms at Memorial University of Newfoundland, located in Mi’kma’ki—the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq and Beothuk peoples. Her growing body of work includes the monograph “Transitional Justice in Africa: The Case of Zimbabwe “ (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020) and the co-edited volume “The PhD Experience in African Higher Education “ (Rowman & Littlefield, 2022). Ruth also contributes thought-provoking essays to platforms such as Kujenga Amani, Africa Is A Country, and Herizons, among others. A former board member of the Zimbabwe Peace Project and the African Studies Association, Ruth is a committed scholar-activist who actively works to advance holistic peace and development—both within academia and in broader society. She is also a former three-time recipient (2015 – 2018)of the Social Science Research Council’s (SSRC’s) Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa (Next Gen) and 2022 African Peacebuilding Network (APN) Individual Research Fellowship awards. She holds research affiliations with the Harriet Tubman Institute and the Center for Feminist Research at York University, Canada.