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Prof Ria Smit
Associate Professor in the UJ Department of Sociology
Department of Sociology
Faculty of Humanities
Qualifications
-D Litt et Phil in Sociology, thesis on changing male roles in double income families, supervised by Prof Anna Steyn, RAU, 2000
-MA Sociology cum laude, RAU, 1995
-BHons Sociology cum laude, RAU, 1994
-BA Humanities cum laude, RAU, 1993
Research interests
Family Sociology; Gender Issues; Sociological Theory
Teaching experience
Family and Gender; Sociological Theory
Academic citizenship
Chairperson of the UJ Humanities Ethics Committee
South African Sociological Association (SASA) member, 1996 - present
Member of the SASA council, 2004 – 2005
International Sociological Association (ISA) member, 1998 - present
Member of the CFR board, 2002 - 2014
Secretary / treasurer, 2006
Committee on Social Psychology - RC42 of ISA, 1999 – present
Recent papers and publications
Smit, R. 2008. HIV and AIDS Hitting Home: Married Women’s Perceptions of Risk. South African Review of Sociology, 39(1): 18-37.
Dworzanowski, BD & Smit, R. 2008. “Most they don’t practice what they preach”: Exploring personal risk and vacillating female vulnerability to HIV infection amongst AIDS caregivers in peri-urban South Africa. South African Review of Sociology, 39(1): 65-82.
Smit, R. 2008. ‘New Fatherhood’ - Fact or Fiction? The Perceptions and Experiences of Fathers in South Africa. Acta Academica, 40(1): 52-77.
Smit, R. 2008. HIV and AIDS: Are All Women Equally at Risk? Afrikaans Speaking Married Women’s Perceptions of Self-Risk. Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 39(3):413-428.
Smit, Ria. 2007. 'Living in an Age of HIV and AIDS: Implications for Families in South Africa'. Nordic Journal of African Studies, 16(2): 161-178.
Smit, Ria. 2007. 'New Fatherhood - Fact or Fiction? The Perceptions and Experiences of Fathers in South Africa'. Acta Academia.
Smit, Ria. 2007. 'Sexuality and HIV and AIDS: The Perceptions of Married Women on Safeguarding the Health of their Families'. Paper presented at the international conference, organised by the Committee on Family Research (RC06) of the International Sociological Association, Toronto, Canada.
Smit, Ria. 2006. 'HIV and Aids: Are All Women Equally at Risk? The Perceptions and Experiences of Afrikaans Speaking Married Women'. Paper presented at the 16th International Sociological Association conference, Durban, South Africa.
Smit, Ria. 2005. ‘HIV/AIDS and the Workplace: The Perceptions and Experiences of Nurses in a Public Hospital in South Africa’. Journal of Advanced Nursing 51(1): 22-29.
Smit, Ria. and Möller, Paul. 2005. ‘Reflections on Being a Father: Are Men Actively Involved in the Lives of Their Children?’. Social Work Practitioner – Researcher 17(3): 276-294.
Möller, Paul and Smit, Ria. 2004. ‘Measuring Health-Related Quality of Life: A Comparison between People Living with AIDS and Police on Active Duty’.Health SA Gesondheid 9(2): 31-42.
Smit, Ria. 2004. HIV/AIDS and the Workplace: The Perceptions of Nurses in a Public Hospital in South Africa. Research Report. Johannesburg: Centre for Sociological Research, RAU.
Smit, Ria. 2004. ‘Involved Fathering: Expanding Conceptualisations of Men’s Paternal Caring’. Koers 69(1): 101-120.
Contact Details
Tel: +27 (0) 11 559 2319
Fax: +27 (0) 11 559 3787
Auckland Park Kingsway: CRing 631
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