I research religion and political parties. My dissertation explores how the African National Congress (ANC) navigates a secular state with a religious electorate in South Africa. I am currently a PhD candidate at King's College London, and a visiting researcher at Walter Sisulu University.
Experience
2022–present
Graduate Teaching Assistant, King's College London
2021–present
PhD candidate (Theology and Religious Studies), King's College London
2019–2021
Senior Consultant, Oxford Policy Management
2016–2019
Chief Executive Officer, Mikhulu Child Development Trust
Education
2015
Oxford University, MSc. Comparative and International Education
2012
University of Cape Town, BSocSci. Politics, Philosophy, Economics
Publications
2023
Religion and political parties in South Africa: a framework and systematic review, Journal of Southern African Studies
2022
The COVID-19 pandemic and early childhood education in Ethiopia, Liberia, and Pakistan: perspectives of pre-primary school teachers, The Impact of COVID-19 on Early Childhood Education and Care
2022
Misalignment of policy priorities and financing for early childhood education: evidence from Ethiopia, Liberia, and Mainland Tanzania, International Journal of Educational Research
2022
Book review: The masks of the political God: religion and political parties in contemporary democracies, Religion, State and Society
2019
Whose fault is failure? Contested perspectives of academic support in tertiary educational institutions in South Africa, Research in Comparative and International Education