Wendy C. Grenade, PhD
Professor, Director of Continuing Education & Professional Development & Assistant Dean for Strategic Initiatives Department, Humanities & Social Sciences, School of Arts & Sciences
Biography
Wendy C. Grenade is a Grenadian political scientist with over twenty years’ experience regionally and internationally as an educator, researcher and administrator. Dr. Grenade holds a PhD in International Studies from the University of Miami (2005). She is currently Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Assistant Dean for Strategic Initiatives and Director, Division of Continuing Education and Professional Development, School of Arts and Sciences, St. George’s University. Prior to joining SGU, Dr. Grenade was employed at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Cave Hill Campus, Barbados from 2006-2022 as a Lecturer and Senior Lecturer in Political Science. At the UWI she served as Chair, Department of Government, Sociology, Social Work and Psychology and as Deputy Dean, Outreach and Research, Faculty of Social Sciences. She also lectured at the University of Miami and Florida Atlantic University, as a post-doctoral fellow and an Adjunct Professor (2005/06). Dr. Grenade’s scholarly work has been published by reputable publishers. She is the editor of three books: (1) Multidimensional Threats and Regional Responses to Caribbean Security published by Lexington Publishers in 2025; (2) Interdisciplinary Perspectives on COVID-19 and the Caribbean, a co-authored edited two-part volume, which was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2023; and (3) The Grenada Revolution Reflections and Lessons, published by University Press of Mississippi in 2015. Dr. Grenade has also published seven (7) journal essays and fifteen (15) book chapters. Dr. Grenade has presented papers at numerous academic conferences in North America, Latin America and the Caribbean. Prior to joining the academy, Dr. Grenade was employed with the Government of Grenada in the public sector and the Grenada diplomatic service with postings in Washington D.C. and London.
Contact Information
473-444-4175 ext 3651
Areas of Interest
- Multi-dimensional Security threats and in particular Human Security
- Comparative Regionalisms
- Caribbean Politics and Society
- Governance, Democracy and Party Politics
Affiliations
- The University of the West Indies
- Center of Latin American Studies, Georgetown University, USA
- Jean Monnet European Union Center of Excellence, University of Miami
- Member, Caribbean Studies Association
- Accredited Director, 2023, Chartered Governance Institute of Canada
- Chair, T.A. Marryshow Community College, Grenada (2022-present)
- Deputy Chair, Grenada National Accreditation Board (2022-present)
- Member, Citizens for Constitution Reform (CCR), Grenada
Selected Publications
- Grenade, Wendy C. “Direct Democracy and Party Politics in the Commonwealth Caribbean: An analysis of the 2016 referendum on constitutional reform in Grenada.” Commonwealth and Comparative Politics 58(4):1-23. June 2020.
- Grenade, Wendy C. “Paradoxes of Regionalism and Democracy: Brexit’s Lessons for the Commonwealth” The Round Table The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs Vol. 105, No. 5, (October 2016) pp 509-518.
- Grenade, Wendy C. “Small States and Risky Global Intercourse: The Grenada-Taiwan Dispute” Special Issue. Social and Economic Studies Vol. 62 No. 3 (2013) pp 181-202.
- Grenade, Wendy C. “Party Politics and Governance in Grenada: An Analysis of the New National Party (1984-2012)” The Round Table The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 102, No. 2. (April 2013) pp 167-176.
- Grenade, Wendy C. “Reflections on Politics in Post-Revolutionary Grenada (1984-2008)” Journal of Eastern Caribbean Studies Vol. 35, No. 3 and 4 (September/December 2010) pp 109-140.
- Cynthia Barrow-Giles, Wendy C. Grenade and Tennyson Joseph. “The Commonwealth at Sixty - The Place of the English-Speaking Caribbean: Continuity, Division and Tension, Les Cahiers Charles V. 2010, pp 125-157.
- Grenade, Wendy C. “Balancing Economic Development and Security: The Case of Tourism and HIV/AIDS in Grenada” Social and Economic Studies, Vol. 57. No. (June 2008), pp 27-60.
Selected Projects
- “Constitutional reform- The illusive ‘Yes’ Vote” - research project in collaboration with colleagues in the United Kingdom and Malta, 2025/26.
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