He has a dual background in Psychology and Cultural Studies, and is interested in understanding identities in social context. He completed his PhD in the History of Consciousness programme at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where he was a Fulbright Scholar. He established the Psychology and Society Masters Programme and the University of KwaZulu-Natal before moving to Rhodes in 2014. In addition to his work on violence and trauma, he has a strong interest in consumer culture and emerging youth identities in contemporary South Africa. He teaches an honours course, Love and Money, which explores these issues with specific attention to the relationship between economic systems and personal identities. He can be contacted at anti[at]webafrica.org.za, and found on academia.edu.