Degrees Held
- NDip Emergency Medical Care
- Higher Education Diploma
- PGDip HE
- Masters in Higher Education
- PhD in Higher Education
Experience
- Academic Coordinator and Senior Lecturer: PhD in Higher Education: 2014-Current
- Discipline of Higher Education, School of Education
- Academic Coordinator and Senior Lecturer: University Education Induction Programme 2014-Current
- Academic Coordinator for the following Higher Education Modules:
- Assessing Learning in Higher Education
- Pedagogies in Higher Education
- Diversity in Higher Education
- Researching in Higher Education
- Part-Time Postgraduate Academic Development Coordinator
- February2012-Dec2013
- College of Humanities: University of KwaZulu-Natal
- (During Sabbatical Period- January 2013 to December 2013)
- Acting Academic Leader – Teaching and Learning: Clinical Skills Development
- 2012-2013: Office of the Dean: Teaching and Learning, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, (UKZN)
- Head of Department: PPS Skills Resource Facility 1999-2011
- Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN)
- Head of Department of Short Courses 1992-1999
- Emergency Medical Rescue Services, College of Emergency Care, Department of Health
Research Interests
- Medical education
- Professional Education
- Higher Education Studies
- Academic Staff Development
- Teaching and Learning Research
- Social Justice in curriculum design
- Gender and Religion
- Diversity in Higher Education
Teaching Interests
- Diversity and the Student in Higher Education
- Researching in Higher Education
- Assessing Learning in Higher Education
- Pedagogies in Higher Education
- Curriculum Development and Design in Higher Education
- Supervising Research in Higher Education
- Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
Selected Student
Supervision
PhD
Masters
PhD
- Nonhlanha Zuma. “Transference of Academic Writing Skills from Writing Centre to Clinical Setting: Learning Experiences of First-year nursing students at a university of technology”. Sole Supervisor
- Eben van Der Merwe. “From Legal Education to Social Justice in the 4th year LLB Curriculum at UKZN.” Co-Supervisor with Dr. Rubby Dhunpath
- Armando Macule. “(Un)Learning Gender Roles: Boys Constructing Masculinities in school and in informal religious and cultural settings” Co-supervisor with Prof Sarojini Nadar
- Albert Bangirana. “A critical interrogation of the theological foundations of the ABCD model of HIV and AIDS prevention at the University of KwaZulu-Natal Pietermaritzburg: A case study of the Association of Catholic Tertiary Students (ACTS)” Co-supervisor with Prof Sarojini Nadar
- Adam Flowers. “ The Role of Service Learning for African Healthcare Students in Promoting the Development of Student Empathy and Civic Engagement” Sole supervisor
- Goodenough Musawenkosi Makhoba. “Accessing Audiology: Epistemological Experiences of Undergraduate Students in Higher Education” Sole supervisor
Masters
- Nondumiso Cele, “Experiences of academic and social transition from rural high school to first year university: A case study of the University of KwaZulu-Natal”: Sole Supervisor
- Carol Ncube. “The Siphililhe Mentor Mothers Project: Considering Religio-Cultural Beliefs in Health-Care Promotion”. Co-supervisor
- Vanessa Naidoo, “An Investigation of how Lecturers at the Umfolozi Technical, Vocational, Education and Training (TVET) College Implement the Workplace-based Experience (WBE) Programme in order to ascertain Students’ readiness for Employment”: Sole Supervisor
- Mbalenhle Precious Dlamini:” Exploring the learning environment for person’s living with disabilities in laboratories at Walter Sisulu University”. Sole –Supervisor
- Josephine Mtshali, “Relating Technical Vocational and Educational Training (TVET) College Students’ Experiences of Living in Private Off-Campus Residences to Academic Performance: A Case of Majuba College “. Sole-Supervisor
Postgraduate
Graduations
PhD
Masters
PhD
- Sonene Nyawo, “ ‘Sowungumuntfu kenyalo’ – “You are now a real person”: A feminist analysis of how women’s identities and personhood are constructed by societal perceptions on fertility in the Swazi patriarchal family ” Co Supervisor (2015)
- Nompumelelo Thabethe, “Epistemological Experiences in Community-based learning: Making critical connections in theory and practice” Sole Supervisor (2018)
Masters
- Maryam Bodanya. “Muslim Women’s Health-Seeking Behavior in the Context of Sexual Violence: A Case study of Gift of the Givers.” Sole Supervisor (2016)
- Thobeka Khubisa. “Shaping Black women’s bodies: Religio-cultural conceptions of black women’s engagement in bodybuilding.” Sole Supervisor (2017)
- Thembani Chamane. “An Exploration of How Zulu Gay Men Negotiate their Christian and Cultural Beliefs in the Process of Coming Out.” Co-supervisor (2017)
- Siyabonga Phika. “The flipped classroom approach in large class settings at Walter Sisulu University.” Sole-Supervisor (2017)
- Mervyn Williamson. “Students’ experiences of learning Business Ethics in the Management Studies Programme at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.” Sole-Supervisor (2018) Cum Laude
Selected
Publications
Journal Articles
Book Chapters
Journal Articles
- Reddy, S. (2018). Diversifying the Higher-Education Curriculum: Queering the Design and Pedagogy. Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, 34(1), 161-169.
