Ms. Lisa Edwards

  • Research Assistant


  • Institute of Gender Studies
  • Turkeyen Campus

About Ms. Lisa Edwards


Expert Areas

Gender and Development

Using gender lens to critique and analyse development processes in understanding how women and men are affected differently in their daily lives. Also, the active roles that both women and men play within the development process which may also vary at the intersections of race, class, orientation and other categories.

Media and Suicide

The role of the media in reporting news stories on suicide and how this may inform our understanding of the issue. But also, how we may understand gender and race, in particular, in suicide related news stories and how this may affect public policy.

Research Methods in Social Science

Using SPSS as well as feminist research methods in data collection and analyzing.

Qualifications

Qualification Specialization Institution Country Year
Other Qualification The University of the West Indies 2015
B.Soc.Sc. Communication Studies University of Guyana Guyana 2013
M.Sc. Gender & Development Studies The University of the West Indies 2018
EdD Leadership and Innovation Arizona State University 2023

Courses Taught

Course Code Course Name
WST4100 Gender and Development
IGS4201 Gender and Sexuality
MID1101 Migration, Gender and Human Resilience
IGS1201 Resilience Against and Disruption of Gender-Based Violence

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