Professor Magnolia Bahle Ngcobo-Sithole holds a leadership position in the department of psychology as the Head of the Department and contributes to the Faculty of Health and University management committees. She is a clinical psychologist by profession. She joined Nelson Mandela University in 2018 where she facilitates learning at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
She contributes to knowledge creation through the mentoring and supervision of Honours, Master’s and PhD students’ research projects. She has a special interest in the alleviation of gender-based violence. As a clinician she has contributed to the South African population by providing psychological services to all those in need while she was employed by the department.
She serves as a board member on the HPCSA professional board for psychology where she informs policy development related to the psychology profession.
Designation:
Senior Lecturer
Email:
magnolia.ngcobo-sithole@mandela.ac.za
Contact Number:
0415042916
Faculty:
Health Sciences
Department:
Psychology
Qualifications:
BSoc Sc in Psychology; BA Hons; MA in Clinical Psychology; PhD in Behavioural Medicine
Professional Memberships:
HPCSA
Orcid ID:
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0765-829X
NRF Rating:
N/A
Research Interests:
Current non-degree Research Projects:
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Writing a book on the unemployment of graduates.
Current Final Year Undergraduate/Honours Research Projects:
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The Role of Indigenous Psychedelic Practices in Modern Psychotherapy
Number of currently supervised Masters and PhD candidates (2023 to 2024):
Research Output 2023 to 2024:
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Ndungu, J; Ngcobo-Sithole, M. & Gibbs, A. (2023). Describing an online co-development process of VAWG prevention intervention activities with young high school learners, in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Journal of Adolescent Research. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/07435584231203200.
Current Research Collaborations within your Department or Discipline:
N/A
Current Inter-Disciplinary/Multi-Disciplinary/Trans-Disciplinary Research Collaborations:
N/A