Dr. Shinique Walters
Dr
Shinique
Walters
Job Title
Lecturer
Email
shinique.walters02@uwimona.edu.jm
Dr. Michelle A. Munroe
Dr
Michelle A.
Munroe
Job Title
Lecturer, Political Science Unit Head
Email
michelle.munroe@uwimona.edu.jm
Overview
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.
Research
Research Interests
Transnationalization of Criminal Groups in Developing States
Neoliberalism and Global Security
Changing Nature of Violence and Criminal Gangs
Permeability of State Borders
Impact of Local Non-State Actors
Publications
Publications
Munroe, M. (2024). The Expanding Role of the City and the Changing Nature of Violence in Jamaica. In E. Schoburgh, T. McFarlane, & S. McDonald (Eds.), Sustainable Urbanization in the Caribbean. Routledge, London.
Munroe, M. A. (2024). When Will Development be More Than Just About Geography? Perceptions of Jamaica’s “Flawed Democracy”. In S. Wilson (Ed.), Flawed Democracy and Development: A Jamaican case study. (pp. 91-110). Lexington Books
Mora, F. O., & Munroe, M. (2015). Congress and Civil-Military Relations in Latin America and the Caribbean: Human Rights as a Vehicle. In C. C. Campbell & D. P. Auerswald (Eds.), Congress and Civil-Military Relations (Illustrated ed., pp. 166–192). Georgetown University Press.
Journal Articles
Munroe, M. A. (2023). Jamaica’s Transnational Violence: when geography matters the most. The Round Table,112 (6), 613-628. https://doi.org/10.1080/00358533.2023.2286842
Munroe, M. A., & Blake, D. K. (2016). Governance and disorder: neoliberalism and violent change in Jamaica. Third World Quarterly, 38(3), 580–603. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2016.1188660
Professor Suzette Haughton
Prof
Suzette A.
Haughton
Job Title
Professor, Security and International Relations
Email
suzette.haughton@uwimona.edu.jm
Overview
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.
Courses Taught
GOVT3114 International Security Issues
GOVT6180 Theories and Concepts in Global Security
She has also taught undergraduate and graduate International Relations courses
Research
Research Interests
Security Studies
International Relations
Education
Publications
Publications
Haughton, Suzette A (2017) Border Security and Cooperative Initiatives to Counter Illicit Drug Trafficking: The Case of Jamaica and the USA in Maurice Dawson etal eds, Developing Next Generation Countermeasures for Homeland Security Threat Prevention, IGI Global, USA pp. 104-120.
Haughton, Suzette A (2016) Economic Globalisation and the transnational crime of drug trafficking and lottery scamming: Evidence from Jamaica in Nikolaos Karagiannis and Debbie Mohammed Volume II, eds, The Modern Caribbean Economy: Economic Development and Public Policy Challenges, Business Expert Press, USA pp. 115-131.
Haughton, Suzette A (2015) La política de drogras en Jamaica in Beatriz Caiuby Labate y Thiago Rodrigues eds. Drogras, política y sociedad en América Latina y el Caribe, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE), Mexico, pp. 391-412.
Dr. Kavita Johnson
Dr
Kavita
Johnson
Job Title
Lecturer
Email
kavita.johnson02@uwimona.edu.jm
Publications
Publications
Johnson, K. (2022). “Reorienting Foreign Policy: Caribbean-Japan Relations”. Oasis, 37, pp.171-190.
Johnson, K. (2024). “The ‘One China’ Policy: Battleground for Recognition in the Caribbean” In S. Abide (Ed.) China and Taiwan in Latin America and the Caribbean. Palgrave MacMillan.
Johnson, K. (2024). “Jamaica-China Relations: Formal Economic Development and Informal Governance” In S. Wilson (Ed.) Socio-cultural and Political Challenges in a Flawed Democracy: A Jamaica Case Study, 139-160. Lexington Books.
Johnson, K. (2024). Small States in the International System: Caribbean Foreign Policies toward China and Japan. Palgrave Macmillan.
