Parey, Bephyer Dr

Dr Bephyer Parey is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES) at the St Augustine Campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI). She was awarded a PhD in Social Policy in 2019 from the UWI. Her thesis titled Essays on Disability in Trinidad: A Mixed Methods Approach examined disability in Trinidad focusing on education of children with disabilities, and employment of and wellbeing among working-age persons with disabilities. With the overall aim of providing policy recommendations for a life-course oriented inclusion of persons with disabilities, her current research also covers wellbeing among children and older persons with disabilities, and social care for older persons with disabilities.
Holding a BSc in Mathematics and MSc in Statistics from the UWI, she has a quantitative background, and has used these skills extensively in her own research; and to facilitate SPSS and STATA Laboratory Sessions for the Master’s in Development Statistics at the SALISES. Since 2008, Dr Parey’s teaching experiences also include Introduction to Mathematics, Introduction to Statistics and Engineering Statistics at the UWI, and since 2020, she is Lecturer for the postgraduate courses Techniques of Applied Social Statistical Analysis and Research Design and Management at the SALISES. She also has expertise in qualitative and mixed methods research which she gained through various training including at the University of Michigan, USA and their application in her own research. For more information visit her website:https://sites.google.com/view/bephyerparey/home.