Janique Dennis: CV

Janique Dennis
Coordinator – The Writing Centre
Instructor III - Academic Literacies Programme (ALP)
Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics
The University of the West Indies, St Augustine

Office & Contact Details________________________________________________________

Room 12, Ground Floor, School of Humanities
Faculty of Humanities and Education
The University of the West Indies (UWI), St Augustine

Phone: (868) 662‐2002, Ext. 82522

Email: Janique.Dennis@sta.uwi.edu
Current Duties_________________________________________________________
Coordinator of The Writing Centre
Instructor and Second Examiner in the ALP in the following courses (delivery of tutorials):
FOUN 1001 - English for Academic Purposes
*FOUN 1103 - Argument and Report Writing
FOUN 1104 - Writing About Literature
*FOUN 1105 - Scientific and Technical Writing
FOUN 1106 - Academic English for Research Purposes
*FOUN 1107 - Writing in the Visual, Performing and Carnival Arts

*WW101 - Writing Workshop

GW101 - Grammar Workshop

*(First Examiner or Course Coordinator Experience)
Online Facilitation and Management Officer for the Academic Literacies Programme
Learning Support Specialist for ALP during Covid-19 transfer (Mar-Dec 2020)

Qualifications__________________________________________________________________
PhD Literatures in English Candidate - 2016 - Present
The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine

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Pg. Cert. Online Facilitation and Management - Jan 2013

The University of the West Indies, Open Campus

Pg. Cert. University Teaching and Learning - Jun 2012

The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine

M.A. English Literary Research - Jan 2010

University of Leicester, Leicestershire, U.K.

B.A. English Language and Literature with Education - Sep 2006

The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine

A.A. Labour Relations - Jan 2006

Cipriani College of Labour and Cooperative Studies, Valsayn
Award for Best Thesis

Teacher’s Registration No.: 69483

Teaching Portfolio: https://janiquedennis.weebly.com

Training Certificates
Creating Ted Ed Video Lessons - 31 Oct 2019 (CETL Tech Lab)
Endnote X9 Training - 30 Oct 2019 (Alma Jordan Library)
Building on Foundations of Successful Online Facilitation (BFSOF) - Jun 2018
Embracing Student Centred Learning
Timely and Meaningful Assessment
Course Room Facilitation Techniques
The University of the West Indies, Open Campus
Drupal training - April 2018
Business Writing - November 2016
Cool Tools in Education - March 2016
Teaching Portfolio - March 2016
SmartBoard Technology - June 2014
The University of the West Indies, St Augustine

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Professional Experience_________________________________________________________
Instructor III Aug 2019 - Present: Academic Literacies Programme (Previously ELFU),
UWI St Augustine
Instructor II Dec 2013 - Jul 2019: English Language Foundation Unit (ELFU), UWI St
Augustine ➢ Current duties outlined above
Course Coordinator, 2015 - Present: UWI, Open Campus, Virtual
Second Examiner, E- ➢ Moved from scriptmarker to E-Tutor, to Second
Tutor and Examiner and then Course Coordinator for FOUN1001
scriptmarker ➢ Improved the pass rate by 10% over two semesters as
Second Examiner
Tutor and Exam
Sep 2009 - Dec 2013: UWI Open Campus
Leader
➢ Language Skills and Communication
➢ Curriculum Planning and Development
➢ Short Course in Oral Presentations
Tutor Sep 2009 - 2013: College of Science, Technology and Applied Arts of
Trinidad and Tobago
➢ Comm 117, Fundamentals of Writing
➢ Writ 97, Introduction to Academic Writing III
Teacher III 2009-2011: Tranquillity Secondary School
➢ O and A Levels Language and Literature
Assistant Marker 2010-2014: Caribbean Examinations Council - English A / B
Proof-reader 2006-2008: Newsday, Daily News Ltd

Curriculum Jun-Nov 2006: Retraining Unit, Ministry of Science, Technology and

Researcher (OJT) Tertiary Education

Publications___________________________________________________________________
Dennis, Janique. “Ancestral Memory, History and Supernatural Creatures Weave a Fantasy
World in Rise of the Jumbies” Anansesem. May 2018, Special Issue, pp. 41-44.

