
Professor Tanya Graham
Home Institution: University of the Witwatersrand
African Fellowship, December 2019 - January 2020
Research project: The Study of Community Psychology Research: Enhancing Prospects for Epistemic Justice and Community Development
Tanya Graham is a community-based counselling psychologist and an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of the Witwatersrand. She is primarily involved in the professional training of psychologists in community and therapeutic practice, and also lectures in professional ethics, human rights and research methods. Her research interests are based in the fields of community psychology, critical psychology and public health theory. She has published in the areas of community psychology theory, practice, training and knowledge production; as well as the psychosocial and developmental issues affecting children and youth in post-apartheid South Africa. Her current research focusses on contemporary trends in knowledge production within community psychology.