 Prof.
Marlene Hamilton is Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University
of the West Indies. She is the first woman to be appointed
at this level. Her initial appointment being made in 1991.
Her University-wide responsibilities cover Administration
and Special Initiatives, although she has held a number of
other portfolios, and also served as Deputy Principal of the
Mona campus between 1991 and July 1996.
She is a graduate of the UWI whose staff she joined in 1973
as a lecturer attached to the Faculty of Education , and where
she served, at various times, as Head of the Department of
Educational Studies and Dean of the Faculty. Prof. Hamilton’s
research interests include Educational and Social Psychology,
Science Education and Gender Studies in which areas she has
published widely. She has also supervised thirty-five students
at the Masters and Doctoral levels.
Prof. Hamilton is a member of several professional bodies
and she has also served on a number of public service committees,
including the Government of Jamaica’s Services Commission,
on which she has been a Commissioner since 1992. She was also
the Caribbean’s representative on the Board of the Commonwealth
Learning until the end of 2001. She was awarded the Order
of Distinction (Commander Class) for service in the field
of Tertiary Education by the Jamaica Government in 2002
Abstract: Implementing
the mission; improving access challenges for tertiary education
in Jamaica
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