Department of Psychology

Dr EL Gordon

College of Human Sciences
School of Social Sciences
Department: Psychology
Senior Lecturer
Tel: 012 429 8071
E-mail: longel@unisa.ac.za

Qualifications

  • PhD Psychology (Unisa, 2021)
  • MSc Psychology (Research Consultation) (Unisa, 2015)
  • BSc Hons Psychology (Stellenbosch University, 2010)
  • BSc Human Life Sciences (Stellenbosch University, 2010)

Fields of academic interests

  • Gender studies
  • Gender representation and the workplace
  • Gender-based violence
  • The intersection of gender, race and leadership identities with a focus on coping mechanisms.

Journal articles

  • Long, E. L., Segalo, P., & Laidlaw, C. (2016). Gender (in)equality: Gender reflections in Information Technology (IT). Gender & Behaviour, 14(2), 7347-7355
  • Parry, B. & Gordon, E. (2020). The Shadow Pandemic: Inequitable Gendered Impacts of Covid-19 in South Africa. Gender, Work & Organisation, 28(2), 795-806. doi:10.1111/gwao.12565 
  • Long, E. (2020). Narratives relating to women in the Information Technology Department of a South African organisation. Journal of International Women’s Studies, 21(6), 153-169.
  • Long, E. L. & Fynn, A. (2018). Postgraduate student experiences of workplace learning in a professional psychology qualification in the South African context. Industry and Higher Education,1-10.

 

Professional positions, fellowships & awards

  • Research psychologist, HPCSA affiliated
  • NRF Thuthuka Grant, PhD Track (2017-2018).
  • NRF Freestanding, Innovation and Scarce Skills Masters and Doctoral Scholarship (2013-2014).

Projects

  • Understanding the construction of coloured women's identities in the city of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa:  A decolonial perspective
  • History of the Marc programme with a focus on the placement component.