Dr. Yonique Campbell is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Government at The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus. She holds a DPhil in Human Geography from the University of Oxford, where she was a Commonwealth Scholar. Dr. Campbell has served as a Senior Policy Advisor in the Ministry of Health and Wellness (Government of Jamaica) and a Policy consultant. Before attending the University of Oxford, she worked in the Office of the Cabinet in Jamaica as a Research and Monitoring Officer. She has gained tremendous policy insights from these engagements. 

Dr. Campbell was also the recipient of a Canada-CARICOM fellowship, which allowed her to spend a semester conducting research and delivering guest lectures at Concordia University, in Montreal. Her previous appointments also include tutoring in the School of Geography and the Environment at the University of Oxford.

She has taught a range of Public Policy topics at The UWI including regulation, how the machinery of government works, public sector reform, corruption, governance, the role of civil society organisations, security and public policy, and the intersection of law and public policy.

Dr. Campbell’s publications and educational background reflect an interest in interdisciplinary research. She pursued the MSc in Government at The University of the West Indies, achieving a distinction, before pursuing doctoral studies in Human Geography. She also studied International Relations at the undergraduate level, graduating with first-class honours. Reflecting her belief in the importance of interdisciplinary research for solving wicked societal problems and preparing students for the workforce, she has worked with scholars across a range of disciplines, including Public Policy, Sociology, Political Science, Law, Economics and Geography and utilizes a range of disciplinary perspectives to inform her lectures.

Her principal research interests are in public policy and development challenges in Small Island Developing States. 

Dr Wilson has a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Latin American and Caribbean Studies and Political Science from York University in Toronto, Canada; a Master of Arts in Political Science (International Relations and Comparative Politics) from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada; and a Doctorate in Political Science (Comparative Politics and International Relations) from Howard University in Washington DC, USA. 

Her research interests are broadly in the area of critical political economy with a focus on culture, identity, and community; Indigenous relations; and innovation, technology, and entrepreneurship for development. 

She has published journal articles, books chapters, a monograph, and edited books. Her book publications include: The Politics of Identity in Small Plural Societies: Guyana, the Fiji Islands, and Trinidad and Tobago (2012), edited volumes, Identity, Culture, and Community Development (2015), Intelligent Economies: Developments in the Caribbean (2021); and Flawed Democracy and Development: A Jamaica Case Study (2024); She is currently completing a monograph (under contract) entitled Navigating the Grey Areas: The Informal Economy in Jamaica with Dr Michelle Munroe (2025).

Dr. Michelle Munroe is a Lecturer in Political Science at the University of the West Indies Mona Campus and a Course Instructor in the Political Science Programme and the Youth Development Programme with the University of the West Indies Open Campus.  Dr. Munroe holds a MA in Political Science-International Relations from the University of Florida, and a Ph.D. in Political Science from Florida International University.

As an Afro-Caribbean scholar a substantial portion of her work involves researching and teaching on transnational issues and on the patterns of development and underdevelopment of states within the global political economy. More specifically, Dr. Munroe's research focuses on the implications of a deepening transnationalisation of criminal groups within developing states as it relates to the organizational and power structures of criminal groups, the use of violence, and the economic interests of these groups. Through a case study on Jamaica, her research illustrates the proclivity of globalization to blur the lines between the domestic and the foreign affairs of a country. Her most recent publication, Governance and Disorder, in Third World Quarterly examines the influence that neoliberalism has had/continues to have on violent change in Jamaica. Dr. Munroe’s research highlights the permeability of state borders and the impact of local non-state actors under conditions of heightened globalization.

Professor Suzette A. Haughton is a fellow with the Caribbean Policy Consortium.  She was a former United Kingdom Commonwealth Scholar and a recipient of the Organisation of American States (OAS), Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) and the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Canada (DFAIT) fellowship to undertake post-doctoral training at the Center for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), University of Toronto.  This Fellowship was undertaken through the programme on ‘Capacity Building of National Authorities to Monitor and Analyse the Impact of Illicit Drugs in the Americas’.  

Professor Haughton has published extensively on security threats affecting the Caribbean region, borders and border security. She is also an alumni of the Willian J. Perry  Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies, Washington, DC.  

She  received her Diploma in Education (Business Studies and Computing) from the University of Technology Jamaica (UTECH), BSc International Relations and MSc Government from the University of the West Indies, Mona campus and her PhD from the Department of War Studies, King’s College, University of London.

She supervises a wide-range of International Relations and Security Studies topics.  She is interested to supervise additional PhD projects on security threats, warfare, drug trafficking problem, border relations and border security.
 

Howard Reid is a member of the academic staff in the Department of Government, UWI Mona. He completed his Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science with minors in both Management Studies and Criminology from the University of the West Indies. Immediately after completing his first degree, he went on to pursue and complete his Master of Science in Government with a specialization in International Public and Development Management (IPDM).

Glenville McLeod is an assistant lecturer in the Department of Government, UWI Mona Campus. He was born in Port Antonio, Portland but he later moved to St. Mary in the late 1990s. He attended the St Mary High School and entered the University of the West Indies in 2008. He graduated in 2011 with a BSc(Hons) in International Relations with a minor in Public Sector Management.  
After finishing his first degree he immediately went on to pursue his Masters in Government with a specialization in International Relations which he completed in 2013. His MSc research paper focused on ‘Jamaica’s adaptability to a Green Economy’ where he highlighted land conservation, electrical consumption and reduction in pollution as possible areas in which a transition to a Green Economy should begin in Jamaica. For his work in the aforementioned area, he received the departmental award for best research of 2013.
While undertaking his Masters he was a graduate assistant in the department of government. This further facilitated his growth in academia and led to the attainment of his current position in the department.

His love and enthusiasm for research in the areas of climate change, sustainable development and the Green Economy sees him currently enrolled in the Masters of Philosophy programme in the Department of Government. Outside of his research focus, his other areas of academic interests include the global political economy and International Law.  Somewhat distant of academia, Glenville enjoys travelling, photography, music production, volunteering, and sports.