Professor Mamokgethi Setati, PhD

Professor Mamokgethi Setati holds three professorships. She is full professor and executive Dean of The College of Science, Engineering and Technology at the University of South Africa; honorary professor of mathematics education at Wits University, and professor extraordinaire at the Tshwane University of Technology. She has a PhD in Mathematics Education from the University of the Witwatersrand. She is an NRF rated scientist and a much respected mathematics education researcher and mathematics teacher educator both nationally and internationally. She has over 35 reviewed articles published in local and international journals, conference proceedings and book chapters. She has won several awards for her research and community work, including the NSTF award for the most outstanding South African young female researcher for 2003. She has been invited as a speaker and visiting professor at several international conferences and universities in the UK, USA, Canada, Denmark, New Zealand, Australia, Mexico, Botswana, Namibia, Kenya, Senegal and Mozambique. She is a trustee of the Telkom and FirstRand Foundations and a member of the South African Board for the International Council for Science (ICSU).