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Associate Professor
Name: Letitia Smuts
Location: C Ring 627A Auckland Park Kingsway Campus
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Tel: 011 559 2071
Email:听Lsmuts@uj.ac.za
About Prof Letitia Smuts
Biographical
Letitia Smuts is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the 欧美福利100000 of Johannesburg. She completed her master鈥檚 degree in Sociology cum laude at the 欧美福利100000 of Johannesburg and is the recipient of the Vrije 欧美福利100000-NRF Desmond Tutu doctoral scholarship. She completed her PhD at Vrije 欧美福利100000, Amsterdam with a thesis titled: Getting it 鈥楽traight鈥�: (Hetero)Sexual Identities, Heteronormativity and Gender in Johannesburg, South Africa. She has also served on the South African Sociological Association (SASA) in various capacities, including as a council member from 2009 to 2011, student essay coordinator from 2014 to 2019, and most recently as the treasurer on the executive committee from 2019 to 2021. In addition, Dr Smuts currently holds the position of SASA co-working group convenor for the Lesbian, Gay and Queer Studies Working group.
Qualifications
D Litt et Phil, Vrije Universiteit, the Netherlands
MA Sociology, 欧美福利100000 of Johannesburg
BA Hons Sociology, 欧美福利100000 of Johannesburg
BA Corporate Communication, Rand Afrikaans 欧美福利100000
Research interests
- Sexualities
- Gender
- Heteronormativity
- Intersectionality
United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s)
Dr Letitia Smuts鈥� research on heteronormativity and gender norms focus on the following:
- Goal 5: Promoting Gender Equality;
- Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities;
- Goal 16: Promoting Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions.
Selected Publications
Smuts, L. 2024. 鈥楨xploring the Pleasures and Perils of Participant Observation in Researching Heterosexual Identities鈥�.听Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research,听25(2), Art. 6,听.
Maake, T & Smuts, L. 2024. 鈥楨xploring Heteronormativity and the Illusion of the 鈥淩eal Man鈥�: A Case Study of Sivuyile (Siv) Ngesi鈥�.听South African Review of Sociology.听 DOI:听.
Reijer, J & Smuts, L. 2024. 鈥楽hifts in Heteronormative and Gender Normative Perceptions among Students in a South Africa 欧美福利100000: A Decade Later鈥�.听Gender Questions,听12(1):听DOI::听.
Maake, TB, Rugunanan, P and Smuts, L. 2023. 鈥楴egotiating and Managing (Homo)Sexual Identities in Multiple Heteronormative Spaces: The Experiences of Black Homosexual Mineworkers鈥�. Journal of Homosexuality. 70(6): 1138-1161. .
Smuts, L. 2023. 鈥楧ecently Tansgressing: Expressions of Female Heterosexuality and the Discourses of (Hetero)Sexual Pleasure in South Africa鈥�. Sexualities. 26(3): 388-406 doi: 10.1177/13634607211037479.
Mphaphuli, M. & Smuts, L. 2021. 鈥樷�淕ive it to Him鈥�: An Exploration of Sexual Violence in the Intimate Relationships of Black Married Women in South Africa鈥�. Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 46(2): 443-464.
Smuts, L., Reijer, J., and Dooms, T. 2015. Perceptions of Sexuality and gendered sexual roles among students at a South African university: Exploring heteronormativity on campus. Journal of Sociology and Social Anthropology, 6(1): 65-75.
Rugunanan, P., Seedat-Khan, M. & Smuts, L. 2012. 鈥楢 Sense of South African Indianness: Citizenship, Identity and Experiences of Exclusion at the Oriental Plaza in Johannesburg, South Africa鈥�, In Uys, T. and Patel. S.(eds.). Exclusion, Social Capital, and Citizenship: Contested Transitions in South Africa and India. New Delhi: Orient Black Swan.
Smuts, L. 2011. ‘Coming Out as a Lesbian in Johannesburg, South Africa: Considering Intersecting Identities and Social Spaces’. South African Review of Sociology, 42(3): 23-40.
Smuts, L. 2010. Lesbian Identities in South Africa: Black and White Experiences in Johannesburg. Saarbrucken: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing (Published MA dissertation)
Smuts, L. 2010. 鈥楥areers with Sociology: Evidence from UJ鈥�. South African Review of Sociology, 41(1): 105-119.