Kendra-Ann Pitt
Assistant Professor
Office: Ross Building, S831
Ext: 66322
Email: pittkann@yorku.ca
Degrees
Ph.D., University of TorontoMSW, York University
BSc., The University of the West Indies
Community Contributions
2018- Panellist. Community perspectives on mental health and well-being through a social justice lens. Ryerson University.
2017-Facilitator. Introducing Critical Disability Studies. Caribbean Institute in Gender and Development, Institute for Gender and Development Studies, Cave Hill, University of the West Indies.
2017-Panelist. What Good is Feminism Today? University of Toronto Mississauga.
Pitt, K. A. (2014). Introduction: Terror and The Limits of Remembering. In, Perera, S. &
Razack, S. (Eds.). At the limits of justice: Women of colour theorize terror (pp. 233-236).
Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Pitt, K.A. (2014) [Review of the book Love and power: Caribbean discourses on gender,
by V. Eudine Barriteau (Ed.)]. NWIG: New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische
Gids.
Pitt, K. A. (2008). Intersectionality, gender and race in women's experiences of domestic
violence: Applications to Postcolonial Trinidad. The Caribbean Journal of Social Work,
Vol. 6 & 7, pp. 58-82.
Pitt, K.A. (2017). Engaging discourses of race in domestic violence social support work
in Trinidad and Tobago. Paper presented at the Association of Caribbean Social Work
Educators Conference, Jamaica, W.I.
Voronka, J., Shanouda, F., Landry, D., Pitt, K.A., Synder, S. (2017). Mad Studies and
pedagogical practices. In J. Voronka (Chair), What do I do with this? Mad Studies and
students in helping professions. Panel conducted at the Canadian Sociological
Association Conference, Toronto, Canada.
Pitt, K.A. (2011). Race, gender and domestic violence in the Anglophone Caribbean.
Paper Presented at the University of the West Indies Institute for Gender and
Development Studies Biennial Symposium, Barbados, W.I.
Pitt, K. A. (2010). Theorizing race in Caribbean domestic violence research. Paper
Presented at the Caribbean Studies Association Conference, Barbados, W.I.
Pitt, K. A. (2007). Exploring Indian and African women’s experiences of domestic
violence in postcolonial Trinidad. Paper presented at the Association of Caribbean
Social Work Educators Conference. Trinidad and Tobago, W.I.
Pitt, K. A. (2003). Positioning social workers in the postcolonial: Exploring the role of
social workers in the evolution of emancipatory practice in the postcolonial Caribbean.
Paper presented at the Association of Caribbean Social Work Educators Conference,
Barbados, W.I.
Degrees
Ph.D., University of TorontoMSW, York University
BSc., The University of the West Indies
Community Contributions
2018- Panellist. Community perspectives on mental health and well-being through a social justice lens. Ryerson University.
2017-Facilitator. Introducing Critical Disability Studies. Caribbean Institute in Gender and Development, Institute for Gender and Development Studies, Cave Hill, University of the West Indies.
2017-Panelist. What Good is Feminism Today? University of Toronto Mississauga.
All Publications
Pitt, K. A. (2014). Introduction: Terror and The Limits of Remembering. In, Perera, S. &
Razack, S. (Eds.). At the limits of justice: Women of colour theorize terror (pp. 233-236).
Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Pitt, K.A. (2014) [Review of the book Love and power: Caribbean discourses on gender,
by V. Eudine Barriteau (Ed.)]. NWIG: New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische
Gids.
Pitt, K. A. (2008). Intersectionality, gender and race in women's experiences of domestic
violence: Applications to Postcolonial Trinidad. The Caribbean Journal of Social Work,
Vol. 6 & 7, pp. 58-82.
Pitt, K.A. (2017). Engaging discourses of race in domestic violence social support work
in Trinidad and Tobago. Paper presented at the Association of Caribbean Social Work
Educators Conference, Jamaica, W.I.
Voronka, J., Shanouda, F., Landry, D., Pitt, K.A., Synder, S. (2017). Mad Studies and
pedagogical practices. In J. Voronka (Chair), What do I do with this? Mad Studies and
students in helping professions. Panel conducted at the Canadian Sociological
Association Conference, Toronto, Canada.
Pitt, K.A. (2011). Race, gender and domestic violence in the Anglophone Caribbean.
Paper Presented at the University of the West Indies Institute for Gender and
Development Studies Biennial Symposium, Barbados, W.I.
Pitt, K. A. (2010). Theorizing race in Caribbean domestic violence research. Paper
Presented at the Caribbean Studies Association Conference, Barbados, W.I.
Pitt, K. A. (2007). Exploring Indian and African women’s experiences of domestic
violence in postcolonial Trinidad. Paper presented at the Association of Caribbean
Social Work Educators Conference. Trinidad and Tobago, W.I.
Pitt, K. A. (2003). Positioning social workers in the postcolonial: Exploring the role of
social workers in the evolution of emancipatory practice in the postcolonial Caribbean.
Paper presented at the Association of Caribbean Social Work Educators Conference,
Barbados, W.I.
