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Name: Marlene de Beer
Location: Office 214, Ellen Khuzwayo Building Soweto Campus
Department of Social Work Staff Staff Members
Contact Details:
Tel: +27 (0) 11 559 3729
Email: mdebeer@uj.ac.za
About Marlene de Beer
A first-generation slow scholar with a Master’s in Soc. Sc. Community Development and over 30 years of research and teaching experience in South Africa, Malaysia & Ireland.
Registered Social Worker to Practice (#10-14594) with the South African Council for Social Service Professions.
Research focus: Qualitative, Intersectional, trans / inter / multi-disciplinary i.e.: IR4.0 Society 5.0, Older Persons, (Invisible) Disabilities & Non-Normative Sexualities.
Teaching & Learning Philosophies: Pedagogy of Discomfort & Disruption.
Theoretical orientations: Queer-Crip-Eco-Fem.
Supervised over 10 Masters’ students to graduation since at UJ 2013.
Professional member: International Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (IACFS/ME).
Community Engagement: CLIT+ Artistic Activism https://www.instagram.com/clitegator/ ; K9-4-GBV Protection ; Hemp socio-economic development.
Sample single-authored academic publications:
- Paternal masturbation of profoundly disabled son: South African case study. In Chappell, P. and De Beer, M. (Eds.). (2019). Diverse voices of disabled sexualities in the Global South. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. https://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9783319788517# 189-220.
- Culture- & Spiritual Sensitive Healthcare Assessment & Intervention. In Brizay, U., Ross, F. and Lutz, R. (Eds.). (2015). Public Health & Health Politics: Social Work of the South, Volume V. Erfurt University, Germany. Pp. 273-299. https://www.academia.edu/21850694/de_Beer_M_2015_Culture_and_Spiritual_Sensitive_Healthcare_Assessment_and_Intervention_In_Brizay_U_Ross_F_and_Lutz_R_Eds_Public_Health_and_Health_Politics_Social_Work_of_the_South_Volume_V_Erfurt_University_Germany
- Echoes of a Wounded African Healer. In Huber, T. (Series & Vol. Ed.). (2010). Teaching <~> Learning Indigenous, Intercultural Worldviews: International Perspectives on Social Justice and Human Rights Series: Vol. 3. Storied inquiries in international landscapes: An anthology of educational research. Charlotte, NC: Information Age. Pp. 377-386. https://www.academia.edu/3155013/de_Beer_M_2010_Echoes_of_a_Wounded_African_Healer_In_Tonya_Huber_Series_and_Vol_Ed_Teaching_Learning_Indigenous_Intercultural_Worldviews_International_Perspectives_on_Social_Justice_and_Human_Rights_Series_
- Futures beyond social cohesion: Lessons for the ‘Classroom’. In Inayatullah, S., Bussey, M. and Milojević, I. (Eds.). (2006). Neohumanist Educational Futures: Liberating the Pedagogical Intellect. Taipei: Tamkang University Press. Pp. 202-226. https://www.academia.edu/3154124/de_Beer_M_2006_Futures_beyond_Social_Cohesion_Lessons_for_the_Classroom_In_Inayatullah_S_Bussey_M_and_Milojevi%C4%87_I_Neohumanist_Educational_Futures_Liberating_the_Pedagogical_Intellect_Chapter_10_202_226_Taipei_Tamkang_University_Press
- Police Officials’ Experience and Behaviour in the Implementation of Equality and Elimination of Discriminatory Practices at Station Level. (1999). Masters Dissertation. Johannesburg: University of Johannesburg. https://www.academia.edu/3697900/de_Beer_M_1999_Police_Officials_Experience_and_Behaviour_in_the_Implementation_of_Equality_and_Elimination_of_Discriminatory_Practices_at_Station_Level_Johannesburg_Rand_Afrikaans_University_310_pages_112_835_word_count_
- The legacy of discriminatory policing in South Africa and the transformation to equality: Initiatives and opportunities for the lesbigay community policing task group. (1998). Servamus: Praetor, March: vt10-18. https://www.academia.edu/3195810/de_Beer_M_1998_The_legacy_of_discriminatory_policing_in_South_Africa_and_the_transformation_to_equality_Initiatives_and_opportunities_for_the_lesbigay_community_policing_task_group_Servamus_Praetor_March_vt10_18