The University of the West Indies, Mona

Miss Shyrel-Ann Dean is a dedicated educator serving the Jamaican education system for over twenty-five years.  She is currently a full-time academic literacies instructor at the University of the West Indies-Mona, Jamaica in the faculty of Humanities and Education in the Department of Language, Linguistics and Philosophy and is currently pursuing and MPhil in Linguistics. Her many contributions to education include: The teaching and development of Literacy and Reading Programmes up to the secondary level and a global advocate for Creole language education. Her research work includes the development of Jamaican Creole and Jamaican English Bilingual Pedagogy.