Featured on the cover The Cave Hill Campus celebrates the 100th anniversary of St Lucian Sir Arthur Lewis b. January 23, 1915 - d. June 15, 1991. Sir Arthur Lewis was the first West Indian Principal of the University College of the West Indies (UCWI ) (1958 - 60) and its first Vice Chancellor under the UWI Independent Charter (1960 - 1963). He was a visiting Professor of Economics at the Cave Hill Campus from 1973 - 1991. In 1979 Sir Arthur received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. The University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus, Barbados Departmental Reports 2013–2014 The University of the West Indies MISSION STATEMENT To advance education and create knowledge through excellence in teaching, research, innovation, public service, intellectual leadership and outreach in order to support the inclusive (social, economic, political, cultural, environmental) development of the Caribbean region and beyond. 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 120 Faculty of Science and 216 Institute for Gender and & Education Technology Development Studies: 5 Dean’s Overview 121 Dean’s Overview Nita Barrow Unit 8 Cultural Studies Department 125 Department of Biological 14 Department of History and Chemical Sciences & Philosophy 138 Department of Computer Non-Teaching Departments 23 Department of Language, Science, Mathematics and 228 The Academy of Sport Linguistics & Literature Physics Cave Hill 31 Errol Barrow Centre for 145 Centre for Resource 236 The Centre For Excellence in Creative Imagination (EBCCI) Management and Teaching & Learning (CETL) Environmental Studies 35 School of Education (CERMES) 246 The Sidney Martin Library 254 Office of Student Services 266 UWI HIV/AIDS Response Programme (UWIHARP) 46 Faculty of Law 166 Faculty of Social Sciences 47 Dean’s Overview 167 Dean’s Overview 69 Faculty of Law Library 169 Department of Economics 176 Department of Government, Sociology and Social Work 78 Faculty of Medical Sciences 189 Department of Management 79 Dean’s Overview Studies 101 Chronic Disease 205 Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Research Centre (CDRC) Social and Economic Studies (SALISES) 210 Shridath Ramphal Centre for International Trade Law, Policy and Services 4 Faculty of Humanities & Education 2013 – 2014 • Dean’s Overview • Cultural Studies • Department of History & Philosophy • Department of Language, Linguistics & Literature • Errol Barrow Centre for Creative Imagination • School of Education DEAN Deputy Dean (Planning and Graduate Affairs) Head, Department of History & Philosophy Dr Victor Simpson Professor Frederick Ochieng’-Odhiambo Professor Pedro L. V. Welch BA, MA, PhD (UWI) BA, MA, PhD (Nairobi) BA (UWI), MSc. (Bath), Cert. Ed. Admin.(UWI), PhD (UWI) Deputy Dean (Outreach) Head, Department of Language, Dr Stacey Blackman Linguistics & Literature BA, Med (UWI), PhD (Camb) Dr Kahiudi Mabana BA (Mayidi), (UPU Rome), MA, PhD (Fribourg) Director, Errol Barrow Centre for Creative Imagination Professor Gladstone Yearwood BFA (NYU), MA, PhD (Ohio University) Director, School of Education Dr Jennifer Obidah BA (CUNY), MA (Yale), PhD (University of California) Faculty of Humanities & Education 2013–2014 5 DEAN’S OVERVIEW he Faculty of Humanities and Education continues to bring culture to university life The Faculty also recorded congratulations to Faculty members who were recipients of Tat Cave Hill through Film Festivals (inaugural and ongoing); workshops and weeks the Principal’s Award for Excellence at the ceremony held in December 2013. Dr Aaron of celebrating the arts; and, bringing acclaimed international creative artists and public Kamugisha, Lecturer in Cultural Studies, was granted the award under the category figures to our campus. The academic year 2013/2014 was the start of celebrations to “Outstanding Research” and Dr Grace Fayombo, Lecturer in Psychology, under the mark the ten-year anniversary of the Cultural Studies Graduate Programme at Cave Hill. category “Outstanding Teaching”. In addition, Dr Marcia Burrowes, Lecturer in Cultural The programme, implemented under the Cultural Studies Initiative, was introduced to Studies, received the Barbados Service Star in the 2013 Barbados Independence National the Faculty in 2004 with the goal of investigating and promoting the cultural capital of Honours and Awards in recognition of “the invaluable contribution made to cultural the region through sustainable research programmes and through teaching and other development in Barbados by way of tracing the contribution made by the Barbados applications of knowledge and practice. Each year the programme is one that attracts Landship