Prof ME Fourie

Qualifications

• BA

• Honours

• MA

• DLitt et Phil in Psychology

Fields of academic interests

• Correction studies and communities
• Community Engagement Practices
• Scholarly Development

Field of Specialisation

• Community Psychology
• Research Consultation
• Scholarly Development

Books

• Mbatha, M. L., & Ally, Y. (Eds). Fourie, E. & Terre Blanche, M. (Consulting Editors).  (2013). Some communities imagined. Pretoria: South Africa.
• Van Deventer, V., Terre Blanche, M., Fourie, E., & Segalo, P. (Eds.) (2007). Citizen city: Between constructing agent and constructed agency. Toronto: Captus.

Book chapters:

• Fourie, E., Terre Blanche, M., Molepo, L., Shirinda-Mthombeni, K., Khoza, G., & Muntswu, L. (2011). Walkabout: Converging journeys through community. In E. Fourie, S. Hagen, Y. Mitchell, B. Semenya, & M. Terre Blanche (Eds.), Re-imagining      Psychology. Proceedings of the 2009 Southern African Students’ Psychology Conference (pp. 123–147). Pretoria: Department of Psychology, Unisa. 
• Fourie, E., & Terre Blanche, M. (2010). The role of students in the scholarly publishing process. In S. Ngobeni (Ed.), Scholarly Publishing in Africa: Opportunities and Impediments (pp. 39–48).  Pretoria: African Institute of South Africa.

Journal articles

• Terre Blanche, M., Fourie, E., & Segalo, P. (2022). Teaching community psychology decolonially: A pedagogical journey. Review of General Psychology 25(4), 369–384.
• Fourie, E., & Terre Blanche, M. (2019). About accountants and translators: Reshaping community engagement in South African psychology. South African Journal of Psychology, 49(1) 39 –51.
• Carolissen, R., Canham, H., Fourie, E., Graham, T., Segalo, P., & Bowman, B. (2017). Epistemological resistance towards diversality: Teaching community psych
• Livingston, J., & Fourie, E. (2016). The experiences and meanings that shape heterosexual fathers’ relationships with their gay sons in South Africa. The Journal of Homosexuality, 63(12), 1630–1659.
• Fourie, E. (2015).  Thinking about incarceration in South Africa: Inside-out Outside-in interest group. PINS (Psychology in Society), 48, 77–89.
• Fynn, A., Terre Blanche, M. J., Fourie, M. E. (2014). Students as assessment partners: The pleasure and the pain. Progression, 36(2), 1–21.
• Gumani, M. A., Fourie, E., & Terre Blanche, M. (2013). Critical Incidents Impact Management Among South African Police Service Officers.  Journal of Psychology in Africa, 23(3), 481–488.
• Gumani, M. A., Fourie, M. E., & Terre Blanch, M. J. (2013). Inner strategies of coping with operational work amongst SAPS officers. SA Journal of Industrial Psychology/SA Tydskrif vir Bedryfsielkunde, 39(2), Art. #1151, 10 pages. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajip.v39i2.1151.
• Fynn, A., Terre Blanche, M., Fourie, E., & Kruger, J. (2012). Teaching Community Psychology as Community Engagement. Journal of Psychology in Africa, 22(4), 575–578.
• Mohasoa, I.P., & Fourie, E. (2012). Substance abuse amongst adolescents: A case study of  Zeerust, North West. Province, South Africa. New Voices in Psychology, 8(1), 30–44.
• Fourie, E., Segalo, P., & Terre Blanche, M. (2010). Towards an appropriate pedagogy for community psychology: The University of South Africa experience. Acta Academica Supplementum, (2), 22–46.

Paper presentations

• Fourie, E., Mdakane, M., & Katide, G. (2016). An interdisciplinary discussion on community engagement initiatives and projects in and around prisons. Round table discussion at the 6^th International Conference on Community Psychology, Durban, South Africa.

• Fourie, E., Segalo, P., Mbatha, M., Roman, M., Terre Blanche, M., Gumani M., &  Kruger, D. (2016). The selfish giant: Learning about community psychology within and beyond a South African University’s walled garden. Symposium presentation at the 6^th International Conference on Community Psychology, Durban, South Africa.

• Mdakane, M., Fourie, E., & Terre Blanche, M. (2015). How to Approach a Community Engagement Initiative: Towards developing a set of guidelines. Paper presented at the 21th Annual South African Psychology Congress, Johannesburg, South Africa.

• Harvey, J., Terre Blanche, M., Roman, M., Fourie, E., Segalo, P., Gumani, M., & Mbatha, M (2015). The selfish giant: Learning about Community Psychology within and beyond a university’s walled garden. School of Social Sciences Conference, Unisa.

• Du Plessis, C., & Fourie, E. (2014). Inside-out Outside-in South African prisons interest group – The birth of an initiative. Paper presented at the 5th International      Conference on Community Psychology, Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil.

• Mdakane, M., & Fourie, E. (2014). Defying the odds of recidivism: Ex-offenders’ narratives of resilience. Paper presented at the 5th International Conference on Community Psychology, Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil.

• Fynn, A., Fourie, E., Govender, C., Graham. J., & Whitehead, K. (2013). Training and practising psychological research in Africa today: A reflection. Round table discussion as part of a series on scholarly development. 19th South African Psychology Congress, Johannesburg, South Africa, 24 to 27 September 2013.

• Fourie, E., Laher, S., Masemola, E., & Segalo, P. (2013). Scholarly development: Publication and practice. Round table discussion as part of a series on scholarly development. 19th South African Psychology Congress, Johannesburg, South Africa, 24 to 27 September 2013.

Professional positions, fellowships & awards

• Coordinator of the MA      Research Consultation Programme
• Executive member of the      Department of Psychology
• Executive member of the      Unisa Centre of Applied Psychology
• Member of the Senate Publication Committee, Unisa, 2012 to 2023
• Chair of the departmental research committee, Unisa, 2012 to 2022
• Recipient of the Excellence in Tuition Award, Unisa, January 2008.

Projects

• Inside-out Outside-in      South Africa Corrections Interest Group
   This initiative seeks to apply community psychology approaches and perspectives to the diverse communities that exist in and around correctional systems. We are particularly focused on initiatives that cross the boundaries between the inside and outside of corrections. Examples are the development  of tertiary education opportunities for offenders, issues of social reintegration and recidivism after release, issues relating to the families and relatives of offenders, and the collaborative generation and      dissemination of knowledge about experiences and circumstances in correctional facilities.

• Work Integrated Learning Programme: Practical placements of MA [Research Consultation] students 
   An integral component of the programme is the integrated work experience that students gain through 2 ten-week practical placement periods during their first year of enrolment in the programme. Students gain hands-on practical experience of working in an organisation on research related activities (in the broadest sense). The aim of the research project is to continuously monitor and evaluate students’ progress during the practical work integrated learning experiences.

• People Behind the      Papers
  People behind the Papers is an exciting project launched by the Department of Psychology in 2011. The aim of the project is to interview a wide cross-section of South African psychologists to explore the human element in research and publication. The purpose is to demystify the professional and personal processes that go into the production of academic knowledge. Students and others are often intimidated by the “finished” quality of journal articles and textbooks, and struggle to imagine the larger      processes that inform these texts. The project moves beyond the theoretical confines of methodology textbooks, to help define, discover and represent the uniquely South African and African traditions in social science research.

Other

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5557-9898
• https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=FNZbhsoAAAAJ&hl=en
• https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/AAZ-7987-2021