Mr. Howard Reid
Mr
Howard
Reid
Job Title
Assistant Lecturer
Email
howard.reid03@uwimona.edu.jm
Overview
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).
Mr. Glenville McLeod
Mr
Glenville
McLeod
Job Title
Assistant Lecturer
Email
glenville.mcleod02@uwimona.edu.jm
Overview
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.
Dr. Gavin Daley
Dr
Gavin
Daley
Job Title
Lecturer and Graduate Co-ordinator
Email
gavin.daley02@uwimona.edu.jm
Overview
Dr. Gavin Daley is a Lecturer in Research Methods at the University of the West Indies, Mona-Jamaica (UWI). He received his Ph.D. in Political Science at the UWI and was awarded the 2012 Caribbean-Pacific Island Mobility Scheme (CARPIMS) Scholarship, which afforded him the opportunity to complete a mobility doctorate in Development Studies at the University of the South Pacific, Laucala-Fiji.
In fifteen (15) years of study, learning, and teaching at the University of the West Indies and in collaboration with a number of colleagues at the UWI, he has written several technical reports for government ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs), private sector companies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs); two academic articles and his Ph.D. thesis entitled: The politics of public policy in Jamaica: An Analysis of the Implications of a Change of Government on the Sustainability of Local Government Efficiency.
Dr. Daley also lectures in criminology and mathematics.
Research
Research Interests
Governance & Public Policy
Research Methods
Criminology
Publications
Publications
Daley, G. (2023). Civil Society Organizations in Democratic Societies: A case study looking at the impact of the Jamaica Debates Commission the 2020 General Elections. Rethinking Democracy and Good Governance: Prospects and Paradoxes for the 21st Century. Routledge.
Waller, L., Walters, S. Satchell, N., Johnson, S., Daley, G., Reid, H. (2023). Promoting Democratic Governance among the Jamaican youth through Civic Education: The Experiences of the UWI-Mona Department of Government’s Governance Society. Rethinking Democracy and Good Governance: Prospects and Paradoxes for the 21st Century. Routledge.
Waller, L., Johnson, S. Satchell, N., Gordon, D., Daley, G., Reid, H., Fender, K., Llewellyn, P., Smyle, L.,Linton, P., and Fender, K. (2022). Woe is the dark web: The potential challenges faced by Caribbean Societies combating crime facilitated by the dark web. Journal of Transforming Government: People,Process and Policy.
Waller, L., Daley, G., Satchell, N., Gordon, D. (2020). The Possibilities of Internet Voting in Jamaica: Moving from convenience to fixing the problem of Voter Apathy among the Youth. The Electronic Journal of e-Government (EJEG).
Waller, L., Daley, G., Satchell, N., Gordon, D., Johnson, D., Walters, S., Johnson, S. (2020). Political Victimization in 21st Century Jamaica: Existence, Experience and Implication. Journal of Eastern Caribbean Studies, Volume 45, No. 2, December 2020 open access online issue.
Waller, L., Johnson, S., Gordon, D., Reid, H., Daley, G. (2024). Using Wacker's Framework for Theory Building to Theorizing Digital Transformation. Rii Forum 2024: Advancing Research on Technology, innovation, education and their social impact.Conference Proceedings. Springer.
Prof. Eris D. Schoburgh
Prof
Eris D.
Schoburgh
Job Title
Professor, Public Policy and Management
Email
eris.schoburgh02@uwimona.edu.jm
Overview
Dr. Eris D. Schoburgh, is Associate Dean in the Faculty of the Social Sciences and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Government, at The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus where she teaches courses in public and policy management at the undergraduate and graduate levels. She currently coordinates the Public and Policy Management Unit. Her general area of academic specialisation is public policy analysis and management with special focus on comparative subnational government/governance; subnational/local (economic) development. She has several publications among which are three books and several research articles that have appeared in leading international and regional journals.
