Bio
St. Lucian-born, Antonia MacDonald is a Professor and Chair in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences in the School of Arts and Sciences, and Associate Dean in the School of Graduate Studies, St. George’s University, Grenada. Prof. MacDonald writes on contemporary Caribbean women writers, St. Lucian literature and Eastern Caribbean popular culture. She is the author of Making Homes in the West/Indies (Garland, 2002) and editor of the collection, The Fiction of Garth St. Omer: A Casebook (2018). Prof. MacDonald is one of the Senior Editors of the Journal of West Indian Literature.
Research & Interests
- The work of Derek Walcott and the novels of Garth St. Omer
- The writings of Caribbean Women
- Caribbean Literary Theory
- Gender Studies
- Eastern Caribbean Cultural Studies
- Folklore Studies
- St. Lucian Literature
- Curriculum development in English language and Literature
- Curriculum development in Caribbean Cultural Studies
Affiliations
- External Examiner, University of the West Indies (St. Augustine)
- Virtual Collaborator, University of Florida
- Association of Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (ACLALS)
- West Indian Chapter of the Association of Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (WIACLALS)
- Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC)
Journal Articles
- MacDonald, Antonia (2025). "Tell Me/‘I Am Listening’: Ocean Stirrings and the Creole Vocalization of Nelson’s Royal Readers" published in Humanities as part of the Special Issue Rise of a New World: Postcolonialism and Caribbean Literature.
- MacDonald, Antonia (2025). “Sounds, Silences, and Cultural Memory: An Analysis of the Artistic Performances Held during the “Grenada Revolution 40 years After” 2019 Conference” in Latin American Perspectives., Volume 52, Issue 4, July, 2025. https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/lap/current
- Donnell, A, MacDonald, A Puri, S.(2023) “For Merle: Dialogues, Echoes and Reverberations in Tribute”, Caribbean Quarterly.
- MacDonald, Antonia (2020). "Blood Relatives". Journal Of West Indian Literature (JWIL), Volume 28, No.1.
- MacDonald, Antonia (2013). "Jab Jab is we Ting: A socio-Political Analysis of Jab Jab Mas’ in Grenada", In N. Faraclas, R. Severing, C. Weijer, E. Echteld and M. Hinds-Layne. Transcultural Roots Uprising: The Rhizomatic Languages, Literatures, and Cultures of the Caribbean. Willemstad: Univ. of Curacao and Fundashon pa Planifikashon di Idioma.
- MacDonald, Antonia (2005). “The Privilege of Being Born in a . . . backward and Underdeveloped Society: Derek Walcott’s Prodigal Provincialism.” Callaloo, 28:1, pp. 88-101.
Selected Projects
- Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL)
- Reparatory Archival Pedagogy
- Folklore of the Eastern Caribbean
- The St. Lucian Epic