Cheryl Merle de la Rey | |
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![]() de la Rey in 2012 | |
8th Vice-Chancellor University of Canterbury | |
Assumed office 1 February 2019 | |
Preceded by | Rod Carr |
12th Vice-Chancellor University of Pretoria | |
In office 1 November 2009 –31 December 2018 | |
Preceded by | Calie Pistorius |
Succeeded by | Tawana Kupe |
Personal details | |
Born | Durban,South Africa |
Spouse | Eldridge Johnson |
Alma mater | University of Natal University of Cape Town [1] |
Professor Cheryl Merle de la Rey is a South African academic who,since 2019,has been vice-chancellor of University of Canterbury in New Zealand. [2] She was formerly Vice-Chancellor of the University of Pretoria in South Africa.
Professor Cheryl de la Rey attended the University of Natal,obtaining a Bachelor of Arts in 1983,Bachelor of Arts Honours in 1984 and Master of Arts in 1986,all cum laude. She is a qualified psychologist.[ citation needed ]
Professor De la Rey's research focused on race and gender, [3] especially the construction of gender and gender-based violence. [4]
A registered psychologist [by the Health Professions Council of South Africa],Professor De la Rey is a fellow of the Psychological Association of South Africa,a fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa and of the Academy of Science of South Africa.[ citation needed ]
Professor De la Rey spent time as Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Cape Town before being named Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria in November 2009,replacing Calie Pistorius.[ citation needed ]
In October 2020,De la Rey was the subject of a letter critical of an attempt by the University of Canterbury to review the work of Anne-Marie Brady concerning Chinese Communist Party influence in New Zealand. [5] [6]