Dr. Schoburgh is a Member of the Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF), the International Public Policy Association (IPPA), the International Research Society for Public Management (IRSPM), and the Caribbean Studies Association (CSA); Co-chair of the Governance Thematic Working Group; Chairperson of the Mountain Terrace Cooperative Housing Society Limited; and former Director of the Board of the Social Development Commission (SDC).
Major achievements:
2017/18 Principal’s Research Award for The Most Outstanding Researcher.
2016/17 Principal’s Research Award for The Best Publication (Edited Collection) with collaborators.
2013 Facilitator of post-MDGs discussions in Uganda.
2012 Principal’s Research Award for The Best Research Publication (Article).
2010/11 Commonwealth Academic Fellowship Award, University of Manchester, Institute of Political and Economic Governance (IPEG), United Kingdom.
2010/11 Mona Research Fellowship Award.
2007-2012 Facilitated Public Sector Senior Management Development in the British Virgin Islands, Jamaica and Montserrat.
Research
Research Interests
Public Policy Analysis and Management with Special Focus on Comparative Subnational Government/Governance
Subnational/Local (Economic) Development.
Publications
Publications
Schoburgh, Eris D., John Martin and Sonia Gatchair. Eds. 2016. Developmental Local Governance: A Critical Discourse in ‘Alternative Development’. Houndmills: Palgrave MacMillan.
Schoburgh, Eris Dawn. 2006. Local Government Reform: The Prospects for Community Empowerment in Jamaica. Kingston, Jamaica: SALISES Press, 317 pp.
Schoburgh, Eris D. 2014. Does local government have capacity for enabling local economic development? Lessons from Jamaica. Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance No. 15 (June) 2014. Webbed at http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/ojs/index.php/cjlg.
Damion Gordon
Mr
Damion
Gordon
Job Title
Assistant Lecturer
Email
damion.gordon05@uwimona.edu.jm
Overview
MPhil Candidate- Department of Government, UWI Mona Academic Interests: international development policy, public policy, digital governance, public sector reforms, political analysis, political theories, history, philosophy Dissertation Topic: The Rise of the Surveillance State: A Public Good or an Orwellian Dystopia? Measuring public perception among Jamaicans about mass surveillance in the digital age. Abstract The notion of an “Orwellian Dystopia,” drawn from the novel “1984” written by British author George Orwell, refers to the emergence of all-knowing, all -seeing and omni-present governments using ubiquitous surveillance to achieve suppression of freedom and social control. In the case of Jamaica public discourse about government surveillance has been fueled by the passage of the National Identification (NIDS) Act and the legal challenge brought against its constitutionality by the country’s parliamentary opposition. The successful establishment of NIDS, as a mandatory electronic identification scheme, would allow the Jamaican government to access the personal data of all citizens including biometric data such as fingerprint, facial image, signature and iris scan. This has ignited widespread concerns, led by a coalition of human rights, legal and political perspectives, about the potential for the government to use this vast repository of citizen’s data as the basis for monitoring and controlling people’s lives. Already governments across the world, especially from developed regions, have begun to manipulate data as a form of surveillance mechanism along with the use of other predominantly digital techniques. Most of these new surveillance technologies and techniques are being deployed in the name of national security and law enforcement. There are however many legitimate concerns about government transparency, potential misuse of surveillance power, threats to fundamental rights such as privacy and general government overreach with regards to the rise of the so-called surveillance state.
This study seeks to develop a deepened understanding of the advancement of surveillance capabilities in the digital age and the implications of this development for human rights and democratic traditions. More specifically, it will seek to measure how the citizens of Jamaica perceive the likely impact of this development- the potential rise of a Surveillance State- on their own lives and the factors that are influencing differences in public opinion about mass surveillance. To capture and measure public perception, questionnaires will be administered to participants from diverse backgrounds ( religious, demographical, socio-economic, political , educational and otherwise) to produce representative and generalizable findings as well as to identify causal factors or correlations from the responses.
