Prof SA Mabudusha

Qualifications

• DLitt et Phil: Police Science (UNISA)
• MA: Police Science (UNISA)
• BA Hons: Criminology (University of Pretoria)
• BA: Criminology (University of Pretoria)
• Certificate in Criminal Justice and Forensic Investigation (University of Johannesburg)
• Assessor Training Certificate (Primserv)

Currently teaching

Supervision of Masters and Doctoral students

Fields of academic interests

• Migration Policing
• The economics of Policing

Paper presentations

• Presented classes to police students in Ethiopia, SAPS Paarl academy and Pretoria SAPS academy in 2012, 2013, 2014.
• Presented a paper on Using Portfolios as summative assessment for police students in Open Distance Learning, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 2013.
• Presented a paper in a conference on The Policing of illegal squatters in the greenbelts in South Africa, Brisbane, Australia, 2013.
• Presented a paper on Migration policing in South Africa at Zurich, Switzerland, 2015.

Professional positions, fellowships & awards

Professional Positions

• Member of Criminological and Victimological Society of Southern Africa

Awards

• Recipient for 2014 Youngest Female Doctoral holder (University of South Africa)
• Recipient for 2018 Excellence in Teaching and Learning awards (University of South Africa)

Projects

• Project Leader for College of Law nGap programme sponsored by DHET (2020 to date)
• Former Project Leader for Unisa Brics and Regional Integration Community Engagement flagship (2018-2020)

Other

Angel studied her Bachelor of Arts and her Honours degrees specialising in Criminology at the University of Pretoria. She then completed her Masters and Doctoral degrees in Criminal Justice specialising in Police Science at the University of South Africa. Furthermore, she completed a certificate in Criminal Justice and Forensic Investigation at the University of Johannesburg.

• She has been employed at the University of South Africa as an academic since 2008.
• In 2019, she was appointed as one of the expert reviewers to conduct the National Quarter Century performance review of the democratic South Africa in relation to the services provided by the South African Criminal Justice system.
• In 2020, she became an external programme reviewer for the Council on Higher Education (CHE) responsible for safety and security related programme evaluations. 
• In 2021 she participated in the South African Police Service Policing- nomics project. 
• In 2022 she was appointed as the Chair of the Department of Police Practice.