DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY, PSYCHOLOGY AND
SOCIAL WORK
Clement Branche, BSc UWI, MSc London School of Economics 
– Head of Department
WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT
The main focus of the Department ofSociology, Psychology and Social
Work for the academic year 2008-09 was
its preparation for and execution of the
external quality assurance review
coordinated by the Office of the Board
for Undergraduate Studies. The Depart-
ment conducted a comprehensive,
internal self-study of its four Units
(namely, Sociology, Psychology, Social
Work and the Human Resource
Development Graduate Programmes)
and developed several recommendations 
for each Unit which were well received
by the external reviewers.  The Psychology and Social Work Units were
reviewed December 1-5, 2008 and the Sociology and Human Resource
Development Graduate Programmes Unit during the period February
11-14, 2009.   The Department subsequently conducted a retreat during 
the period May 21-22, 2009 to review the findings of the Review and
develop action plans to guide the implementation of key
recommendations.  
The Department also strengthened its focus on Research during the
year as several faculty members successfully acquired research grants
while others embarked on major research projects. These reflected a
wide range of areas including violence in intimate relationships,
attitudes towards sexual activity of young children, drug abuse by
University students, quality of life of sickle cell patients, social exclusion 
of the elderly, reintegration challenges faced by deportees and the
impact of the world economic recession on Jamaica.
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Preparation of a Distinctive UWI Graduate – Initiatives and
Achievements of Graduates
The Department introduced its new Social Work First Year Experience
to provide first year students with learning opportunities and
experiences that will enable them to develop core competencies
essential for the practice of professional social work. The main
component of the initiative is a year-long course SOWK 1006, Social
Work First Year Practicum which is designed to facilitate a high level of
participation by students, experiential learning, raising critical
self-awareness and self analysis. In addition, it provides opportunities for 
innovative, creative thinking and for socially and culturally responsive
problem solving. The expected outcome is for student transformation
into lifelong learners, equipped to face the challenges of an Information
Age and a Knowledge Society.  The first year of this initiative was very
successful and students’ feedback indicated that they had gained
tremendously from the experience. 
Professor Anderson, Dr.  Herbert Gayle and Mr. Andrew Grant led the
development of a new year-long graduate research course, utilizing
Mixed Methods, which provides an alternative to the traditional MSc
Sociology Research requirement.  This new course represents the
culmination of an initiative started four years ago to strengthen the
social policy analysis and field research capabilities of our students, and
will be offered in the upcoming academic year. The Capstone Research
Course and the Social Assessment Course started in 2006 and 2007
respectively are both year-long research courses which require students
to undertake a major research project, involving months of fieldwork, to 
examine a critical social problem/issue and to formulate policy relevant
recommendations.  
The Psychology Unit has implemented a successful special orientation
for Psychology Majors which involve a series of integrative seminars to
support student development at each stage of the degree programme. 
The Unit also developed a tutorial feedback programme to support
teaching delivery.
During the year, the Caribbean Internship Project (CIP) expanded its
reach to more territories in the region by assigning 31 interns between
January to July 2009 throughout the Eastern Caribbean, Jamaica, Belize
and Guyana.   Interns were drawn primarily from the Faculties of Social
Sciences and Humanities and Education at the University of the West
Indies, Mona. In recent years, students from St. Augustine and Cave
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Hill campuses as well as the University of Guyana, have also been
involved in the CIP.  This programme provides invaluable hands-on
learning experiences and employment opportunities which broaden the
skill sets of our graduates and increase the value of the University
experience.
The CIP is supported by the Department’s Centre for Population,
Community and Social Change (CPCSC) although the Bernard van
Leer Foundation has historically provided most of the funding. In 2009
the Foundation committed a further US $445,421 to support project
activities between 2009 and 2011.  The Department of Sociology,
Psychology and Social Work funded the salary of the project
coordinator, Mrs. Aldene Shillingford, part-time lecturer in the Social
Work Unit, and shared the cost of supporting 4 internships. The
programme also received funding support this year from the Faculty of
Social Sciences, and the Principal’s Office at UWI St. Augustine
campus for five internships and for a liaison officer.  The Cave Hill
Campus has agreed for a staff member to act as a liaison person for the
CIP in Barbados, and they expect to offer counterpart funding in 2010. 
Regional Government agencies in Dominica and St. Lucia have also
provided counterpart funding for interns serving the Welfare Division
and the Human Services respectively in these countries.   In St. Lucia,
the Ministry of Health, Wellness, Family Affairs, National Mobilization
and Gender Relations were so impressed with the internship of Ms.
Shauna Porter, a MSc Psychology graduate, they offered her a one-year,
full-time contract with the Ministry.  
This was not the only notable accomplishment of our students as Ms.
Alecia Derby, a final year Social Work BSc student, was awarded a
Canadian government funded scholarship to spend her final semester in 
the social work programme at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada.  
Ms. Kristy Ramkissoon, a psychology undergraduate was selected as
valedictorian for the UWI Graduation ceremony in 2008.
Improvements in Graduate Studies and Notable
Accomplishments of Graduates
The Department implemented a new system to improve the service
offered to graduate students.  One member of the administrative staff
has been dedicated to monitor all graduate student matters and four
Faculty members in the Sociology Unit have been assigned as
coordinators of the Social Policy, Sociology, Anthropology and
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Demography MSc programmes.  In addition a Faculty member has been
assigned the role of mentor for graduate students in the Sociology Unit. 
Several of our MSc graduates received full scholarships/fellowships to
pursue doctoral studies overseas. Mrs. Valerie Thompson-Ebanks
begun her PhD in September 2008 at the Colorado State University,
School of Social Work and Ms. Samantha John, (finalizing M.Sc.
Demography student) and Mr. Larry Gibbs (MSc Demography
graduate), will begin PhD programmes at the University of Texas and
Bowling Green State University in Ohio respectively this September
2009.
