Tavis Deryck Jules

Tavis D. Jules (Ed.D. Teachers College, Columbia University) received degrees in international educational development, with concentrations in peace education (M.A) and international educational policy studies (E.dM & Ed.D). I am currently an Assistant Professor of Cultural and Educational Policy Studies/Comparative and International Education at Loyola University Chicago. My background is a compilation of various disciplines/fields (peace education and conflict studies, legal studies, psychology, human rights, and public and international policy) that has allowed me to research, consult, and work in the Favelas of Rio de Janeiro, the townships of Cape Town, the rural areas of Tanzania, and across the Caribbean and Maghreb regions. Immediately after graduation and prior to coming to Loyola, I was the Chief Knowledge and Communication Office/Director of Research for the Globally Responsibly Initiative (GRLI) Foundation, Editor of Global Responsibility and Steering Commitment Representative to the United Nations Global Forum for Responsible Management Education (PRiME). I am currently an Associate Editor of the Educational Research and Reviews and a reviewer for several journals in the field of Comparative and International Education.

My research centers policy formation and development – particularly, but not exclusively, within the Caribbean. My geographical area of research is the Caribbean and Latin America and on ongoing research projects include education in transitory spaces; regionalism and governance; economic integration and education in Latin America and the Caribbean; and the policy challenges in small island developing states (SIDS). More recently, my research has focused on analyzing the impact of regionalization upon small (and micro) states from a governance perspective. I have published in the field of globalization, paying particular interest to the way that the global affects the regional. My recent book “Neither world polity nor local or national societies: Regionalization in the Global South – the Caribbean Community” published by Peter Lang in 2012 looks at the influence of the policies and priorities of globalization upon the regional level and the subsequent responses