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Dr. Susan MainsLecturer |
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Special Journal Issues Skelton, T. and S. P. Mains (Guest Editors). 2009. “Special Section on Neoliberalism, Mobilities and Development: Caribbean Intersections,” The Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography 30 (July). Mains, S. P . (Guest Editor). 2008. “Representing Cultural Geographies of Jamaica: Rethinking Tourism, Place and Identity,” Special Issue of Caribbean Geography (15)1. Journal Articles Skelton, T. and S. P. Mains . 2009. “Intersections of Neoliberalism, Mobilities and Development in the Caribbean: An Introduction,” The Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography , 30 (July): 151-157. Mains, S . P . 2008. “Island Village, Tourist World: Representing Cultural Geographies of Jamaica,” Caribbean Geography 15(1): 1-13. Mains, S. P . 2007. “Hurricanes in Toronto: Distance, Identity, and the Jamaican Diaspora,” Focus on Geography , 50(1): 1-8. http://www.britannica.com/bps/additionalcontent/18/26097507/Hurricanes-in-Toronto-Distance-Identity-and-the-Jamaican-Diaspora Mains, S. P . 2004. “Monumentally Caribbean: Borders, Bodies, and Redemptive City Spaces,” Small Axe: A Caribbean Journal of Criticism , (16): 179-198. http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/small_axe/summary/v008/8.2mains.html Mains, S. P . 2004. “ Teaching Transnationalism in the Caribbean: Toward an Understanding of Representation and Neo-Colonialism in Human Geography,” Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 28(2):315-330. http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a713620580 Mains, S. P . 2004. “ Imagining the Border and Southern Spaces: Cinematic Explorations of Race and Gender ,” GeoJournal , 59(4):253-264. http://www.springerlink.com/content/q607473220wn1g09/ Mains, S. P . 2004. “Cultural Geography in a New Millennium: Translation, Borders, and Resistance.” Journal of Cultural Geography , Fall/Winter 22(1):151-153. Mains, S. P . 2004. “Translating Film,” Baile 2004: UCD Geography Society , 52-56. Mains, S. P . 2002. “ Representing National Identity, Borders, and Migration: Making News in Southern California ,” Hagar: International Social Science Review , (2): 271-298. Mains, S . 2000. “ An Anatomy of Race and Immigration Politics in California ” Journal of Social and Cultural Geography , 1(2): 143-154. Mains, S . 1999. “Statutes of Liberty: Migration and Urbanism in the Borderlands,” Yearbook of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers , 61: 42-66. Book Chapters Mains, S. P. 2009. “Access to Justice,” in J. A. O'Brien (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Gender and Society . Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, p.6-8. Mains, S. P. 2009. “Imperialism, Cultural,” in R. Kitchin and N. Thrift (Eds.) International Encyclopedia of Human Geography . Volume 5, Oxford: Elsevier, p.322-329. Mains, S. P. 2008. “‘English Fever': Documenting the Caribbean Diaspora in ‘The Colony',” in A. Escher, Anton, C. Lukinbeal and S. Zimmermann (Eds.) The Geography of Cinema–A Cinematic World . Stuttgart: Franz Steiner-Verlag, p.137-153. Mains, S. P. 2008. “Transnational Communities, Identities, and Moving Populations” in E. L. Jackiewicz and F. J. Bosco (Eds.) Placing Latin America: Contemporary Themes in Human Geography . Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, p.205-234. Clifford, M. and Mains, S. P. 2006. “A Dialogue with Masculinity,” in A. Jones (Ed.) Men of the Global South: A Reader . New York: Zed Books, p.401-404. Mains, S. P. 2006. “Discourse,” in B. Warf, A.J. Cravey, D. DeLyser, L. Knopp, D. Sui, and D. Wilson (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Human Geography . New York: Sage, p.111-113. Mains, S. P. 2006. “Spatial Inequality,” in B. Warf, A.J. Cravey, D. DeLyser, L. Knopp, D. Sui, and D. Wilson (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Human Geography. New York: Sage, p.453-454. Oberhauser, A. M., Rubinoff, D., DeBres, K., Mains, S., and C. Pope. 2004. “Geographic Perspectives on Women: Geography and Gender,” in G. Gaile and C. Wilmott (Eds.) Geography in America at the Dawn of the 21 st Century , Oxford: Oxford University Press, p.738-760. http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~oberhauser/GPOW/web_chapter.htm Mains, S. P. 2003. “‘The Future of Multi-Ethnic Britain': Media, Diversity, and Regional Identity,” In S. Ralph, H. Manchester, and C. Lees (Eds.) Diversity or Anarchy . Luton: University of Luton Press, p.225-232. Mains, S. P. 2002. “Maintaining National Identity at the Border: Scale, Masculinity, and the Policing of Immigration in Southern California,” in A. Herod and M. Wright (Eds.) Geographies of Power: Placing Scale . London: Blackwell, p.192-214.
