| As Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Town, Associate Professor
Cheryl de la Rey is responsible for research, innovation and postgraduate studies, institutional transformation
and government and community relations.
De la Rey completed her Bachelor of Arts, Honours and Masters degrees at the University of Natal.
She completed her PhD at UCT, her thesis covering the career narratives of women professors in South Africa.
She first joined the UCT Department of Psychology in 1995, following an eight-year scholarly stint at the
University of Durban-Westville. In 2000 de la Rey joined the National Research Foundation (NRF) as Executive
Director: Research Promotion. Here she was responsible for, among other things, nine of the Foundation's focus
area programmes through which funding is granted to tertiary institutions, developing a funding framework for
research evaluation and support; and building consultative relationships with researchers.
She has a notable research track record, with edited books and several chapters in books, as well as numerous
journal articles, book reviews and commissioned reports to her credit. Her research over the years has focused
on the gender, race and social justice. Her most recent co-edited book is titled Race, Racism and Knowledge
Production and Psychology in South Africa. Recent research papers focus on leadership and higher education. |
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Policy work has included being commissioned to plan a management development programme for
women in higher education for the Forum of African Women Educationalists South Africa (FAWESA), a commissioned paper on
the psychology of racism for the South African Human Rights Commission and a review of the Policy and Procedures for
the Measurement of Research Outputs for the Department of Education.
Cheryl de la Rey has been a member of the Cape Technikon Council for the past four years, and has served as
its vice-chairperson since 2000. She is also a member of the Executive Evaluation Committee of the National
Research Foundation, a member of the management board of Agenda, a women's empowerment company and the South
Africa - Netherlands Research Programme on Alternatives in Development (SANPAD).
She is the past editor of the South African Journal of Psychology and remains on the editorial board. She is
also on the editorial boards of Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, Agenda: a Journal about
Women and Gender, and Feminism and Psychology.
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