Publications

Zerai, A. (2023). Black women academics in the U.S.A. and South Africa deploying principles of Feminist Decoloniality as Care (FEMDAC) to confront experiences with microaggressions. Agenda: Empowering Women for Gender Equity, 37(2), 57–73. https://doi.org/10.1080/10130950.2023.2225950

Zerai, A., Mabokela, R.O., Carolissen, R., Sader, S., Mthiyane, N., & Skahan, M. (2023). Feminist Decoloniality as Care in Higher Education. Agenda: Empowering Women for Gender Equity, 37(2), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1080/10130950.2023.2255441

Ballard, J. (2018). "HistoryMakers Digital Archive". The American Archivist Reviews Portal. https://reviews.americanarchivist.org/2018/10/30/the-historymakers-digital-archive/

Ballard, J., & Bertram, C. (2023). Understanding History, Building Trust, and Sharing Appraisal Authority: Engaging Underrepresented Student Groups through Cultural Centers. Archival Issues, 42(1). https://www.iastatedigitalpress.com/archivalissues/article/id/16293/

Briscoe, K.L., Yao, C.W., Oates, E.Q., Rutt, J., & Buell, K. (2022). Friendship within and across borders: First-year international students of Color’s perceptions of social networks. Journal of International Students, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v12i1.3353

Mabokela, R.O., & Mlambo, Y.A. (2023). Revisiting Sisters of the Academy: Twenty Years Later. In C. Porter, T. Sulé, & N.N. Croom (Eds.), Black Feminist Epistemology and Praxis: Narratives In and Through the Academy (pp. 15-26). Routledge.

Saavedra, J.L., et al. (2023). The Cascade of Care for Early Psychosis Detection in a College Counseling Center. Psychiatric Services. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230005

Oates, E.Q. (2023). Battered but not broken: A composite of the experiences of Black librarians at public 2-year colleges. Community College Review, 51(2), 147–172. https://doi.org/10.1177/00915521221145313

Yao, C.W., et al. (2023). Re/negotiating race and racialization for international students of Color in the U.S. Journal of College Student Development, 64(1), 79–95. https://doi.org/10.1353/csd.2023.0003 

Mabokela, R.O. and Mlambo, Y. (2017). Access and Equity and South African Higher Education: A Review of Policies After 20: Twenty Years of Democracy. Comparative Education Review 61 (4), pp. 780-803.

Mlambo, Y. and Mabokela, R.O (2016).  “It’s More Flexible.” Persistence of Women Engineers in the Academy. European Journal of Engineering Education (Advanced Online Publication on March 16, 2016; DOI 10.1080/03043797.2016.1158790).  https://doi.org/10.1080/03043797.2016.1158790

Book Publications

Collins, J.M. (2023). Riding the Rainbow Through the Storms: A Colorful Humorous Story of Recovery. WCMIF Publication.

Neely, T.Y., & Montañez, M. (Eds.). (2023). Dismantling Constructs of Whiteness in Higher Education: Narratives of Resistance from the Academy. Routledge.

Zerai, A. (2023). Foreword. In T.Y. Neely & M. Montañez (Eds.), Dismantling Constructs of Whiteness in Higher Education: Narratives of Resistance from the Academy. Routledge. Link

Zerai, A. (2023). Teaching decolonial research methodology from a student-centered radical Black feminist orientation. In R. Pillay & S. Moonsamy (Eds.), Transforming Teaching and Learning Experiences for Helping Professions in Higher Education. Brill. Link

Mabokela, R.O. (2023). Unpacking the Impact of Inclusion and Equity Policies in South Africa and Ghana (pp. 257-272). In Postglione, G.A., Johnstone, C.J., and Teter, W.R. (Eds.) Handbook of Education Policy. UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.

Mabokela, R.O. (2021). Equity and Access to Higher Education Twenty Five Years Later: A Review of Enrollment, Graduation and Employment Trends in South African Universities. In Eggins, H., Smolentseva., A. and deWit, H. (Eds.), The Next Decade. Boston, MA: Sense Publishers.

