Prof. Marlene Hamilton is Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies. She is the first woman to be appointed at this level, her initial appointment being made in 1991. Her University-wide responsibilities cover Administration and Special Initiatives, although she has held a number of other portfolios, and also served as Deputy Principal of the Mona Campus between 1991 and July 1996.

Prof. Hamilton is a graduate of the UWI whose staff she joined in 1973 as a lecturer attached to the Faculty of Education, and where she also served, at various times, as Head of the Department of Educational Studies and Dean of the Faculty. Prof. Hamilton’s research interests include Educational and Social Psychology, Science Education and Gender Studies in which areas she has published widely. She has also supervised some 35 graduate students at the Masters and Doctoral levels

Prof. Hamilton is a member of several professional bodies and she has also served on a number of public service committees, including the Government of Jamaica’s Public Services Commission, on which she has been a Commissioner since 1992. She was also the Caribbean’s representative on the Board of the Commonwealth of Learning until the end of 2001. Prof. Hamilton was awarded the Order of Distinction (Commander Class) for service in the field of Tertiary Education by the Jamaica Government in 2002.