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Dr. Thera Edwards

Dr
Thera
Edwards

Lecturer & Map Curator
Certificate in Global Digital Infrastructure - (2026) - The University of California, Berkeley
Certificate in University Teaching & Learning -CUTL (2020) - The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus
Ph.D. Landscape History (2013) - The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus
M.Sc. Environmental Management (1999) - The University of London
B.Sc. Environmental Sciences (1993) - The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus
thera.edwards@uwi.edu

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ORCiD ID: 
0000-0002-5480-6064
Fellowships and Training: 
2nd Regional Climate Finance Foundations Development Workshop.
Climate Finance Access Network- Climate Finance Training Course.
Eastern Mediterranean Climate and Health Responders Course. Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education, Columbia University.
Scaling Up Health Adaptation Measures to Meet the Climate Change Challenge in the Americas. Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education, Columbia University

Geospatial Support Group and Map Library Website

Map Library Email: uwimaplibrary@gmail.com

Featured Work: 
Stennett, R et al (2026) A protocol for building healthy communities with the dual goal of chronic disease prevention and promoting environmental sustainability: Community Engagement and Co-Design. BMJ Open.
Edwards, T., N. Plummer and C. McKenzie (2026). Grounds and Gardens: Rooting Black Resistance and Resilience. Public Humanities – Special Issue on Creole Gardens as Decolonial Practice: Regrowth, Resistance, Recycling and Repair, 2026. 1-20. DOI:10.101
Zhang et al (2023) Governance and Conservation Effectiveness in Protected Areas and Indigenous and Locally Managed Areas. Annual Review of Environment and Resources. Volume 48:559-588. https://doi.org/10.1146/anurev-environ-112321-081348
Edwards, T., M. Wilson, N. Plummer, I. Yaneva-Toraman, C. McKenzie, K. Donovan, P. Northover, S. Mitchell and R. Burke (2026). Shaping Caribbean Social Sustainability through Memory: Connecting Youth, Food Heritage and Sustainable Futures through the Reci
Plummer, N, M. Wilson, I. Yaneva-Toraman, C. McKenzie, S. Mitchell, P. Northover, K. Crowley, T. Edwards and A. Richards.(2022) Recipes for Resilience: Engaging Caribbean Youth in Climate Action and Food Heritage through Stories and Song. Sustainability.
Robinson, E., & Edwards, T. (2025). Invasion of the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea by a Large Benthic Foraminifer in the Little Ice Age. Diversity, 17(2), 110. https://doi.org/10.3390/d17020110
Edwards, T. and E. Robinson. ‘Note on the Provenance of the Neotype of Heterostegina depressa d’Orbigny 1826 (Foraminifera)’. Journal of Foraminiferal Research 55, no. 2(2025): 233-236. DOI: https://doi.org/10.61551/gsjfr.55.2.233
Edwards, T and E. Robinson.2020. Remains of the Heyday: the Fort and Port at Carlisle Bay, Jamaica. Jamaica Journal 39(1)
Edwards, T and E. Robinson. 2022 ‘Traditional and new record sources in geointerpretive methods for reconstructing biophysical history’, Chapter 8 in Aarons, J, J.A. Bastian and S. Griffin (Eds). Archiving Caribbean Identity: Records, Community, Memory.
Barker, D., D. McGregor, K. Rhiney and T. Edwards (eds) 2016. The Caribbean Region: Adaptation and Resilience to Global Change. University of the West Indies Press, Kingston, Jamaica.
Skills: 
Geographical Information Systems
UWI Service: 
UWI Mentorship
UWI Leadership
FST Beautification Committee
FST Viisibility and Engagement Committee
FST Graduate Coordinators Committee
Public Service: 
2026 - UWI Representative, the Integrated Water Resources Management Council (IWMRC).
2025: Member Editorial Board Geo-Geography and Environment. Journal of the Royal Geographic Society with the Institute of British Geographers.
2001 - Present: Member, Caribbean Coastal Area Management Foundation Board. Chairman since 2011
2020 - 2022: Member, Geography Awareness Week Planning Committee
2019: Contributing Expert, World Justice Project (WJP) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB Environmental Governance in Latin America study.
Professional Memberships: 
2026 - Organisation of Women in Science in the Developing World
2020 - Present Curator Collective, UWI – Mona Campus
2015 - Present Individual Member, The International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS)
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