Nicolette Bethel

Nicolette Bethel holds a PhD and MPhil in Social Anthropology from the University of Cambridge and a BA in English Literature from the University of Toronto. Among other things, she is a career teacher, having begun teaching part-time at the College of The Bahamas in 1986, and continuing until the present.

In 1989 she went into teaching full-time, accepting a post in English at St Anne's High School, Fox Hill, Nassau, where she remained until her return to university to pursue post-graduate studies in 1992. In 1995, having completed her coursework and fieldwork in Anthropology, she accepted a post to teach English and Anthropology at Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific; in 2000, she returned to The Bahamas to take up a double post in the schools of English and Social Sciences at the College of The Bahamas.

She left academia to assume the position of Director of Cultural Affairs for the Bahamas Government, but continued to teach part-time at the College. On January 1, 2009, she relinquished her position as Director of Culture to return to the College (soon to be University) of The Bahamas, where she teaches courses in research methods, Bahamian society and culture, and, every so often, theatre. She regards her five-plus years in the civil service as fieldwork of a very different nature, and her research is ongoing.

Since 2018 she has served as Chair of Social Sciences at the University of The Bahamas.

Education

• BA University of Toronto (1982 — 1986)
• International Baccalaureate Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific (1979 — 1981)
• Queen's College, Nassau, Bahamas (1968 — 1979)

Companies

• President Shakespeare in Paradise (2009)
• Chair, Social Sciences University of The Bahamas (2009)
• Assistant Professor, Sociology College of The Bahamas (2009)
• Administrator Ringplay Productions (2009)
• Editor-in-Chief tongues of the ocean (2008)
• Head of Department, Psychology, Sociology and Social Work College of The Bahamas (2011 — 2018)
• Visiting Fellow Harvard Graduate School of Design (2015 — 2015)
• Director of Culture, Bahamas Regional Cultural Committee, CARICOM (2003 — 2008)
• Columnist Nassau Guardian (2003 — 2008)

Skills

• Analysis
• PowerPoint
• Poetry

Other

Blogging, Critical Thinking, Grant Writing, University Teaching, Curriculum Development, Lecturing, Theatre, Event Management, Creative Writing, Public Relations, Literature, Arts Administration, English, Event Planning, Higher Education, Editing, Leadership, Nonprofits, Public Speaking, Social Media, Qualitative Research, Research, Teaching