Nelson, Kenisha
Kenisha is a psychologist and full-time lecturer at the University of Technology, Jamaica. She is also a Research Assistant at the None in Three Research Centre, Jamaica. Kenisha has a Ph.D. in Psychology with an emphasis in Occupational Health Psychology from Cardiff University, Wales. Kenisha’s area of research interests include stress and well-being, gender-based violence, and help-seeking behaviours for mental health related problems.
Karpenko-Seccombe, Tatyana
Tatyana is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Huddersfield teaching academic skills to doctorate students. She holds an MA in Language Studies and a Ph.D. in Linguistics from Lancaster University. She collaborates as a Linguistics Expert at the None in Three Centre for the Global Prevention of Gender-based Violence, based at the University of Huddersfield, UK. She uses corpus linguistic methods and discourse analysis extensively in her research and has published several articles and book chapters. Her other interests lie in the area of teaching academic English with corpora and concordancers.
Wager, Nadia
Dr Nadia Wager is a Professor in Psychology at the Teesside University. Nadia specialises in understanding the causes and consequences of gender-based violence, particularly in the context of preventing and intervening to ameliorate the harm caused by sexual victimisation, including child sexual abuse. She has conducted research and service evaluations for organisations such as the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, the Centre of Expertise into Child Sexual Abuse, and Victim Support.
Jones, Adele
Adele Jones OBE is Emeritus Professor of Social Work at the University of Huddersfield, UK, and Founder of the None in Three Centre for the Global Prevention of Gender-based Violence where she was formerly Director. A Fellow of the British Academy of Social Sciences and a qualified Social Worker, Prof Jones has conducted research in over 23 countries and is the author of numerous publications on topics such as child abuse, adoption, residential care, migration, parental imprisonment, child refugees, gender-based violence, and HIV-AIDS. Notable among these is a series of three books on child sexual abuse in the Caribbean. Published by Palgrave Macmillan and credited as the first scholastic texts on the topic in the region, the series addresses research and theory, policy and programming, and clinical practice.
Sheng, Xiaomin
Xiaomin Sheng is a postdoctoral researcher at Tsinghua University in China.
She obtained her Ph.D. from the School of Education and Professional Development,
University of Huddersfield, and worked as a researcher at the None in Three Research
Centre for the Global Prevention of Gender-based Violence. Her research focuses on
sex and relationship education, educational strategies on violence prevention, and
curriculum development.
Powell-Booth, Karyl
Karyl Powell-Booth is a Lecturer and former Programme Director at the University of Technology, Jamaica, in the Child & Adolescent Development course of study. She has a Ph.D. in Psychological Medicine which she pursued at the University of Glasgow, in Scotland, UK. She is also the Research Fellow at the None in Three Research Centre, Jamaica, here at the UTech. Additionally, Karyl is an Associate Clinical Psychologist with over 15 years of experience working in the field of mental health. The focus of her Ph.D. thesis was on factors associated with suicide risk and self-harm in Jamaica. A recipient of one of the top prizes for First Year Post Graduate Researcher Students’ Presentation in 2016 at the University of Glasgow, she also has presented at several local, regional, and international conferences on her work on mental health issues including self-harm, gender-based violence, and child sexual abuse
Harvey, Roxanne
Roxanne is a Research Assistant with the None in Three Research Centre, Jamaica. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Child and Adolescent Development with a minor in Disabilities Studies from the University of Technology, Jamaica. Roxanne has worked in research aimed at reducing bullying among high school students in Jamaica, with focus on administration of surveys and data analysis.
Fray, Christine
Christine is an Associate Professor in the Dietetics and Nutrition Department of the College of Health Sciences, at the University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech) and Country Director of the None in Three (Ni3) Research Centre, Jamaica. She has been a Registered Nutritionist with the Ministry of Health since 1999 and a Licensed Master Sports Nutritionist (National Association of Sports Nutrition, San Diego) since 2008. She has a BSc. in Biochemistry and Zoology (Parasitology & Physiology); an M.Sc. in Nutrition and a Ph.D. in Nutrition from the University of the West Indies (Mona). Her areas of research are nutrition economics and gender-based violence.