to Barbados’ intangible heritage”. the highest numbers of registered graduate students in the Faculty of Humanities and Education. In preparation for the upcoming year anticipated to reflect the severe financial strain under which the university as a whole finds itself, the Faculty of Humanities and The School of Education in the Faculty of Humanities and Education continues to provide Education at Cave Hill has embarked on a process of reaffirming its purpose and teacher-training programmes serving the Eastern Caribbean Region. Additionally in relevance to the University and to the region. The faculty has begun a process of re- this past year, all of the masters programme offerings in the school of education were evaluating programmes and conceptualising new ways to serve the Caribbean region restructured to better serve the educational needs of its constituents in an ever- through the education of its citizens. For example, both the Errol Barrow Centre for changing social, economic and political landscape. Toward serving the region on a Creative Imagination and the Department of History and Philosophy have reviewed their policy level, the School received research funds in the amount of US$426,000 (over programmes with changes to be made in the 2014-2015 academic year. Additionally, BB$800,000) through a collaboration between UNICEF, the Caribbean Development talks on collaboration and offering joint programmes with other disciplines and Faculties Bank and the OECS Educational Reform Unit. This money will be used to conduct are ongoing. In short, the academic year 2014-2015 promises to be an exciting year of research and develop policy in the areas of early childhood education, teacher training in change, the results of which will be reported in the next year’s annual report. Stay tuned. the UNICEF Child Friendly Schools Initiative, and, the documentation and monitoring of the implementation of the OECS Education Strategy. STUDENTS (Statistics on Enrolment and Graduation) The Faculty’s Professorial Lecture Series, held as part of the Cave Hill’s 50th anniversary celebrations, and marking the attainment of Professorships by members of the Faculty, Undergraduate Level: continued in the academic year with two inaugural Professorial Lectures. These were For the 2013/2014 year, the intake for all undergraduate degree programmes in the entitled “Looking at our Landscapes: Then and Now” delivered by Professor Evelyn Faculty was 917, compared to 961 for the previous year, representing a slight decline of O’Callaghan and “African Philosophic Sagacity: Its relevance to the Academy and in Everyday 4.80% in student enrolment. Life” delivered by Professor Frederick Ochieng’-Odhiambo. Table 1: Undergraduate Registration The Faculty was well represented at the UWI Research Days (2014), which came under the theme “The Cave Hill Campus at the Crossroads-Innovation and Technology for the 21st Major Registration Century” and sought to highlight the relevance of technology in academic research. As Creative Arts 87 part of the activities, posters highlighting the work of staff and students of Cultural Education 83 Studies were displayed for two days. Additionally, members of Faculty from across various disciplines, in a series of Seminar presentations entitled “The Relevance of French 25 Humanities in the Age Technology” demonstrated how technology impacted their French and Spanish (double major) 24 specific areas of research. Dr Babalola Ogunkola, Senior Lecturer in Education, was History 110 recipient of the award for “Most Outstanding Researcher”. 6 Faculty of Humanities & Education Major Registration Undergraduate Student Achievements The Faculty commended the academic achievements of undergraduate students awarded Linguistics 147 prizes for their exceptional performance during the year. Among these were Ahmad Literatures in English 94 Desai (BA Literatures in English) awarded the Level III Faculty Prize for best overall Philosophy 22 academic performance in the Faculty at Level III, as well as the Level III Departmental Psychology 199 Prize for Literatures in English. Other Departmental Prize winners at Level III were Spanish 61 Gillian Downes-Alleyne (History), Shervana Francois (Spanish), Pearl Lita Goodard (Psychology), Justin Holder (Philosophy), Melanie Jacob (French), and Beverly Victor Theology 36 (Linguistics). Licentiate in Theology 3 (Education Abroad, Occasional, 26 Graduate Level: Specially Admitted) For the year under review, a steady increase in graduate enrolment was recorded. Total 917 As demonstrated in Table 3, there were some 247 active graduate registrations in all disciplines, a 12% increase over the