Department of Government, Sociology, Social Work & Psychology

Bio

Dr. Joan Phillips is a Senior Lecturer and Coordinator of Sociology in the Department. She is a graduate of the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, and completed her PhD at the University of Bedfordshire. She is also a recipient of a Leverhulme Post-doctoral fellowship from the University of London, Royal Holloway. 

Dr. Phillips has extensive research and lecturering experience both in the region and internationally. Her previous employment experience includes Lecturer at the University of Brighton, University of London and University of Reading.  She was a Research Fellow at the Policy Studies Institute in the UK and is a reviewer for a number of academic journals.

Qualifications

PhD  Sociology of Tourism, University of Bedfordshire, 2001
MPhil Sociology University of the West Indies, 1997
BSc  Sociology, University of the West Indies, 1993

Research Areas

Dr Phillips has written extensively on sex tourism, return migration and the relationship between race, sexuality and post-coloniality.

Teaching Areas

Undergraduate
 
Classical Social Theory
Tourism of Development
Gender and Development
Caribbean Kinship
Violence and Development
 
 
Postgraduate
 
Race, Culture and Colonialism
Social construction of Race

Select Publications

Additional Info

Dr Phillips’ substantive research interests focus particularly on supporting organisation through evidence based research in developing and informing on social and public policy in areas of inequalities and disadvantage along with Caribbean development. Another key interest is undertaking sensitive research with hard to reach groups. She is particularly skilled in business development for the University sector through income generation.