Professor Aldrie Henry-Lee

Former Director, SALISES, Mona

Focus:

Child Rights and Poverty

Email:

aldrie.henrylee@uwimona.edu.jm

Tel:

(876) 927-1020

Fax:

(876) 927-2409

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Professor Henry-Lee is the first female University Director of the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES), the UWI. She is a Sociologist who has researched and published extensively on social policy issues affecting small island developing states (SIDS).

Since joining the university in 1995, Professor Henry-Lee has researched and published on public policy, poverty, gender, human rights and childhood. She has conducted research for several notable agencies. These include the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), the Department for International Development (DFID), the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Bank.

She has also been involved in teaching courses in social policy both at the graduate and the undergraduate levels. Among the courses that she has developed are Deviance and Conflict and Social Management, Social Inequality, Inequity and Marginalization and Social Investment in Children.

For the last 15 years, Professor Henry-Lee helped organise the regional Caribbean Child Research conference which facilitates equal voice to adult and child researchers. In 2015, the conference produced a policy document with recommendations for the then Prime Minister of Jamaica.

Much of Professor Henry-Lee’s research has influenced the public policy process and she has served on several committees and boards including the Advisory Board of the Child Development Agency (now the Child Protection and Family Services Agency). She is currently the 1st Vice President, Kiwanis Club of New Kingston, Jamaica and a Sunday School Teacher at Sts. Peter and Paul Church, Kingston, Jamaica.

Professor Henry-Lee is the recipient of several awards. She received the Mona Principal’s Distinguished Researcher Award in 2003. In 2010, She won the prestigious UWI/Guardian Life Premium Teaching Award. In 2017, she led the team that received the award for the Project/Activity with the most developmental impact in the Faculty of Social Sciences. She was also a member of the team which won the award for the Project with the most funds in the Faculty of Social Sciences for the academic year 2017/2018.

In recognition of her outstanding work, in 2020, Professor Aldrie Henry was awarded the UWI’s Vice Chancellor’s Award for all-round excellence. In 2021, Professor Henry-Lee was also inducted into the Virtual Hall of Honour for 100 Saint Lucian Women by the St. Lucia National Reparations Committee (NRC) for her contribution to the island’s educational achievements.

Professor Henry-Lee currently serves as University Director, SALISES and Strategic Coordinator for Gender Equity/Justice for the UWI.

Academic Profile

University Director of the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies at the University of the West Indies (UWI)

Profession: Sociologist

Research Areas: Child Rights and Poverty

Education

PhD in Social Sciences (Sociology), Consortium Graduate School, Mona Campus, UWI

Publications

Books and Edited Collections
Henry-Lee, Aldrie and Julie Meeks Gardner. 2010. (eds.) Promoting Child Rights Through Research, Selected Papers from the Caribbean Child Research Conference 2007 -2008, Volume 2. Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies, Mona Campus, Jamaica.

Henry-Lee, Aldrie and Wilma Bailey. March - June 2010. (eds.) Social and Economic Studies, Volume 59, No. 1/2, Social Protection in the Caribbean. Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies, Mona Campus, Jamaica.

Henry-Lee, Aldrie July-December 2008. (ed.) Social Investment in Children. Special Issue of Caribbean Dialogue, Vo1ume 13, Nos. 3&4. Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad.

Bailey, Wilma, Georgiana Gordon-Strachan, Stanley Lalta, Jasper Barnett, Aldrie Henry-Lee and Dillon Alleyne2009The Case for Selective User Fees in Health Care. Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies, Mona Campus, Jamaica.

Henry-Lee, Aldrie, and Julie Meeks Gardner2008. (eds.) Promoting Child Rights: Selected Papers from the Caribbean Child Research Conference 2006, Volume 1. Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies, Mona Campus, Jamaica.

Henry-Lee, Aldrie2005. Women in Prison: The impact of incarceration on women, their children and families. Planning Institute of Jamaica.

Henry-Lee, Aldrie2002. (ed.) Special Issue on Vulnerability and Coping Strategies. Social and Economic Studies, Volume 51, No. 4. Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies, Mona Campus, Jamaica.

