Curriculum Vitae

Kevon Christopher RhineyB.A. (Hons.) PhD.

Home Address: 23 University Close, College Commons, Mona Kingston 7

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Mobile: 1(876) 418-2233/Work: 1(876) 927-212

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
2010Ph.D. Geography
Department of Geography & Geology, University of the West Indies, Mona
Areas of concentration: Agro-tourism linkages; value and supply chains; trade liberalization; sustainable livelihoods and rural development.
2003B.A. Geography (Major)
Department of Geography & Geology,University of the West Indies, Mona

CERTIFICATION/TRAINING WORKSHOPS

2011Visiting Researcher

International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) Headquarters, Palmira, Colombia, May 30-June 10.

2010 Teaching Skills Workshop

Instructional Development Unit, University of the West Indies, Mona, January 18-20.

SKILLS

  • Microsoft Office 2007 (Word, Excel, Access, Publisher, Power Point, Outlook)
  • Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS)
  • Arc GIS 10.0

Received advanced GIS training in crop suitability modeling using the following software:

  • CANVAS
  • ECOCROP
  • DIVA GIS
  • CaNaSTA
  • Maxent
  • Marksim & DSSAT

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Research interests span the rural-urban nexus and include rural sustainable development, agri-food systems and rural livelihoods, value and commodity chains, climate change and adaptation; market liberalization and food security, globalization and governmentality, tourism development and planning, and participatory urban planning and good governance.

MAJOR AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

2008/09 Faculty Representative for the Pure and Applied Sciences, Mona Association for Postgraduate Students (MAPS), University of the West Indies, Mona
2007The Prime Minister’s National Youth Awards for Excellence in the field of Academics, National Centre for Youth Development, Ministry of Education and Youth, Government of Jamaica (GoJ).
2003The Principal’s Scholarship for Excellence, University of the West Indies, Mona.
2002/03 Hall Chairman, Taylor Hall, University of the West Indies, Mona
2001/02 Deputy Hall Chairman, Taylor Hall, University of the West Indies, Mona
2000 Sportsman of the Year, Montego Bay Community College
1997/98 Head Boy, William Knibb Memorial High School

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

CURRENT POSITION

Fall 2010 – present Lecturer

Department of Geography & Geology, UWI Mona Campus

Courses include:GEOG1101: Introduction to Human Geography

GEOG2301: Geographical Thoughts and Research Methods

GEOG2101: Urban Geography

GEOG3106: Geographies of Tourism

GEOG3302: Urban and Regional Planning

GEOG3401: Geography Research Project

2009-presentResearch Fellow

Centre for Leadership & Governance, UWI Mona Campus

OTHER EMPLOYMENT

Spring 2008 – Spring 2010Assistant Lecturer

Department of Geography & Geology, UWI Mona Campus

2005-2008 Part-time Lecturer (Associate Degree Programme)

Excelsior Community College, Kingston

2006-2007 Resident Advisor

Taylor Hall, UWI Mona Campus

TECHNICAL REPORTS

  • Gatchair, S. & K. Rhiney(in progress) “Jamaica National Youth Mainstreaming Strategy and Manual Documents”. Reports prepared on behalf of the Centre for Leadership and Governance, Department of Government, University of the West Indies Mona for the National Centre for Youth and Development (NCYD), Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture (GoJ). Project co-ordinated by Dr. Lloyd Waller, Acting Director, Centre for Leadership & Governance, University of the West Indies, Mona Campus.58 and 35pp.
  • Rhiney, K. & C. Ostertag.2010. “Review of current Jamaican agricultural intermediaries relative to business model and goods and services offered to local farmers and buyers”. Report prepared for Oxfam GB as part of its Jamaican Market Access Initiative (JAMAI) project in collaboration with the Corporation for Rural and Economic Development (CODER), Cali, Colombia and the SLOAN Business School based at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston, Massachusetts. The project was geared at investigating the market feasibility of establishing a social intermediary enterprise in Jamaica that could help improve local small farmers’ market access to the tourism and supermarket value chains. 25 pp.
  • Clarke, J., Michel, C. & K. Rhiney. 2010.“Feasibility Study on both Existing and New Sustainable Livelihood Initiatives for Communities around the Central Forest Reserve National Park, St. Kitts”. Report prepared for the Department of Environment, Government of St. Kitts and Nevis as part of the OECS Protected Areas and Associated Livelihoods (OPAAL) Project. 87 pp.
  • Rhiney, K. D. Thomas.2010. “Analytical Study on Industry within Jamaica in preparation of a National Spatial Plan”. Report prepared on behalf of The Centre for Leadership and Governance, Department of Government, University of the West Indies Mona for the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) and the Office of the Prime Minister (GoJ).Project co-ordinated by Dr. Lloyd Waller, Centre for Leadership & Governance, University of the West Indies, Mona Campus. 55 pp.
  • Rhiney, K. & T. Guyah. 2008. “Jamaica Country Report to the CARICOM Commission on Youth Development (CCYD) on the Situation of Youth in the Caribbean”. Report prepared for the National Centre for Youth Development (NCYD), Ministry of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports (GoJ) and the CARICOM Secretariat.77 pp.
  • Rhiney, K. (2007) Report on existing and potential agro-tourism products and services in Jamaica. Project funded by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and the Organisation of American States (OAS). Project co-ordinated by Dr. Carolyn Hayle, Institute of Hospitality and Tourism Management, University of the West Indies, Mona Campus. 28 pp.
  • Osbourne, M. K. Rhiney(2006) Designedand reported on Landslide and Flood Hazard Maps of Jamaica by Watershed Management Units using the ArcGIS 9.1 software. Project sponsored by NEM Insurance Company Limited.