Courses Taught
GOVT. 2007 (Politics of the Caribbean)
GOVT. 3038 (International Development Policy & Management)
Research
Research Interests
International Development Policy
Public Policy
Public Management
Public Sector Reforms
Political Systems
E-Governance
Dr. Christopher Charles
Dr
Christopher
Charles
Job Title
Professor, Political and Social Psychology
Email
christopher.charles02@uwimona.edu.jm
Publications
Publications
Books
Charles, C.A.D. (editor) (2015). Perspectives on Caribbean football. London: Hansib Publications
Chapters in books
Peer reviewed
38. Charles, C.A.D. (2016). Skin bleaching, oppression and resistance. In Fight for Freedom: Black Resistance and Identity, Moussa Traore & Tony Talburt (eds.) Accra: Sub-Saharan Publishers.
37. Beckford, O.W. & Charles, C.A.D. (2016). Forms of resistance in the Jamaican Black radical tradition. In Fight for Freedom: Black Resistance and Identity, Moussa Traore & Tony Talburt (eds.) Accra: Sub-Saharan Publishers.
36. Charles, C.A.D. (2015). The process of becoming Black: Leonard Howell and the manifestation of Rastafari. In Leonard Howell and the Genesis of Rastafari. Clinton A. Hutton, Michael A. Barnett, Daive A. Dunkley & Jahlani A.H. Niaah (eds.) Kingston: University of the West Indies Press.
35. Charles, C.A. D. (2015). Introduction. Perspectives on Caribbean Football, Christopher A.D. Charles (ed.), pp. London: Hansib.
34. Charles, C.A. D. (2015). Scrimmage and the destruction of football in the Caribbean. In Perspectives on Caribbean Football, Christopher A.D. Charles (ed.), pp. London: Hansib.
33. Charles, C.A. D. (2015). The way forward. In Perspectives on Caribbean Football, Christopher A.D. Charles (ed.), London: Hansib.
32. Charles, C.A.D. & Wilson, B. (2015). The entrepreneurial experiences of a Jamaican Posse in the Bronx. In Gangs in the Caribbean, Anthony Harriott & Charles Katz (eds.) pp.117-138. Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press.
31. Charles, C.A.D. (2009). Counter society concept as a heuristic to analyze violence: The 2006
Hezbollah-Israel war. In, Terrorism and global insecurity: Multidisciplinary perspectives, K. Alexander (ed.) (pp.101-124). New York: Linton Atlantic Books.
Non-peer reviewed
30. Charles, C.A.D. (2007). Business ethics in Jamaica and the problem of extortion by counter Societies. In Ethical perspectives for Caribbean businesses, N. M. Cowell, A. Campbell, G. Chen & S. Moore (eds.), (pp.95-119). Kingston: Arawak Publications.
29. Charles, C.A.D. (2012). Skin bleaching: The complexion of identity, beauty, and fashion. In Meanings of Dress, K. Miller-Spillman, A. Reilly & P. Hunt-Hurst (ed.), pp.254-161, 3rd edition. New York: Fairchild Books.
Journal Articles
Non-peer reviewed
28. Charles, C.A.D. (2016). Opportunities or challenges for the Caribbean after Brexit? The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs (ahead of print) http://doi.org/10.1080/00358533.2016.1231310
Peer reviewed
27. Charles, C.A.D. & Reid, G.S. O. (2016). Forecasting the 2016 General Election in Jamaica. Commonwealth and Comparative Politics (ahead of print)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14662043.2016.1216729
26. Charles, C.A.D. & Maras, M.H. (2015). Strengthening counterterrorism from the information of a successful terrorist attack and failed missions in the United States. Journal of Applied Security Research, 10, 155–180.
25. Kennedy-Kollar, D.& Charles, C.A.D. (2012). Hegemonic masculinity and mass murderers in the United States. Southwest Journal of Criminal Justice, 8, 62-74.
24. Charles, C.A.D. & Beckford, O. (2012). The informal justice system in garrison constituencies. Social and Economic Studies, 61,51-72.
