PROFESSOR PALOMA MOHAMED

Vice-Chancellor Xi

Prof. Paloma Mohamed the Vice-Chancellor, Xi of the University of Guyana, the most youthful and the first woman to ever hold the post in the University’s 57 year history. She is a highly decorated scholar and artist. She is a Strategist and Change Specialist having done her Ph.D specialization in these areas. Prof. Paloma Mohamed is a successful fund-raiser and an academic, having widely published on various areas relating to the Arts, Social and Behavioral Sciences. Prof Mohamed has led an extensive international life and is a beloved teacher and notable researcher. She has been variously referred to as a servant leader, a visionary and a titanium butterfly. In 2014, she was named by the US government as one of the top 5 most influential women in Guyana and in that same year became the first and only woman to hold the highly coveted Anthony N Sabga Caribbean Awards for Excellence in Arts and Letters which is considered the Nobel prize of the Caribbean. In addition, she is the recipient of two Presidential awards and a city of New York award among others.