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Ashleigh van Zyl

Academic Associate, Postgraduate Researcher

Ashleigh Van Zyl

My PhD research focuses on national identity, collective memory, and future thinking in South Africa, using both quantitative and qualitative research methods. More specifically, I am interested in how the extent of ‘connectedness’ to national identity changes the way people collectively remember their country’s national past, and collectively imagine its future.

I started my PhD in September 2023, and have been working under the supervision of Dr Scott Cole and Dr Jennifer Shevchenko. Before this, I completed both my Psychology MRes degree (2023) and Psychology BSc (Hons) degree (2022) at York St John University.
Alongside my research, I also teach on some of the undergraduate modules, including qualitative research methods and individual differences.

Further information

Teaching

I teach on the following:

  • Psychology
  • Qualitative Research Methods
  • Assessment of Individual Differences