Justin Sands
Senior Lecturer at St Augustine College of South Africa- Claim this Profile
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English Native or bilingual proficiency
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French Limited working proficiency
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Latin Elementary proficiency
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Dutch Elementary proficiency
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Credentials
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NRF Rating: Y2
The National Research Foundation of South Africa (NRF)
Experience
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St Augustine College of South Africa
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South Africa
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Higher Education
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Lecturer
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Jun 2021 - Present
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Contract Lecturer and Postgraduate Supervisor
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Sep 2020 - Aug 2021
I create and lecture modules across disciplines for St. Augustine's College as well as supervise postgraduate students.
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University of the Free State
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South Africa
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Research Fellow
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Sep 2020 - Present
I have been awarded the position of 'Research Fellow,' which attaches me to the Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of the Free State. This connects me to their researchers and their academic programs and my responsibility is to publish quality, international outputs within the field of theology. I have been awarded the position of 'Research Fellow,' which attaches me to the Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of the Free State. This connects me to their researchers and their academic programs and my responsibility is to publish quality, international outputs within the field of theology.
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North-West University / Noordwes-Universiteit
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South Africa
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Extraordinary Research Fellow
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Sep 2020 - Present
I have been awarded the title of an 'Extraordinary Research Fellow,' which places me within the Research Focus Area: Social Transformation. My duties with this entail the publication of quality, international research within the fields of philosophy and the social sciences.
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Adjunct Lecturer
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2016 - Aug 2021
- As a lecturer, I created or co-created 9 different modules and also taught these classes (15 overall if you include other institutions).- Supervised 6 postgraduate dissertations and theses, all of which received the highest distinction possible.- Created multiple extracurricular events such as reading groups, essay contests,diversity panels, and so forth.
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Postdoctoral Fellow
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Oct 2015 - Aug 2021
- This has been my main job/post since I received my PhD. It is primarily a research post but during this time I was able to teach and work with the writing lab as long as it didn't occupy more than 20% of my time.- Published a monograph, wrote 17 peer reviewed articles, published 2 essays and 5 book reviews and I was interviewed for TV in Brazil. Invited to speak at 11 events and presented research at 17 conferences.- Received at least 3 different types of grants valued over 600,000 Rand ($42,000), I founded a research group while being apart of 3 other research entities. I also participated in 3 international academic societies.
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Consultant and Tutor
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2016 - 2017
- Worked with students at all levels to increase their writing comprehension. This involved reading their work, making detailed notations and edits, and then having a one-on-one consultation with follow up visit.- Edited colleagues work for academic English prior to publication.- Ran a workshop to help PhD students in Pedagogy and Education Sciences perfect their rhetoric and academic English skills.- Attended weekly workshops at the Writing Lab intended to help consultants. I eventually led some of these workshops or at least greatly contributed to them.
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Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, KU Leuven
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Belgium
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Research
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1 - 100 Employee
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Doctoral Candidate and Researcher
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Sep 2011 - Sep 2015
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Researcher
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Oct 2011 - May 2015
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KU Leuven
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Belgium
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Research Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Doctoral Researcher
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2011 - 2014
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Doctoral Researcher
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2011 - 2014
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Holy Ghost Preparatory School
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United States
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Education Administration Programs
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1 - 100 Employee
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Teacher
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Sep 2009 - May 2010
- Taught Old and New Testament, and Social Justice.- Tutored in Latin. - Taught Old and New Testament, and Social Justice.- Tutored in Latin.
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Cardinal O'Hara High School (Springfield, PA)
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United States
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Religious Institutions
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1 - 100 Employee
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Teacher
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Sep 2008 - May 2009
- Taught Old and New Testament, Church History, and Vocations. - Taught Old and New Testament, Church History, and Vocations.
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Education
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University of Fort Hare
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Phenomenology and Decolonization -
University of Leuven
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Philosophical Theology, Fundamental Theology -
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Advanced Masters of Arts in Theology and Religious Studies, Theology/Theological Studies -
Villanova University
Masters of Arts, Theology/Theological Studies -
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Two Bachelors of Arts Degrees, Philosophy and Religious Studies