Change the world
2024 HETL Conference, South Africa
Professor Khau is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at the Nelson Mandela University with a PhD from the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal. She is the Editor-in-Chief for Educational Research for Social Change- an Online Journal. She is a 2010 GEXcel (Gender Excellence) International Collegium Research fellow with the Universities of Linköping and Örebro, Sweden, and a 2017 Nordic Africa Institute Research fellow.
She received the 2020 Faculty of Education Researcher of the year award. Currently, she is a fellow with the DHET Future Professors’ Program, Phase 2, Cohort 1. Her research focuses on using participatory visual methodologies in addressing gender, sexuality, and HIV&AIDS issues in education, and integrating HIV&AIDS into higher education curricula. Her science education (Biology and Chemistry) background and interest in inclusive education provide a basis for including marginalised people using 'intersectionality' and 'research as social change' frameworks.