Tanneice Ellis holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Management and Economics, a Post Graduate Diploma in Education Administration and a Master of Arts degree in Higher Education Management from the University of the West Indies. In 1997, she joined Dry Clean USA as Assistant Plant Manager before moving on in 1998 to the Wyndham /Hilton Hotel where she worked as Banquet Administrator. In 1999, Ellis worked with Celebrate Jesus 99 Billy Graham Evangelistic Crusades as Public Relations Officer for the Children Rally and then moved on in 1999 to the Jamaica Theological Seminary and the Caribbean Graduate School of Theology where she worked as the Director of the Extension Certificate Programme and as the first Director of Admissions and Promotions for both institutions. Ellis worked as Administrator for Maverley Gospel Hall between 2002 and 2005 and then moved on in 2005 to work with the National Council on Drug Abuse as Filed Services Administrator. In 2008 she joined the University of the West Indies (UWI), Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication, now the Caribbean School of Media and Communication, (CARIMAC) as Administrative Assistant /Senior Administrative Assistant. During 2012, she worked briefly on secondment to the UWI, Mona Campus, Human Resource Management Division before returning to CARIMAC in that same year. Her general research interest is in higher education, specifically as it relates to staffing administration and inclusive education. Ellis is the author of a book chapter in the Inclusive Education journal which was published in 2020. That book chapter is titled – ‘Creating an inclusive educational environment: perspectives and experiences of lecturers in one department of the UWI’. She has also co-authored an article on mentoring graduate students, titled – ‘Developing master’s level education students as researchers: mentors and mentees’ experiences’ which was published online in March 2022. Ellis presented a reflection paper in 2017 at the University of Denver, Colorado, Roger Salter Summer Institute on navigating power and privilege for people of colour in predominately white institution under the title ‘Tensions in a Black Box’.