Distinguished Researchers

The Most Honourable
Professor Sir Kenneth Hall

Renowned for his contribution to advancement of the Regional Integration Process.

Professor Violet Eudine Barriteau

Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal, The UWI, Cave Hill, Professor Violet Eudine Barriteau is a Professor of Gender and Public Policy.

Professor Sir Hilary Beckles

Professor Sir Hilary Beckles is the Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies. Before assuming this office on May 1, 2015.

Professor Stephen Vascianne

A Rhodes Scholar, Ambassador Vasciannie has been a Professor of International Law for more than 12 years.

Professor Dale Webber

Professor Dale Webber was appointed to the position of Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the Mona Campus

Professor Gordon Rohlehr

Scholar and Professor Emeritus at the University of the West Indies.

Professor Bridget Brereton

Professor Emerita of History, Bridget Brereton is renowned for her research on the social history of the Caribbean.

Professor John R. Rickford

John R. Rickford is the J.E. Wallace Sterling Professor of Linguistics and the Humanities at Stanford University.

Professor Carolyn Cooper

Carolyn Cooper is a professor of literary and cultural studies at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. She has written extensively on cultural politics in Jamaica.

Professor Clive Thomas

Economist, author and director of the Institute of Development Studies, University of Guyana.

Kathleen Drayton

Kathleen Drayton (née McCracken) was an educator, social and political activist. She was born in Trinidad and Tobago on the 2nd December 1930.

The Honourable Justice
Mohamed Shahabuddeen

Has been a judge on the World Court

Professor Jessica Byron-Reid

Dr. Jessica Byron-Reid was promoted to the post of Professor in 2006. Prof. Byron-Reid completed a BA in French and Spanish at The UWI, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados.

Professor Norman Girvan

Economist author, UN Representitave and Professor of the University of the West Indies. Prof. Norman Girvan passed away on April 9, 2014. See tributes here

Professor Barbara Bailey

Professor Emerita Barbara Bailey, is the past University Director of the Institute for Gender and Development Studies.

Professor Matthew Smith

Professor Matthew Smith is the Head of the Department of History at The UWI, Mona. He holds the Bachelor of Arts degree with First Class Honours.

Professor Tara Dasgupta

Professor Tara Dasgupta has been attached to the Department of Chemistry at the UWI Mona for close to 40 years.

Professor Mary Noel Menezes RSM

An esteemed historian, author, educator, Roman Catholic nun and an Emeritus Professor, Mary Noel Menezes has expertly researched and published extensively on aspects of Guyana’s history.

The Honourable Lloyd Best

Co-founder of the New World Group of Independent Thinkers in the 1960s.