Rhoda Reddock is Professor and Head of the CGDS at the UWI’s St. Augustine Campus. She has a PhD in Applied Social Sciences from the University of Amsterdam, is an activist in the Caribbean Women’s movement and a founding member of the Caribbean Association for Feminist Research and Action (CAFRA). She has numerous publications including Women, Labour and Politics in Trinidad and Tobago: A History (1994) which was named a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Book for 1996; (ed) Ethnic Minorities in Caribbean Society (1998); (co-edited with Shobhita Jain) Plantation Women: International Experiences (1998) and (co-edited with Christine Barrow) Caribbean Sociology: Introductory Readings (2001). Her research interests include Caribbean women’s history, race/ethnicity, class and gender and masculinities and sexualities. In 2001 Prof. Reddock received the 7th Triennial CARICOM Award for Women and the UWI Vice Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, Research, Outreach and Administration.

Abstract:  Caribbean Masculinities and Feminities: The impact of Globalization on Cultural                           Representations