Reports and Other Publications Mains, S. P. (Ed.) 2010. “AAG 10 th Anniversary Special Issue.” People, Place, Praxis: Qualitative Research in Geography Specialty Group Newsletter , April 2010. http://www.uvm.edu/~mcope/QRSG/QRSG%20Newsletter%20Spring%202010.pdf Mains, S. P. (Ed.) 2009. “AAG Special Issue.” People, Place, Praxis: Qualitative Research in Geography Specialty Group Newsletter , March. http://www.uvm.edu/~mcope/QRSG/index.html Mains, S. P. 2008. “Foundations and Directions in Geography: Changing Places.” Jamaican Geographer , June (17):1-2. http://www.mona.uwi.edu/geoggeol/JGS/home.htm Mains, S. P. 2004. “Developing Film: Media and Geography Roundtable,” Place and Culture: Cultural Geography Specialty Group Newsletter , Spring. http://cultural.missouri.edu/News.html#newsletter_archive Mains, S. P. 2004. “Teaching Geography and Gender Discussion Forum,” Geographic Perspectives on Women Specialty Group of the AAG Newsletter , March. Mains, S. P . 2002. “Mobility and Exclusion: Towards an Understanding of Migration in the Context of Jamaica,” UN WIDER conference report on Poverty, International Migration and Asylum , Helsinki, Finland. Mains, S., Curran, M., Metzo, C. and Moore, S. 2000. “An Interview with bell hooks” disClosure: A Journal of Social Theory, Manholes , 9: 45-57. Mains, S. and Redlin, M. 1998. “An Interview with Jane Flax: (Re)Presenting Power” disClosure: A Journal of Social Theory, Colorings, 7:165-180. Mains, S. 1997. “Trendspotting: Breaking the Chains” disClosure: A Journal of Social Theory, reVisioning Justice, 6:3-6. Mains, S. and Gilmartin, M. 1997. “An Interview with Alexander Cockburn: Judging the Jury” disClosure: A Journal of Social Theory, reVisioning Justice, 6:63-78.
Non-Print/Multimedia Mains, S. and Smith, L. (co-dir. and co-prod.) 1999. (Re)Inventing Hispanic/Latino Identities: A Visual Exploration . Lexington, KY (short documentary).
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Soyini Ashby, “Beyond Language: The Construction of Caribbean Identities,” (2005-present), PhD Geography (successfully completed MPhil Upgrade, 2007) (Awarded Canada-CARICOM Scholarship, 2009-10) Carlos Michel, “Tourism, Heritage and Scale in St. Lucia,” (2007-present), PhD Geography (successfully completed MPhil Upgrade, 2009) Shiva Mohan, “Urban Spaces and Diaspora Identities through Carnival and Caribana,” (2008-present), MPhil Geography (Awarded Emerging Leaders in the Americas Scholarship, 2009-10) Kylah Forbes-Biggs, “Non-Governmental Organizations and Environmental Education: Implications for Natural Hazard Mitigation,” (2006-present), MPhil Environmental Management Elaine McFarlane, “Residents' Perceptions of Garden Spaces in Greenwood, St. James” (Degree Awarded 2005), MSc Environmental Management Linford Beckles, “Social and Environmental Impacts of Sand Mining in the Yallahs River Basin” (Degree Awarded 2003), MSc Environmental Management Clarence Parkes, “Social and Environmental Impacts of Sand Mining in the Rio Minho Valley” (Degree Awarded 2003), MSc Environmental Management Supervisor, Cultural Studies, UWI-Mona Vivienne Pitter, “Going Back to the Roots: Portland as a Cultural Tourism Destination,” (2007-present), PhD Cultural Studies Supervisor, Communication Studies, UWI-Mona
Agostinho Pinnock, “‘Alternative Communication,' National Identity, and Gender in Jamaican Popular Culture” (2005-present), MPhil Communication Studies Sabita Maharaj, “West Indians in Canada: Melting into the Cultural Mosaic?” (Degree Awarded 2006), MA Communication Studies (Co-Adviser)
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PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS Selected Professional Service/Society Memberships UWI-Mona Graduate Programme Coordinator, Department of Geography and Geology, 2009-present Department of Geography and Geology, Staff-Student Liaison Committee, 2007-present Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, Graduate Matters Sub-Committee, 2009-present
National/International Professional Service Co-Chair, Qualitative Research Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers Special local correspondent, Caribbean Hurricane Network-StormCARIB, 2008-present Association of American Geographers Caribbean Social Forum Council Member, Jamaican Geographical Society Women in Film and Television, Jamaica
Editorial Boards Editor , People, Place, Praxis: Qualitative Research in Geography Specialty Group of the AAG Newsletter, March 2009-present International Editorial Board, Handbooks of Human Geography series (Springer Science), September 2009-present Editorial Board, Aether: The Journal of Media Geography , 2008-present Editorial Board, The Spaces of Democracy and Democracy of Space journal, 2008-present Editorial Board, Revista Brasileira do Caribe , 2008-present
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