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Mandla T. Msipa
Admit Weekend Coordinator, Political Science
Undergraduate, Political Science
Admit Weekend Coordinator, UGABioMandla Msipa (he/him) is an undergraduate at Stanford University pursuing a BA in Political Science with a minor in Education.
A Zimbabwean-American, Mandla spent 13 years in Harare under the SJET school system – he attained IGCSE and A Level qualifications from Cambridge International. After graduating in 2021, Mandla worked as a Junior Master at St John's College, Harare, primarily teaching in the History, English, and Drama departments.
At Stanford, Mandla is an International Mentor at Bechtel and a member of Stanford College Democrats, one of Stanford's political action organisations. In the summer of 2023, Mandla will be working in the DC office of a Democratic US Senator as a legislative intern.
Mandla's research interests lie at the intersection of politics, education, and the internet. Areas of interest are currently: strengthening governance structures in K-12 education; encouraging teacher-student relationships at the system level; promoting digital literacy in classrooms; investigating internet exposure in the early crystallisation of political ideology; scrutinising ICT as a tool for democratisation in Sub-Saharan Africa.
