Mushandi wepedyo wemushakabvu Steve Biko, Cooper akatamba zvinzvimbo zvehutungamiriri muhondo yekurwisa rusaruraganda mukupera kwema1960 pamwe nekuuya kwedemocracy muSouth Africa (SA) kubva kutanga kwema1990. Akarambidzwa uye akasungwa uye akavharirwa mujeri kwemakore mapfumbamwe - achigara mashanu muchitokisi chimwe chete cheRobben Island saNelson Mandela - akanzi 'akabatwa nekutyorwa kwakanyanya kwekodzero' neSA's Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Akapedza kudzidza kuYunivhesiti yeSA, Witwatersrand neBoston, kwaakawana PhD yake muClinical/Community Psychology seFulbright. Fellow.
Wekutanga Mutema sachigaro weanotonga Professional Board yePsychology kuHealth Professions Council yeSA, Cooper ndiye aive wekutanga asiri wekurapa/mazino Mutevedzeri weMutungamiriri. Aive Mutevedzeri weChancellor weYunivhesiti yeDurban-Westville, aive Mutevedzeri weMutungamiriri weISSC weRuzivo neKukurukurirana uye akatungamira SA ICSU Board. Mumwe munhu weSA, Indian, British and Irish psychological societies uye akagamuchira mashoko akawanda epasi rose uye mibairo, ane zvigaro zveuprofesa kuYunivhesiti yePretoria neStellenbosch. Iye inhengo yeISC Committee yeRusununguko & Basa muSainzi (CFRS), Mutungamiriri Akapfuura weInternational Union yePsychological Science (IUPsyS) uye akatanga Mutungamiriri wePan-African Psychology Union.
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