She is a founding member of the South African Education Law Association. She specialises in school governance, school safety and school discipline and has presented papers at international conferences in the USA., Australia, New Zealand, Europe, England, China, Cyprus and Hong Kong. She teaches education law to education managers at post graduate level. Her publications include books on law in education, school governance and discipline in schools. Rika is a NRF rated researcher and a adjunct professor at the University of Kentucky in the USA..