Dr. Carmel Roofe is a Professor of Curriculum Studies in the School of Education at The University of the West Indies, Mona. She currently serves as the Director of the School of Education. She holds a PhD and Master of Philosophy in Curriculum Development from the University of the West Indies, Mona, bachelor’s in education from the University of Technology, Jamaica and a Diploma in Teaching from Shortwood Teachers’ College. Other administrative roles held at The UWI entail programme co-ordinator for masters and doctoral programmes in Curriculum Studies, co-ordinator of the Association for Graduate Researchers in Education (AGRE), Deputy Dean for undergraduate studies, and Deputy Dean for graduate matters within the Faculty of Humanities and Education.
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7345-042X
BOOKS
• Roofe, C. (2022). The Lived Curriculum Experiences of Jamaican Teachers: Currere and Decolonising Intentions. Palgrave MacMillan.
• Blair, E., Roofe, C. & Timmins, S. (2020). A cross-cultural consideration of teacher leaders' narratives of power, agency and school culture: England, Jamaica and the United States. Myers Education Press.
• Roofe, C., & Bezzina, C. (Eds.). (2017). Intercultural studies in curriculum: Theory, policy and practice. Palgrave Macmillan.
JOURNAL ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS
• Roofe, C. (2024). Teachers creating anti-colonial futures: Exploring curriculum conversations with teachers through autobiographical reflection. Power and Education, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/17577438241246095
• Roofe, C. & Ferguson, T. (2023). Offering up Ourselves: An Autoethnographic Exploration of Two Female Academics during the COVID-19 Pandemic. In Bissessar, C. (Ed.), Female academics’ resilience during the COVID:19 pandemic: Intercultural perspectives. Springer Nature.
• Roofe, C. (2022). Caribbean Orality as a method for teacher involvement in curriculum making in Jamaica. The Curriculum Journal, 33(2), 297-313. http://doi.org/10.1002/curj.152
• Roofe, C., Ferguson, T., Stewart, S., Roberts, N. (2022). Provoking Reflection: A Photovoice Exploration of Non-Traditional Adult Learners’ Challenges in a Jamaican Higher Education Context. The Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 71(3), 314–331. http://doi.org/10.1080/07377363.2022.2087169
• Roofe, C. (2022). Purposeful Teaching and Learning: Realities and Possibilities. In D. Hucks, Y. Sealey-Ruiz, V. Showunmi, & S. C. Carothers (Eds.). Purposeful teaching and learning in diverse contexts: Implications for access, equity and achievement, (pp. 341-352). Information Age.
• Roofe, C. (2021). Instructional Leadership During Crisis: Jamaican School Leaders’ Response. In: C. Bissessar (Ed.), Emergency Remote Learning, Teaching and Leading: Global Perspectives (pp. 217-234). Springer.
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