- Khubisa, T., & Reddy, S. (2017). Religio-cultural ideals of women’s body shapes: A review of Black women’s engagement with bodybuilding. Journal of Gender and Religion in Africa, 23(2), 1-23.
- Bangirana, A. B., Nadar, S., & Reddy, S. (2017). Sexual Surveillance and Student Sexual Agency: Catholic Moral Teaching and HIV Prevention in a Higher Education Context. Journal for the Study of Religion, 30(2), 105-121.
- Nadar, S., & Reddy, S. (2016). From Instrumentalization to Intellectualization: Response to Silent Scripts and Contested Spaces. Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, 32(1), 136-141.
- Reddy, S., & McKenna, S. (2016). The Guinea pigs of a problem-based learning curriculum. Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 53(1), 16-24.
- Reddy, S., Searle, R. L., Shawa, L. B., & Teferra, D. (2016). A balancing act: facilitating a University Education Induction Programme for (early career) academics. Studies in Higher Education, 41(10), 1820-1834.
- Nyawo, S., Nadar, S., & Reddy, S. (2015). ‘Having no child is like having no home’: Exploring the Notion of ‘Complete Personhood’ in selected Swazi Women’s Narratives on Fertility. Journal of Gender and Religion in Africa, 21(1), 127-151.
- Nadar, S., & Reddy, S. (2015). God’s Justice is Social Justice: Exploring African Feminist Theologies in a Master’s Programme at Two South African Higher Education Institutions. The Ecumenical Review, 67 (4), 591-606.
- Reddy, S. (2014). Connecting ‘knowing that’ to ‘knowing how’: Knowledge Construction of Clinical Skills in a Problem-Based Learning Medical Curriculum. Alternation. Special Issue: “Education at the Crossroads”, 98-118.
- Nadar, S., Reddy, S., Van der Walt, C., Siwila, L., & Gerle, E. (2014). ‘Flourishing Guinea Pigs’: Exploring Intersectionality and Interdisciplinarity in a Master’s Programme on Gender, Religion and Health at two South African Universities. Journal of Gender and Religion in Africa, 20 (2), Special Issue, 203-230.
- Kaunda, M., & Reddy, S. (2013). Pedagogies of Subservience? A Feminist Exploration of the Institution of Imbusa among the Bemba. Journal of Gender and Religion in Africa, 19 (2), Special Issue, 119-139.
- Bangirana, A., & Reddy, S. (2013). Sexuality, Students and Surveillance: Catholic Moral Teachings on HIV within a Higher Education Context. Journal of Gender and Religion in Africa, 19 (2), Special Issue, 87-104.
- Nyawo, S., Nadar, S., & Reddy, S. (2013). ’Sowungumuntfu ke nyalo – You are Now a Real Person’ – Reproductive Self-Determination in the Context of Reproductive Health in Swaziland, Journal of Gender and Religion in Africa. 19 (2), Special Issue, 105-118.
Book Chapters
- Nadar, S., & Reddy, S. (2016). “Undoing ‘Protective Scientism’ in a Gender, Religion and Health Masters Curriculum.” In Disrupting Higher Education Curriculum: Undoing Cognitive Damage. Edited by Samuel, M. A., Dhunpath, R., & Amin, N. (2016), Rotterdam: Sense Publishers, 229-246.
Successful Grant Applications
- Project Title: “From Student to Scholar”: Exploring Pedagogical Models which prepare PhD students to write for Publication”: UTLO
- Project Title: “Exploring Throughput and ‘Academicity’ through a Trans-disciplinary Masters Programme in Gender, Religion and Health”: UTLO
- Project Title: “Enacting Institutional Development Through Structured Professional Development: A Case-Study of the University of KwaZulu- Natal’s University Education Induction Programme”: UTLO
Hobbies and Achievements
Ultra Distance Running
- Completed 11 Comrades Marathons (89.9 KM Durban –Pietermaritzburg)
- Completed 13 Two Oceans Marathons (56 KM Cape Town)
Mountain Climbing
- Summited the peak of Mount Killimanjaro (2016)
- Summited the Base Camp of Mount Everest (2018)
Community Involvement
UNISA Chance to Advance Outreach Programme: 2014 to present
Teaching Emergency Care Skills and CPR at rural communities as follows:
- Phoenix: 28th July to 2nd August 2014
- Dennilton: 17th July to 3rd August 2015
- Alexandra: 23rd to 24th July 2016
- Atteridgeville: 6 to 7th July 2017