Ms. Taneisha Burke, a recent MSc Applied Psychology graduate was
selected by the US Embassy to represent Jamaica at the Vital Voices
Annual Women’s Leadership Summit for Latin America and the
Caribbean in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 2008.  Ms. Burke is the CEO
of Preston Childcare Services, which provides in-house baby-sitting and 
tutoring services by trained University students and Early Childhood
Education specialists.  Ms. Burke is also author of Raising the Next Barack 
Obama (2009) and has contributed several features on parenting to the
Gleaner newspaper.  Ms. Caryl James, another of our MSc graduates,
completed her PhD in Clinical Psychology in the programme
coordinated with the Department of Psychiatry, here at UWI, Mona in
July 2009 and will begin teaching for the Western Jamaica Campus in
September.  Mrs. Alva-Marie Graham, a recent MSW graduate was
featured in the Sunday Gleaner, (November 9, 2008), for her work as the 
Women’s Research and Outreach Centre’s (WROC) Community
Capacity Building Manager, and Programme Coordinator for the
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) violence reduction
and sustainable development initiative.
Ms. Carole Mitchell, lecturer and PhD candidate is completing research 
as part of the second phase of a research fellowship she received from
the University of Toronto in Canada in collaboration with the Centre
for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and Inter-American Drug
Abuse Control Commission (CICAD). Patrice Reid, MSc graduate and
Teaching Assistant in the Psychology Unit, is currently on a three-
month research fellowship at the Centre for Addiction and Mental
Health (CAMH) in Canada to participate in research on substance use
within the Caribbean. 
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Staff Research Fellowships
Dr. Tracy McFarlane left in August 2009 to take up a two-year Post
Doctoral Research Fellowship in Psychiatric Epidemiology at the
Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University while Dr.
Stacy-Brodie Walker will be leaving in September to take up a one-year
post-doctoral fellowship at the Renfrew Centre in Florida to study the
treatment of eating disorders. Dr. Rose Johnson had her Campus
Research Fellowship extended for the 2008-09 academic year. Dr.
Johnson’s study sought to assess the Efficacy of Neuro-Linguistic
Programming in Addressing the Academic, Behavioural, and Emotional
Needs of At Risk Children and was funded in part by the Grace Kennedy
Foundation.  The project also received support from the Ministry of
Education’s Student Empowerment Programme and the Department of
Educational Studies at UWI, Mona.  Mrs. Karlene Boyce completed her
two-year Fellowship on July 31, 2009.  Her study was entitled Learning
Through Field Education and during her fellowship she produced an
Undergraduate and Graduate Training Manual for Field Educators and a
Curriculum for Training Field Educators.   Dr. Claudette Crawford-Brown 
has completed work on her book Children in the Line of Fire arising from
her two-year research fellowship on the impact on violence on children
in Jamaica completed in August 2008.  She is in the process of designing
a training program for schools and communities in collaboration with
UNICEF to enable parents and teachers to implement effective social
interventions to assist these traumatized, at-risk children. 
Departmental Conferences/Seminars
The Department held its 13th annual Derek Gordon Research Seminar
on Thursday April 16, 2009 under the theme Exploring the critical
Social Issues Facing The Nation: Education, Health and the Impact
of Crime and Violence” at the Mona Visitors Lodge. The Derek
Gordon Seminar showcases the research of the Department’s graduate
students and this year’s seminar was well attended. 
The Department held its 8th annual Psychology Conference from
March 11-13, 2009 under the theme “Psychology of Caribbean
People: At Home and Abroad”. Over twenty researchers from the
Caribbean and the United States made presentations including several
students from the U.W.I. Mona psychology programme. The
conference’s organizing committee was chaired by Dr. Gillian Mason
and the special guest speakers included Professor Emerita Elsa
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Leo-Rhynie, Dr. Michael Lambert (North Carolina) and Professor
Sharon Gopaul-McNicol (Trinidad & Tobago). 
The Department held its second Anthropology Day under the theme Fi
Wi Anthropology, on Friday March 20, 2009 at the Undercroft.  The
event examined the ways in which anthropology can provide insight
into issues, both contemporary and historical, that affect Jamaicans
both at home and abroad. Presenters included not only social and
cultural anthropologists and past and present anthropology students,
but researchers from the other branches of anthropology such as
sociolinguistics and archaeology, as well as those from outside the
discipline who have found anthropology useful in their work. The
Department made a special presentation of a new computer to Bishop
Rhudd in appreciation of the contribution he has made to anthropology
over the years by opening his Revival church in Hermitage to students
in SY36C (Caribbean Culture).
Transforming the Administrative Culture and Cost
Containment
Mr. Franklyn Wapp, Office Manager, attended the Association of
Caribbean Administrator’s Conference held July 4-12 in Trinidad while
some of our administrative staff participated in Customer Service
training during the year.  The Department’s efforts to transform the
organizational culture have been reflected in the steady improvements
in its scores in the periodic Customer Service surveys conducted by the
University.  The Department has made a deep cut to its part-time
teaching staff in order to contain costs in light of the budgetary
constraints facing UWI.  In addition it has used funds generated by its
HRD Masters Programme to assist with Departmental budget shortfalls.
Staff Service and Unit Developments
Dr. Heather Ricketts was invited to be a member of the Planning
Institute of Jamaica’s team for the Study Tour of social protection and
social assistance systems/programmes of Ontario, Canada during the
period July 13 to 17, 2009.  Dr. Moji Anderson, anthropology lecturer
has been contracted by the National HIV/AIDS Programme in the
Ministry of Health to conduct research and design an HIV Prevention
Intervention for Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) based on the
findings on the study.  
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Professor Patricia Anderson and Dr. Heather Ricketts in collaboration
with the Social Work Unit converted the Minor in Social Policy and
Administration to a Minor in Social Policy and Development.  This new 
minor was approved for introduction in the academic year 2009-2010.  
