Hester Klopper, PhD, MBA, RN, RM, RPN, RCN, RNE, RNM
Hester Klopper is Professor and Head of the School of Nursing Science at North-West University (NWU) in South Africa since April 2005. Prior to her appointment at NWU, she was Co-Director of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Nursing and Mental Health (2203-2004), at University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. Prof Klopper obtained her undergraduate education at the Ann Latsky College of Nursing, Johannesburg, and University of South Africa. She completed her Magister Curationis (M Cur) in 1992 and PhD in 1994 at the University of Johannesburg (UJ). In 2001 she obtained a MBA from Luton University, United Kingdom. Prof Klopper has filled a number of leadership and executive management positions, i.e. Head of Nursing Education, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa (2001-2003) and has served as company director. Elected and appointed positions include:
- Director on the International Board of Directors of Sigma Theta Tau International (2007-2011) (First person from Africa to be elected)
- Chairperson of FUNDISA (Forum for University Nursing Deans in South Africa) (2007-2010)
- Director on the International Board of Directors for INDEN (International Network for Doctoral Education) (2006 – 2010)
- Member of the International Governance Committee of Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) (2005-2007)
- Secretariat-Treasurer of Tau Lambda-at-Large Chapter of STTI (2005-2010)
- Member of the International Governance Committee of Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) (2003-2005)
She serves on the Editorial Boards of the following research journals: Nursing and Health Sciences; International Journal for Nursing of Older People (Blackwell Publishers); Contemporary Nurse (Australian based); and Curationis (South African based). Furthermore she acts as reviewer for at least ten journals. Prof Klopper’s research interest is: i) Leadership development and Capacity building for Policy Influence; ii) The use of a Social Capital framework in Leadership development and Policy utilization; and iii) Wellbeing and Quality of Life of the Older Person. She has been successful in receiving research grants for her research work. Furthermore, Hester has been the supervisor of more than 40 completed masters and doctoral students; she has published 10 monographs, textbooks or chapters in textbooks, and more than 25 articles in peer-reviewed journals with another fifteen articles in process. An article published in Journal of Clinical Nursing, June 2006, with one of her doctoral students, Dr C Bodkin, received the “
Flagship Article Award” for most outstanding research manuscript, followed by several international press releases i.e. Ireland, USA, China, Australia, South Africa, UK. This article also received the
Presidential Award for the Best Published Article, at the 6
th Annual Conference of Tau Lambda-at-Large Chapter of STTI, 4 August 2006. Hester has presented her research and scholarly work at more than 50 international conferences. The award Prof Klopper mostly cherishes is a
CHARTER she received from the North–West University, School of Nursing Science, on 09 June 2006 during 40
th Anniversary Celebrations for
Leadership and Ambassadorship Globally for Nursing. To view a full profile on Prof Klopper visit
www.hester.klopper.com