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Elsa Leo-Rhynie, Professor of Gender and Development Studies at
the UWI, was appointed Pro Vice Chancellor and Chair of the Board
for Undergraduate Studies at the UWI in August 2002. Prior to this,
she served as Deputy Principal of the Mona Campus for six years,
as Regional Coordinator of the CGDS, UWI for four years, as Executive
Director of the Institute of Management and Production for five
years, and as Lecturer and Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education
for ten years. Professor Leo-Rhynie has carried out research and
published extensively in the areas of gender, education and training.
She 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
that advocates on behalf of early childhood education in Jamaica.
Abstract: Gender
studies: interdisciplinary and pedagogical challenges

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