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PROF PALOMA MOHAMED Prof. Paloma Mohamed is the eleventh Vice Chancellor of the University of Guyana. She is a full Professor of behavior and strategic communications, noted as a futurist scholar for her work on change in both humans and human systems. Her recent work on the effects of technology on human life systems is of international interest. She is the first woman to lead the University in its 62-year history. She is also the first woman to be appointed Vice Chancellor at any University in the Anglo-phone Caribbean. Prof Mohamed has led the University of Guyana’s Transitional Management Committee as its 2nd Chair since Aug 2019. She has also been Deputy Vice Chancellor for Philanthropy, Alumni and Civic Engagement, known as PACE, a department which she founded in 2016. Prof. Paloma Mohamed has also served as an adjunct Professor of cultural diplomacy at Trent University. She has won the coveted Guyana Prize for Literature on 3 occasions. She has been awarded two Presidential Medals, in 2012 and in 2015, as well as A City of New York Award for Culture in 2013, 1n 2014, she was named by the US embassy in Guyana amongst the top 5 most influential women in the country. In 2015, she became the first woman Caribbean Laureate for Excellence in Arts and Letters, considered the Nobel Prize of the Caribbean. Her literary and academic work are on two CXC syllabi and is studied in Universities in the USA, Canada and England. Prof. Mohamed has authored over 20 books and produced 15 films. She was Artistic Director for Carifesta X held in Guyana in 2008. She founded CineGuyana in 2009 and also currently serves as Chair of the Theatre Guild of Guyana. Prof Paloma Mohamed Martin is a beloved teacher and humanist who has been variously referred to as a servant leader and a Titanium Butterfly.
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