PROFESSIONAL 

EXPERIENCE

Assistant Professor

Chair of African and African American Studies, 

New Jersey City University, USA
2017 – 2020

Lecturer
Transitional Justice And Political Institutions
Dept. of Government, University of the West Indies
2007 – 2016 (indefinite tenure)

Associate Director, Centre for Caribbean Thought

The University of the West Indies, Jamaica,
2009 – 2017

Adjunct Professor

Africana Studies Department Of Africana Studies
Brown University
2006 – 2007

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EDITED VOLUMES

“Caribbean Reasonings: Rupert Lewis and the Black Intellectual Tradition”, 2018, Clinton Hutton, Jermaine McCalpin and Maziki Thame, (Ian Randle Publishers).

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“Caribbean Reasonings: Freedom, Power and Sovereignty - The Thought of Gordon K. Lewis”, 2015, Brian Meeks and Jermaine McCalpin, (Ian Randle Publishers)
 

RESEARCH GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS & HONOURS

• The Caribbean Pedagogy Conference: Engendering Excellence Through Culturally Responsive Education
  Spencer Foundation (submitted)
  Co-Investigator with Dr. Trina Yearwood, Long Island University, School of Education - 2019
   

• The Impact of Truth Commissions on Crime and Violence
  Office of the Principal, University of the West Indies, JA
  Mona Research Fellowship - 2012
   

• Truth Commissions and the Caribbean Experience
  Office of Planning and Institutional Research, The University of the West Indies, JA
  New Initiatives Grant– 2008
   

• International Center for Transitional Justice
  New York
  Research Fellow - 2008

CONFERENCE PAPERS

• “Reparations for Slavery: Repairing Genocide,”
  International Association of Genocide Scholars, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, July 13-8, 2019.
   

• “Unfinished Business: Reparations as Justice in America,”
  Black Internationalism and New York City Conference, Center for the Study of the African Diaspora, New York University. May 1-3, 2019.
   

• “Tandem Steps: The Relationship of Genocides and Xenophobia,”
  Third Global Forum Against the Crime of Genocide. Institute of Ancient Manuscripts -Matenadaran Yerevan, December 9-11, 2018.
   

• “From Black Power to Black Lives Matter: Walter Rodney and Black Liberation,”
  Confrontations: UWI Student Protests and the Rodney Disturbance of 1968, The University of the West Indies, Mona, October 18-20, 2018.
   

• “Governance and Political Transformation in the Caribbean,”
  Governance for Tomorrow Conference, Montego Bay, Jamaica, July 25-27, 2018.
   

• “Political Leadership, Youths and the Politics of Sustainability in the Caribbean:”
  Caribbean Youth Leaders’ Summit, Runaway Bay, Jamaica, September 29-October 3, 2017.
   

• “Reparations as Debt: Justice and Genocides,”
  Responsibility 2015: The Armenian Genocide Conference, NY, March 13-15, 2015.

TELEVISION

• Interview, Television Jamaica – Significance of Mandela Day (2019)
   

• Political Analyst, Television Jamaica – Local Government Elections (2016
   

• Political Analyst, Television Jamaica – 77th PNP Conference (2015)
   

• Interview, Television Jamaica – West Kingston Commission of Enquiry: Is it Relevant? (2014)
   

• Interview, CVM TV Jamaica– Is Jamaica Ready for a Truth Commission? (2013)
   

• Interview, Television Jamaica – Truth Telling Prospects in Jamaica (2011)
   

• Interview, Armenian Public Television – A Just Resolution: Reparations for the Armenian Genocide (2010)

Teaching Experience

Undergraduate (1/2)
 

• African Civilization (2017 – present)
   

• African Diaspora (2017 – present)
   

• American Civil Rights (2017 – present)
   

• The Black Experience (2017 – present)
   

• Introduction to Political Institutions and Analysis (2007-2017)
   

• Theories of the State (2010-2017)
   

• Introduction to African Politics (2010-2016)
   

• Issues in Contemporary African Politics (2011-2012)
   

• Introduction to Political Philosophy (2010-2014)
   

• Caribbean Political Thought (2008-2009)