The Department will also be introducing Disability Studies (SOWK
2107), a course which was adopted from UWI, St. Augustine in the first
Semester of the upcoming academic year.  
Dr. Dennis Edwards, Psychology Unit Head, was invited to visit the
neuropsychology laboratories at Yale University and the University of
Pennsylvania Hospitals as well as the Einstein Moss Rehabilitation 
Hospital in the United States.  These visits occurred during the period
July 9-10, 2009 and July 20-31, 2009 respectively.  He was also invited
by the Jamaican Ministry of Education to be a part of a small team to the
United Kingdom to visit various conduct disorder youth programmes
during the period June 17 -26, 2009.  Dr. Edwards has been assisting the
Ministry of Education (MOE) in its effort to set up behavioural
programmes in Jamaica and a therapeutic, residential facility for
students with severe conduct disorder problems.  This UK visit was
facilitated through the MOE’s Programme for Alternative Students
Support (PASS) which was started by Dr. Edwards in 2001.  
The Psychology Unit has also been involved in a range of outreach
activities, the most recent of which was the signing of a Memorandum of 
Understanding (MOU) with the Mustard Seed Communities (MSC). 
Under the MOU the Psychology Unit will provide expertise in
diagnostic assessment of residents, therapeutic interventions for
residents and staff training and development.  The MSc Clinical
Psychology Students, supervised by Dr. Dennis Edwards, responded to
the needs of the Mustard Seed Community at Sophie’s Place by
providing supportive counseling, toys and care packages after the flood
rains that took the lives of 3 residents.  The Unit also provided
psychological testing of the cognitive and emotional status of the
children and young adults who are resident at the New Jerusalem
Facility in Spanish Town during the year. 
Drs. Edwards and Brodie-Walker continued to provide guidance to the
Mustard Seed Community in the building and implementation of their
residential vocational facility for persons with disabilities.  Further in
this effort, a donation of 600 table utensils, clothes and other items is
being prepared to be shipped from contributors in the USA. This
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donation is courtesy of the Saints Memorial Baptist Church of
Philadelphia with the Psychology Unit serving as contact and facilitator.
In January 2009, Dr. Peta-Anne Baker, Social Work Unit Coordinator
visited the University of Belize to promote the Master of Social Work
programme. In March 2009 faculty and students from the Unit
participated in the observation of World Social Work Day hosted this
year by Northern Caribbean University (NCU). The UWI Mona Social
Work Students Association mounted a display about the programme at
UWI and several faculty members: Dr. Peta-Anne Baker, Mr. Horace
Levy, Dr. John Maxwell (former Head of Department) and Mrs. Aldene 
Shillingford made presentations and conducted workshops. The
Moneague College in St Ann began offering Level 1 of the BSc (Social
Work Special) in September 2008. Approximately fifteen students were 
accepted into the programme at the College. 
A group of Social Work and Social Policy MSc students from the Mona
and Cave Hill campuses spent the week of April 5-11 on a study tour in
New York City and Hartford, CT in the USA as part of a course on
Methods of Policy Practice.  
In addition to participating in the External Quality Assurance Review
the HRD Graduate Programmes Unit focused on working with the first
cohort of students registered for the doctoral programme in
Organisational Behaviour.  The comprehensive examinations for four
doctoral students were held during April.  In addition, a Research
Seminar was held to present the initial work of the Cohort in relation to
the development of their dissertation proposals.  The Unit was fortunate 
to have attracted several academics from within the Department, from
the wider Faculty of Social Sciences, the University of Technology, Dr.
Howard Kea, a consultant from NASA, and Professor Susan Miller,
Head of the Hull Business School, to assist with these endeavours.   The
other two programmes offered by the University through the Unit, the
Masters in Human Resource Development and the Higher Degrees
Diploma in Human Resource Development, enrolled their eleventh
and second cohorts respectively during the year. The Unit is now
examining the possibility of offering the MSc and Diploma in HRD in
the Western Jamaica Campus in May 2010.
Demographer Professor Chukwudum Uche assisted by two
Demography graduate students, Ms. Jacqueline Small and Ms.
Samantha John, facilitated the Fourth CARICOM Regional Workshop
on Demographic Analysis at SALISES, UWI, St. Augustine Campus
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from June 8 – July 24, 2009. Dr. Godfrey St. Bernard of the St.
Augustine Campus was a co-facilitator.  This training programme has
been funded for four consecutive years by the Caribbean Development
Bank and the CARICOM secretariat and this year 17 middle-level and
senior officials from National Statistical Offices from the CARICOM
region were trained.
Three faculty members organised panels for this year’s Caribbean
Studies Association’s XXXIV Conference in Kingston held June 1-5,
2009.  Professor Uche organised a panel on the “Quality of Life of the
Elderly in the Caribbean Region”, Ms. Marina Ramkissoon organised a
panel on “Theorizing race and ethnicity: Sociological and Social
psychological considerations of the Caribbean and American contexts”
and Professor Headley organised a panel on “The Caribbean’s
Deportation Phenomenon”.
PAPERS PRESENTED
Anderson, Moji
• (with Elam, G., Gerver, S., Solarin, I., Fenton, K., Easterbrook,
P.). Liminal Identities: Caribbean men who have sex with men
in London, UK. Caribbean Studies Association, Kingston,
Jamaica, June 1-5, 2009.
• (with Solarin, I., Elam, G., Gerver, S., Fenton, K., Easterbrook.
P.) (2009). Condom Use Decision-making By HIV+Black
Caribbeans Before And After Diagnosis. International Society
for Sexually Transmitted Disease Research/British Association
for Sexual Health and HIV, London, UK, June 28 – July 1,
2009.
Anderson, Patricia
• “Respecting Independence but Wanting Compliance: Cultural
Prescriptions that Shape Male Perceptions of Women in
Jamaica” Conference on Gender and Caribbean Society. 
Center  for Gender Studies, UWI, November 2008.
