Dr Siya Mngaza

Dr Siya Mngaza

School of Education
Academic and Professional Tutor

Contact details

Email
s.d.mngaza@bham.ac.uk
Twitter
Address
School of Education
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Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Siya Mngaza is an Academic and Professional Tutor on the Educational and Child Psychology Doctorate at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø. She also works within schools and ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø settings as a practitioner psychologist. Siya's research interests include racial identity development, school belonging and post-traumatic growth. Siya is interested in broadening research methods within educational and child psychology. She is interested historical racism within psychology and how this lingers heavily in knowledge and practice. Siya’s most recent publication explores the way that black feminist ideas and theories can challenge oppression and enhance educational outcomes for minoritized children and young people.

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Qualifications

  • Doctorate in Applied Educational Psychology, University of Nottingham, 2020
  • BSc in Psychology, University of Manchester, 2012

Other activities

Siya has delivered workshops for charity organisations including:

Siya has also delivered workshops for Local Authority Educational Psychology Services, including:

  • How do young black people experience ‘belonging’ in predominantly white schools?