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of multicultural music education, cultural identity and Afrocentricity issues in choral and instrumental music, as well as music technology and the psychology of music. His remarkable publication record includes 14 books and book chapters, over 30 articles in peer-reviewed journals, and encyclopaedic entries published in The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture and the Encyclopedia of Society and Culture in the Ancient World. He also produced several non-refereed publications including three co-edited and two single-editor books, six musical performances/compositions, and two internet publications. Additionally, he is an editor/reviewer for several professional journals. One assessor said of his promotion, “The significant professional growth he has demonstrated over the last two decades is evidenced by the continued expansion of his international reputation as a published researcher and scholar of the highest calibre, editor of professional journals and books, and frequent conference speaker. During this time, he has made a strong contribution to the music education profession beyond what many professionals would match in their professional lifetime. He brings a high level of authority, respect, and expertise to the international profession of music education.” Professor Akombo teaches Music Education, General Musicianship, Research Methods in Music, and Interdisciplinary Studies in Music and Health. He has co-supervised five PhD dissertations, three master’s theses, and has also developed several new courses for the faculty. l
He is the founder and a member of the Caribbean Branch of the International Law Association
and serves on its committee on International Commercial
Arbitration. He is a member of both the Caribbean Branch and Barbados Chapter of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) and a former member of the Council of Legal Education . In reviewing his work, one external examiner lauded Berry’s contribution to the advancement of legal scholarship in the Caribbean: “Dr Berry’s contributions are important both because he puts the focus of his research in the Caribbean, an area understudied in the general context of international law and constitutional law, and he also has more wide-ranging research contributions that have contributed to the advancement of the discipline as a whole.” Professor Berry holds a PhD in Law from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland; a Legal Education Certificate from the Council of Legal Education, Hugh Wooding Law School, Trinidad and Tobago; an LLM from Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada; an LLB from the University of British Colombia, and a BA from the University of Toronto, Canada. He was called to the Canadian Bar Association, British Columbia Branch in 1992 as a Barrister, Solicitor, and Notary Public; and to the Barbados Bar Association in 2011. In 2019, he qualified as a Fellow of CIArb, and he was named on this institute’s approved faculty list in 2021.
T he second professorial Campus in 2020 as the founding Dean of the FCCPA. He is an internationally recognised educator, researcher, and scholar in the fields of music education and interdisciplinary research in the arts and health. Before taking up his current appointee, Professor David Akombo , joined the Cave Hill post, Akombo was a Faculty Fellow and tenured Associate Professor at the College of Liberal Arts at Jackson State University (JSU), one of the largest historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU) in the United States. He has also served as Chair of the Department of Music at JSU. The Kenyan native holds a PhD from the University of Florida, an MMus from Bowling Green State University, Ohio; an MA from Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego; and a BEd from Kennyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya. Professor Akombo has conducted extensive research in the areas Professor David Akombo, Dean, Faculty of Culture, Creative and Performing Arts, The UWI, Cave Hill Campus
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