Patricia Daley

Patricia O. Daley is a Jamaican human geographer and academic, specialising in forced migration, political ecology, and Africa. She is Professor of Human Geography of Africa at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford.[1][2]

Early life and education

Daley was born and brought up in rural Jamaica.[3] At the age of 12, she emigrated to England.[4] She attended school in Hackney, London,[3] and as a teenager lived in the Pembury Estate.[4]

Daley was the first of her family to attend university, and studied at Middlesex Polytechnic, graduating with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree.[3][5] She then undertook postgraduate studies at Goldsmith's College and the School of Oriental and African Studies, both part of the University of London,[3] graduating with a Master of Arts degree and a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE).[5] She then moved to the University of Oxford to study for a Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) degree.[3] She completed her doctorate in 1989 with a thesis titled "Refugees and underdevelopment in Africa: the case of Barundi refugees in Tanzania".[6]

Academic career

Daley previously taught at Dartmouth College, and Loughborough University.[1] In 1996, she moved to the University of Oxford, where she was appointed University Lecturer in Human Geography and joined Pembroke College, Oxford.[3][7] She is the first black woman to be appointed a lecturer at Oxford.[3] She is now a Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford.[2] She served Jesus College as Tutor for Women from 1998 to 2004, and as Tutor for Admissions from 1999 to 2002.[2] She was the University Assessor for the 2015/2016 academic year.[1][5] She was awarded a Title of Distinction as Professor of the Human Geography of Africa in September 2016.[8]

In 2017, Daley was one 24 notable individuals chosen by the University of Oxford to have their portrait painted and displayed at the university: this was done in order to bring more diversity to the otherwise "dead white males" that hung in its walls.[9][10]

Selected works

  • Daley, Patricia O. (2008). Gender and genocide in Burundi: the search for spaces of peace in the Great Lakes Region. Oxford: James Currey. ISBN 978-1847013071.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Professor Patricia Daley". School of Geography and the Environment. University of Oxford. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "Professor Patricia Daley". Jesus College. University of Oxford. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Profile: On the Level with Dr Patricia Daley". Operation Black Vote. 18 November 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Recalling 1970s London: has life improved since for the young, poor and black?". Open Democracy. 19 August 2011. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 "Council and Main Committees". Oxford University Gazette. University of Oxford. 145 (5091). 19 March 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  6. ↑ Daley, Patricia O. (1989). "Refugees and underdevelopment in Africa : the case of Barundi refugees in Tanzania". E-Thesis Online Service. The British Library Board.
  7. ↑ "Examinations and Boards". Oxford University Gazette. University of Oxford. 126. 18 January 1996. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  8. ↑ "Notices - Recognition of Distinction". Oxford University Gazette. University of Oxford. 147 (5143). 29 September 2016.
  9. ↑ "Professor Patricia Daley Recognised in "Oxford Portraits"". African Studies Centre. University of Oxford. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  10. ↑ Coughlan, Sean (6 April 2017). "Oxford puts up more portraits of women". BBC News. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
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