—-, editor. Three Sixty. Circle of Poets of Trinidad and Tobago, 2013.

---. "A Place to Write and Write Better." The UWI Quality Circle. vol 19, May 2017, p. 8,
www.open.uwi.edu/sites/default/files/docs/QAU_CIRCLE/mobile/index.html#p=
9.

---. “Elegy for my Caucasoid Ancestry.” Interviewing the Caribbean. Spring 2017, p. 158.

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---. Heights of the Senses: Some Trini Poetry, 2008.

---. “I Go Bawl.” Interviewing the Caribbean. Spring, 2017, pp. 159-161.

---. “Luv Ehn.” Three Sixty, edited by Janique Dennis, Circle of Poets Trinidad and Tobago, 2013.

---. “Mastering Tertiary Writing Skills: A Metamorphosis.” Literatures in English Student

Association at the UWI, St. Augustine, October 2020,
https://liesauwista.wixsite.com/mysite/post/mastering-tertiary-writing-skills-a-
metamorphosis.

---. ‘‘A Theatrical Journey Through Anger, Grief, Hope and Finally, Joy.” Trinidad and Tobago
Daily Express Newspaper. Friday 9 August 2019, p. 36.

---. “Research Tips: Insight corner for new researchers; Google Scholar.” Research Notes, issue.
5, 2018, p. 29,
https://sta.uwi.edu/fhe/dmll/documents/DMLLResearchNotes2018Vol5.pdf.

---. “Research Tips: Insight corner for new researchers; EndNoteX9.” Research Notes, issue.6,
2019, p. 29,
https://sta.uwi.edu/fhe/dmll/documents/ResearchNotes2019Vol6.pdf.

---. “Towing Ehn no Fun.” Three Sixty, edited by Janique Dennis. Circle of Poets Trinidad and
Tobago, 2013.

Conference Presentations________________________________________________
Dennis, Janique. “The Affect of the Eshu Pataki in the Kaleidoscopic View of the African
Diasporic Community in the West Indies.” 36th Annual West Indian Literature
Conference, 4-7 October 2017, School of Education, UWI, St. Augustine.
Conference Presentation.

---. “The Pataki Continuum: from Orisha pataki to M. NourbeSe Philip’s “Discourse on the Logic
of Language”” 38th West Indian Literature Conference, 17- 20 October 2019, UG,
Georgetown, Guyana.

---. “The Pataki Continuum: Shaping ontological and epistemological perspectives as shaped by
the (r)evolution of the literature of the Orisha” National Association of African
Studies and Affiliates Conference, 20-22 June 2019, FSS, UWI, St Augustine.

—-. “The Philosophical, the Physical and the Literary as Redefined Prismatic Faces in the
Comparative Analysis of the Most Popular Pataki of the Orisha Eshu in Brazil,

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Cuba and Trinidad” Bridging Wor(l)ds: Postgraduate Conference, 26 April 2018,

CLL, UWI, St Augustine.

---. “The Presence of the Pataki in Contemporary Literature” XX Taller Científico de Antropología
Social y Cultural Afroamericana y IX Encuentro de Oralidad “Festival Afropalabra”,
January 2016, Casa de Africa, Havana, Cuba.

---. “Transculturation and the Pataki of the Orisha in the Caribbean” 17th International
Conference on Caribbean Literature (ICCL): I Goin' Away! I Goin' Home!:
Vernacular Spaces in Caribbean Literary and Performance Arts, 1-3 November
2017, Nassau, Bahamas.

---. “Welcome to My World: Countering Global Populism in the Parallel Universe of Ifá Traditions
in the Caribbean” 21st Annual SALISES Conference: The Rise of Global Populism
and its Policy Impact on Caribbean Development, 10-13 December 2020, Mt
Irvine Resort, Tobago.

