Meet Saint Lucian-born Cynthia Barrow-Giles, a distinguished professor of constitutional governance and politics at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Cave Hill Campus.
Her credits include serving as a Distinguished Senior Fellow in the Constitutional Studies Programme at the University of Texas at Austin, (2022-2025), and significant administrative roles including Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Deputy Dean of Outreach, and Head of the Department of Government, Sociology, Social Work, and Psychology at UWI (Cave Hill).
With an extensive body of work, she has authored, co-authored, and co-edited several publications on Caribbean governance, including five books. Her expertise has been sought in various Election Monitoring and Expert Groups across Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean.
Professor Barrow-Giles contributed to the Saint Lucia Constitution Reform Commission from 2005 to 2011 and was appointed by Barbados’ Prime Minister Mia Mottley as Adviser to Barbados’s Republican Status Transition Advisory Committee (RSTAC) in 2021. For her public service contributions, she received the Principal’s Award for Excellence in 2020 and the Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Public Service in 2021.
This Women’s Month, get to know more about Professor Cynthia Barrow-Giles and other inspiring women in our 2025 International Women’s Day magazine.
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