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Dr. Jarrel De Matas is Assistant Professor in the Department of Bioethics and Health Humanities at the University of Texas Medical Branch. He earned is BA and MA from The University of the West Indies and his PhD from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Jarrel’s dissertation was titled Caribbean Scientia: Science, Reimagined through Science Fiction. His debut book is titled Opinions in Review 2023, a collection of newspaper columns he has and continues to write for the Daily Express. He currently has eighteen publications. His next book, currently under contract with Routledge focuses on Caribbean science fiction. Jarrel is also the founder and executive director of All Inclusive TT, a nonprofit organization in Trinidad and Tobago which focuses on youth mental health and school bullying prevention.

In addition to his role as a columnist for the Daily Express, one of the major newspapers in T&T we want to share with you three notable 2024 accomplishments:

1) His first book, a collection of columns written during 2023, was published (also available nationwide in T&T): https://www.amazon.com/Opinions-Review-2023-Jarrel-Matas/dp/B0CVLNX8WY

2) Selected as the graduate student speaker at my commencement ceremony. Speech can be watched here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noqNjNZjikQ 

3) Printed a training manual for teachers to identify and treat with bullying as part of my nonprofit organization’s (All Inclusive TT) ongoing work in bullying prevention: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=122205225488010594&set=pb.61550317842132.-2207520000. 

The website of his non-profit can be found here: https://allinclusivett.wixsite.com/allin and the email address is allinclusivett@gmail.com.