Dr. Maurice St. Pierre
Professor and Chair
Education:
BSc. Sociology, Minor Concentration Economics, University of London, 1964
M.A. Sociology, Mc Gill University, 1969
Ph.D. Sociology, University of the West Indies, 1977
Teaching Interests: Collective Behavior, The Black Family, Social Theory, Sociology of Oppression
Research Interests: Collective Behavior especially Social Movements, Sociology of Knowledge especially Intellectualism, Caribbean Social Structure and Social Change, Colonialism, Sociology of Sport (Cricket)
Recent Publications:
"Martin Luther King, Jr. as a Social Movement Intellectual: Trailblazer or Torchbearer?", Book chapter for an Anthology on Martin Luther King, (forthcoming), Lexington Press.
"Diasporan Intellectuals in Post Independent Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago: A Generational Analysis", Souls, Vol. 10, No. 2, (April-June 2008): 138-154.
"The 1823 Guyana Slave Rebellion: A Collective Action Reconsideration", The Journal of Caribbean History, Vol. 41, Nos. 1 & 2, (2007): 142-169.
"The Nature and Development of Social Conflict in Guyana" in Cedric H. Grant and R. Mark Kirton (eds.). Governance, Conflict Analysis and Conflict Resolution. Kingston, Jamaica and Miami FL.: Ian Randle Publishers, 2007, 177-193.
"The Chaguaramas Affair in Trinidad and Tobago: An Intellectual Reassessment", The Journal of Caribbean History, Vol. 40, No. 1, (2006): 92-116.
Philosophy: Teaching is a sacred duty thus every moment becomes a teachable opportunity.
