Departmental Reports 2017–2018 the University of the West Indies
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The University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus, Barbados Departmental Reports 2017–2018 The University of the West Indies Our Mission An excellent global university rooted in the Caribbean Our Vision To advance learning, create knowledge and foster innovation for the positive transformation of the Caribbean and the wider world Our Core Values Integrity Excellence Gender Justice Diversity Student Centredness These Reports, which represent the research and teaching activities of the departments and the activities of non-teaching departments at Cave Hill, are presented annually to Campus Council and to the University Council. Reports are similarly presented at Mona and St. Augustine. Contents 4 Faculty of Humanities 148 Faculty of Science and 228 Faculty of Sport & Education Technology 228 Dean’s Overview 5 Dean’s Overview 148 Dean’s Overview 232 The Academy of Sport 10 Cultural Studies Department 155 Department of Biological Cave Hill 16 Department of History and Chemical Sciences & Philosophy 163 Department of Computer 25 Department of Language, Science, Mathematics and Physics 236 Institute for Gender and Linguistics & Literature Development Studies: 33 Codrington College 168 Centre for Resource Nita Barrow Unit Management and 34 Errol Barrow Centre for Environmental Studies Creative Imagination (EBCCI) (CERMES) 40 School of Education 256 Non-Teaching Departments 256 The Centre For Excellence in 182 Faculty of Social Sciences Teaching & Learning (CETL) 48 Faculty of Law 182 Dean’s Overview 272 Cave Hill Libraries 48 Dean’s Overview 186 Department of Economics 276 Office of Student Services 77 Faculty of Law Library 194 Department of Government, 296 UWI HIV/AIDS Response Sociology and Social Work Programme (UWIHARP) 203 Department of 90 Faculty of Medical Sciences Management Studies 90 Dean’s Overview 212 Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies 131 The George Alleyne Chronic (SALISES) Disease Research Centre (GA-CDRC) 220 Shridath Ramphal Centre for International Trade Law, Policy and Services 4 Faculty of Humanities & Education 2017 – 2018 • Dean’s Overview • Cultural Studies Department • Department of History & Philosophy • Department of Language, Linguistics & Literature • Codrington College • Errol Barrow Centre for Creative Imagination • School of Education DEAN Deputy Dean (Planning and Graduate Affairs) Head, Department of History & Philosophy Professor Evelyn O’Callaghan Dr Donna-Maria Maynard Dr Elaine Rocha BA (UCC), MLitt (Oxford), PhD (UWI) BSc (Warwick), MA (Sussex), PhD (UWI) MA (Sao Paulo), MA (Pretoria), PhD (Sao Paulo) Deputy Dean (Outreach) Head, Department of Language Dr Marcia Burrowes Linguistics & Literature BA (UWI), MA, PhD (Warwick) Dr Ian Craig BA (London), MA (Essex), PhD (London) Officer-in-Charge and Deputy Dean, Errol Barrow Centre for Creative Imagination Mr Harclyde Walcott BA (York) Director, School of Education Dr Babalola Ogunkola BSc, PGDE (Lagos), MEd, PhD (Ibadan) Faculty of Humanities & Education 2017–2018 5 DEAN’S OVERVIEW he Faculty welcomed new Dean, Professor Evelyn O’Callaghan. The Faculty Barbados were held in April 2018, as an opportunity to expose the public to the Faculty’s Tcontinued to develop its teaching and research informed by the core principles of course and programme offerings and to answer their queries. This type of exposure critical thinking, competent communication skills and creative expression, increasingly was also extended to various secondary schools and college fairs during the year. The incorporating the technological enhancements of the Digital Humanities paradigm. Department of History and Philosophy held a public interdisciplinary forum on “Nuclear In keeping with the University’s Strategic Plan (2017-2022), the Faculty endeavoured War Games” with speakers from CERMES, the Department of Biological and Chemical to promote its traditional strengths in all forms of language use, textual analysis, and Sciences, and the Office of the Vice Chancellor in February 2018, and a photographic cultural and creative expression as aspects of its programmes and emphasize the value of exhibition in collaboration with the Main Library in March, 2018. The EBCCI opened its these to high-level professional success and – perhaps more crucially – commitment to doors for the Lunchtime Performance Series of concerts in Semester I with such talents community, in line with the Vice-Chancellor’s vision of a revitalized Activist University. as Anthony “Gabby” Carter, Adrian King and Winston Farrell, and continued its weekly film screenings. In demonstrating the philosophy that students were the core of its existence, the Faculty resuscitated the annual Faculty Prize-Giving Ceremony to highlight the