The University of the West Indies is pleased to announce the promotion of Dr. Brian Meeks, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Government, Mona Campus to the post of Professor in the Department with effect from February 5, 2003.

Professor Meeks is a graduate of the UWI, St. Augustine Campus and holds the Bachelor of Science degree in Social Sciences with Upper Second Class Honours. He completed the Master of Science degree in Government at the UWI, Mona Campus and went on to obtain the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree also from the UWI, Mona Campus. He has also pursued Post Doctoral studies at Cambridge University on a Commonwealth Academic Staff Fellowship.

Professor Brian Meeks joined the staff of the University of the West Indies in 1983 as Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Government at the Mona Campus.  He was promoted to Lecturer in 1986 and Senior Lecturer in 1995. He was Head of the Department of Government from 1997 - 2002. Over the period, he has also been Visiting Professor in African New World Studies at Florida International University; Visiting Scholar at the Center of Latin American Studies at Stanford University and Visiting Professor at James Madison College at Michigan State University.