Mabokela, R.O. (2020). Gender Equity Policies in African Higher Education (pp. 611-615). In David, M.E. and Amey, M.A. (Eds.). SAGE Encyclopedia of Higher Education, Volume 2. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.

Conference Proceedings

Ashworth, E., et al. (2023). Intellectual Property Rights Among Indigenous Languages of the U.S. Southwest. Proceedings from the Foundation for Endangered Languages, Pontificia Universidad Católica, Quito, Ecuador.

African Studies Association. (2024, November 30 – December 2). Feminist Decoloniality as Care in Higher Education: South Africa and U.S. Collaborations and Scholarship [Conference session]. African Studies Association Conference, San Francisco, CA. Stephanie McIver (Chair) & Mariann Skahan (Discussant). Presentations by Reitumetse O. Mabokela, Brandi Wells-Stone, Assata Zerai, & Elsa Zawedde.

Zerai, A. (2023, March 15). Deploying the principles of feminist decoloniality as care (FEMDAC) to confront experiences with racial and intersectional microaggressions (RIMAs) among Black women faculty members in the U.S. and South Africa. In Proceedings of the United Nations CSW 67 NGO Parallel Conference (Virtual). United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.

Invited Talks

Zerai, A. (2023). Invited talk. Foreword in Dismantling Constructs of Whiteness in Higher Education: Narratives of Resistance from the Academy. Routledge. Link

Mabokela, R.O. Inaugural Lecture (2024). Equity Policies and Sustainable Development in Africa. Center for the Advancement of Sustainable Higher Education Futures (CASHEF). University of Pretoria, South Africa: 20 May 2024.

Mabokela, R.O. Invited Presenter (2024). Navigating Internationalization in Challenging Times. Annual Meeting of the International Education Association of South Africa (IEASA): 20-23 August.

Mabokela, R.O. Presenter (2024). Feminist Decoloniality as Care: Transnational Feminist Resistance in Higher Education Spaces. Annual Meeting of the International Education Association of South Africa (IEASA): 20-23 August.

Mabokela, R.O. Invited Presenter (2023). Pursuing Capacity Building Through Mutually-Beneficial Partnerships. United States-Africa University Partnership Initiative Summit. Future Africa Campus, University of Pretoria, South Africa: 6-8 February 2023.

Mabokela, R.O. Presenter (2023). Inclusive and Equitable Partnerships in Science, Technology and Innovation in Africa Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association (ASA). San Francisco, November 30-December 2.

Mabokela, R.O. Presenter (2023). (Re)Defining Academic Care in the Post-Covid Era: Continuing Lessons. Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association (ASA). San Francisco, November 30-December 2.

Mabokela, R.O. Presenter (2023). Annual meeting of the International Congress on Qualitative Inquiry (ICQI). Urbana-Champaign, May 17-19.

Mabokela, R.O. Invited Facilitator (2022).  Transformational Africa-U.S. STEM University Partnership. Virtual Workshop sponsored by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 14-16 March 2022.

Mabokela, R.O. Presenter (2023). Internationalization, Disability, and Student Mobility: Survey Results and Best Practices. Annual Meeting of the Association of International Education Administrators (AEIA). Washington DC, February 19-22.

Mabokela, R.O. Presenter (2023). (Re)Defining Academic Care in the Covid and Post-Covid Era Annual Meeting of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES). Washington DC, February 14-15.  

Mabokela, R.O. Presenter (2021).Defining Academic Care in the Covid and Post-Covid Era: Preliminary Findings. Virtual Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association (ASA).  November 16-19.

Mabokela, R.O. Invited Keynote Speaker (2020). Virtual Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study for Higher Education (ASHE).   https://www.ashe.ws/cihepreconkeynote. 9 November.

Mabokela, R.O. Invited Panelist (2018). International Students and Graduate Education: Opportunities, Challenges, and Crisis Management. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Universities Association of Graduate Schools. Toronto, Canada: September 30-October 2.