Institute for Gender and Development Studies


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Research Assistant
& Editorial Assistant, Caribbean Review of Gender Studies (CRGS)

MSc (UWI) BSc (Univ. of Guyana)

Biography

Tivia Collins is a PhD candidate at the Institute for Gender and Development Studies, UWI St. Augustine, whose research examines the lived experiences of Guyanese migrant women in Trinidad and Tobago within an intra-regional context. Tivia is also a Research Assistant at the IGDS and is the editorial assistant for the Caribbean Review of Gender Studies: A journal of Caribbean perspectives on Gender and Feminism.

"The saying from Guyana 'one one dutty build dam' is always on my mind as I do my part to contribute to a gender just society"

 

Teaching

Currently Teaching
  • GEND 2025 - Women and Work in the Global Economy
Teaching Assistant
  • GEND 2109 - Social Media and Gender
  • GEND 2203 - Feminist Theoretical Frameworks
  • GEND 3031 - Sex, Gender and Society

 

Research

Areas of Interest
  • Gender and Migration
  • Gendered Citizenship
  • Feminist Geography 
PhD research

Borders, Belonging and Citizenship: Examining Guyanese Migrant Women’s experiences in Trinidad and Tobago

Graduate Research Seminars
  • May 2017 - Borders, Belonging and Citizenship: Interrogating Guyanese Migrant Women’s experiences in Trinidad and Tobago
  • Dec 2018 - Guyanese migrant women’s experiences in Trinidad and Tobago: A Feminist Standpoint Approach
  • May 2020 - Guyanese Migrant Women and the Politics of Belonging in Trinidad and Tobago: An Overview of Findings

 

Outreach

Media and Events

June 2020 - Moderator 
Young Masculinities and COVID-19
(Online Dialogue recording)

 

Publications

Papers

2019 Levi Gahman & Tivia Collins Recognizing and undisciplining feminist geography in the Caribbean, Gender, Place & Culture 
Academia   |   Taylor and Francis 

2016 Tivia Collins  Reproductive Rights and Citizenship: Understanding the State's inability to implement the abortion laws of Guyana, Journal of Eastern Caribbean Studies, Vol 41, Nos 2 and 3, Pgs 139-165

Creative

Tivia has published poetry in “The Guyana Annual” magazine (2010) and in the Anthology of Contemporary Guyanese Verse (2014).

 

 

Appointments & Memberships

Board Member
Guyana Migrant Support Network

Committee member
MenEngage Alliance Youth Reference Group

Member
CariMAN Trinidad and Tobago Country Network Group

 

 

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