Dr. Eraldine Williams-Shakespeare
Associate Professor
Faculty of Education and Liberal Studies
– School of Technical and Vocational Education
- eshakespeare@utech.edu.jm
- 8769271680-8
- ext. 3752
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Qualifications
- PhD, Curriculum and Instruction – Instructional Technology (2018)
- MA Open Distance and Flexible Learning; B.Ed. TVET (2008)
- Dip Technical Teacher Education – Business Education (2000)
Specialisation / Teaching Area
- Education/Business Education:
- Media Technology Integration
- Introduction to Educational Research
- Educational Psychology
- Curriculum Planning and Development
- Curriculum Planning and Development for Science Educators
- Professionalism for Educators Assessment
- Foundations of Education Adolescent Psychology
- Instructional Technology
- Classroom and Behaviour Management
- Business Information Management Systems
Research Interests
- distance and online learning
- technologies in teacher education
- digital technology
- curriculum development and planning
- teacher education
- student engagement
- online curricula and women in doctoral studies
Professional Membership / Association
- Faculty Associate, (2024/5) Berkman Klein Center, Harvard Law School
- Association of North America Higher Education International (ANAHEI)
- Association for Educational Communication & Technology (AECT)
- American Educational Research Association (AERA)
- American Evaluation Association (AEA)
- Florida Educational Research Association (FERA)
Community Service & Outreach Activities
- Board Chair, Brandon Hill Primary School
- President, North Clarendon Heritage Foundation
- Convenor, North Clarendon Heritage Fair (Literacy and Arts Competition)
Publications
- Barrett-Maitland, N., Williams-Shakespeare, E., Allen, D., & Edwards-Braham, S. (2024). From tradition to innovation: Proposing agile leadership as the new paradigm for a higher education institution in a developing country. Power and Education, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/17577438241307310
- Williams-Shakespeare, E. S., Smith, S. M., Wright-Cameron, T., Tawiah-Mensah, J. E., Swann, N. G., & Alahmari, A. (2025). Fusion Femme: Exploring Virtual Collaboration Among Women in Academic Spaces. In T. Burris-Melville & S. Burris (Eds.), Developing Effective and High-Performing Teams in Higher Education (pp. 367-400). IGI Global Scientific Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3693-3852-0.ch013
- Williams-Shakespeare, E. S., Burris-Melville, T. S., Allen, C. O., Barrett-Maitland, N. A., Allen, D., Salmon, A. A., Lawla, J. L., Johnson, R. A., & Williams, M. (2025). The Teamwork Equation: Why 1 + 1 = Much More Than 2 in Academic Union Success. In T. Burris-Melville & S. Burris (Eds.), Developing Effective and High-Performing Teams in Higher Education (pp. 419-448). IGI Global Scientific Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3693-3852-0.ch015
- Barrett, S., and Williams-Shakespeare, E. (2024) A Study of digitalization of higher education Institutions in the Caribbean.  Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education.
- Jaipal-Jamani, K., Mayne, H., Ibrahim, S., Porter-DaCosta, A., Devonish, D., Williams-Shakespeare, E., Martin, J. & McLean, E. (2021). An Online Professional Development Collaboration: Transforming the practices of TVET Teacher Educators. In T. Bastiaens (Ed.), Proceedings of Innovate Learning Summit 2021 (pp. 37-41). Online, United States: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved January 8, 2025 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/220360/
