Awards & Fellowships

• Teaching Advancement at Universities (TAU) Fellow - Member of TAU4 Cohort.

• The Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Wiley Digital Archive Digital Research Fellowship. Digital fellowship awarded for archival research with the RGS-IBG/Wiley Digital Archive, 2021.

• CHE-HELTASA National Excellence in Teaching and Learning Award 2017 - Council on Higher Education (South Africa)/Higher Education Learning & Teaching Association of Southern Africa 

• Faculty Teaching & Learning Award 2017, University of the Western Cape, Faculty of Arts - Emerging Teacher Award

• Faculty of Arts Research Award 2016, University of the Western Cape, Faculty of Arts - Best article by a Lecturer/Associate Lecturer

Recent Funded Projects

• 2024: Volvo Research and Educational Foundation (VREF) Project Title: Investigating young men’s experiences of walking in secondary cities: A comparative study of walking in South Africa and the United Kingdom.

• 2023: Volvo Research and Educational Foundation (VREF) Project Title: Investigating Young Men’s Experiences of Walking to the ‘bus’ in Low Income Neighbourhoods of Cape Town and London, South Africa Project Leader with team members from Durham University (UK) and Transaid (UK). Amount awarded: SEK 500 000.

• 2022-2024: Transatlantic Partnership ‘Transatlantic Platform Recovery, Renewal and Resilience in a Post Pandemic World’ Project title: Impact of COVID19 on livelihoods, mobility and accessibility of marginalised groups (ICOLMA).  Project partner in collaboration with TU Dortmund (Germany), Federal University of ABC, Sāo Paulo (Brazil), University of Cape Town and University of the Western Cape.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Environmental & Geographical Science (Human Geography), 2008

University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Department of Environmental and Geographical Science (Faculty of Humanities)

Thesis: Village People: Quartering De Waterkant in discourse and bricks (Supervisor: Sophie Oldfield)

Master of Arts, Geography, 1998 

University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont USA

Thesis: Moments in the Narrative Landscape of the Bishop Hill Colony 1846-1861: A Vision of Landscape as Utopia (Supervisor: Matthew Hannah)

Master of International Administration, 1995

SIT Graduate Institute (School for International Training), Brattleboro, Vermont USA 

Thesis: Study Abroad and the Art of the (L)attitude Adjustment

Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude, 1990

Saint John’s University, Collegeville, Minnesota USA

Professional Experience

2021-Present

Associate Professor, University of the Western Cape, Department of Geography, Environmental Studies & Tourism 

• Teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate modules;

• Research and supervision of postgraduate students; 

• Faculty and national teaching award recipient

• Member of Migration & Mobilities Interdisciplinary Collective in Africa (MMICA)

2018-2020

Senior Lecturer, University of the Western Cape, Department of Geography, Environmental Studies & Tourism 

2015-2017      

Lecturer, University of the Western Cape, Department of Geography, Environmental Studies & Tourism 

2011-2014

Lecturer and MPhil Course Convener, University of Cape Town

Joint Appointment: Department of Environmental & Geographical Science; and African Climate & Development Initiative  

• Taught undergraduate (3 modules) and postgraduate (3 modules) modules in human geography;

• Established and convened a transdisciplinary MSc/MPhil degree programme across 5 Faculties; 

• Supervision of postgraduate students (honours and masters)

2006-2011

Programme Director and Lecturer, Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) and University of Stellenbosch Postgraduate & International Office

• Oversight and teaching for CIEE international student mobility programme

NB: Prior to 2006 I held a variety of posts in higher education that were not associated with an academic rank.  In all cases I was teaching on- and administering international student mobility programmes in Africa, the Middle East and elsewhere. Although those roles were formative in my development as a teacher and researcher, they are not detailed in this e-portfolio.