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Dr. Susan Mains
Lecturer
susan.mains@uwimona.edu.jm

Current Research

  • Transnationalism, Diaspora, Urbanisation and Mobility:
    • Jamaican migration between London , New York , Toronto , Miami , and Kingston  
    • Community organizations and media representations of immigration
    • The production of a documentary film titled, “Ackee, Burgers, and Chips: An ABC of Jamaican Migration” and an accompanying book (in progress)
  • Geographies of Development:
    • Postcolonialism, identities, and space
    • Public monuments and discourses of cultural heritage
    • The production of tourist spaces and tourism in Jamaica
  • Critical Pedagogies:
    • The use of documentary film as a pedagogical and research tool
    • Fieldwork at the intersections between urban and cultural geography and cultural studies
  • Gender, Race, and Space
    • Representations of gender and place
    • Race and regional identities in mainstream media
    • Representing masculinity

Selected Publications

Articles in Refereed Publications:

  • Mains, S. 2007. “Hurricanes in Toronto : Distance, Identity, and the Jamaican Diaspora,” Focus on Geography , 50(1): 1-8.
  • Mains, S. 2004. “Monumentally Caribbean: Borders, Bodies, and Redemptive City Spaces,” Small Axe: A Caribbean Journal of Criticism , (16): 179-198.
  • Mains, S. 2004. “ Teaching Transnationalism in the Caribbean : Toward an Understanding of Representation and Neo-Colonialism in Human Geography,” Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 28(2):315-330.
  • Mains, S. 2004. “ Imagining the Border and Southern Spaces: Cinematic Explorations of Race and Gender ,” GeoJournal , 59(4):253-264.
  • Mains, S. 2002. “ Representing National Identity, Borders, and Migration: Making News in Southern California ,” Hagar: International Social Science Review , (2): 271-298.  
  • Mains, S. 2000. “ An Anatomy of Race and Immigration Politics in California ” Journal of Social and Cultural Geography , 1(2): 143-154.
  • Mains, S. 1999. “Statutes of Liberty : Migration and Urbanism in the Borderlands,” Yearbook of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers , 61: 42-66.

Book Chapters:

  • Mains, S. 2008. “‘English Fever’: Documenting the Caribbean Diaspora in ‘The Colony’,” in A. Escher, Anton, C. Lukinbeal and S. Zimmermann (Eds.) The Geography of Cinema–A Cinematic World. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner-Verlag, p.137-153.
  • Mains, S. 2008. “Development: Cultural Imperialism,” in R. Kitchin and N. Thrift (Eds.) International Encyclopedia of Human Geography . Oxford : Elsevier (in press).
  • Mains, S. 2008. “Transnational Communities/Identities, and Moving Populations” in E. L. Jackiewicz and F. Bosco (Eds.) Placing Latin America . Contemporary Themes in Human Geography . Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, p.205-234.
  • Mains, S. 2008. “‘English Fever': Documenting the Caribbean Diaspora in ‘The Colony',” in A. Escher, Anton, C. Lukinbeal and S. Zimmermann (Eds.) The Geography of Cinema–A Cinematic World . Stuttgart : Franz Steiner-Verlag (in press).
  • Mains, S . 2008. “Access to Justice,” in J. A. O'Brien (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Gender and Society . Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage (in press).
  • Mains, S. and Clifford, C. 2006. “A Dialogue with Masculinity,” in A. Jones (Ed.) Men of the Global South: A Reader . New York : Zed Books, p.401-404.
  • Mains, S. 2006. “Discourse,” in B. Warf, A.J. Cravey, D. DeLyser, L. Knopp, D. Sui, and D. Wilson (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Human Geography . New York : Sage, p.111-113.
  • Mains, S. 2006. “Spatial Inequality,” in B. Warf, A.J. Cravey, D. DeLyser, L. Knopp, D. Sui, and D. Wilson (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Human Geography. New York : Sage, p.453-454.
  • Mains, S., (with Oberhauser, A., Rubinoff, D., DeBres, K., Pope, C.) 2004. “Geographic Perspectives on Women: Geography and Gender,” in G. Gaile and C. Wilmott (Eds.) Geography in America at the Dawn of the 21 st Century , Oxford : Oxford University Press, p.738-760.
  • Mains, S. 2003. “‘The Future of Multi-Ethnic Britain ': Media, Diversity, and Regional Identity,” In S. Ralph, H. Manchester, and C. Lees (Eds.) Diversity or Anarchy . Luton: University of Luton Press , p.225-232.  
  • Mains, S. 2002. “Maintaining National Identity at the Border: Scale, Masculinity, and the Policing of Immigration in Southern California ,” in A. Herod and M. Wright (Eds.) Geographies of Power: Placing Scale . London : Blackwell, p.192-214.

