Academic profile

Elme Ravenscroft obtained the degrees LLB and LLM (cum laude) from the University of Pretoria.  

She has been affiliated with the Department of Jurisprudence since January 2018 in the capacities of Tutor and Academic Associate/Research Assistant. In February 2020, she was appointed as Assistant Lecturer.

Focus areas

Ravenscroft’s main research areas are Critical Whiteness Studies and Critical Race Theory. She is particularly interested in questions of race and racism as it pertains to legal- and political systems. Her LLM dissertation critically considered the value of non-racialism in the Constitution. 

She is currently pursuing her PhD under the supervision of Dr Sanele Sibanda.

Tel:  +27 (0)12 420 3554

Email:  [email protected]

[March 2022]