Degrees Held
- PhD (Psychology) (UKZN)
- Master of Social Science (Educational Psychology) (UKZN)
- Bachelor of Social Science Honours (Psychology) (UKZN)
- Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology; Human Resource Management) (UKZN)
Category of Registration with the HPCSA
- Educational Psychologist
Research Interests
- Intelligence testing of culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) children
- Constructions of intelligence
- Test translation and cultural translation
- Linguistic acculturation
- Code-switching and bilingualism
- Second language learning
- Constructions of selfhood
- Bakhtinian dialogism
Teaching Interests
Undergraduate
- Coordinator of PSYC 204 Educational Applications of Psychology
- Contributor to:
- PSYC 101 Introduction to Psychology
- PSYC 222 Developmental Psychology
Postgraduate
Honours:
- Honours Programme Coordinator
- Coordinator of PSYC 704 Psychological Assessment
- Contributor to PSYC 735 Conceptual Foundations
Masters:
- Coordinator of PSYC809 Assessment in Psychological Practice
- Contributor to:
- PSYC 808 Personality and Abnormal Behaviour
- PSYC 814 Research Methods in Psychology
- PSYC 807 Theory & Practice of Clinical Psychology
- PSYC 818 Theory & Practice of Counselling Psychology
- PSYC 819 Theory & Practice of Educational Psychology
- PSYC 822 Quantitative Research Methods
Publications/Selected Publications
- Books:
- Journal Articles:
- Chapters in Books
Community Involvement
- Coordinator of Module 1: Personal and Professional Development, for the REPSSI/UKZN Certificate in Community-Based Work with Children and Youth.
Teaching Expertise
- Education theory: Constructivism and Social Constructivism
- Social constructionism
- Child development
- Child psychopathology
- Psychological assessment
- Professional psychological practice
Student Supervision (Honours, Masters, PhD…)
- Ongoing supervision of research projects at Honours, Masters and PhD levels
Scholarships, Fellowships, Grants
- Andrew W. Mellon Early Career Scholars Fellowship: 2020 – 2024
- National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences – South African Humanities Deans’ Association (NIHSS-SAHUDA): 2014-2016
- University of KwaZulu-Natal Research PhD Grant: 2012
- National Research Fund (NRF): 2004-2005
