EDUCATION
1987‑88 Specialized Studies: Bilingual Special Education
Brooklyn/Hunter Colleges (CUNY); College of New Rochelle
1986 Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Osmund Dyce Fellowship - Labor Relations and Sustainable Development
1981 ILO Institute, Turin, Italy. Community Economic Development.
1969 University of the West Indies, Ph.D. Spanish
(Latin American and Caribbean Studies.)
1965 University of the West Indies, BA (Honors) Spanish and French
(History Minor).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2005- Director, Caribbean and Latin American Studies,
Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, Medgar Evers College, CUNY.
Responsible for developing the curriculum and a proposal for a Bachelor’s
degree in Caribbean and Latin American Studies.
2004 Affiliate, Logos Global Network and Logos University, Jacksonville, Florida.
2003 Co-Founder and Chancellor, The Peoples of the Americas Consortium of Research Centers and Universities for Sustainable Development , NY. (Universidad Popular de Desarrollo Sostenible de Las Americas, Panama).
2003 Visiting Professor in English and Comparative Caribbean Literature, Department of English, University of Panama.
Director, English Language Instruction/ESL, International Institute of Technology Exchange and Capacity Building, Panama.
2002- 2007 Director, International Programs, Medgar Evers College, The City University of New York Responsible for international initiatives, agreements, fellowships, exchange of scholars and students; and Study Abroad programs --– Panama, Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Jamaica, Guyana, Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago, Senegal, The Gambia, Ivory Coast, Egypt, The Holy Land, Greece, Turkey, etc.
1997- 2006 Rector/President, Fundacion Instituto Superior Internacional de Desarrollo Sostenible de Las Americas, Panama.
1996 Professor of Caribbean Studies (Adjunct), Graduate School, College of New Rochelle, N.Y. Professional development for New York State ESL teachers working with Caribbean immigrant populations.
1993-- Professor, Dept. of Interdisciplinary Studies, Medgar Evers College, The City University of New York - Caribbean and Latin American Studies: Comparative Caribbean Literature & History, Caribbean Music, Migration Studies, Spanish Language.
1989-- Executive Director, Caribbean Research Center, Medgar Evers College, The City University of New York
Responsible for designing and coordinating research and publications agenda for the Caribbean immigrant community (English, French and Spanish-speaking populations) with a view to making specific recommendations for public policy and community programs for the improvement of life among Caribbean immigrants.
Head, Education Task Force.
Responsible for coordinating activities of a group of psychologists, educators, administrators and parents involved in developing policy issues and programs related to the advancement of Caribbean students in New York City public schools. This involves Multicultural, Bilingual and Special Education issues; curriculum development; research, evaluation and assessment; parent involvement; counseling; placement and adjustment concerns, etc.
Consultant on Multicultural Education to NYC Board of Education, & NYS Education Dept.
Doctoral Dissertation Committee Member, St John’s University, NY (Linguistics), and Boston University, Massachusetts (Education).
Doctoral Supervisor, Logos Christian University, Jacksonville, FL., Christian Ministry Leadership and Organization
Editor-in-Chief, WADABAGEI: A Journal of the Caribbean and its Diasporas,
(ISSN 1091-5753) - A publication of the Caribbean Research Center, MEC/CUNY, in collaboration with Lexington Books, Rowman & Littlefield, Maryland.
Editor of the CRC Newsletter, FOCUS, (ISSN 1046‑9798), NY.
President, Caribbean Diaspora Press Inc, NY
President, Transitional Institute for New Immigrants, Inc., NY
President, Caribbean American Research Foundation, Inc., NY
Sept. 1986 - Specialist in Spanish with New York City Board of Education;
Sept. 1989 and the Catholic Archdiocese of New York.
Sept. 1981 - Development Specialist in Secondary, Tertiary and Continuing Education,
Dec. 1985 Plymouth, Montserrat, West Indies. Established the Academy of Arts and Commerce, The Alliouagana Music Center, The Workers’ Voice Radio Program, and the MAWU local and international Workers' Education Program .
University of Cambridge Overseas GCE oral examiner in Spanish and French.
Editor, Workers' Defense ‑ a publication of the Montserrat Allied Workers’ Union.
Sept. 1978 - Professor of English Language./ESL and Comparative Literature, Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo, República Dominicana.
Founder/Director of the George Irish Bilingual Cultural Institute – ESL Rapid Results System, Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana.
Sept. 1974-78 Chair and Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor, Department of Spanish, University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaiaca, WI
Principal Dissertation Advisor/Examiner for doctoral disssertations and Master’s Theses in Latin American Literature; Initiated the UWI Master’s by Course Work in Spanish and the Annual Regional Conference on Spanish Caribbean Literature.
Coordinated the Spanish Oral Examinations for the University of Cambridge Overseas GCE Examinations in Cayman Islands.
Jan. 1971-76 External Advisor and Examiner in Latin American Studies for the University of Guyana
Aug. 1971 - Head, University Center, School of Continuing Studies,
Aug.1974 University of the West Indies Open Campus, Plymouth, Montserrat, WI.
