Antonia MacDonald, PhD
Associate Dean, School of Graduate Studies
Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Biography
Dr. MacDonald received a PhD in English Literature from The Ohio State University. Her undergraduate degrees include a BA in English with Social Sciences (1979) from the University of The West Indies (UWI), Trinidad and an MA, English (1983), from the University of The West Indies (UWI), Jamaica
Dr. MacDonald is currently a Professor in the Department of Humanities and Social science, School of Arts and Sciences. Over the past twenty years, she has been responsible for the development and delivery of undergraduate classes in Caribbean Studies, Caribbean Popular Culture, Literatures in English and Organizational Communication. She is also the Assistant Director for Research, and is an Associate Dean in The School of Graduate Studies.
Dr. MacDonald has written extensively on contemporary Caribbean women writers and more recently, on Derek Walcott and Garth. St. Omer. She has published articles in several international literary journals and has contributed chapters to numerous books. She is the author of Making Homes in the West/Indies and editor of The Novels of Garth St. Omer: A Casebook .
Committed to empowering through education, Dr. MacDonald has been active in the creation of interdisciplinary initiatives with other regional and international universities, so as to increase educational opportunities in the Eastern Caribbean.
Dr. MacDonald serves as a reviewer for many international literary journals.
Contact Information
Areas of Interest
- 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
Affiliations
- Member of Editorial Board, CSA Journal
- Member of Editorial Board, Journal Of West Indian Literature (JWIL)
- Book Review Editor, Journal Of West Indian Literature (JWIL)
- Member: Association of Caribbean Women Writers and Scholars (ACWWS)
- Member: Association of Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies. (ACLALS)
- Member of Executive Board of the Caribbean chapter of ACLALS (WIACLAL)
Selected Publications
- MacDonald, Antonia (2022). “Grieving over ‘some common but irreplaceable loss’: Environmental Activism in White Egrets”. In Eric Doumerc and Helen Goethals, (Eds.), Tributes to Derek Walcott, 1930-2017: In Various Lights, ISBN 1-5275-8401-1
- MacDonald, Antonia (2021). “Awakening Enquiry, Awakening Discovery: My Journey as Learner and Teacher”. In L. Colket, T. Penny Light and A. Carswell, (Eds.), Becoming: Transformative Storytelling for Education’s Future, DIO Press Incorporated.
- MacDonald, Antonia (2021). “Forgotten Trailblazers”. In R. Dalleo & C. Forbes (Eds.), Caribbean Literature in Transition, 1920-1970. Cambridge University Press. Doi:10.1017/9781108850087.042.
- MacDonald, Antonia (2020). “Blood Relatives”. Journal Of West Indian Literature (JWIL), Volume 28, No.1.
- MacDonald, Antonia (2018). The Fiction of Garth St. Omer : A Casebook. UK: Peepal Tree Press, Ltd.
- MacDonald, Antonia (2014). “Michelle Cliff”. In Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Franklin K. Knight. (Eds.), Dictionary of Caribbean and Afro-Latin American Biography Authors. New York: Oxford University Press.
- 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 (2013). “Students, I present, the young poet Derek Walcott .” (Book Chapter) ed. Jean Antoine-Dunn, Interlocking Basins of a Globe, Essays on Derek Walcott, UK: Peepal Tree Press.
- MacDonald, Antonia (2013). “Making Room For Tantie: Representations of Female Sexuality in Crick Crack Monkey”. (Book Chapter). Ed. Simone J. Alexander, Critical Perspectives on Caribbean Mothering , New Jersey: Africa World Press.
- MacDonald, Antonia (2013). “There is a Sob in There Somewhere: Derek Walcott’s The Prodigal”. Anthurium: A Caribbean Studies Journal, Vol. 100. Issue 1.
Selected Projects
- The St. Lucian Epic
- Grenadian popular culture
- St. Lucian popular culture
- The work of Derek Walcott
- The novels of Garth St. Omer
- The work of Merle Collins
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