Wahbie Long

Wahbie Long, Ph.D., is an associate professor and clinical psychologist in the Department of Psychology, and the director of the Child Guidance Clinic, at the University of Cape Town.

Wahbie's research interests include the history of psychology, theoretical psychology, Marxist psychology and indigenous psychology. He has published widely in journals including History of Psychology, Theory and Psychology, History of the Human Sciences, Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, and New Ideas in Psychology. His book, A History of ‘Relevance’ in Psychology – published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2016 – traces the emergence of questions about ‘relevance’ in the discipline since the 1960s, with a special focus on psychology in South Africa. He is currently working on a book that explores connections between Marxism and psychoanalysis.

With a Y1 rating from the National Research Foundation of South Africa, Wahbie has held fellowships at Harvard and Durham, and was the 2016 recipient of the Early Career Award of the Society for the History of Psychology (Division 26 of the American Psychological Association).

Teaching Profile

Wahbie teaches an Honours module on philosophical and theoretical issues in psychology and a Masters module on critical theory.