• (with Williams, C.). “The Conversation between Statistics and
Social Policy: When We Listen, When We Don’t”.  Planning
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Institute of Jamaica’s Dialogue for Development, December
2008, Kingston. 
• “Measuring Masculinity in an Afro-Caribbean Context”, 103rd
Annual American Sociological Association (ASA)
Conference, Boston, USA, August 1-4, 2008.
Bailey, Arlene
• Issues Influencing Telecentre Usage in Developing Contexts,
Caribbean Studies Association Conference (CSA) 2009, June
1-5, Kingston, Jamaica. (2009)
• (with Ngwenyama, O.) (2009) ICTs in support of Local
Content Creation: Creativity and Innovation at Telecentres in
Jamaica, Caribbean Regional International Telecom-
munications Society (ITS) Conference, June 23-26, Montego
Bay, Jamaica. (2009).
• (with Kirton, C.). Regional Agricultural Networking in the
Caribbean, Symposium on Caribbean Agriculture and Food in
a Changing Global Context, March 3, UWI, Kingston, Jamaica. 
(2009).
• (with Kirton, C.). Regional Agricultural Networking in the
Caribbean, Food Security and Agricultural Development in the 
Americas Conference, July 29-30, UWI, Kingston, Jamaica.
(2009). 
Baker, Peta-Anne 
• “The role & meaning of social work and social work education
in an era of social transformation” National Day of Welfare &
Social Workers, organised by the University of the Netherlands
Antilles and the Directorate of Social Development in the
Ministry of Public Health and Social Development of the
Netherlands Antilles, Dec. 19, 2008, Curacao, NA.
• “Issues of reciprocity in the research process”.  2nd Annual
Bioethics Forum of the Bioethics Society of the
English-speaking Caribbean (BSEC), St George’s, Grenada.
October 11, 2008.
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Barnett, Michael
• “An Examination of Walter Rodney’s Impact on the Rastafari
Movement in the Sixties”. Walter Rodney Conference,
October 2008, UWI, Mona Campus.
• “Representations of Race and Ethnicity in the Caribbean  and
the U.S. and how this correlates with Stratification in Both
Regions”. Caribbean Studies Association 34th Annual
Conference, June 1-5, 2009, Kingston.
• “An investigation into the Cultural Origins of the Use of the
Holy Herb (Ganja) within the Rastafari Tradition”.  Caribbean
Studies Association 34th Annual Conference, June 1-5, 2009,
Kingston.
• “Representations of Race and Ethnicity in the Caribbean and
the U.S. and how this correlates with Stratification and Beauty
Ideals in Both Regions”.  Association of Black Sociologists 39th
Annual Conference, June 17-20, 2009, New Orleans, USA.
• “The Rise of Capitalism: A Pan-African Perspective”.  United
Theological College of the West Indies, March 10, 2009.
• “A Pan-African Response to the Present Economic Crisis”. 
Liberty Hall, King Street, Kingston, March 29, 2009.
Beckford, Orville
• “Unemployment and Health Status in Jamaica”. Cultural
Studies Association Conference, June 2009, Kingston.
• (with Paul Bourne) “Socio-Demographic Factors that
Influence the Health Status of Jamaican Youth”.  Caribbean
Child Research Conference, October 2008, Kingston.
Boxill, Ian
• “HIV/AIDS and Tourism in the Caribbean”. Ministry of
Tourism’s Conference on HIV/AIDS and Tourism, March 15,
2009, Barbados.  
• “Regulation versus deregulation: capitalism as ideology”.
Caribbean Studies Association 34th Annual Conference, June
1-5, Kingston.
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• “Casino Gambling in Jamaica: Lessons and Policy Options”. 
Conference on Casino Gaming, March 2009, Montego Bay,
Jamaica. 
Crawford-Brown
• “Strategies for Intervention with At-Risk Youth in the
Correctional Services”. Caribbean Conference of Correction/
Probation Officers, June 9-12, 2009, Kingston.
Daley, Camille
• “An Examination of the Challenges  Faced by Individuals with
Sickle Cell Disease in the Jamaican Workplace”, Caribbean
Studies Association 34th Annual Conference, June 1-5,
Kingston.
• “An Exploration of the  Factors Underlying Absenteeism from
School by Jamaican Children 6-17yrs using JLSC 2002 data”. 
Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) and Statistical Institute of
Jamaica (STATIN) Jamaica Survey of Living Conditions
(JSLC) 20th Anniversary Conference, November 26, 2008,
Kingston.
Devonish, Julian
• “Financial Planning and Dependency in Old Age Among the
Jamaican Elderly”.  34th Annual Conference of the Caribbean
Studies Association, June 1-5, 2009, Kingston.
• “The Changing Patterns in the Demand and Supply of
Children in Jamaica , 1989-2002”. 34th Annual Conference of
the Caribbean Studies Association 2009, June 1-5, 2009.
Kingston, Jamaica.
• “The Socio-Demographic Predictors of Successful Healthy
Ageing in Jamaica”. Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) &
Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) Jamaica Survey of
Living Conditions (JSLC) 20th Anniversary Conference,
November 26, 2008, Kingston.
Edwards, Dennis 
• “Perspectives on Neuropsychology in Jamaica”.  8th Annual
Psychology Conference, March 2009, UWI, Mona.
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• (With Michael Dorn) “Disabilities and Rehabilitation in  
Jamaica”.  8th Annual Psychology Conference, March 2009,
UWI, Mona.
• (With Carla Kerns) “Tropical disease, cardiovascular illnesses
and psychiatric disorders in Jamaica”.  8th Annual Psychology
Conference, March 2009, UWI, Mona.
• (With Nivishi Edwards) “ Marital status: African American
and Caribbean couples”.  8th Annual Psychology Conference,
March 2009, UWI, Mona.
• (With Michael Dorn) “Disability and Rehabilitation in
Jamaica”.  International Symposium on Medical Geography in
Ontario Canada, July, 2009. 
