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Dr. Heather Cateau<\/strong> is a Senior Lecturer in Caribbean History at The University of The West Indies\u2019 St. Augustine Campus and the current Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Education. She has held the positions of Head of the\u00a0 History Department,\u00a0 Deputy Dean (Student Matters) and Residence Manager of\u00a0 Milner Hall. \u00a0Her research focus has led to a revisionary approach to plantation and enslavement systems in the Caribbean.\u00a0 Her latest publications include “Beyond Tradition” co-edited with Rita Pemberton and the “Caribbean in the Atlantic World” co-authored with John Campbell. She has held Visiting Fellowships at the University of Iowa and the University of Cambridge.<\/p>\n\n
Dr. Geraldine Skeete, Deputy Dean, Student Affairs<\/h4>\n
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Dr Geraldine Elizabeth Skeete<\/strong> is Deputy Dean for Student Matters (Undergraduate) and a Literatures in English lecturer in the Department of Literary, Cultural and Communication Studies at the Faculty of Humanities and Education. She has also lectured, coordinated and tutored in the English Language Foundation and literary linguistics programmes. Dr Skeete has taught at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels. \u00a0She obtained a Teacher\u2019s Diploma from Valsayn Teachers\u2019 College, and subsequently a BA (First Class Honours) and PhD (with High Commendation) in Literatures in English, as well as a Postgraduate Certificate in University Teaching and Learning (with Distinction) from The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine. From 2006-2008 she was Coordinator of the campus\u2019s Evening University. \u00a0Dr Skeete is the recipient of a Dean\u2019s Award for Postgraduate Research, UWI Postgraduate Scholarship, Most Outstanding PhD Thesis Award (2006\/2007) and UWI\/Guardian Life Premium Teaching Award (2012). She has published in the Caribbean Review of Gender Studies<\/em>, Short Fiction in Theory & Practice<\/em>, the Caribbean Scholar<\/em>, and The Year’s Work in English Studies<\/em>, among others. \u00a0She is co-editor of the book The Child and the Caribbean Imagination<\/em> and the online Tout Moun:<\/em> Caribbean Journal of Cultural Studies<\/em>. Her areas of interest are Caribbean literature, literary linguistics, and the scholarship of teaching and learning.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n \n <\/p>\n \n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dr. Heather Cateau, Dean, Faculty of Humanities and Education Dr. Heather Cateau is a Senior Lecturer in Caribbean History at The University of The West Indies\u2019 St. Augustine Campus and the current Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Education. She has held the positions of Head of the\u00a0 History Department,\u00a0 Deputy Dean (Student Matters) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-84","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\r\nDr. Susan Herbert, Deputy Dean, Graduate Studies and Research<\/h4>\n
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<\/p>\nMr. Jessel Murray, Deputy Dean, Distance and Outreach<\/h4>\n
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Mr. Jessel Murray<\/strong> has earned a B.M. and M.M. both at Temple University. Prior to being employed at The UWI, he has served as a Lecturer in Music at Smith College (1989-93), Director of Choruses at Amherst Regional High School, Massachusetts (1993-2000). Since 2007, he has dedicated himself to the Trinidad and Tobago National Steel Symphony Orchestra as its Artistic Director\/Conductor and continues to do so today. Mr. Murray takes an interest in a vast range of research areas which include Choral Music, Orchestral Music (Steel and Conventional Orchestra), Musical Theatre, Advanced Piano Literature, Piano Accompaniment and Vocal Music. Two performances under his conductorship which he regards as significant include Carl Orff\u2019s \u201cCarmina Burana\u201d with the UWI Arts Chorale, UWI Steel, UWI Percussion and the University of Delaware Percussion (2013) and the complete performance of the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto with the National Steel Symphony Orchestra of Trinidad and Tobago and Sean Sutherland, piano (2011). World Premiere performances of Ben Wahlund\u2019s Concerto for Steelpan and Orchestra, \u201cOnly When Eternity Nears\u201d, Liam Teague, steelpan (2010) and Gary Gibson\u2019s \u201cCaprice\u201d for Conventional Orchestra with the addition of Steelpan Consort (2009) both\u00a0 snagged prizes at the 2008 Meth<\/p>\nDr. Rawatee Maharaj – Sharma, Deputy Dean, Programme and Planning<\/h4>\n
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Dr. Rawatee Maharaj-Sharma <\/strong>is a Senior Lecturer in Science (Physics) Education in the School of Education, The UWI, St. Augustine. She is currently the Deputy Dean, Planning and Programming, Faculty of Humanities and Education. Dr. Maharaj-Sharma received her BSc. (1st<\/sup> Class Hons.) in Physics with a minor in Chemistry from the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine. She holds an M.Sc. in Physics and Astronomy and a PhD in Physics and Earth and Space Science from York University, Canada. She also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Universal Teaching and Learning from York University. Dr. Maharaj-Sharma coordinates the Bachelor of Education programme at the School of Education. She has published locally, regionally and internationally and is the recipient of research awards, fellowships and scholarships. Her teaching and research interests include novel approaches in science teaching, students\u2019 conceptions\/misconceptions in science and students\u2019 voices in the science classroom. She has been affiliated with the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) for the past 8 years and is a member of several international science education organizations.<\/p>\n