Hazel Christine Simmons-McDonald

Hazel Simmons-McDonald is Professor Emerita and former Pro-Vice Chancellor and Principal of the University of the West Indies Open Campus. A linguist by training, her research interests and publications include articles and book chapters on second language acquisition, vernacular literacy, language education policy, language and culture, open and distance learning and co-edited books on Creole influenced vernaculars in education. She collaborated on writing French Creole instructional texts for native speakers of Antillean French Creole and has also published several English language texts for use at secondary and tertiary levels. She also writes creatively and has published poems in journals, including The Malahat Review, The Literary Review, The Atlanta Review, Poui, Pathways, Calabash, BIM and selected anthologies. She holds a Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics from Stanford University and previously taught at Santa Clara University.