Degrees Held

• BA(WITS),
• Higher
  Diploma in Education (HDE, WITS),
• Honours Psychology (Rhodes),
• Masters
  (Rhodes),
• Phd (UKZN)

Research Interests:

• HIV and AIDS, youth and risk; HIV stigma; gender and sexual and reproductive health; participatory research and intervention approaches; the use of cultural historical activity theory (CHAT) and developmental work interventions (DWR/CL) in researching and changing behaviour; conducting research in resource poor contexts;
• (Click on the following for her Researchgate) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mary_Van_Der_Riet

Teaching Interests:

• Contextualising child development; qualitative research design and practice; participatory research theory and practice; the psychology of change and transformation; Vygotsky and socio cultural approaches in psychology; gender, HIV and sexuality