Dr Godfrey Steele, Editor of the Journal of Human Communication Studies
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ST. AUGUSTINE, Trinidad
and Tobago -
The
Department of Literary, Cultural and Communication Studies at The University of
the West Indies (UWI) St. Augustine unveiled the
Journal of Human
Communication Studies in the Caribbean (JHSC). The launch, which took place
today, May 14, in the Main Salon of the Office of the Campus Principal, also
served to formally announce the upcoming 2nd Biennial Human Communication
Studies International Conference which takes place on the campus on September
24 and 25, 2015 as well as the formation of Association for Human Communication
Studies (AHCSC).
According to Dr Godfrey
Steele, Editor of the JHSC, “The JHSC appears after 40 years of teaching and
research in Media and Communication at the Caribbean Institute of Media and
Communication (CARIMAC) at The UWI Mona, over 15 years of Communication Studies
at The UWI St. Augustine and four years of Communication Studies at The UWI
Cave Hill. The JHCSC is not only the first journal of human communication
studies in the English-speaking Caribbean, it is also the first journal of its
kind produced in the region.” The publication, coupled with the staging of the
second Biennial Conference in September 2015 and the formation of the
association, fulfils the three mandates from the Business Meeting of the
inaugural Human Communication Studies
International Conference in September 2013 at The UWI St. Augustine.
Speaking on the role of the
new association as well as the upcoming conference, Dr Steele said that the
AHCSC will promote the study, teaching and research of human communication
studies in the Caribbean and beyond through membership and professional
development activities, organising and hosting conferences and meetings and
publishing research in an international peer-reviewed journal and other
publication outlets. He added that the conference will celebrate and present
the latest human communication studies research among students and academic
staff from across the region and beyond.
Dr Heather Cateau, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Education; Dr Godfrey Steele, Editor of the Journal of Human Communication Studies; Professor Clement Sankat, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Campus Principal, The UWI St. Augustine and Dr Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw, Deputy Dean, Graduate Studies and Research, Faculty of Humanities and Education.
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Led by a team from three UWI campuses and
supported by persons throughout the Caribbean and beyond, the journal aims to
promote the study, teaching and research of human communication studies in the
Caribbean and beyond by publishing peer-reviewed original research essays and
articles on subjects and themes related to human communication studies.
Scholars and other contributors with an interest in human communication studies
in the Caribbean are invited to submit original academic research papers.
Volume 1 issue 1, published in March 2015, will present research from the
inaugural conference Human Communication Studies International Conference in
2013. The JHCSC aims to publish at least one volume consisting of at least two
issues per year, with an online store to subscribe to the journal and
purchase copies.
Pro Vice-Chancellor and
Campus Principal, Professor Clement Sankat took the opportunity to commend Dr. Steele,
who is also who is also Senior Lecturer in Communication Studies and
Coordinator of the Communication Studies Postgraduate Programme at The UWI St.
Augustine, together with the Associate Editors, Dr. Livingston White, from The
UWI Mona Campus and Dr. Korah Belgrave, from The UWI Cave Hill Campus for
spearheading the production of this, the first issue of the journal. “I am
truly pleased to see that our Campuses worked together on this important
initiative and that there is representation from all three of our physical
Campuses. As a regional University, this is one of our strengths, we can achieve
much more working together, as opposed to working individually,” he said.
For further information,
log onto the JHSC website at
http://journals.sta.uwi.edu/jhcsc/