Ffrench, Sean
• (With Shakeisha Wilson) “Reviewing Participation as a Tool
for People Centred Development: The Case of the Papine
Development Plan”.  9th Biennial Conference of Caribbean
and International Social Work Educators, July 20-24, 2009,
Georgetown, Guyana.
• “Beneficiary Perceptions of Jamaica’s Programme for
Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH)”. 
Caribbean Studies Association 34th Annual Conference, June
1-5, Kingston.
Gayle, Herbert
• “Two Jamaicas and their Impact on the Youth: Re-engineering
through Sports”, National Youth Service Public Lecture,
November 25, 2008. Emancipation Park, Kingston, Jamaica. 
• “The Social Cost of Trauma.” Medical Association of Jamaica,
June 5, 2009, Jamaica.
• “The Impact of Criminal Violence on Education.” UTECH,
June 2, 2009.
• “Generation Lost: Who lost them? Institute of Jamaica,
Kingston, May 20, 2009.
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• “Youth Participation, Violence and Portmore’s Future.”
Portmore Heart Academy, April 28, 2009.
• “The Potholed Road Ahead: Examining Solutions for Reducing 
the Murder Rate of Jamaica”, Cobb Family Foundation and
The American Friends of Jamaica/UWI Fulbright Lecture:
January 29, 2009, UWI, Mona.
• “Crime and Violence: Implications for Education.” Research
Day, April 1, 2009. Mico University College, Kingston.
• “The African Family, Adaptation and Survival.” St. Mary Civic 
Centre, Port Maria, February 18, 2009.
• “Protecting our Children and our Future.” St. Luke’s Church,
Kingston, November 27, 2008
• “Gangster for Life! An Explanation of Feuds in Jamaica.”
Jamaica Constabulary Force. Terra Nova Hotel, Kingston,
Jamaica, November 4, 2008.
• “Male Social Participation and Violence in Jamaica.” Lay
Magistrates of Jamaica. Medallion Hall, Kingston, September
27, 2008.
Gordon, Michael
• “Fear of Crime in Jamaica: An Examination of Gender, Age and 
Social Class Differences”.  Derek Gordon Research Seminar,
April 2009, UWI, Mona.
Headley, Bernard
• “The Costs of Crime and Violence to Jamaica’s and the
Caribbean’s Economic Development”, Northern Caribbean
University Conference entitled Business & Hospitality
Management: Current Trends & Issues, April 2009,
Mandeville, Jamaica.
• “La deportation en Jamaique”, Conference on deportations to
the Caribbean organised by the Centre, Ecumenique des Droits
Humains (CEDH), Haiti, October 26-28, 2008
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Hinds, Kimberly
• (with Allen, Lita, McLean, Wendy, Stanigar, Judy and
Thompson-Ebanks, Valerie).  “Confrontations with the Issue of 
Sexual Orientation among Caribbean Social Work
Professionals”. 34th Annual Conference of the Caribbean
Studies Association, June 1-5, 2009, Kingston, Jamaica
• (with Lita Allen, Shanika Donalds, and Wendy C. McLean).
“A Model for Transforming First Year Social Work Students
into Lifelong Learners: Experiences from the In-house
Practicum Training, UWI, Mona”.  9th Biennial Conference of
the Association of Caribbean Social Work Educators, Guyana,
July 20-24, 2009.
Johnson, Rose
• “Is the Wechsler intelligence scale for children, 4th Edition,
(WISC-IV) valid for Jamaican children?”  8th Annual
Psychology Conference.  March 2009, UWI, Mona, Jamaica.
• “Phobia Interventions.  Fast Phobia Intervention for Treatment 
of Acrophobia (Fear of Heights)”.  8th Annual Psychology
Conference.  March 2009, UWI, Mona, Jamaica. 
• “Training of Jamaican Police Officers: Addressing
Psychological Needs”.  Police Training Academy.  April 21,
2009. 
• “Addressing Quality Assurance in Institutional Accreditation”.  
University Council of Jamaica.  University of Technology. 
February 3, 2009.
McFarlane, Tracy
• “Race and Ethnicity in the Caribbean: Meanings and Impact on 
Health Outcomes.   34th Annual Conference of the Caribbean
Studies Association, Kingston, Jamaica, June 1-5, 2009.
• “Life in America: Caribbean Immigrant Women Negotiating
Gender and Race”. Annual International Convention of the
Association of Black Psychologists, August 2008, Oakland,
California.
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McLean, Wendy 
• (with Shakeisha Wilson) “An Overview of Services for
Jamaican Children and Families”. College of Science
Technology and Applied Arts of Trinidad and Tobago
(COSTAATT) Seminar, July 27, 2009, Trinidad.
• (with Lita Allen, Shanika Donalds, and Kimberly Hinds) “A
Model for Transforming First Year Social Work Students into
Lifelong Learners: Experiences from the In-house Practicum
Training, UWI, Mona”. 9th Biennial Conference of the
Association of Caribbean Social Work Educators, Guyana, July
20-24, 2009.
• (with Allen, Lita, Hinds, Kimberly, Stanigar, Judy and
Thompson-Ebanks, Valerie).  “Confrontations with the Issue of 
Sexual Orientation among Caribbean Social Work
Professionals”. 34th Annual Conference of the Caribbean
Studies Association, June 1-5, 2009, Kingston, Jamaica
Mitchell, Rashalee
• “HIV/AIDS and the Jamaican Sex Worker”.  34th Annual
Conference of the Caribbean Studies Association, Kingston,
Jamaica, June 1-5, 2009.
• “Navigating Risks and Building Resilience in Small States”
10th Annual SALISES Conference, UWI, Cave Hill Campus,
March 2009.
Ramkissoon, Marina
• “Conceptualizations of Race and Ethnicity: American and
Caribbean Models”.  34th Annual Conference of the Caribbean 
Studies Association, Kingston, Jamaica, June 1-5, 2009.
