Christi van der Westhuizen

Christi van der Westhuizen (D.Phil.) is Professor of Sociology at the University of the Western Cape.

She is the lead editor of 'The D-Word: Perspectives on Democracy in Tumultuous Times' and co-editor of the 'Routledge International Handbook of Critical Studies in Whiteness' (2022), and author of 'Sitting Pretty: White Afrikaans Women in Postapartheid South Africa' (2017), 'White Power & the Rise and Fall of the National Party' (2007), 'Working Democracy: Perspectives on South Africa's Parliament at 20 Years' (2014) and several articles and book chapters in both academic and popular media.

After holding research associateships with the universities of Cape Town, Free State and KwaZulu Natal, she worked as an associate professor at the University of Pretoria and Nelson Mandela University.

She started her working life as a journalist at the anti-apartheid newspaper 'Vrye Weekblad' and is a regular commentator in the South African and international media.