Local Organising Committee

Mrs Jacqueline Jere-Folotiya

Lecturer, Psychology Department, University of Zambia

E mail: jpjere@yahoo.com

Courses taught in 2007-2008:
• PS 101- Introduction to Psychology I (Undergraduate course)
• PS 102- Introduction to Psychology II (Undergraduate course)
• PS241 - Child development
• PSN 331- Psychology for Nursing (for post-graduate nursing students)
• PS311 - Introduction to Social Psychology
• PS312 - Theories of Personality
• PS342 - Tests and measurements

Research Interests:
• The use of psychometric tests in the work place and in education. Standardizing western instruments and as well as creating testing instruments in Zambia that can be used for placement, selection and diagnoses in both the work place and school setting.
• Issues of child development with specific reference to child abuse, children headed households, learning disabilities and the influence of culture.
• Interventions for different kinds of trauma.

Selected Publications

Jacqueline P. Jere, Florence Chamvu & Elias Mpofu. (2005). Adolescence in Zambia. International Encyclopedia of Adolescence 2-Volume. Routledge, Taylor & Francis.

Mpofu, E., Engelbrecht, P., Jere, J. P., Mutepfa, M. M., Shumba, A., Chombe, T., Teferra., T. (2005) in Reynolds E, & Fletcher, J. (Ed). Special Education in Sub-Saharan Africa. Encyclopedia of Special Education (3rd ed). John Wiley & Sons.

Chamvu. F, Jere-Folotiya, J. P., Kalima. K. (2006). Community Psychology in Zambia. Journal of Psychology in Africa: Vol.16, No. 2. (191-196)

Serpell, R & Jere-Folotiya, J. (2007). Developmental Assessment, Cultural Context, Gender and Schooling in Zambia. International Journal of Psychology, 43 (2), 88 – 96.