Short Monographs
Henry-Lee, Aldrie and Andrea Yearwood 1999. Protecting the Medically Indigent under Health Insurance in Jamaica" Abt. Associates, USA, monograph series

Chapters in Books
Henry-Lee, Aldrie2010. Natural Disasters and Child Rights in Haiti. Promoting Child Rights Through Research, Selected Papers from the Caribbean Child Research Conference 2007-2008, Volume 2. Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies, Mona Campus, Jamaica.

Henry-Lee, Aldrie2008. Poverty and Child Rights in St. Lucia. Promoting Child Rights: Selected Papers from the Caribbean Child Research Conference 2006, Volume 1. Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies, Mona Campus, Jamaica.

Henry-Lee, Aldrie2007. Implications for Social Service Delivery in a Weak Social Policy Environment. In A New Perspective on Poverty in the Caribbean. The Strength of A Participatory Approach, (ed.) Juliet Melville and Eleanor Wint. Ian Randle Publishers. Jamaica.

Henry-Lee, Aldrie2007. Poverty and Conflict Management in Jamaica. In Governance, Conflict Analysis & Conflict Resolution, (ed.) Cedric H. Grant and R. Mark Kirton. Ian Randle Publishers, Jamaica.

Bailey, Wilma, Clement Branche, and Aldrie Henry-Lee2003. PGender Relations and Conflict Management in Inner-City Communities in Jamaica: The importance of community participation. In Participatory Planning in the Caribbean: Lessons from Practice, eds. Jonathan Pugh and Robert Potter. Ashgate Publishing Limited, England.

Henry-Lee Aldrie1990. On Cricket, A Review of Beyond a Boundary. In Tribute to a Scholar: Appreciating C.L.R. James, (ed.) Bishnu Ragoonath. Consortium Graduate School.

Journal Articles
Henry-Lee, A., Leach, R., & Johnson-Coke, Y. (2020,
December 10–13). Child Poverty and Social Protection in
Jamaica [Online Presentation]. 21st Annual SALISES Conference, Tobago

Henry-Lee, A. (2021, February 25). The CRC @ 30: Violence

Against Children in the Caribbean. Online conference hosted
by the International Sociological Association

Henry-Lee, Aldrie, Patrick Watson, Philip Osei and Sharon Trezelle. March/June 2010. "Social Risk Management in a Small Island: The case of St Lucia". Social and Economic Studies, Volume 59, Nos. 1 & 2, pp.61-89.

Henry-Lee Aldrie, Wilma Bailey and Georgiana Gordon-Strachan.. March/June 2010. "Coping Strategies Used by Clients Seeking Preventive Health Care Services - Jamaica". Social and Economic Studies, Volume 59, Nos. 1 & 2, pp. 289-309.

Gordon-Strachan Georgiana, Wilma Bailey, Aldrie Henry-Lee, Jasper Barnett, Stanley Lalta and Dillon Alleyne.. March/June 2010. "The Impact of User Fees for Preventive Health Care- Jamaica, Social and Economic Studies, Volume 59, Nos. 1 & 2, pp 123-152.

Henry- Lee, Aldrie.July-December 2008. "Social Investment in Children in the Caribbean". Caribbean Dialogue, Vo1ume 13 Nos. 3&4, pp. 1-17.

Henry- Lee, Aldrie. July-December 2008. December 2005. "Convergence or Exclusivity: The Lewis Model and the Rights-Based Approach to Development". Social and Economic Studies,Volume 54, No. 4, pp. 91-121

Henry- Lee, Aldrie. October 2005. "The nature of poverty in the garrison constituencies in Jamaica". Environment and Urbanization, Volume 17, No. 2, pp. 83-99.

Clarke, Mary and Aldrie Henry-Lee. 2005. "The 'total' character of incarceration in Jamaica". Ideaz, Volume 4, No. 1/2, pp. 50-60.

Henry-Lee, Aldrie, and Peter Figueroa. November 2002. "Research and Policy: Essential National Health Research in Jamaica W.I". Caribbean Journal of Public Sector Management, Volume 4, No. 1,pp. 85-102.

Henry-Lee, Aldrie. December 2002. "Economic Deprivation and Private Adjustments: The Case of Security Guards in Jamaica". Social and Economic Studies, Volume 51, No. 4, pp. 181-209

Henry-Lee, Aldrie, and Elsie Le Franc.December 2002. "Private Poverty and Gender in Guyana and Barbados". Social and Economic Studies, Volume 51, No. 4, pp. 1-30.