academic Additionally, public lectures by visiting international scholars cemented relationships performance of those students who were recipients of the various prizes in the Faculty, the Faculty continues to build across the globe. Once again, highlights included the Elsa as well as those who had achieved their degrees with first class honours. The students Goveia Annual Lecture delivered by Professor Alan Cobley on “The Impact of the First expressed their gratitude to the Faculty for reviving this event in their honour. As World War on the Caribbean” (November 15, 2017) and the fourth Kamau Brathwaite part of efforts to enhance the students’ experience outside the classroom, the Errol lecture in Cultural Studies in February, 2018 when Weslyan University professor, Gina Barrow Centre for Creative Imagination (EBCCI) sent three students, accompanied by Ulysse, delivered a lecture titled “Black Liberation Rasanblaj Redux.” The Faculty hosted Lecturer in Dance, Dr Neri Torres to perform in the Sussex Festival of the Performing Dr Denise deCaires Narain of Sussex University, who spoke on “Maids and Madams: Arts, UK, in April 2018. The students reported that they received rave reviews and an Knowledge, Power and Feeling” (November 8, 2017) and Dr Muli Amaye of UWI, overwhelming response to their performance. St Augustine who talked about “Teaching Creative Writing in a War Zone!” (March 1, 2018). Dr John Rickford delivered the third Annual Richard Allsopp Memorial Lecture in As part of its objective to effect curricular reform, the Faculty celebrated the approval April 2018. The Annual Cave Hill Philosophy Symposium (CHiPS) in April 2018 featured of the BEd Early Childhood Care and Education Programme to be offered from the keynote speaker Professor John Ayotunde Bewaji of UWI, Mona. The EBCCI hosted following academic year. This addition to the Faculty’s suite of majors was praised by the third Biennial International Dance Conference in May 2018, and the Faculty ended the Principal as the kind of niche programme that should be cultivated. Additionally, a the year by bringing many Caribbean and international scholars to the Association Minor in Creative Writing and a Minor in Chinese, went through the AQAC approval of Caribbean Historians annual conference in June 2018 and the cross-Faculty Legal process, and would be rolled out in 2018-2019. Several income-generating short courses Histories conference in July 2018. to be delivered through the planned Centre for Professional Development and Life-long Learning were identified within Departments. Some internal restructuring took place over the course of the year as the English as a Second Language (ESL) programme moved from the Business Development Office In January 2018, UWI began celebrations in commemoration of the University’s 70th back to the Faculty, as the Centre for English Language Learning with Dr Stacy Denny Anniversary. Dr Henderson Carter and his stalwart committee put much effort into as Coordinator. Customized teaching programmes were marketed to capitalize on planning for the 70th anniversary, and lined up a variety of talks, symposia and other links with Latin America, the Francophone Caribbean and cohorts from institutions events in which the Faculty was involved. Of note was a heritage bus tour on May 1, 2018 seeking English language competence. The Foundation Language Programme, under the which drew over 100 participants. guidance of PVC Alan Cobley, OBUS, was renamed the Academic Literacies Programme and migrated from the Faculty Office to the Department of Language, Linguistics and In terms of outreach, the Faculty manned a display, along with a dedicated area to Literatures where it would have a stronger academic foundation as obtained at the Mona highlight the Confucius Institute’s cultural artefacts, distributed promotional material and and St. Augustine campuses. Discussions with the Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences and showcased its talented students in song, story and poetry at a mini-concert towards the Psychology lecturers across the two Faculties resulted in a common Action Plan out of end of Open Day in November, 2017. Several “Mall Meets” at the major malls around the review of Psychology. This featured an agreement to design a common core degree 6 Faculty of Humanities & Education structure across the two Faculties, with different electives offered by each as well as a Table 1B below gives a comparative distribution of undergraduate student registrations commitment to the eventual establishment of a Centre for Psychology at Cave Hill, as by Major, as well as the percentage change from 2014/2015. When compared to the approved by Academic Board. Plans would be led, initially, by Dr Donna-Maria Maynard, 2016/2017 period a decline in enrolment was recorded in all Majors except in the Psychology