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Record Number of Social Scientists in Professorial Ranks
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hen then Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Dr. Justin Robinson, was promoted to Professor of Finance in 2019, it was the first time in a few years that colleague faculty had seen such an elevation among themselves. His rise followed that of former Head of the Department of Economics, and now Deputy Principal, Professor Winston Moore, who had advanced to Professor of Economics in 2016. Since Professor Robinson’s achievement, however, six fellow social scientists have seen similar advancement, attaining for themselves the highest academic recognition within The University of the West Indies. Today, the Faculty of Social Sciences is home to its highest number of professors on staff since inception. Among the latest were Professor Don Marshall, as Professor of International Political Economy and Development Studies; Professor Cynthia Barrow-Giles, as Professor of Constitutional Governance and Politics; and Professor Corin Bailey who is currently awaiting ratification of his area of specialty. They joined earlier recipients Professors Troy Lorde (Professor of Tourism Economics), Dwayne Devonish (Professor of Management and Organisational Behaviour) and Philmore Alleyne (Professor of Accounting). Also advancing in the period were
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Professor Don Marshall
Professor Cynthia Barrow-Giles
three colleagues within the Faculty of Humanities and Education: Professor Donna-Maria Maynard, Professor of Psychology; Professor Isabelle Constant, Professor of French, Francophone African and Caribbean Literatures; and Professor Aaron Kamugisha, Professor of Caribbean and Africana Thought who has since transitioned to the recently established Faculty of Culture, Creative and Performing Arts.
researcher and a talented writer [with] original ideas, penetrating analyses and insightful studies.” She has served on the Administrative Board of the Conseil International d’Études Francophones (CIEF) and also as its representative for the Caribbean region. She was also a reviewer for the journal on Francophone Studies, Nouvelles Études Francophones (NEF) from 2009 to 2018, and from 2015 to 2016, she was a reviewer for Parallèles – a translation studies journal. One external assessor summarised, “Professor Constant’s major contributions have been in the areas of Francophone postcolonial literature where she has been very successful in increasing the visibility of marginal literature and working to canonise authors who deserve more critical attention … the impact of Professor Constant’s Le
Professor Constant, who advanced as one of the latest four that also included Professors Marshall, Barrow-Giles and Bailey, is noted for her original and valuable contributions to Caribbean Literature and Caribbean Studies. She is considered “a superb scholar, a gifted