Henry-Lee, Aldrie. May 2001. "Women's reasons for discontinuing contraceptive use within 12 months". Reproductive Health Matters, Volume 9, No. 17, pp. 213-220

Henry-Lee, Aldrie. March 2001. The Dynamics of Poverty in Jamaica, 1989-1999. Social and Economic Studies, Volume 50, No. 1, pp. 199-228

Figueroa, Peter, and Aldrie Henry-Lee. 1998. "Essential National Health Research Task Force. A Profile of Health Research in Jamaica 1991-1995". West Indian Medical Journal, Volume 47, No. 3, pp. 89-93.

Published Book Reviews
Aldrie Henry-Lee. December 2000. Book Review of Community Involvement in Health Development: A Review of the Concept and Practice. World Health Organization, 1999, in Social and Economic Studies, Volume 49, No.4.

NON-REFEREED RESEARCH BASED/SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS

Henry-Lee, Aldrie, and Dillon Alleyne. 1999. Review of Jamaica Government Expenditure on Basic Social Services, 1990-1998. UNDP& ECLAC, monograph series. ( Published in Spanish).

Henry-Lee July-December 2008. (ed.) Social Investment in Children. Special Issue of Caribbean Dialogue, Vo1ume 13, Nos. 3&4. Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad.

Bailey, Wilma, Georgiana Gordon-Strachan, Stanley Lalta, Jasper Barnett, Aldrie Henry-Lee and Dillon Alleyne. 2009. The Case for Selective User Fees in Health Care. Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies, Mona Campus, Jamaica.

Henry-Lee, Aldrie, and Julie Meeks Gardner. 2008. (eds.) Promoting Child Rights: Selected Papers from the Caribbean Child Research Conference 2006, Volume 1. Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies, Mona Campus, Jamaica.

Henry-Lee, Aldrie. 2005. Women in Prison: The impact of incarceration on women, their children and families. Planning Institute of Jamaica.

Henry-Lee Aldrie. 2002. (ed.) Special Issue on Vulnerability and Coping Strategies. Social and Economic Studies, Volume 51, No. 4. Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies, Mona Campus, Jamaica.

Short Monographs
Henry-Lee, Aldrie, and Andrea Yearwood. 1999. Protecting the Medically Indigent under Health Insurance in Jamaica" Abt. Associates, USA, monograph series.

Chapters in Books
Henry-Lee, Aldrie 2010. Natural Disasters and Child Rights in Haiti. Promoting Child Rights Through Research, Selected Papers from the Caribbean Child Research Conference 2007-2008, Volume 2. Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies, Mona Campus, Jamaica.

Henry-Lee, Aldrie 2008. Poverty and Child Rights in St. Lucia. Promoting Child Rights: Selected Papers from the Caribbean Child Research Conference 2006, Volume 1. Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies, Mona Campus, Jamaica.

Henry-Lee, Aldrie 2007. Implications for Social Service Delivery in a Weak Social Policy Environment. In A New Perspective on Poverty in the Caribbean. The Strength of A Participatory Approach, (ed.) Juliet Melville and Eleanor Wint. Ian Randle Publishers. Jamaica.

Henry-Lee, Aldrie 2007. Poverty and Conflict Management in Jamaica. In Governance, Conflict Analysis & Conflict Resolution, (ed.) Cedric H. Grant and R. Mark Kirton. Ian Randle Publishers, Jamaica.

Bailey, Wilma, Clement Branche, and Aldrie Henry-Lee. 2003. Gender Relations and Conflict Management in Inner-City Communities in Jamaica: The importance of community participation. In Participatory Planning in the Caribbean: Lessons from Practice, eds. Jonathan Pugh and Robert Potter. Ashgate Publishing Limited, England.

Henry-Lee, Aldrie 1990. On Cricket, A Review of Beyond a Boundary. In Tribute to a Scholar: Appreciating C.L.R. James, (ed.) Bishnu Ragoonath. Consortium Graduate School.

Journal Articles
Henry-Lee, Aldrie, Patrick Watson, Philip Osei and Sharon Trezelle. March/June 2010. "Social Risk Management in a Small Island: The case of St Lucia". Social and Economic Studies, Volume 59, Nos. 1 & 2, pp.61-89.

