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Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, PhD
Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela is associate professor of psychology at the University of Cape Town, and Senior Consultant for the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation in Cape Town. She completed her undergraduate studies at Fort Hare University, her master's degree in clinical psychology at Rhodes University, and her doctorate degree in psychology at the University of Cape Town. She was on an extended research fellowship at Harvard University between 1998 and 2001 and was affiliated with the following schools and programs at Harvard: Radcliff Institute for Advance Research, Women and Public Policy Program, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, and Harvard Divinity School. During this time, she taught at Wellesley College, Brandeis University, and Tufts University. She is a founder member of Women Waging Peace, a global initiative for women headquartered in Cambridge Massachusetts, whose members work in regions with a history of past and continuing conflict.
Gobodo-Madikizela has been the recipient of many grants and awards, including an honorary Doctor of Law from Holy Cross College, Worcester Massachusetts in 2002. She has been nominated for social responsibility awards, such as the 2004 Reconciliation Award in South Africa, and 2004 Best Woman of the Year in the Education category in South Africa. Gobodo-Madikizela is author of the critically acclaimed book, A Human Being Died That Night: A Story of Forgiveness, which has been published in the United States, South Africa, and The Netherlands. Gobodo-Madikizela recently received the prestigious Alan Paton Award for non-fiction for her book in South Africa, and the Christopher Award for adult non-fiction in the United States. Her current research interests include the psychology of forgiveness in the aftermath of mass atrocity, and trauma and gender issues related to HIV/AIDS. |
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