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The UWI Guardian Life of The Caribbean Premium Teaching Awardees 2022 are:

• Dr. Suzanne Burke, Head of Department - Literary, Cultural and Communication Studies Faculty of Humanities and Education  

Dr. Suzanne Burke was formally trained in the areas of Psychology (B.A. - York University, Canada), Development Studies (M.A.: Magna Cum Laude - ISS, The Netherlands), Sociology (Ph.D. - Essex University, UK) and Education Practice (Essex University, UK). Her main academic concern is exploring the domain of culture as a vehicle for social and economic insight and transformation. Her research focuses on Caribbean industries in culture, creative entrepreneurship, cultural policy formulation and cultural practice-based pedagogies. She has worked extensively with a wide cross-section of public sector enterprises, civil society organisations and private agencies in the areas of strategic planning, human resource development, policy analysis, cultural sector mapping and planning, and audience research within and outside of the Caribbean. This research was the focus of her award of a Commonwealth Fellowship that was completed at City University, London in 2016. Between 2017-18, she was part of the Technical Working Group that assisted in the formulation of the only cabinet-approved National Cultural Policy of Trinidad and Tobago. More recently, she has been exploring the idea of employing radical pedagogies to teach creative entrepreneurship as part of sustainable development strategies for the Caribbean.

• Dr. Amy Deacon, Lecturer, Department of Life Sciences - Faculty of Science and Technology

Dr. Amy Deacon joined the Department of Life Sciences in 2016. She is a graduate of the Universities of Oxford (BA) Bangor (MSc) and St Andrews (PhD), and earned her Certificate in University Teaching and Learning at The UWI in 2017. Dr. Deacon’s research centres on aquatic biodiversity, invasive species and Trinidad’s most famous fish: the guppy. She is passionate about all the courses she teaches, spanning level 1 to MSc. Alongside publishing in biology, Dr. Deacon has contributed to pedagogical research, applying reflective practice to ecological fieldwork and examining the role of tertiary institutions in building conservation capacity in the Caribbean. She is also a proud co-organiser of T&T’s annual Bioblitz, which engages both students and communities in valuable biodiversity surveys.

• Dr. Bephyer Parey, Post-Doctoral Fellow - Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES)

Dr. Bephyer Parey is a Junior Research Fellow at the SALISES, UWI. She has been teaching at the UWI since 2008 and currently lectures on research design and statistical analysis. Cumulatively, she has contributed over eight years of teaching to the UWI. She has a track record of high-quality international publications and regularly disseminates her research to various audiences. Dr. Parey serves on departmental, faculty and One-UWI committees. She is also chair of the SALISES Disability Studies Research Cluster, which is responsible for operationalising a Memorandum of Understanding between The UWI and the Equal Opportunity Commission of Trinidad and Tobago.

The Campus congratulate this year’s UWI /Guardian Life of the Caribbean Premium Teaching Awardees.

To watch the UWI/Guardian Premium Teaching Awards visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgrDxeglhcg&t=34s