Contributions to University Courses and Instructional Material______________

Conducted an urgent ALP Workshop on BbC post Covid-19 initial shutdown, 23 March, 2020
Designed the course “Literature in Life” for the proposed Certificate in Liberal Arts (2017 -
Present)
Contributed to the development of the Student Manual and the Tutors’ Manual for use in FOUN
1107, Writing in the Visual, Performing and Carnival Arts (2015-Present)
Proposed and contributed to the development of the Writing Workshop 101 course materials
for use with Smartboards© (2014)

Contribution to University Life________________________________

UWI – University of The West Indies, St Augustine Campus
Presenter: “Let’s Talk Money”- DMLL Recruitment Drive (“Let’s Talk You”- June 30,
2021)
First Examiner- HUMN 3099- Caribbean Studies Project
Rondell Mungal- “Pay de Devil: A Philosophical Analysis of Devil Mas as a
Response to Evil in Trinidad” (May 2021).

Guest Lectures
– Pg Step-up Programme; March 2021
- CLTR 6030 - Dynamics of Caribbean Culture; 18 March 2019; “The Pataki Continuum:
The (R)Evolution of Literature of the Orisha”

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- MSc OESH Students Writing Centre Session; 8 March 2019; “Academic Writing and
Grammar”; 30 Oct 2020,

Presentations
- DMS Pg Orientation; August 2020
- Thesis Bootcamp: Facilitated by Academic Librarians, Graduate Studies and
Research and The Writing Centre, 24/7 Reading Room, Floor 1, AJL. UWI; 30
January and 2 February 2018; January/February 2019; January/February 2020;
and virtually Jan 2021

Facilitated Librarians’ Visit to The Writing Centre; 17 January 2018; Introduction to

services and facilities and brainstorming session for enhancing impact
Oversaw the opening of The Writing Centre Lab and expansion of services 2015-
present
Consulted in Preparation for Law student representatives at the 2015 International
Moot Court Competition
UWI, St Augustine Sports Day 2014 - Planning Committee and Chantuelle
Faculty of Humanities and Education
Caribbean Studies Certificate Programme Committee
Literature Week 2015 - Lunchtime reading of “Fiery Flight”
DMLL – Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics
Held major responsibility for transitioning the ALP to 100% virtual during the Covid-19
Pandemic, inclusive of managing the online Moodle software and training staff
Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics Web Team, with special
responsibility for the English Language Foundation Unit (2018-2020)
ALP formerly ELFU – English Language Foundation Unit, Curriculum Development
Committee for all ALP courses
ALP myeLearning Committee
ALP Student/Staff Liaison Committee. (2016)
Wider Community
Panel presentation in The Black Consciousness Festival: Reconstituting (Restoring and
Reconstructing): What is reparatory justice and why? – A screening of the short
film, “Reparations”, and conversation with Dr. Nathalie Pierre and Janique Dennis
(moderated by Sean Samad). June 13, 2021.Panel presentation in The Black
Consciousness Festival, “20 Conversations - The Pataki and African Spirituality”
with Adam Ade Ola Pascall, moderated by Rawle Gibbons. Available
https://youtu.be/z0WyhpocrGk. 20 November 2020.

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Talk Radio Interviewee, I95.5fm with Heather McIntosh “Pataki and African
Consciousness”. 4 November 2020.
Auditions and Semi-finals Judging of First Citizens National Poetry Slam, January -
March 2019
Semi-finals Judging of the First Citizens National Poetry Slam, Central bank
Auditorium; 11 and 17 March 2018

Academic Awards______________________________________________________________
UWI Credit Union - The Brenda Fraser Bursary, 2020-2021.
Cipriani College of Labour and Cooperative Studies ‐ Recipient of Award for Best Thesis, 2006.

Professional Associations________________________________________________________
The College Language Association - 2021
The Cultural Studies Society, UWI, St Augustine - 2019
Caribbean Association of Tertiary-Level Academic Literacies Practitioners (CATALP), UWI, Mona
- 2019

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