Faculty of Social Sciences

Sagicor Cave Hill School of Business and Management

Ms. Ayanna Young-Marshall

Lecturer in Business Law and International Business

Co-ordinator of The Student Entrepreneurial Empowerment Development (SEED) programme

Ms. Ayanna Young-Marshall is an attorney-at- law with expertise in the areas of international business and foreign investments and trade.  A love for teaching and young people brought her to the Sagicor Cave Hill School of Business and Management in 2005. As Co-ordinator of the Student Entrepreneurial Empowerment Development (SEED) Ms. Young Marshall has presided over the growth of entrepreneurial development initiatives at the campus. She is responsible for conceptualising, organising and facilitating the SEED Entrepreneurs' Forum, which is offered as a co-curricular course to students across the campus. She also spearheaded the initiative to have SEED approved by the Cabinet of Barbados as a Small Business Development Centre.

Currently pursuing a Doctor of Business Administration qualification, Ms. Young-Marshall's research focuses on the relationship between dyslexia and entrepreneurship. She has been trained in teaching and reading by the Caribbean Dyslexia Centre and is an advocate for the dyslexic community.  She is also very keen on agriculture, and is a registed farmer trained in bee-keeping. 

 

Academic Qualifications

  • Certificate in Gender Studies, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus  (2003)
  • M.Sc. International Business, University of the West Indies, Mona Campus  (1999)
  • LL.B University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus  (1995)

Professional Qualifications

  • Assessor, Level 4, TVET Council  (2008)
  • Certificate in Legal Education, Sir Hugh Wooding Law School  (1997)

 

Undergraduate Courses

  • COCR 2070 SEED
  • MGMT 2013 Introduction to International Business
  • MGMT 3045 Business Law II
  • MGMT 3037 International Business Management

Graduate Courses

  • IMGT 6030 International Trade and Investment
  • PTMT 6000 Management of Negotiations
  • PTMT 6006 Contract Management

 

Research Interests

  • International Business
  • International Trade
  • Entrepreneurship

Selected Publications

  • Young-Marshall, A., (2017) . Applying and developing renewable energy technology for the benefit of the  Caribbean region. Published by University of Alicante Edulink Programme on January 7, 2017. This report was part of the CAP4INNO Project. 
  • Devonish, D., Charles-Soverall, W., Alleyne, P., Young-Marshall, A., and Pounder, P. (2010). Explaining entrepreneurial intentions in the Caribbean. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research 16 (1), pp 319 – 326. 
  • Alleyne, P., Devonish, D., Allman J., Charles-Soverall W, and Young-Marshall, A., (2009). Measuring the ethical intentions of undergraduate students in Barbados. Journal of American Academy of Business 15 (2). pp. 149- 171. 
  • Smith, E. K. and Young-Marshall, A., 2006. Trade liberalisation and the cultural industries sector in Barbados in light of negotiations for the CARIFORUM European Economic Partnership Agreement available at http://tradeteam.bb/resources/trade-liberalisation-andthe-cultural-industries-sector-in-barbados/ .
  • Hall, J. A., Young-Marshall, A. (2002). Planning a national tourism human resource development project: A case from Jamaica, in Jayawardena, C. ed., Tourism and hospitality education and training in the Caribbean. Jamaica: UWI Press.

Selected Conferences

  • Young-Marshall, A., 2019. Implementing the EPA. Paper presented at the Leveraging the CARIFORUM – EU Economic Partnership Agreement, Small Business Association Workshop, June 20-21, 2019. 
  • Young-Marshall, A. 2016. Sustainability, innovation  and entrepreneurship – Mainstreaming through education in Guyana with links to the Caribbean and global community. Presented with Maya Trotz, Saran Nurse, Simone Mangal, Dawn Fox, Michelle Mickle Foster, Petal Punalall-Jetooto to the Guyana50 Symposium, May 24, 2016. 
  • Young-Marshall, A., 2015. UWI SEED programme and existing opportunities for commercialisation. Presented to CAP4INNO Conference : Towards a More Innovative University, UWI, Cave Hill Campus,  July, 1, 2015 .
  • Young-Marshall, A., 2015 Case Study on SEED. Presented via pre-recorded video to Regional Conference on Institutionalizing Best Practice in Higher Education, UWI, St. Augustine Campus, June 25,2015 
  • Young-Marshall, A. 2014 .Barriers to international entrepreneurship and competitiveness for a creative cluster: The Case of university student entrepreneurs in Barbados. Presented at the 2nd Caribbean Competitiveness Forum, Jamaica, March 19, 2014. 
  • Young-Marshall, A., 2011. Girl, what to make of this CSME? The Gender Implications of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy with specific reference to free movement.  Presented at Regional Institute for Gender and Development Symposium: "Contemporary Issues in Caribbean Research on Gender and Feminism", Cave Hill Campus, Barbados, February 24 – 25, 2011 

 

 

Areas of Expertise

  • International Business 
  • International Trade Law
  • Intellectual Property Law
  • Entrepreneurship

UWI Service 

  • Co-ordinator, Student Entrepreneurial Empowerment Development, (SEED) – (2009-Present)