Denise Zinn
1996 US-Canada MMEG grantee, PhD in Education, Harvard University.
Denise Zinn is a former Deputy Vice Chancellor for Learning and Teaching at Nelson Mandela University in Port Elizabeth (now renamed Gqeberha). She started her career as a high school teacher of English and mathematics, later earning scholarships to Harvard for her master’s degree (language and literacy studies) and doctoral degree in education (teaching, curriculum and learning environments). On her return to South Africa in 1997, she worked in teacher education at several South African universities. After serving as dean of education at two universities, she took up the position of Deputy Vice Chancellor at Mandela University. She retired from this position at end-2019 and currently leads the Women in Leadership Programme for the national consortium of South African universities, Universities South Africa (USAf).
