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Damion Blake’s research and perspectives featured in ACLED study on emergency powers and gang violence in the Caribbean
October 28, 2025
Blake was interviewed for a global report examining the effectiveness of states of emergency in Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago
Damion Blake publishes commentary on Jamaica’s election in Latin America Advisor
September 17, 2025
In his commentary, Blake analyzed Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness’ historic third-term electoral victory.
Damion Blake publishes co-authored study on shift in security cooperation between Mexico and the Caribbean
March 20, 2025
Blake and his co-authors examine South–to-South Security Cooperation between Mexico and the Caribbean on the problem of illegal guns trafficked from the US into Mexico and the Caribbean.
Damion Blake explores the power of Jamaica’s mafia bosses in new book
September 11, 2024
In Don Dada: Assessing the Socio-economic and Political Power of Jamaica’s Mafia Bosses, Damion Blake, associate professor of political science, investigates the evolution of the don, non-state violent actors who exert influence in the island's garrison communities.
Jamaica Observer publishes Blake’s commentary on culture and violence in Jamaica
October 7, 2022
Blake, an associate professor in the Department of Political Science & Policy Studies shares his research and analysis on violence in the Jamaica Observer newspaper. The article is entitled, Gangster's Paradise? Culture and the cost of violence in Jamaica. The article explores how a sub-culture of violence is gripping parts of the island triggering annual increases in gun crimes and homicides.
Blake lectures on policing and race in America during #BlackLivesMatter seminar
September 25, 2020
Damion Blake, assistant professor in political science and policy studies and Faculty Fellow for Race, Ethnicity and Diversity, recently gave a public virtual lecture on policing and race in America during the University of the West Indies #BlackLivesMatter Virtual Seminar Series.
Damion Blake publishes article on state formation and development in the Caribbean
July 27, 2020
The co-authored research from Blake, an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science & Policy Studies, appeared in the peer-reviewed Journal of Global South Studies.
Damion Blake publishes article in the Journal of Ethnographic and Qualitative Research
June 9, 2020
Blake, an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science and Policy Studies, examined the challenges that researchers of violence face as they collect fieldwork data in Caribbean, South and Central American countries.
Blake invited to be a speaker at East Carolina University's biannual diversity seminar
October 25, 2017
Damion Blake, assistant professor of political science and policy studies, conducted a workshop seminar during the Oct. 19 event.
Damion Blake publishes article on neoliberalism and violence in the Caribbean
June 20, 2016
The co-authored research from the lecturer in the Department of Politcal Science and Policy Studies appeared in the Third World Quarterly peer reviewed journal