Developed a wide range of Continuing Education Programs; initiated a weekly radio education program, University Voice; launched the Alliouagana Publications Series, led a team of scholars in socio-cultural research and local development programs.
Sept.1971 - Coordinator of Special Cultural Programs and CARIFESTA Productions
Jan. 1986 in Music, Theater, Folklore and International Cultural Tours/Performances.
Plymouth, Montserrat, WI.
Jan.1966–74 Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Spanish, University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica,
Coordinator of Cultural Exchanges between University of the West Indies, Jamaica and Universidad Nacional Autómona de México (UNAM), Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD), and Universidad de la Habana, Cuba. (Exchange of scholars, students and artists over a period from 1968‑1981).
Jan.1966 - Assistant Lecturer in French, University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica,
June, 1967
FURTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Member, Executive Committee, Association of Caribbean Universities and Research Institutes (UNICA) – 2008-2010
Member, Executive Committee, CUNY-Caribbean Exchange Program, Puerto Rican Center, Hunter College, CUNY.
Member, Executive Committee, Institute for Research on the African Diaspora in the Americas and the Caribbean, (IRADAC), City College, CUNY.
Member, Editorial Advisory Board, JOURNAL OF EASTERN CARIBBEAN STUDIES, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados.
Member, Editorial Advisory Board, CARIBBEAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATION, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados.
Member, Executive Committee, Caribbean Inter-Collegiate Debates, University of the Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, VI.
Member, Advisory Board, Global Studies Institute, Lincoln University, Pennsylvania.
Member, Board of Visitors, New York City Police Academy.
Member, Grades Transitions Committee, New York City Board of Education.
Member, Evaluation Panel, Albert Shanker College Scholarship Fund, United Federation of Teachers, NY.
Member, Advisory Council and Visiting Committee, New York State Board of Regents.
Member, Commission on Students of African Descent, New York City Board of Education.
Member, Committees on the Education of Caribbean Students, New York State Department of Education and New York City Board of Education.
Consultant, Professional Development Programs for New York State Schools in Mount Vernon, New Rochelle, Poughkeepsie, Rochester, Westchester BOCES.
Consultant, New York City Public Schools Professional Development Program for Teachers, Counselors, Psychologists and Administrators in schools with significant concentrations of Caribbean students.
Consultant, New York State Education Department with responsibility for writing the Policy Paper and Action Plan for the Board of Regents on the issue of the specific educational needs of Caribbean students from countries where English is the official language.
Consultant, New York Teacher Centers Consortium and United Federation of Teachers Professional Studies Program on the Education of Caribbean Students.
External Examiner, Master’s Thesis, School of Education, University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, WI.
Visiting Professor, Department of English, University of Panama, with responsibility for:
Comparative Afro-Caribbean Literature in the Master’s Program in English, January, 2003;
Seminar on Methodologies for the Teaching of English at Secondary and Tertiary Levels, April, 2002.
Seminar for Humanities Faculty on Comparative Caribbean Literature, April, 2002.
INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES
Organization of American States (OAS): Member of the Select Panel of Eminent Persons commissioned by the Secretary General of the Organization of American States according to the mandate of the 1990 General Assembly to review the role of the OAS within the Inter‑American system, and to make specific recommendations for the future role of the organization in hemispheric relations. The Panel comprised 2 national Presidents, 3 Senators, 5 Foreign Ministers, 1 Governor, 1 technocrat and 1 academic.
Member, Panel of Consultants for the First African Union Western Hemisphere Diaspora Forum in Washington D.C. (December 17-19, 2002) convened by the African Union and The Foundation for Democracy in Africa to explore areas of collaboration between the AU and the Diaspora for the future development of Africa and the establishment of the Western Hemisphere African Diaspora Network.
Member, Annual Foreign Affairs Advisors’ Conference, The Ralph J Bunche International Affairs Center and the Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Program, Howard University, Washington, D.C.
Keynote Speaker for the Third Meeting of the U.S.-Caribbean Club, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C. Topic: “The Caribbean Diaspora in the United States and Its Role in U.S.- Caribbean Relations.” (March 14-15, 2002)
Labor Representative, Southern Diaspora Network and Delegate for Higher Education and Distance Learning to The NGO Steering Committee to the U.N. Commission on Sustainable Development for the 11th Session of the CSD, United Nations Headquarters, N.Y. April, 2003.
Founding Member and Board Member, International Center for Sustainable Development, CIDES, Ciudad del Saber, Panama.
Member, Southern Diaspora Research and Development Center – Chair, Committee on Technology Exchange and Capacity Building (New York/Panama).
Delegate for Medgar Evers College to UNESCO Conference UNIVERSIDAD 2002, Havana, Cuba, February, 2002.
Member, CARICOM delegation for exploratory negotiations with Mexico, 1980
Served on various Regional Committees of : Caribbean Congress of Labor (CCL), Caribbean Conference of Churches (CCC), Christian Action for Development (CADEC), and University of the West Indies School of Continuing Studies. (UWI)
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