Educational History
BA Cum Laude University of the Witwatersrand 1993
English Honours University of Cape Town 1994
MA in English with Distinction University of Cape Town 1996
MStud Oxford University 1997
Ph.D. in English University of Cape Town 2003
Ph.D. in Gender Studies University of the Western Cape 2011
MA in Counseling Psychology, John F Kennedy University 2014
Clinical Work
2019-ongoing: Private Practice
2018-2019: Clinician at Two Chairs Therapy Clinic
2015-2018: Psychotherapy associate and then licensed LMFT in private practice, Berkeley and Oakland
2016: Clinical Associate at Rainbow Community Center, Concord
2015-16: Clinical Associate at West Contra Costa Children and Adolescent Clinic, Richmond
2012-2014: Clinical Associate at Rosa Parks Elementary School, Berkeley
Academic Employment History
2024: Lecturer, Gender and Women’s Studies, University of California, Berkeley
2021; 2023 Lecturer in the Health Humanities and in Health Inequities, Department of Public Health, Cal State East Bay
2020-2022 Beatrice Bain Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Gender and Women’s Studies, University of California, Berkeley
2020-2021 Lecturer, Gender and Women’s Studies, University of California, Berkeley
2018: Guest presenter, panel on Therapy and Activism, Western Institute for Social Research (WISR), Berkeley
Guest lecturer, California State University East Bay, M.S. in Counseling
2017-2018: Adjunct lecturer, John F Kennedy University, Counseling Psychology Department
2016: Lecturer, Gender and Women’s Studies, University of California, Berkeley
2011-2012: Research Associate, Institute for the Humanities in Africa, University of Cape Town
2010-2011: Chief Research Officer, Institute for the Humanities in Africa, University of Cape Town
2003-2010: Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor, University of Cape Town English Department
2000-2003: Lecturer, University of Stellenbosch English Department
1995-6: Tutor in English, University of Cape Town
Volunteer Work
2015-2017: clinician for A Home Within, organization that works with individuals who are in or have been through the foster care system
2013-2016: Board of Directors, Women’s Therapy Centre, Berkeley CA
2012: Our Family Coalition grant writing, San Francisco
2011-12: Women’s Therapy Centre, Berkeley CA, Education Committee
1997-2000 Lay Counsellor, Coordinator, Fundraiser, Trainer, Oxford Sexual Abuse and Rape Crisis Centre, UK
1990-1992 Volunteer English teacher to economically disadvantaged students of color, Student Teachers Education Program (STEP), Johannesburg