Bolapeju Agboola is a Senior Lecturer in Educational Leadership, and Management and Planning at The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Jamaica. She has previously worked as Associate Professor with the University of Uyo, and National Open University, Nigeria. She is a certified Educator; Leadership and Educators’ Trainer; Educational Sector Planner; Leadership, Planning and Management Consultant.
Shazeeda Ali is Professor of Corporate and Financial Law, and Dean of the Faculty of Law at The University of the West Indies, Mona. She has presented and published widely on financial crime, financial services regulation, offshore financial law, and legal professional ethics; and is the author of Money Laundering Control in the Caribbean and Proceeds of Crime Act: Taking the Profit Out of Crime. She is also the editor of Risky Business: Perspectives on Corporate Misconduct, and The Ethical Lawyer: A Caribbean Perspective.
Noureddine Benkeblia, is a Professor of Crop Science, Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, The University of the West Indies, Mona. He is also Head of the Laboratory of Crop Science (Life Sciences Department) and Head of the Laboratory of Tree Fruits and Aromatic Crops (Biotechnology Centre) and Coordinator of the Graduate Agriculture Programme. His main research areas focus on the environmental stresses on the physiology and biochemistry of crops including pre- and post-harvest metabolism, and the metabolome. Professor Benkeblia has extensive research experience in horticultural sciences, and teaching at the undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate levels in many countries. He has over 230 publications including books, book chapters, and research papers. He is a member of many international scientific societies and NGOs, and a recipient of numerous awards. He is also Associate Editor of several scientific journals, including the Canadian Journal of Plant Science and Public Library of Science (PLOS).
Sharon Bramwell-Lalor, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer of Science Education in the School of Education (SOE) at the Mona Campus of The University of the West Indies (The UWI). She is a member of the Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Working Group within the SOE and has contributed to various collaborative activities, including workshop and conference presentations, guest lectures, and scholarly publications. Her research interests include science teaching and assessment strategies, the nature of science, and infusing environmental education into teacher education. She has published peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters in these areas.
Natalie Corthésy, is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law, at The University of the West Indies, Mona; and a graduate of The UWI Faculty of Law, Cave Hill. She obtained her LLM from University College London, and read for her PhD at Queen Mary University of London. She teaches Intellectual Property Law, Advanced Copyright Law, Geographical Indications in the Global Market, Employment Law, Industrial Relations Law, and Tort Law.
Therese Ferguson, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in the School of Education (SOE) at The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Jamaica. She serves as Coordinator of the SOE’s ESD Working Group, and Programme Leader for Change from Within - a school-based initiative in Jamaica that addresses violence. Her research interests lie in ESD, peace education, climate change education, and researcher development. Her publications include two co-authored books: Education for Sustainable Development in the Caribbean: Pedagogy, Processes and Practices; and SDG4 – Quality Education: Inclusivity, Equity and Lifelong Learning for All. Additionally, her work has been published in international and national peer-reviewed journals, as well as edited book collections.
Deborah McFee has worked in the area of gender and development since 1998. She holds a BA in History and Political Science from The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, and an MA in the Politics of Alternative Development from the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague. Deborah graduated in 2019 with her PhD in Global Governance and Human Security from the McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies, Department of Conflict Resolution, Human Security, and Global Governance, University of Massachusetts (Boston). Her PhD research earned her the 2019 Excellence in PhD Research Prize awarded by the UMass Boston, Department of Global Governance and Human Security. Deborah’s experience includes research on the impact of small arms and light weapons on women and girls in select communities in her country of Trinidad and Tobago, as well as traditional gender norms as drivers of emerging human security vulnerabilities experienced in Small Island Developing States in the Caribbean. She has extensive experience in both qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis, however, her research strength lies in qualitative research methods. She is knowledgeable in utilizing participatory, gender sensitive, qualitative approaches to data collection as a means of engaging in a more inclusive approach to establishing public policy priorities. From 2005 to present, Deborah has worked throughout the English speaking Caribbean developing national policies for gender equity and equality.
Tracie Rogers lectures in the Social Work Unit at The University of the West Indies, Mona, and serves as Editor of the Caribbean Journal of Social Work. Her research focuses on trauma-responsive practice, decolonial and participatory methodologies, epistemic violence, and the intersections of gender, policy, and social justice.
Carmel Roofe, is a Professor of Curriculum Studies in the School of Education, at the University of the West Indies, Mona, where she currently serves as Director of the School of Education. Her career in teaching spans teaching in secondary schools and training initial and in-service teachers at the higher education levels. She is the co-founder of the Caribbean Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies, and Immediate Past Chair of the Taskforce on the Internationalization of Curriculum Studies of the American Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies. She conducts research in the areas of teacher education, curriculum theory and practice, and school leadership. Two of her most recent publications include The Lived Curriculum Experiences of Jamaican Teachers: Currere and Decolonizing Intentions published by Palgrave McMillan and Curriculum Implementation Leadership and Equity in Education: Curriculum Struggles and Hopes in Jamaica During the Post-Independence Era published by Routledge.
Sonjah Stanley Niaah, a Jamaican scholar and cultural activist, specializes in dancehall and Black Atlantic performance geographies. She earned the first PhD in cultural studies from The University of the West Indies, Mona. She was the director of the Institute of Caribbean Studies and Reggae Studies Unit and has authored books on dancehall, and contributed to documentaries like Enslaved and Move.
Canute Thompson is Professor of Educational Planning and Policy with Leadership; and a current PVC, (BUS) at The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Jamaica. He is a Leadership coach and Certified Management Consultant who has spearheaded the founding of the Caribbean Leadership Re-Imagination Initiative, and the Caribbean Centre for Educational Planning.
Stephen Vasciannie is Professor of International Law in the Faculty of Law at The University of the West Indies, Mona. He teaches public international law, international courts and tribunals, international investment law, and the law of the sea. Professor Vasciannie has been a member of the United Nations International Law Commission, and the Inter-American Juridical Committee, and Chairman of the Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs of the Organisation of American States. His most recent book, Caribbean Essays on Law and Policy, addresses the Jamaican practice of diplomatic immunity, and issues concerning the Montego Bay Convention on the Law of the Sea.
Yentyl Williams, a dual national of Trinidad and Tobago and the United Kingdom, is currently Lecturer at the Faculty of Law at The University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica; and Technical Consultant -Trade, at the Jamaica Manufacturers’ and Exporters’ Association. She has over a decade of experience working on EU trade relations with the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states.