Professor Sumeshni Govender

Associate Professor and Educational Psychologist, University of Zululand
Professor Sumeshni Govender, Associate Professor and Educational Psychologist, University of Zululand

Prof. Sumeshni Govender has a Master’s Degree in Educational Psychology and a Doctor of Philosophy in Community Psychology, she is registered with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) as an Educational Psychologist and is an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Foundations: Educational Psychology and Special Education. 

Prof. Sumeshni has been with the Department for 18 years and her areas of specialization are childhood and adolescent behaviour; inclusive and special needs education; HIV/AIDS; grief, death and dying; and global coherence.

She publishes articles, presents papers at conferences, supervises Masters and Doctoral research studies and externally examines postgraduate students for other institutions.

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