Reports and Other Publications:

  • Mains, S . 2008. “Foundations and Directions in Geography: Changing Places.” Jamaican Geographer , June (17):1-2.
  • Mains, S. 2004. “Cultural Geography in a New Millennium: Translation, Borders, and Resistance.” Journal of Cultural Geography , Fall/Winter 22(1):151-153.
  • Mains, S. 2004. “Developing Film: Media and Geography Roundtable,” Place and Culture: Cultural Geography Specialty Group Newsletter , Spring.
  • Mains, S. 2004. “Teaching Geography and Gender Discussion Forum,” Geographic Perspectives on Women Specialty Group of the AAG Newsletter , March.
  • Mains, S. 2004. “Translating Film,” Baile 2004 , University College Dublin , Ireland , 52-56. Mains, S. 2002. “Mobility and Exclusion: Towards an Understanding of Migration in the Context of Jamaica,” UN WIDER conference report on Poverty, International Migration and Asylum , Helsinki , Finland .
  • Mains, S., Curran, M., Metzo, C. and Moore, S. 2000. “An Interview with bell hooks” disClosure: A Journal of Social Theory, Manholes , 9: 45-57.  
  • Mains, S. and Redlin, M. 1998. “An Interview with Jane Flax: (Re)Presenting Power” disClosure: A Journal of Social Theory, Colorings, 7:165-180. Mains, S. 1997. “Trendspotting: Breaking the Chains” disClosure: A Journal of Social Theory, reVisioning Justice, 6:3-6.  
  • Mains, S. and Gilmartin, M. 1997. “An Interview with Alexander Cockburn: Judging the Jury” disClosure: A Journal of Social Theory, reVisioning Justice, 6:63-78.

Book Reviews:

  • Bejel, E. Gay Cuban Nation . The University of Chicago Press: Chicago , 2001. Gender, Place and Culture 12 (3):267-269, 2005.
  • Saldivar-Hull, S. Feminism on the Border: Chicana Gender Politics and Literature . University of California Press: London , 2000. Gender, Place and Culture 9 (3):307-309, 2002.  
  • Velez-Ibanez, C. G. Border Visions: Mexican Cultures of the Southwest United States University of Arizona Press: Tucson , 1996. New Mexico Historical Review , Fall 1998.  
  • Badran, M. Feminists, Islam and Nation: Gender and the Making of Modern Egypt Princeton University Press: Princeton , 1995. Gender, Place and Culture , 4 (1):126-128 1997.
  • Pinkus, K. Bodily Practices: Italian Advertising Under Fascism University of Minnesota Press: Minneapolis , 1995. disClosure: A Journal of Social Theory 5:56-61, 1996.

Video:

  • Mains, S. and Smith, L. (Co-Dir. and Co-Prod.) 1999. (Re)Inventing Hispanic/Latino Identities: A Visual Exploration . Lexington , KY (short documentary).

Courses

  • GG30C: Geography of the Caribbean
  • GG10A/GEOG1101: Introduction to Human Geography
  • GG21A: Urban Geography
  • GG31G/GEOG3106: Geographies of Tourism
  • GG31D/GEOG3204: Political Geography: Space and Globalization
  • EM616: Research and Project Analysis for Environmental Management

Graduate Students

  • Shiva Mohan, “Urban Spaces and Diaspora Identities through Carnival,” (2008-present), MPhil Geography
  • Soyini Ashby, “Beyond Language: The Construction of Caribbean Identities,” (2005-present), PhD Geography (successfully completed MPhil Upgrade, 2007)
  • Carlos Michel, “Culture Industries and Diaspora Tourism,” (2007-present),MPhil
  • Kylah Forbes-Biggs, “Non-Governmental Organizations and Environmental Education: Implications for Natural Hazard Mitigation,” (2006-present), MPhil Geography
  • Mark Clifford, “Spaces of Human Rights in Jamaica,” (2004-present), MA Cultural Studies
  • Sabita Maharaj, “West Indians in Canada: Melting into the Cultural Mosaic?” (2005-present), MA Communication Studies (Co-Adviser)
  • Agostinho Pinnock, “’Alternative Communication’ in Jamaican Popular Culture” (2005-present), MA Communication Studies (Co-Adviser)
  • Elaine McFarlane, “Residents’ Perceptions of Garden Spaces in Greenwood, St. James” (2004-2005), MSc Environmental Management
  • Linford Beckles, “Social and Environmental Impacts of Sand Mining in the Yallahs River Basin” (2003-04), MSc Environmental Management
  • Clarence Parkes, “Social and Environmental Impacts of Sand Mining in the Rio Minho Valley” (2003-04), MSc Environmental Management

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

  • Editorial Board, Aether: The Journal of Media Geography
    Board Member, Qualitative Research Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers
    Association of American Geographers
    Association of Cultural Studies
    Caribbean Social Forum
    Jamaican Geographical Society
    Women in Film and Television, Jamaica

 
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