FACULTY

Ms. Roxanne Burton
Dr. Henderson Carter
Prof. Alan Cobley
Dr. Aviston Downes
Dr. Richard Goodridge
Dr. Tara Inniss
Dr. Alana Johnson
Prof. Emeritus Woodville Marshall
Dr. Sabrina Rampersad
Dr. Frederick Ochieng'-Odhiambo
Dr. Elaine Rocha
Dr. Cleve Scott
Prof. Alvin Thompson
Prof. Pedro Welch

Ms Roxanne Burton
BA (UWI)

Assistant Lecturer in Philosophy

Room: X7

Tel.: (246) 417-4422
Fax: (246) 424-0634
E-mail: roxanne.burton (at) cavehill.uwi.edu

Research Interests:

Caribbean and African Diaspora Philosophical Thought, Feminist Philosophy, Philosophy in Literature, Philosophy of Education.

Select Publications:

“Globalisation and Cultural Identity in Caribbean Society: The Jamaican Case” Caribbean Journal of Philosophy 1.1 (2009)
<http://ojs.mona.uwi.edu/index.php/cjp/article/viewFile/285/185>

“The Philosophy and Literature Debate: Assessing its Salience in the Caribbean.” In Conversations in Philosophy: Crossing the Boundaries, edited by F. Ochieng’-Odhiambo, Roxanne Burton and Ed Brandon, 43-55. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing (2008)

Courses Taught:

EDPH2016 - Philosophy of Education
PHIL2210 - Human Nature and the Good Life in Society
PHIL2701 - Philosophy in Literature
PHIL2902 – Modern Philosophy I
PHIL2903 – Modern Philosophy II
PHIL3510 – Philosophy of Sex and Love
PHIL3520 - Kant and the Post-Kantians
PHIL3801 - African Diaspora Philosophy
PHIL3901 - Ethics II: Meta-ethics