- Designed and implemented/facilitated comprehensive mentor development training for student mentors in a pre-university access programme.• The design of the training programme was informed by the nature and objectives of the access programme and consultations with the host institution.• Part of the focus included mentoring as leadership and the role of active reflection as a tool to enhance the mentoring and leadership practice and facilitate accountability.

Independent Diversity Consultant and Commercial Mediator (June 2019)• Develop targeted content and training to increase cultural awareness, knowledge and communication.• The objective of these measures is ultimately to encourage the development of an organisational culture that prioritises and celebrates diversity, equity and inclusion as an organisational imperative.• Lecturer: Critical Diversity (Targeting Talent Programme – Wits University)• Provision of lectures on Critical Diversity to high school learners from grades 10 – 12 as part of the Targeting Talent Programme. This is an academic development programme aimed at academically talented learners from underprivileged schools around the country. The objective of the programme is to prepare them for university life.• Assessor: GetSmarter• Part of the facilitation team for Northwestern University’s Leading Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (online) Programme.

• Proofread and correct superficial errors involving grammar, spelling, and punctuation. Copy edit in order to address and improve the content, argument, and structure of the manuscripts.• Work to date has included academic articles, publications, and dissertations, as well as business and project proposals.

• Cross-functional involvement in the Targeting Talent Programme (TTP). This was an academic development programme aimed at academically talented learners from under resourced schools around the country. The programme was run by the Student Equity and Talent Management Unit (SETMU).• The objective of the programme is to prepare them for university life from a holistic and comprehensive perspective (academically, socially, and psychologically).• Core roles included:• Policy analysis and development with the aim of ensuring that the policies are appropriately responsive and socially just.• Production of independent and collaborative research, including reports.• Monitoring and evaluation. Collating the overall TTP logic model. Mapping out the implementation processes for the online, blended and face-to-face TTP models.• Production of summative M&E reports such as the Annual Consolidated Report as well as the final TTP M&E Report.• Lecturer: Critical Diversity (Targeting Talent Programme – Wits University)• Provision of lectures on Critical Diversity to high school learners from grades 10 – 12 as part of the Targeting Talent Programme (TTP). • Assist with the training, development, and evaluation of student mentors involved the TTP.• Writing and research support: Editing and reviewing of reports produced by research division. Facilitation of writing workshops for all members of staff as part of staff professional development. Co-supervision of programme research assistants.

This position is located in the Transformation and Employment Equity Office (TEEO) of the University. I was responsible for the management and coordination of the University’s strategy and obligations in relation to matters of discrimination. This effectively entails the promotion and monitoring of transformation, equity, diversity and non-discrimination in the University as a strategic imperative; developing and implementing appropriately responsive policies in order to achieve the above. In addition, I was responsible for the design, management and implementation of the various social justice initiatives, advocacy and awareness campaigns run by the TEEO. The core of my role is, however, to actively assist the Transformation & Employment Equity Office to facilitate the achievement of social justice and cohesion on campus, and to cultivate an institutional culture that is inclusive and recognizes diversity.The key functions of this position are:- Identify and eradicate all forms of discrimination on campus. This involves:Policy work, including monitoring, reviewing, evaluating and drafting social justice policies. - Develop implement and coordinate awareness and advocacy campaigns programmes and interventions. This involves:Participating actively in the design and facilitation of policy, diversity, ethics and social justice awareness and advocacy campaigns for the University. - Project Management- Facilitate ethical leadership and management practices.- Research and development.- Management and statutory reporting.

GALA (Gay and Lesbian Memory in Action Trust) is a 21-year old non-governmental organisation dedicated to (amongst others) archiving and preserving LGBTQIA+ history and movements (for individuals and organisations) in South Africa and parts of southern Africa. In the position of Programme Manager I was responsible for the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of all GALA’s board-approved programmes.Several projects involved organising dialogues between Queer-identifying groups and various entities within the community. The projects were in various states of development when I joined GALA, and therefore required different approaches and levels of engagement.- One of the most notable projects was called the Religious Dialogue, in which activists from Queer organisations met with representatives from faith-based organisations to discuss ways in which the two groups could coexist and work together. - The second notable project was the Southern African Dialogue on Decriminalisation, and involved bringing together a group of young Queer activists from all over Southern Africa, as well as representatives and allies from the legal industry, to address the progress made in the decriminalization of homosexuality and homosexual sexual activity across Southern Africa.- I was also fortunate enough to be involved in the early phases of the project which involved a Diversity Training Manual, which was designed to be workshopped with School Management teams across the country. It was hoped and intended that this manual and these workshops would contribute to making schools across the country safe learning environments for everyone.

My involvement with the Institute for Gender Studies started when I joined UNISA in 2013. I became a member of the Consultative Committee for the Institute and assisted in the production of material for the Honours Degree in Gender Studies, which was launched in the first semester of 2014. I contributed to the production of tuition material in the following components of the courses:- Gender Theory- Masculinity studies- Queer Theory- Drag- Gender and RepresentationThe principal duties of the Research Fellowship were the production of research articles and the participation in the various activities of the Institute for Gender Studies. These involved the following:- Assisted in the teaching and development of content for specific modules in the Honours in Gender Studies programme.- Assisted in the organisation of the conference (Re)Thinking Gender, held at UNISA in 2016.- Served as co-editor of the journal Gender Questions (and Editor-In-Chief of the journal’s fourth issue).

Senior Lecturer (German Studies, World Languages and Literatures)- Responding to student and external queries- Assessment and provision of assignments- Compilation, revision and proofreading of tutorial letters and study guides- Production of independent research- Institute for Gender Studies:- Member of the Sub-Committee on Gender Studies, tasked with, and responsible for the development of the new Honours course in Gender Studies.

My research areas have always been focused on issues of gender and sexuality, and their representation in works of literature and film. My doctoral research focussed principally on areas of gender and masculinity studies, as well as migration, through an examination of a selection of works of contemporary German and “Turkish-German” literature and film, with a thematic focus on work produced in German (and Germany), by individuals with a background of migration, or dealing with individuals with such a background. The research attempts to deconstruct the diverse representations of migrant masculinities as they are portrayed by the protagonists of the respective works in an attempt at interrogating (in part) the validity of the concept of the hybrid (and hyphenated) Turkish-German man (and by extension the concept of the hybrid and hyphenated Turkish-German nationality or national identity).Additional academic research areas include marginalized, peripheral and subversive gender expressions, femininity, queer studies, art, film and media studies (visual culture) as well as popular culture.

Temporary lecturer: German Department. Teaching responsibilities included 2nd year German language and 3rd year History of German Literature. Responsibilities included the setting, administration and marking of tests, essays/assignments and examinations (oral and written).

- “Negotiating Masculinity in Migration: Research and Experiences in Education”- Compact Seminar, presented over two weekends, and co-presented with Ms. Kaja Haeger, a doctoral candidate at the Carl von Ossietzky University in Oldenburg. The aim of the seminar was to provide students with the theoretical and practical approaches to theories of migration and masculinity, from a pedagogical as well as a literary perspective.