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Elsa Leo-Rhynie, Professor of Gender and Development Studies, was
appointed Pro Vice Chancellor and Chair of the Board for Undergraduate
Studies at the University of the West Indies in August of 2002.
Prior to this she served for six years as Deputy Principal of the
Mona Campus and for four years as Regional Coordinator of the Centre
for Gender and Development Studies at the UWI. Professor Leo-Rhynie
has carried out research and published extensively in the areas
of gender, education and training, has directed projects for government
and international agencies, and has also successfully undertaken
consultancy assignments across the Caribbean region. She sits on
a number of Boards and Foundations involved in education, and chairs
the Dudley Grant Memorial Trust which advocates on behalf of early
childhood education in Jamaica.

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