Dr. Debbie McCollin


Lecturer

Office Room Number: 232

St. Augustine

Trinidad and Tobago

Telephone: 868-662-2002 ext. 82025

Email: debbie.Mccollin@sta.uwi.edu


Dr.Debbie McCollin has been a Lecturer at The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago since 2012. She holds a PhD in History (2010) and a Certificate in University Teaching and Learning (2014) from the aforementioned university. Her recent publications include World War II and the Caribbean edited with Karen E. Eccles  (UWI Press, 2017), the 2016 edited work In the Fires of Hope: Essays on the Modern History of Trinidad and Tobago 1962-2012, “Chacachacare: The Island of Lepers 1922-1979 in Hospitals and Communities 1100–1960 (Chris Bonfield, ed., Peter Lang, 2013), Friend or Foe: Venereal Disease and the American Presence during World War II (History in Action Journal, 2010) and “Health, Services and Women in Trinidad and Tobago 1938-1962”, a chapter in Health and Medicine in the Circum-Caribbean 1800-1968 (De Barros et al ed. Routledge, 2009). Her current research is focused on the Pre-Independence era in Trinidad and Tobago, the History of Health and Medicine in the West Indies in the twentieth century, the impact of World War II on the West Indies and Digital History.

Qualification

  • Certificate in University Teaching and Learning (CUTL) (UWI St. Augustine)
  • PhD (History) ( UWI, St. Augustine)
  • MPhil (upgraded) (History) (UWI, St. Augustine)
  • BA (History and Psychology) (Hood College)

Research Interests

  • History of Health and Medicine in the West Indies in the twentieth century
  • History of World War II and the West Indies
  • History of Welfare in the Caribbean
  • Digital History
  • Pre-Independence era in Trinidad and Tobago

Featured Work

Honours and Awards

  • Best PhD Thesis Award, UWI, St. Augustine (2010)
  • Commonwealth Split-Site Scholarship (University of Manchester/ The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine)

Courses Taught

  • FOUN 1101: Caribbean Civilisation (Regional Coordinator)
  • HIST 2806: Foundations of Modern Medicine
  • HIST 2807: Digital History
  • HIST 2004: History of the West Indies since 1838
  • HIST 2003: History of the West Indies 1660-1830
  • HIST 3001: Topics in the History of Trinidad and Tobago 1783-1898
  • HIST 3002: Topics in the History of Trinidad and Tobago since 1898
  • HUMN 3099: Caribbean Studies Project (Moderator)

Research Projects

  • History of Child Welfare League Research Project (2019)
  • Caribbean Corona Chronicles Oral History Archival Project (ongoing)

Graduate Students

  • PhD (History) Aakeil Murray, “The Contribution of The PAOC and PAWI to the Development of Pentecostalism in Trinidad 1920-2002”
  • MA (History) Annaleah Francis, “Somatic Norm Imaging and the Afro-Caribbean Woman in Colonial Society” (2015)
  • MA (History) Zara Ali, “A Caribbeanist Perspective: An Assessment of the Impact of Caribbean Archeology on Historical Scholarship and the Region” (2015)
  • MA (History) Jennifer Derrick-Phillip, “The Impact of the American Presence on the Valencia Community” (2016)

Publications and Presentations

Dr. Debbie Mc Collin- publications.pdf


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