Photo Caption: L-R, Dr. Lila Rao-Graham, Prof.  Suzette Haughton and Dr. Corin Bailey

Dr. Lila Rao-Graham (FST Alum, Department of Computing) and Dr. Corin Bailey (FST Alum, Department of Geography and Geology) were among three academics recently promoted to the rank of Professor.   Dr. Rao-Graham is the Deputy Executive Director at the Mona School of Business and Management and is responsible for providing oversight to the MBA and DBA Programmes. Dr. Bailey is a sociologist and Senior Research Fellow at the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES) at the Cave Hill Campus. The other promotee, Dr. Suzette A. Haughton is a scholar in International Relations and Security Studies, who serves as Head of the Department of Government at the Mona Campus. Read below excerpts from the profiles of the newly appointed Professors.

“Professor Rao-Graham’s research interests include Business Intelligence, Knowledge Management and Data Quality. She has published one co-authored refereed book, one co-edited refereed book and co-authored three chapters in this book. In addition, she has co-edited sixteen refereed journal articles; nineteen refereed conference and scientific papers; and nine papers and poster presentations at Academic conferences. She has served on editorial boards of top professional organisations and as a reviewer for several leading journals, international conferences and conference organising committees. She is also a member of the ICT Specialist Sector Committee of National Contracts Commission Jamaica, a Programme Committee Member of World Conference on Information systems and Technologies, and a member of the Ministry of Health and Wellness National COVID-19 Research Agenda Working Group.

Her expertise has also led her to be invited to present at the United Nations 2020 Big Data Forum in Trinidad and Tobago, as a panelist at the 2020 UNESCO Open Science Regional Consultation for Latin America and the Caribbean. She served as Principal Researcher on the IDRC-funded Open and Collaborative Science in Development Network project from 2015-2017, as a research team member for a 2020 International Development Research Centre project on Exploring Data Capacity Building in the Global South, and as a member of the Feasibility Study and Planning Team from 2016-2018, for a new School of Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation, University of Guyana. Professor Rao-Graham was recognised for her scholarship with the Best Research Publication Award from the Mona Campus Faculty of Social Sciences in 2013, the Principal’s 2015 Research Day Award for Project with the Greatest multidisciplinary and Cross Faculty Collaboration, and an International Award in 2016 for the Best White Paper, featuring Disaster Risk Management.”  

Professor Bailey “holds a BA in Geography from The UWI as well as a PhD in Social Geography, the latter through the Mona Campus in conjunction with the Queen Mary College, University of London. Professor Bailey began his career with The UWI in 2005, as a Project Coordinator for the South-South Initiative. The programme was a joint effort between The UWI and the University of Cape Town, South Africa, designed to map lessons learned from crime prevention initiatives in these two active spaces. Professor Bailey is a Sociologist, who has produced multi-disciplinary cutting-edge work on crime and violence. His body of scholarship includes one authored book, two co-authored, and one co-edited book. In addition, he has written three book chapters, seventeen refereed journal articles, one monograph, thirteen technical reports, twenty-nine papers presented at academic conferences and nine in response to invitations to present at distinguished academic meetings.

His research work targets transformation through technical assistance and policy advice, and his scholarship has received regional and international attention. Professor Bailey has been interviewed by the BBC World Service as well as regional media such as the Barbados Nation newspaper and the Jamaica Gleaner. He won the UNICEF Award for Best UNICEF Project in 2010, he was a member of the 2016 research team which won the Cave Hill Campus’ School for Graduate Studies and Research Award for Best Applied Research and he won the Principal’s 2020 Award for Excellence in Academic Research and he has earned several research grants”.

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