Dr. Talia Esnard

Senior Lecturer, Sociologist and Head of the Department

Talia Esnard is a Senior Lecturer, Sociologist and Head of the Department within the Department of Behavioral Sciences at The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine. Her research focuses on comparative intersectionality, exploring identities and positionalities in the region and beyond. Her work has been published in Journal of Motherhood Initiative and Women, Gender and Families of Color and Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership. She is the lead co-author of "Black Women, Academe, and the Tenure Process in the United States and the Caribbean" and co-edited "Mentoring as Critically Engaged Praxis" and "Mothering and Entrepreneurship." Dr. Esnard also co-authored "Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion in Caribbean Organizations and Society" and is the sole- author of "Entrepreneurial Women in the Caribbean." She also serves on other educational and sociological related editorial boards and was a former recipient of the Canada-CARICOM Leadership program, with visits to Brock University (2015) and Ryerson University (2018).