Team Members

Dr. Debbie McCollin

Project Team Leader

Regional Coordinator, Caribbean Civilisation Unit (FOUN 1101) Lecturer, Department of History, Faculty of Humanities and Education The University of the West Indies St. Augustine Campus Trinidad and Tobago

Dr. Debbie McCollin has been a Lecturer at The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago since 2012. She holds a PhD in History (2010) and a Certificate in University Teaching and Learning (2014) from the aforementioned university. Her recent publications include World War II and the Caribbean edited with Karen E. Eccles (UWI Press, 2017), the 2016 edited work In the Fires of Hope: Essays on the Modern History of Trinidad and Tobago 1962-2012, “An Altered Landscape: Malaria Control and Environmental Transformation in Trinidad and Tobago 1941 – 1962” (Jaime Larry Benchimol and Isabel Amaral, eds. Medicina e Ambiente: Articulações e Desafios no Passado, Presente e Futuro), Chacachacare: The Island of Lepers 1922-1979” in Hospitals and Communities 1100–1960 (Chris Bonfield, ed., Peter Lang, 2013), Friend or Foe: Venereal Disease and the American Presence during World War II (History in Action Journal, 2010) and “Health, Services and Women in Trinidad and Tobago 1938-1962”, a chapter in Health and Medicine in the Circum-Caribbean 1800-1968 (De Barros et al ed. Routledge, 2009). Her current research is focused on the Pre-Independence era in Trinidad and Tobago, the History of Health and Medicine in the West Indies in the twentieth century, the impact of World War II on the West Indies and Digital History.

Mr. Kyle Papin-Ramcharan

Technical Support / Database Administrator

Learning Support Specialist, Caribbean Civilisation Regional Unit Faculty of Humanities and Education, The University of the West Indies St. Augustine Campus Trinidad and Tobago

Kyle is an eLearning Support Specialist with the Caribbean Civilisation Unit, in the Faculty of Humanities and Education at The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine. He holds BSc and MSc degrees in Management Studies with Management Information Systems specialisations. His background is in ICT public policy, project management, cybersecurity and instructional design and technology.

Mrs. Lynette Mills
Team Member	
Assistant Lecturer, Caribbean Civilisation Regional Unit Faculty of Humanities and Education, The University of the West Indies St. Augustine Campus Trinidad and Tobago
Lynette Mills (née Sampson) is part of the regional co-ordinating team and Assistant Lecturer in the Caribbean Civilisation course in the Faculty of Humanities at The University of the West Indies (The UWI) since 2016. Her background includes 15 years of media practice and teaching in undergraduate media and communication studies. She holds B.A. in Media and Communication from The UWI, Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Studies from Sheffield University, UK and MPhil History from University of the West Indies.  Her research interests include Pan Africanism, Black media history (Black press in particular), African and African diaspora studies and documentary film as a vehicle for public history, teaching and learning.

Dr. Aakeil Murray
Team Member	
Assistant Lecturer, The Department of History/Caribbean Civilisation Regional Unit Faculty of Humanities and Education, The University of the West Indies St. Augustine Campus Trinidad and Tobago
Dr. Aakeil Murray lectures in the Department of History at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine. He is an Elsa Goveia Postgraduate scholarship awardee who completed his BA in History with First Class Honours in 2009 and his PhD in 2019 at The UWI, St. Augustine. He has served in the Department of History, UWI, St. Augustine over the last ten years as a Research and Teaching Assistant, Instructor and at present as an Assistant Lecturer. He currently teaches a multidisciplinary course in Caribbean Civilisation as part of a Regional Unit. His research interests include Caribbean History, Religious History, African and Indian Diaspora Studies and Gender Studies.

Ms. Akilah Lamsee
Team Member	
Instructor, Caribbean Civilisation Regional Unit Faculty of Humanities and Education, The University of the West Indies St. Augustine Campus Trinidad and Tobago
Ms. Akilah Lamsee completed her undergraduate studies at The University of the West Indies (UWI) in 2007. She attained a BSc (Hons) in Psychology with a minor in Human Resource Management. She then pursued an MSc at The University of the Southern Caribbean in Counselling Psychology which she was awarded in 2013. In 2022, Ms. Lamsee completed an MA in Cultural Studies (with distinction) at The UWI. She is currently an Instructure with the Caribbean Civilisation Unit at The UWI, St. Augustine where she functions as part the regional team. Her research interests include Caribbean Oral Culture and Test Anxiety.

Ms. Samantha Hosein
Team Member	
MPhil Candidate, The Department of History Faculty of Humanities and Education The University of the West Indies St. Augustine Campus Trinidad and Tobago
Samantha Hosein is a MPhil candidate in the Department of History at the University of the West Indies. She hold an undergraduate degree with a Special in History and her graduate research focus is public mental health in Trinidad and Tobago.