GRANTS FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH/DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES

  • USAID Jamaica (2011) “Promoting Market Competitiveness and Adaptation to Climate Change among Smallholder Farmers in Jamaica”. US$57,590 requested from the USAID Development Grants Program.
  • Oxfam GB (2010-2011) “The Jamaica Market Access Initiative (JAMAI)”. Partnership Agreement Grant. US$18,000.
  • International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) (2010)"Adaptation by agricultural communities to Climate Change through participatory & supply chain inclusive management". Project Support Grant. US$9,000.

PUBLICATIONS

IN PRINT

  • Rhiney, K. (2011) “Agri-tourism Linkages in Jamaica: Case Study of the Negril All-inclusive Hotel Sub-sector”. In R. Torres & J. Momsen (eds.) Tourism and Agriculture: New Geographies of Consumption, Production and Rural Restructuring,London and New York: Routledge, pp. 117-138.
  • Cruse, R. and K. Rhiney (forthcoming July 2011) “Reggae identité et paysage urbain dans un bidonville de Kingston-ouest”.L’Espace Politique.
  • Rhiney, K. (2010) “Text and Textuality.” in Wharf, B. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Human Geography. London: SAGE, pp.
  • Rhiney, K. (forthcoming 2010) “Agri-tourism Linkages in Jamaica: Prospects and Challenges.” CaribXplorer.
  • Rhiney, K. (2009) “Forging New Linkages in a Changing Global Economy? The Case of Cooperatives and their Link with the Negril Tourism Industry, Jamaica.” Caribbean Geography, 15(2): pp. 142-159.
  • Rhiney, K. (2009)“(Re)Defining the Link? Globalisation, Tourism and the Jamaican Food Network”. In D. McGregor, D. Barker and D. Dodman (eds.) Global Change and Caribbean Vulnerability: Environment, Economy and Society at Risk?”Kingston: The University of the West Indies Press, pp 237-258.
  • Dodman, D. and K.Rhiney(2008) “We Nyammin?’ Food Supply, Authenticity and the Tourist Experience in Negril, Jamaica’. In M. Daye, D. Chambers and S. Roberts (eds.)New Perspectives in Caribbean Tourism, London and New York: Routledge, pp. 115-132.
  • Rhiney, K. (2006) “Time to rethink agrotourism link” Guest Columnist, Jamaica Gleaner, October 29.

IN PRESS

  • Rhiney, K. (forthcoming 2011)“The Negril Tourism Industry: growth, challenges and future prospects.” Caribbean Journal of Earth Sciences, Special Volume on Negril.

UNDER REVIEW

  • Jaffe, R., Rhiney, K. and C. Francis.(under review)“Throw word: Graffiti, Space and Power in Kingston Jamaica”.Caribbean Quaterly.

IN PREPARATION

  • Rhiney, K. “The evolution of agri-tourism linkages in the Caribbean.”
  • Rhiney, K. and R. Cruse. “Trench Town Rock: Reggae music, identity politics and place inscription in Kingston, Jamaica.”

REFEREE ACTIVITIES

  • Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography
  • Caribbean Journal of Earth Science
  • Journal of Eastern Caribbean Studies
  • Caribbean Geography

CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION

PAPER PRESENTATIONS

  • Rhiney, K. and R. Kinlocke. April 2011. Urban Livelihood Responses to New Trade Regulations for the Jamaican Scrap Metal Industry. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (AAG) , Seattle, Washington , April 12-16
  • Rhiney, K. 2010. “Citizens Associations and Participatory Urban Governance: The Case of the Portmore Municipality, Jamaica”. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers(AAG), Washington DC, April 13-19.
  • Rhiney, K. & D. Campbell (2009) ‘Boosting local capacity and strengthening linkages: farmers’ groups and their supply links with the Jamaican tourism industry’. Presented at the Meeting on Food Security and Agricultural Development in the Americas, Kingston, University of the West Indies, Mona, July 27-29.
  • Rhiney, K. 2009. “Trench Town Rock: Reggae Music, Identity and Place Contestations in Trench Town, Kingston”. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (AAG), Las Vegas, Nevada, March 22-27.
  • Rhiney, K., Jaffe, R. and C. Francis. 2008. “The ‘Write’ to the City: Graffiti, Space and Power in Knigston Jamaica.” Presented at the International Conference of the Department of Geography & Geology: Foundations and Directions: Celebrating Geography and Geology at The UWI, The University of the West Indies, Mona, July 7-11.
  • Rhiney, K., Jaffe, R. and C. Francis. 2008. “Contested Spaces, Contesting Identities? Graffiti, Space and Power in Kingston Jamaica”. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (AAG), Boston Massachusetts, April 15-19.
  • Rhiney, K. 2007. “Forging New Linkages in a Changing Global Economy? The Case of Farmers’ Cooperatives and their link with the Negril Tourism Industry, Jamaica.”Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers’ Annual Meeting (AAG), San Francisco, California, April 17-21.
  • Rhiney, K. 2006. “(Re)Defining the Link? Globalisation, Tourism and the Jamaican Food Network.” Presented at the 5th British-Caribbean Geographers Conference, “Global Change and Caribbean Vulnerability: Environment, Economy and Society at Risk?The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, July 24-28.
  • Rhiney, K. and D. Dodman. 2006. “Food Supply, Authenticity and the Tourist Experience in Negril”. Presented at the 31st Annual Conference, Caribbean Studies Association, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, May 29 - June 2.
  • Rhiney, K. 2005. “Tourism and its Linkage with the Local Food-Supply Network: A Case Study of Negril, Jamaica”. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the South Eastern Division of the Association of American Geographers (SEDAAG), West Palm Beach, Florida, November 20-22.

CONFERENCE POSTER DISPLAY

  • Rhiney, K. 2008. “Tourism and its Linkage with the Local Food-Supply Network: A Case Study of the Negril Tourism Industry”. Poster displayed at The Eigth Conference of the Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, February 26-28.

OTHER CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES

  • Paper Session Organiser and Chair, “Caribbean responses to global change.” Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Seattle, Washington, April 12-16, 2011. Co-organise session with Benjamin Timms, California Polytechnic State University, USA.
  • Paper Session Organiser, “Landscape inscriptions and place identities.”Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 22-27, 2009. Co-organise session with Terri Moreau, University of Reading, UK.
  • Session Chair, “Panel Session 9:Directions in Postgraduate Research”, Foundations and Directions: Celebrating Geography and Geology at The University of the West Indies, The University of the West Indies, Mona, July 11, 2008.

INVITED PRESENTATIONS/GUEST LECTURES

  • “Sustainable Development: a current reality or distant dream?” Presented to the Graduate Group in the Department of Economics, University of the West Indies, Mona, October 7, 2009.
  • “Tourism and the environment”,Lecture presented as part of the Population, Environment and Development (SOCI3022) course, Department of Sociology, Psychology and Social Work, University of the West Indies, Mona,February 23, 2009.
  • “Agriculture and the environment”,Lecture presented as part of the Introduction to Agro-environmental Management (AGBU1002) course, MSc in Agricultural Entrepreneurship, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of the West Indies, Mona, October 18, 2010.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Jamaican Geographical Society (JGS).
  • Association of American Geographers (AAG)
  • Urban Geography Specialty Group, Association of American Geographers (AAG)

Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers (SEDAAG)

Caribbean Studies Association (CSA)

Jamaica Association of Young Professionals (JAYP)

SALISES 50/50 Research Group

OUTREACH ACTIVITIES

Member, Steering Committee for the National Food and Nutrition Security Policy, Government of Jamaica,2011

Member of the UWI at Denbigh Strategic Committee, 2010 and 2011.

President, Jamaican Geographical Society (JGS), 2010-present

Vice President, Jamaican Geographical Society (JGS), 2008-2010.

Member of the editorial committee, TheJamaican Geographer, 2006-2009.

Co-editor, Caribbean Online Atlas, 2011

REFEREES

  1. Professor David Barker,

Head,

Department of Geography and Geology,

University of the West Indies, Mona Campus,

Kingston 7, Jamaica.

Email:

  1. Dr. David Dodman,

Senior Researcher,

International Institute for Environment and Development,

3 Endsleigh Street,

London, WC1H 0DD, UK.

Email:

  1. Dr. Lloyd Waller

Acting Director,

Centre for Leadership and Governance,

Department of Government,

University of the West Indies, Mona Campus,

Kingston 7, Jamaica.

Email:

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