• “Social Psychological Issues of Race and Ethnicity: Esteem and
Identity in a Jamaican Sample.” Association of Black
Psychologists Annual Conference in Oakland, California,
August 2008
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Priestley, Sharon
• “The Impact of Infertility on Fertility in Jamaica, 1943-2002”. 
34th Annual Conference of the Caribbean Studies Association, 
Kingston, Jamaica, June 1-5, 2009.
Ricketts, Heather
• Gender Discrimination and Wage Determination in the
Jamaican Labour Market. 103rd Annual American
Sociological Association (ASA) Conference, Boston, USA,
August 1-4.
Wilson, Shakeisha 
• (with Sean Ffrench) “Reviewing Participation as a Tool for
People-Centered Development”. 9th Biennial Conference of
Caribbean and International Social Work Educators, July
20-24, 2009.
• (with Wendy McLean) “An Overview of Services for Jamaican
Children and Families”.  College of Science Technology and
Applied Arts of Trinidad and Tobago (COSTAATT) Seminar, 
July 27, 2009, Trinidad.
• “The Impact of Structural Adjustment on Health – The
Jamaican Experience”.  Caribbean Studies Association (CSA)
34th Annual Conference, June 1-5, 2009.
Uche, Chukwudum (with O’Connor, C., Beersingh, Y. and
Walters, C.)
• “The Quality of Life of Jamaica’s Elderly Population” at the
34th Annual Conference of the Caribbean Studies Association, 
Kingston, Jamaica, June 1-5, 2009.
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Anderson, Moji
• (with Elam, G., Gerver, S., Solarin, I., Fenton, K., Easterbrook,
P.) “Liminal identities: Caribbean men who have sex with men
in London, UK”. International Society for Sexually
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Transmitted Disease Research/British Association for Sexual
Health and HIV, London, UK, June 28-July 1, 2009.
• (with Elam, G., Solarin, I., Gerver, S., Fenton, K., Easterbrook.
P.) “Scorning” PLWHA: HIV/AIDS-related stigma and
discrimination among genito-urinary medicine (GUM) clinic
attenders of Caribbean descent in London. XVII International
AIDS Conference, Mexico City, Mexico, August 3-8, 2008.
• (with Gerver S, Ibrahim F, Mercer C, Garnett G, Easterbrook
P.) “Sexual behaviours of black Caribbeans in Britain:
comparison of a national probability survey and the LIVITY
study”. XVII International AIDS Conference, Mexico City,
Mexico, August 3-8, 2008.
Brodie-Walker, Stacy
• (with Morgan, KAD and Brodie-Walker, SN.) “Impact of
environment and behaviour on self-esteem in Jamaican
adolescent girls”.  Association of Black Psychologists (ABPsi)
40th Annual International Convention, August 2, 2008.
Oakland, California.
PUBLICATIONS
Book Chapters
Brodie-Walker, Stacey
* “Developmental Psychology in Caribbean school-aged
children, ages 13-17”. In F. Hickling, B.K. Matthies,  K.
Morgan, and R. Gibson, (Eds.) Perspectivesin Caribbean
Psychology, (pp 204-223). Caribbean Institute of Mental
Health and Substance Abuse, (CARIMENSA), UWI, Mona.
(2008)
Crawford-Brown, Claudette
* Issues Relating to Violence Affecting Children in the
Caribbean.  In F. Hickling, B.K. Matthies,  K. Morgan,  and R.
Gibson, (Eds.) Perspectives in Caribbean Psychology, (pp
393-464). Caribbean Institute of Mental Health and
Substance Abuse (CARIMENSA), UWI, Mona. (2009).
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Johnson, Rose
* (with Weller, P., Brown, S.) The application of traditional
psychotherapy. In F. Hickling, B.K. Matthies, K.
Morgan, and R. Gibson, (Eds.) Perspectives in Caribbean
Psychology, (pp 537-557). Caribbean Institute of Mental
Health and Substance Abuse (CARIMENSA), UWI, Mona.
(2009).
* (with Coley. T.) Psychological assessment. In F.
Hickling, B.K. Matthies,  K. Morgan,  and R. Gibson, 
(Eds.) Perspectives in Caribbean Psychology,  (pp 630-651). 
Caribbean Institute of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
(CARIMENSA), UWI, Mona. (2009).
Ramkissoon, Marina
* (with Gaines, S. O., Jr.),  US/Caribbean relationships.  In T.
A. Karis, & K. D. Killian (Eds.), Cross-culturalcouples:
Transborder relationships in the 21st century, (pp. 229-252). 
Binghamton, New York:  Taylor & Francis. (2008).
* Descriptions of child shifting in Jamaican children. In A.
Henry-Lee and J. Meeks-Gardner (Eds.), Promoting child
rights through research: selected papers from Caribbean child
research conference 2006, (pp. 200-225). UWI Mona,
Kingston: SALISES. (2008).
* (with Gopaul-McNicol, S., Davidson, B., Matthies, B.K. and
Brown Earle, O.)Family Life in the Caribbean: Assessment
and Counselling Models. In F. Hickling, B.K. Matthies, K.
Morgan, and R. Gibson, (Eds.) Perspectives in Caribbean
Psychology, (pp 93-11). Caribbean Institute of Mental Health 
and Substance  Abuse (CARIMENSA), UWI, Mona. (2008).
Talbot, John
* “The Comparative Advantages of Tropical Commodity
Chain Analysis.” In Frontiers of Commodity Chain Research,
ed. Jennifer Bair. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2008
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Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Anderson, Moji
* (with Elam, G., Gerver, S., Solarin, I., Fenton, K.,
Easterbrook, P.) Liminal identities: Caribbean men who have
sex with men in London, UK. Culture, Health and Sexuality 11
(3): 315-330. (2009).
