Spotlight on Dr Roselyne Masamha – Advancing Research & Education

About Dr Roselyne Masamha

Dr Roselyne Masamha is a staff development consultant, researcher, and Senior Fellow of Advance Higher Education with extensive expertise in mental health, migration studies, and decolonisation. She has a clinical background in forensic learning disability nursing, where she worked as a Clinical Specialist in secure settings supporting individuals at the interface of Mental Health Law and the Criminal Justice system. She has dedicated her career to learning disabilities, social justice, and equity in education and healthcare. Drawing from her clinical practice experience, she moved into clinical education as a lecturer for over 10 years across a number of Higher Education institutions. Currently, she is focussing on research, publication and staff development, with research interests in:

• Population movements,
• The migrant experience,
• Knowledge production,
• Decolonisation,
• Learning from the margins and
• Working with marginalised groups.

She is currently working with Youth Aspire Connect (YAC) on an innovative mental health project for Black and Minoritised Ethnic (BME) communities.

Her efforts align with this year’s International Women’s Day theme:

💜 “For ALL Women and Girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment.”

Dr Masamha is breaking barriers in mental health, migration, and higher education through research, mentorship, and advocacy.🔗 Learn more about the YAC Project

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Key Contributions & Published Works

📖 Fundamentals of Mental Health Nursing, 2nd Edition (Wiley)
📖 Formulation in Mental Health Nursing (SpringerLink)
📖 Chimurenga Epistemologies (Semantic Scholar)
📖 Re-Negotiating Discourses on AIDS during the COVID-19 Pandemic
📖 The Education Experiences of Zimbabwean Nurses in the UK (White Rose eTheses Online)
📖 The Liability of Foreignness: Decolonial Struggles of Migrants
📖 Post-it Notes to My Lecturers | Decolonization and Feminisms
📖 Nursing Nostalgia: Archival Traces and the Social Lives of Zimbabweans in Britain
📖 ‘Barriers to Overcoming the Barriers’ – A Scoping Review of Clinical Supervision Literature

Her work is a powerful reflection on identity, knowledge, and justice, challenging dominant discourses in healthcare, education, and migration.

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Why Dr Roselyne Masamha Inspires Us

• She is dismantling mental health stigma – Engaging parents religious & community leaders to foster open conversations about mental health.
• She amplifies youth voices – Training young researchers to lead in mental health advocacy.
• She bridges research and policy – Working across academia, community initiatives, and government to inform mental health interventions.
• She is creating sustainable change – Developing mental health toolkits & training resources to support BME parents and young people beyond this project.

Her interdisciplinary work ensures that migrants, young people, and marginalised communities access mental health resources, representation, and empowerment.

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Her Favorite African Woman-Authored Book

Dr Masamha is an avid reader of books authored by African women and has many favourites. One of the books that has deeply resonated with her is “Zenzele: A Letter for My Daughter” by J. Nozipo Maraire, a powerful novel written as a letter from a Zimbabwean mother to her daughter

🔗 Read more about “Zenzele: A Letter for My Daughter” → get book HERE

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