Rate My Professor Sarasvathie Reddy

Sarasvathie Reddy is an Associate Professor in the School of Education at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. She holds the leadership role of Head of Discipline: Higher Education Leadership and Policy. Her academic qualifications include an NDip in Emergency Medical Care, a Higher Education Diploma, a PGDip in Higher Education, a Masters in Higher Education, and a PhD in Higher Education.

Reddy has held several positions at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, including Academic Coordinator and Senior Lecturer for the PhD in Higher Education and the University Education Induction Programme since 2014. She previously served as Part-Time Postgraduate Academic Development Coordinator in the College of Humanities, Acting Academic Leader – Teaching and Learning in the College of Health Sciences, Head of Department for the PPS Skills Resource Facility at the Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, and Head of Department of Short Courses at Emergency Medical Rescue Services. Her research interests encompass medical education, professional education, higher education studies, academic staff development, teaching and learning research, social justice in curriculum design, gender and religion, and diversity in higher education. Reddy teaches modules such as Diversity and the Student in Higher Education, Researching in Higher Education, Assessing Learning in Higher Education, Pedagogies in Higher Education, Curriculum Development and Design in Higher Education, Supervising Research in Higher Education, and Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. She has supervised numerous PhD and Masters students to completion on topics including academic writing, social justice in curricula, gender roles, religio-cultural beliefs, and learning environments. Selected publications include Reddy, S. (2018). Diversifying the Higher-Education Curriculum: Queering the Design and Pedagogy in the Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion; Reddy, S., & McKenna, S. (2016). The Guinea pigs of a problem-based learning curriculum in Innovations in Education and Teaching International; and Reddy, S., Searle, R. L., Shawa, L. B., & Teferra, D. (2016). A balancing act: facilitating a University Education Induction Programme for (early career) academics in Studies in Higher Education.