Department:
School of Social Sciences
Position Title:
Assistant Lecturer
Phone #:
+679 32 32250
Fax #:
3231559
Email:
Having a background in Psychology, Education and Biology, Shazna Buksh has worked and volunteered in diverse work environments as an educator, trainer and counsellor. Ms. Buksh has extensive experience as a secondary school educator and counsellor. She has worked as an Education Consultant with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), drafting terms of references for reviews of the education sectors in Fiji, Kiribati, Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands and developing training plans and manuals for the Child Friendly Schools Project. A keen sense of community coupled with a love of counseling has seen Ms. Buksh volunteering at various social organizations and NGOs providing various training and counselling services including Fiji Council of Social Services and various subsidiaries of the Fiji Muslim League.
Qualifications
BEd, BA, PGDipPsy. MA (Psychology) S.Pac
Teaching Areas
- PS103: Ethics & Research Methods in the Social Sciences I (I F & P)
- PS203: Ethics & Research Methods in the Social Sciences II (II F/O)
- PS206: Cross cultural Psychology (II B)
Research Interests
- HIV/AIDS-related stigma and discrimination, psychological correlates of obesity, non-communicable disease-related interventions, and reproductive health education.