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UWI TODAY
– SUNDAY 22 JANUARY, 2017
CAMPUS NEWS
New UWI Professors Announced
Drs Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw and Jerome De Lisle
both of the Faculty of Humanities and Education, St
Augustine Campus and
Dr Jean-Pierre Louboutin
of the
Faculty of Medical Sciences, Mona Campus, are the newest
professors at The University of the West Indies (The UWI).
The three were recently promoted to the highest
academic rank at the institution following a rigorous
assessment process, which included a review of their
respective distinguished and original works and professional
activities as well as their contributions to the enhancement
of the University’s reputation.
At The UWI, promotion to a professorship must
also be supported by external assessors selected by the
Vice-Chancellor, after consultation with the Dean of the
applicant’s respective Faculty. The endorsements from
external assessors for Walcott-Hackshaw, De Lisle and
Louboutin confirm their exemplary performance and
justified their promotion to the rank of professor.
About the professors at the St Augustine Campus
Dr Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw
completed her
PhD in French Language and Literature in 1995 and went
on to join the Faculty of Humanities and Education at The
University of the West Indies’ St Augustine Campus four
years later, in 1999. A Senior Lecturer in French Literature
since 2009, Walcott-Hackshaw teaches, coordinates and
supervises academic work at both the undergraduate and
postgraduate levels. As an academic and published author
Dr Walcott-Hackshaw has published two books of fiction; a
collection of short stories and a novel. Her short stories have
been widely anthologised and translated. She has co-edited
four works and also co-edited three Special Francophone
issues in the journal
Small Axe
.
Dr Walcott-Hackshaw served as a Deputy Dean
Graduate Studies and Research in the Faculty of Humanities
and Education for six years. Presently, she is BoardMember
of theUniversity Committee Graduate Studies and Research.
She also serves as a member of the Board in numerous
campus-wide committees. She has delivered several literary
readings, invited lectures, conference presentations, and
creative writing workshops.
Dr Jerome De Lisle
has been a Senior Lecturer in
Educational Administration at the School of Education,
Faculty of Humanities and Education, The University of the
West Indies, St Augustine Campus since 2010. He teaches
postgraduate courses on measurement and evaluation and
educational leadership, and also supervises a significant
complement of postgraduate students. Dr De Lisle also
played a leading role in the development of the new
Masters programme: MEd Measurement, Evaluation and
Assessment and has contributed significantly to the new
MEd Educational Leadership.
Dr De Lisle’s core areas of research and training
competence include education evaluation, research
methods, student assessment, educational measurement
and whole system reform. More specifically his research
into the analysis of student performance in the Secondary
Entrance Assessment (SEA), computer adaptive testing,
the development of value added and traditional school
performance measures, and evaluation of education
systems all have local, regional and international relevance.
These areas of expertise have opened up doors for several
consultancy projects locally and internationally. He was
awarded the Nuffield Foundation Fellowship in 1994 and
in 2014 was recognised for his research and named Most
Outstanding Researcher of the Year by the Faculty of
Humanities and Education, St Augustine Campus.
Dr Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw is now Professor in
French Literature and Creative Writing and Dr Jerome De
Lisle holds the title Professor in Education Leadership.These
appointments were effective as of September 28, 2016.
Dr Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw
Dr Jerome De Lisle
