Haley McEwen is a nationally rated researcher in South Africa (National Research Foundation). She holds a PhD in Sociology (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg), an MPhil in Diversity Studies (University of Cape Town), and a BA in Social Relations (Michigan State University). McEwen is currently a researcher at the Wits Centre for Diversity Studies. She is also associate editor of the International Journal for Critical Diversity Studies. Dr. McEwen’s research takes a decolonial approach to understanding the “knowledge politics” that inform ways of knowing gender and sexuality diversity locally, regionally and globally.