Professor Rhoda Reddock

Rhoda Reddock, Professor of Gender and Development held the position of Deputy Principal at the St. Augustine Campus from August 2008 to August 2017. She began her academic career as a Lecturer at Cipriani Labour College from 1976 to 1978, and moved on to the post of Associate Lecturer at the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague from 1979 to 1982. Professor Reddock’s career at The UWI began in 1985, as a Research Fellow at the Institute for Social and Economic Research, The UWI St. Augustine Campus, and then a Lecturer in the Department of Sociology in 1990. She was the Head of the Centre for Gender and Development Studies (now the Institute for Gender and Development Studies) at the St. Augustine Campus from 1994 to 2008.

Some highlights of Professor Reddock's career.

Her awards include the following:

• UWI Vice Chancellor’s Award for All-Round Excellence in Teaching and Administration, Research and Public Service in 2001;
• The Seventh CARICOM Triennial Award for Women in 2002;
• The US Department of State International Woman of Courage Award 2008; and
• An Honorary Doctorate from the University of the Western Cape in Bellville South Africa 2012