* (with Elam, G., Gerver, S., Solarin, I., Fenton, K.,
Easterbrook, P.) HIV/AIDS-Related Stigma and Discrimina-
tion: Accounts of HIV-positive Caribbean people in the
United Kingdom. Social Science and Medicine, 67(5): 790-798.
(2008).
Baker, Peta-Anne
* “Midlife and Older Women: Family Life, Work and Health in
Jamaica”   Caribbean Journal of Social Work, Vol. 6 & 7, Dec.
2008. pp. 186-188.
Bailey, Arlene
* Issues Affecting Telecentre Sustainability in Developing
Contexts: A Field Study of Sixteen Telecentres in Jamaica,
Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing
Countries, 36, 4, 1-18. (2009).
Barnett, Michael
* The Globalization of Rastafari as a Jamaican Diasporic
Phenomenon. Ideaz  Special Rastafari Issue, Volume 7:
123-140  Mona, Kingston, Arawak Publications, (2008).
Boxill, Ian 
* The Globalisation of  Rastafari, Arawak Publications, special
issue of IDEAZ  Vol 7, 2008.
Brodie-Walker, Stacy
* (with Morgan, K.) (2008) Impact of environment and
behaviour on self-esteem in Jamaican adolescent girls. West
Indian Medical Journal 57(5): 470-475.
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French, Sean
* “Funding Microenterprises for the Poor in Jamaica” Social and
Economic Studies Special Issue on Crisis, Chaos and Change,
Part 2, Vol. 57 (2): 119-148, June 2009.
Gayle, Herbert
* “Young Boys Learning to Fear, Hate and Harm: Recipe for
Sustaining Tribal Political Violence in Jamaica’s Garrisons,”
IDS Bulletin 40.1. Brighton (UK): Institute of Development
Studies. (2009).
Mason, Gillian
* (with Ullman, S.E., Long, S.M, Long, L.M., & Starzynski,
L.L.). Social support and risk of sexual assault revictimization.
Journal of Community Psychology, 37 (1), 58-72. (2009).
Talbot, John
* Review of Christopher Bacon, V. Ernesto Méndez, Stephen
R. Gliessman, David Goodman, and Jonathan Fox (eds.)
Confronting the Coffee Crisis: Fair Trade, Sustainable
Livelihoods, and Ecosystems in Mexico and Central America, 
Journal of Latin American Studies, 41: 211-212, 2009.
* Review of Gavin Fridell, Fair Trade Coffee: The Prospects
and Pitfalls of Market-Driven Social Justice, Journal of
Agrarian Change, 9: 308-310, 2009.
* Review of Laura T. Reynolds, Douglas Murray, and John
Wilkerson (eds.) Fair Trade: The Challenges of Transforming 
Globalization, Contemporary Sociology 37: 611-612, 2008.
Technical Reports
Baker, Peta-Anne 
* Issues and tasks for building skills for community advocacy in
the Cockpit Country of Jamaica. Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
(FES), July 2009.
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Boxill, Ian
* Household Livelihood Study for Sugar Dependent
Communities in Jamaica. Ministry of Agriculture and
Fisheries, Jamaica, October 2008.
McLean, Wendy
* (With Sandra Latibeaudiere) An Evaluative Summary Report 
on the Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) Caregivers
Empowerment and Capacity Building Workshop. Ministry of
Health & Environment’s National HIV/STI Programme and
UNICEF 
Ricketts, Heather
* (with Warren Benfield and Colin Williams) Performance
Audit of the Programme for Advancement through Health
and Education (PATH), June 2009. IDB.
Non-Refereed Publications
Anderson, Moji
* Barack Obama: Di New Trendsetter. Islas 3 (10). (2008).
Bailey, Arlene
* (with Ngwenyama, O.). Social Ties, Literacy, Location and
Perception of Economic Opportunity: Factors Influencing
Telecentre Success in a Development Context. Proceedings
of the 42nd Hawaii International Conference on System
Sciences, HICSS-42, January 5-8, Hawaii, pp 1-11.  (2009)
* (with Ngwenyama, O.) Towards Socio-Economic
Development in Underserved Communities: An
Ethnographic Decision Tree Model of Telecentre Usage,
Proceedings of the Caribbean Conference on Information and 
Communication Technologies, March 16-17, UWI,
Kingston, Jamaica, pp 24-30. (2009).
Boxill, Ian 
* Casino Gambling in Jamaica: Lessons and Policy Options in
Jamaica’s Casino Initiative. Policy Options, UWI, Mona.
(2009)
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Ricketts, Heather
* (with Daley, Camille).  Parental Stress and its Implications in
Jamaica.   Early Childhood Matters, June 2009, no 112, Journal
of the Bernard van Leer Foundation. (2009)
Gayle, Herbert
* Father Nurturing in Jamaica.  Ja People Volume 10, Number 2, 
(2008)
Headley, Bernard
* “Harder times without higher crime,” Social and Economic
Studies, UWI (The Blog), March 2009   
RESEARCH GRANTS
Anderson, Moji
Caribbean Health Research Council – US$5,000. Study entitled
Sickle Cell Disease and Quality of Life in Rural and Urban Areas.
Co-investigator Dr Monika Asnani, Sickle Cell Unit, Tropical
Metabolism Research Institute, Epidemiology Research Unit,
UWI Mona.
Ministry of Health – J$134,000. Study entitled Living with
Hypertension and Diabetes: A Qualitative Study. Co-investigator
Dr. Iyanna Wellington, North-eastern Regional Health
Authority, Ocho Rios, St Ann, Jamaica.
Anderson, Patricia and Ricketts, Heather
New Initiative Grant – $J1.41 million.  Study entitled The Impact
of the Economic Crisis on Jamaican Communities. 
Baker, Peta-Anne
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) – US$9,400. To undertake a
strategic analysis of the policy environment and assessment of the 
readiness of civil society organisations and communities in the
Cockpit Country to engage in advocacy to promote community
stability, violence-free communities, sustainable livelihoods and
the protection of the natural and cultural heritage of the region. 