23. Charles, C.A.D. (2010). Representations of extortion in Jamaican newspapers, Caribbean
Journal of Criminology and Public Safety, 15, 75-102.
22. Charles, C.A.D. (2010). The reintegration of criminal deportees in society, Dialectical
Anthropology, 34,501–511. DOI: 10.1007/s10624-010-9205-7
21. Charles, C.A.D. (2009). “Violence, musical identity, and the celebrity of the Spanglers Crew in
Jamaica.” Wadabagei: A Journal of the Caribbean and its Diaspora, 12, 52-79.
20. Charles, C.A.D. (2004). Political identity and criminal violence in Jamaica: The garrison community of August Town and the 2002 Election. Social and Economic Studies, 53, 31-74
19. Charles, C. (2002). Garrison communities as counter societies: The case of the 1998 Zeeks' Riot in Jamaica. Ideaz, 1, 30-43.
18. Charles, C.A.D. (2010). Newspaper representations of Simpson-Miller’s parliamentary
abstention and Westminster politics in Jamaica. Ideaz,8, 25-50.
17. Charles, C.A.D. (2007). An analysis of the type and content of TV ads in the 2002 Jamaican
General Election. Caribbean Quarterly, 53, 1-15.
16. Charles, C.A.D. (2006). The psychology of music and electioneering in the 2002 Jamaican
Election. Social and Economic Studies, 55,133-166.
15. Charles, C.A.D. Skin bleaching. (2012). Encyclopedia of Critical Psychology, Springer.
14. Blay, Y. A. & Charles, C.A.D. (2011). Editorial: Skin bleaching and global White supremacy.
Journal of Pan African Studies, 4,1-3.
13. Charles, C.A.D. (2011). The derogatory representations of the skin bleaching products sold in
Harlem. Journal of Pan African Studies, 4, 117-141.
12. Charles, C.A.D. (2010). Skin bleaching in Jamaica: Self-esteem, racial self-esteem and black identity transactions. Caribbean Journal of Psychology, 3, 25-39.
11. Charles, C.A.D. (2009). Liberating skin bleachers: From mental pathology to complex personhood. Jenda: A Journal of Culture and African Woman Studies, 14, 86-100.
10. Charles, C.A.D. (2009). Skin bleachers’ representation of skin color in Jamaica. Journal of
Black Studies, 40, 153-170.
9. Charles, C.A.D. (2003). Skin bleaching, self-hate and black identity in Jamaica. Journal of
Black Studies, 33, 711-728.
8. Charles, C.A.D. (2003). Skin bleaching and the deconstruction of blackness. Ideaz, 2, 42-54.
7. Charles, C.A.D. (2010). Skin bleaching in Jamaica: Self-esteem, racial self-esteem and black identity transactions. Caribbean Journal of Psychology, 3, 25-39.
6. Charles, C.A.D. (2011). Skin bleaching and the prestige complexion of sexual attraction.
Sexuality and Culture, 15, 375-390. DOI: 10.1007/s12119-011-9107-0.
5. Charles, C.A.D. (2011). Representations of homosexuality in Jamaica. Social and Economic
Studies, 60, 3-30.
4. Charles, C.A.D. (2012). Newspaper representations of the debates in the 2007 Jamaican
General Election campaign. Bulletin of Latin American Research. 31, 285-301.
Book Reviews peer reviewed
3. Charles, C.A.D. (2013). Agency of the enslaved. Jamaica Journal
2. Charles, C.A.D. (2011). Man vibes and masculine identity in Jamaican music. Review of Donna Hope’s Man Vibes: Masculinities in the Jamaican Dancehall, Caribbean Quarterly, 57, 120-122.
1. Charles, C.A.D. (2009). Modern blackness in Jamaica. Review of Deborah A. Thomas’ Modern blackness: Nationalism, globalization and the politics of culture in Jamaica. Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies, 4,215-217.
