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DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGE, LINGUISTICS AND PHILOSOPHY
2023: The panel focused on the work of Dr. Karla Washington (of University of Toronto and Honorary Research Fellow in the JLU) and her team which stud- ies language development in Jamaican children at the basic school level. The discussion centered on the benefits of interdisciplinary research and respectful collaboration with communities. − The Beryl Bailey Symposium held under the theme “New Directions for the Jamaican Language” on Friday, April 14, 2023: The main presenters were Dr. Kadian Walters, Dr. André Coy, and Dr. R. Anthony Lewis (Honorary Research Fellow). Discussant was former coordinator of the JLU Professor Emeritus Hubert Devonish. − Consultancy work with Wycliffe Caribbean regarding the translation of the Book of Genesis into Jamaican: This work involves expert checking of the translation for language as well as hosting several community testing sessions to get feedback from the intended users of the text. Service on Committees/Boards Members of the Department are also active on various national and international and/or professional boards/committees, including the Caribbean Examinations Council, Girl Guides Association of Jamaica, Jamaica Cultural Development Com- mission, Society for Caribbean Linguistics, Teachers Service Commission, UNESCO, and editorial boards of various journals. Table 4 captures some of these engagements.
Table 4: National/International/Professional Boards/Committees on which DLLP Members serve
Public/ (Inter)National/ Professional Body/ies
Staff Member
Post/Role/s
Mr. Norty Antoine
‘Question and Answer’ Trainer/ coach for the St. James Festival Queen Competition
Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) Jamaica National Bioethics Committee Jamaica Environment Trust
Ms. Khimaja Connell
Member
Dr. Keren Cumberbatch Board Chair
Danny Williams School for the Deaf Jamaica Association for the Deaf
Director, Executive Board Member, Academic Council (2022–25) Member, Academic Council (2022–25) Member, Advisory and Impact Board (ADIM, 2023–25)
Professor Balaganapathi Devarakonda
Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, India
Bhogilal Lehar Chand Institute of Indology, New Delhi, India VERITY – a project on trust in science funded by European Union’s Horizon Europe research &innovation program
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