Professor Linda Theron is an Educational Psychologist registered with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) and a full Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. She is also an extraordinary professor in the Optentia Research Programme at North-West University, South Africa. Her clinical and research interest is in child and adolescent resilience, with a niche focus on how situational and cultural contexts nuance the multisystemic resources that matter most for the resilience of young people from chronically disadvantaged South African communities. She currently leads/co-leads multi-year resilience studies with sites in South Africa, India, Canada, and Russia and has authored 100+ peer-reviewed publications about child and youth resilience. Since 2003, 50+ students have successfully completed resilience-related post-graduate studies under her guidance. South Africa’s National Research Foundation rates Prof Linda’s resilience-focused work as internationally recognised and she is an elected member of the Academy of Science of South Africa.
