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UWI Regional Headquarters, Jamaica. Wednesday, November 27, 2019—The
University of the West Indies (The UWI) is pleased to announce the
promotion of
Dr C.
Justin Robinson as the newest Professor at The UWI Cave Hill Campus.

Dr
Robinson,
whose research areas include Corporate Finance in Developing
Countries; Capital Markets and Market Efficiency in Developing
Countries; and National Culture and Organisational Management
received high commendation for his promotion. Promotion
to Professor—the highest academic rank at the institution—is only
made after endorsements from external assessors who review the
candidates’ original works in addition to a rigorous assessment
process involving consultation with the Dean of the applicants and
the Faculty Assessment Committees. The careful scrutiny and
subsequent promotion of these individuals signify The UWI’s
continued advancement of knowledge through excellence in teaching,
research, innovation, intellectual leadership, and outreach.

One
external assessor stated,
“It is
interesting to note 75% of his refereed journal publications concern
the area of developing countries. Less than developed countries
continue to strive for greater economic development in order to raise
the standard of living of their citizens … Dr Robinson’s work
will help to reduce this knowledge shortfall.”

Dr
Robinson has served at The UWI for 22 years, joining the Cave Hill
Campus as a Lecturer in the Department of Management Studies in 1997.
In 2003 he was promoted to Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Social
Sciences, serving in that capacity until 2007. Following that stint,
he returned to teaching in Management as Senior Lecturer and then
served as Head of the Department of Management for five years. In
2012, he became Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, a position he
currently holds alongside lecturing at the campus. In addition, he
has held several other responsibilities at Cave Hill, including
campus representative on the University Council and the Board of
Undergraduate Studies. He also served as a member of the task force,
‘Creation of an Entrepreneurial University’ in 2016, and a member
of the task force for the establishment of a Faculty of Sports in
2017.

Further,
Dr
Robinson has been involved in the development of a number of BSc and
MSc programmes, such as the BSc and MSc Banking and Finance
programmes and the BSc Management with concentrations in
Entrepreneurship, Finance, Human Resource Management, International
Business and Marketing. He has supervised two successful PhD students
and is currently supervising another PhD candidate and three MSc
students.

Dr
Robinson has an impressive publications output
and has written almost 30 journal articles and book chapters as well
as three technical reports on Finance in Barbados. He has had several
invitations to present at prestigious conferences around the world,
as far as Qatar. His service to national, regional, and international
public and scholarly bodies is also noteworthy, such as his post as
First Vice President of the Barbados Museum & Historical Society
and Financial Advisor to the Barbados Co-operative Credit Union
League.

The
UWI
congratulates Dr C. Justin Robinson on his appointment to the rank of
Professor—which took
effect from October 2, 2019—and
extends best wishes in his continued career.

About
The UWI

For
over 70 years The University of the West Indies (The UWI) has
provided service and leadership to the Caribbean region and wider
world. The UWI has evolved from a university college of London in
Jamaica with 33 medical students in 1948 to an internationally
respected, regional university with near 50,000 students and five
campuses: Mona
in Jamaica, St.
Augustine
in Trinidad and Tobago, Cave
Hill
in Barbados, Five
Islands
in Antigua and Barbuda and an Open Campus. As part of its robust
globalization agenda, The UWI has established partnering centres with
universities in North America, Latin America, Asia, and Africa
including the State
University of New York (SUNY)-UWI Center for Leadership and
Sustainable Development;
the Canada-Caribbean Studies Institute with Brock University; the
Strategic Alliance for Hemispheric Development with Universidad de
los Andes (UNIANDES); the UWI-China Institute of Information
Technology, the University of Lagos (UNILAG)-UWI Institute of African
and Diaspora Studies and the
Institute for Global African Affairs with the University of
Johannesburg (UJ).
The UWI offers over 800 certificate, diploma, undergraduate and
postgraduate degree options in Food & Agriculture, Engineering,
Humanities & Education, Law, Medical Sciences, Science &
Technology, Social Sciences and Sport. 

As
the region’s premier research academy, The UWI’s foremost
objective is driving the growth and development of the regional
economy. The world’s most reputable ranking agency, Times
Higher Education,
has ranked The UWI among the top 600 universities in the world for
2019 and 2020, and the 40 best universities in Latin America and the
Caribbean for 2018 and 2019. The UWI has been the only
Caribbean-based university to make the prestigious lists. For more,
visit www.uwi.edu.