UTASU Executive Members

Executive Members

Dr. Clavery Allen

Senior Lecturer in Accounting at UTech, Jamaica (PhD, Bradford).
Former Head of School of Business Administration;
President of UTASU; advocates for faculty & governance.
Research: corporate finance, ESG, misconduct.

Dr. Eraldine Williams-Shakespeare

Associate Professor in Education at UTech, Jamaica (PhD Instructional Technology, USF). 24+ years as educator/instructional designer;
UTASU Grievance Officer.
Research: online/distance learning, teacher ed tech, union collaboration.

Denise Allen

20+ year Lecturer in Computing/IT at UTech, Jamaica; teaches databases, web programming, data protection. UTASU Secretary; Attorney-at-Law; researches AI, info security, ed leadership. Fitness & personal growth advocate.

Tashieka Burris-Melville

Lecturer in Humanities/Social Sciences at UTech (EdD Leadership, Trevecca; MA Linguistics, UWI). 19+ years educator; UTASU Public Relations Officer, leads professional development. Research: linguistics, higher ed writing, collaborative/transformational leadership.

Dr. Nadine Barret-Maitland

Senior Lecturer in Computing/IT at UTech, Jamaica (PhD/MSc Computer Science, UWI). Expert in info security, AI, data protection, leadership. Publishes in The Gleaner; speaker on cybersecurity/AI; devoted Christian & mother.