(with Wendy McLean) Caribbean Child Support Initiative
Learning Community Programme – US $6,000.  Study entitled
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“A Natral Ting Dat?” – Primary Caregiver Perspectives on Sexuality
and the Young Child”.
New Initiative Grant – J$1.4 million.  Study entitled Challenging
the social exclusion of older persons in Jamaica: a case study.
Headley, Bernard 
European Commission-United Nations’ Joint Migration &
Development Initiative, “Supporting Jamaican Deported
Migrants and their Families”,  The total grant is 148,000 Euros, to 
be divided between the UWI’s Institute for Sustainable
Development and the Female Welfare Prisoners Hibiscus
Project.
Mason, Gillian
Special New Initiative Grant - $499, 853.50. Study entitled
Aggressive Behaviour in Intimate Adolescent Relationships. 
AWARDS
The Department received the Principal’s Research Award for The
Research Project Attracting the Most Research Funds in the Faculty of Social
Sciences for 2008-09. The study is entitled Social Affirmation, Community 
and Selfhood in Jamaica and the authors are Mr. Clement Branche and
Ms. Sophia Morgan.  The project is being funded by the Canadian
International Development Agency (CIDA).
Dr. Claudette Crawford-Brown was honoured by the Peace
Management Initiative for her Clinical Social Work Intervention with
children and adolescents in urban communities in January 2009.  Dr.
Crawford-Brown was also recognized by the Early Childhood
Commission with a Certificate of Appreciation for training services
provided to children and parents who have been affected by violence.
Ms. Shakeisha Wilson was honoured by the UWI, Mona and the Lions
Club of Mona, in partnership with the UWI Development and
Endowment Fund with a Certificate of Appreciation, for her invaluable
contribution to the establishment of the UWI Mona Lions Club Centre
for Students with Special Needs in November, 2008.
Dr. Michael Barnett was awarded the UWI / Guardian Life Premium
Teaching Award for Teaching Excellence in October 2008.  
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Dr. Peta-Anne Baker was honoured for her contribution to the
development of the Jamaican Association of Social Workers on the
occasion of the observance of their 40th Anniversary, May 2009.
PUBLIC SERVICE
Anderson, Patricia
– Member, Advisory Committee for the 2011 Census of
Jamaica, Statistical Institute of Jamaica 
– Member of the Advisory Committee for the Research Agenda 
Programme of the Planning Institute of Jamaica
– Member of Steering Committee for the Survey of Living
Conditions, Planning Institute of Jamaica 
Baker, Peta-Anne
– International Editorial Advisor, British Journal of Social Work.
– Chair, Editorial Board, Caribbean Journal of Social Work.
– Reviewer, Journal of Social Work Education 
– Chief Judge, Michael Manley Foundation Award for
Community Self-Reliance.
– Member, University Council of Jamaica Accreditation
Review Team for the Bachelor of Social Work programme at
the Jamaica Theological Seminary.
Beckford, Orville
– Member, Kingston College Old Boys Association – Teacher
& Student Grant’s Committee
– Volunteer, St Catherine Branch of the Red Cross Association
Branche, Clement
– ember, The Bridge Jamaica Steering Committee – PATH
programme
Brodie-Walker, Stacy
– Volunteer, Sistren Theatre Collective.
Crawford-Brown, Claudette
– Counsellor, UWI Violence Prevention Clinic
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Daley, Camille
– Co-founder and Director, Sickle Cell Support Club of Jamaica
Devonish, Julian
– UWI Representative, Census 2011 Technical Sub-committee 
on Demographic Methods, Statistical Institute of Jamaica
– Reviewer, Economic and Social Survey of Jamaica 
– UWI Representative, Planning Institute of Jamaica’s
Population Policy Co-ordinating Committee (PPCC) 
Edwards, Dennis
– Member, Jamaica Red Cross
– Member, Hearing Health Foundation of the Caribbean
– Member, Jamaica Independent Schools Association, Ministry 
of Education
Ffrench, Sean
– Executive Member, Jamaica College Old Boys Association
Gayle, Herbert
– Member, Board of Management of Children First Agency. 
– Member, Board of Management. Griffin Trust, Jamaica 
– Chairman, Fathers Incorporated 
– Member, Violence Prevention Alliance (UWI, Ministry of
Health)
– Member, Centre for Studies in Public Safety and Justice
Headley, Bernard
– Board Member, “Land of My Birth”, an NGO dedicated to
resettlement and reintegration of Jamaicans deported from
the U.K., Canada and U.S.
Hinds, Kimberly
– Board member, The Salvation Army School for the Blind
Mason, Gillian
– Member, Woman Inc. 
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McLean, Wendy
– Committee member, Development of Inter Agency Referrals
Team for vulnerable and at risk children (UNICEF). 
– Member, Strategic Planning Committee, Association of
Qualitative Researchers in the Caribbean
Priestley, Sharon
– UWI Representative, Adolescent Reproductive Health
Policy Working Group of the Ministry of Health.
– Member, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Informal
Working Group on Vital Statistics.
Reid, Patrice
– Volunteer, Jamaica Cancer Society.
– Volunteer, Queen’s School Mentorship Programme.
Ricketts, Heather
– Chairperson, Social Welfare and Vulnerable Groups Task
Force, Vision 2030, Planning Institute of Jamaica
– Member, Technical Steering Committee, Jamaica Survey of
Living Conditions (JSLC).
– Reviewer, Social and Economic Studies Journal
Uche, Chukwudum
– Technical Reviewer, CARICOM Regional Special Topics
Monographs Project
Wilson, Shakeisha
– Member, Jamaica Network of Seropositives (JN+) Board of
Directors
– Member, Advisory Committee on the Development and
Implementation of New Training Programmes in the
Professions Allied to Medicine.
– Member, National Taskforce for Persons with Disabilities
towards the National Development Plan 2030
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