Henry-Lee Aldrie, Wilma Bailey and Georgiana Gordon-Strachan. March/June 2010. "Coping Strategies Used by Clients Seeking Preventive Health Care Services - Jamaica". Social and Economic Studies, Volume 59, Nos. 1 & 2, pp. 289-309.

Gordon-Strachan Georgiana, Wilma Bailey, Aldrie Henry-Lee, Jasper Barnett, Stanley Lalta and Dillon Alleyne. March/June 2010. "The Impact of User Fees for Preventive Health Care - Jamaica, Social and Economic Studies, Volume 59, Nos. 1 & 2, pp 123-152.

Henry- Lee, Aldrie. July-December 2008. "Social Investment in Children in the Caribbean". Caribbean Dialogue, Vo1ume 13 Nos. 3&4, pp. 1-17.

Henry-Lee, Aldrie.December 2005. "Convergence or Exclusivity: The Lewis Model and the Rights-Based Approach to Development". Social and Economic Studies, Volume 54, No. 4, pp. 91-121

Henry-Lee, Aldrie.October 2005. "The nature of poverty in the garrison constituencies in Jamaica". Environment and Urbanization, Volume 17, No. 2, pp. 83-99.

Clarke, Mary and Aldrie Henry-Lee.2005. "The 'total' character of incarceration in Jamaica". Ideaz, Volume 4, No. 1/2, pp. 50-60.

Henry-Lee, Aldrie, and Peter Figueroa.November 2002. "Research and Policy: Essential National Health Research in Jamaica W.I". Caribbean Journal of Public Sector Management, Volume 4, No. 1,pp. 85-102.

Henry-Lee, Aldrie.December 2002. "Economic Deprivation and Private Adjustments: The Case of Security Guards in Jamaica". Social and Economic Studies, Volume 51, No. 4, pp. 181-209

Henry-Lee, Aldrie, and Elsie Le Franc. December 2002. "Private Poverty and Gender in Guyana and Barbados". Social and Economic Studies, Volume 51, No. 4, pp. 1-30.

Henry-Lee, Aldrie. May 2001. "Women's reasons for discontinuing contraceptive use within 12 months". Reproductive Health Matters, Volume 9, No. 17, pp. 213-220

Henry-Lee, Aldrie.March 2001. The Dynamics of Poverty in Jamaica, 1989-1999. Social and Economic Studies, Volume 50, No. 1, pp. 199-228

NON-REFEREED RESEARCH BASED/SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS

Henry-Lee, Aldrie, and Dillon Alleyne. 1999. Review of Jamaica Government Expenditure on Basic Social Services, 1990-1998. UNDP& ECLAC, monograph series. (Published in Spanish)

DISTINCTIONS, HONOURS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS

1. UWI/Guardian Life Premium Teaching Award (2010).

2. Plan Nederland Distinguished Visiting Fellow, International Child Development Initiatives, Leiden, Netherlands. (Fellowship) (July-September 2009).

3. Project/Activity with the most developmental impact for the Faculty of Social Sciences. Award won with Professor Julie Meeks Gardner for the annual Caribbean Child Research Conference (2008/2009).

4. Principal's Distinguished Researcher Award for the Faculty of Social Sciences. Other awardees: Professor Wilma Bailey and Clement Branche (2002/2003).

Projects

Current Projects
A Sociology of Childhood for Jamaica since independence

Past Projects: Early Childhood Institutions (Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF)

Research Grants

Graduate Studies

PhD Submission
Annicia Gayle-Geddes. Empowering Persons With Disabilities: Education and Employment, the missing link, Social Policy, Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies, University of the West Indies, Jamaica (Supervisor).
Faith Innerarity. An Evaluation of the Social Protection System in Jamaica. Institute of Gender Studies (Supervisor).
Grace-Ann Cornwall. Community Driven Development as the Catalyst for Reforming the Quality of Education, Social Policy, Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies, University of the West Indies, Jamaica (Supervisor).

MPhil Submission
Blossom Griffiths. An Examination of the Implementation and Administration of Social Policy in Jamaica and its Relationship to the Poor Social Conditions in the Country, Social Policy, Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies, University of the West Indies, Jamaica (Supervisor).

Courses Taught

Social Investment in Children
Sociology
Inequality and Inequity and Deviance
Conflict and Social Management

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