Keisha Lynne Ellis

Keisha Lynne Ellis is a Bahamian political scientist, known for her political and creative writing.

Early life

Ellis earned a master's degree in International Political Economy from the University of Kent, Brussels School of International Studies.[1]

Career

Ellis is a political science lecturer at the University of the Bahamas.[2] She wrote The People’s Constitution: A Layman’s Interpretation of the Constitution of The Bahamas after realizing that many of her students did not understand the underlying issues in the Bahamian referendum, 2002 and Bahamian constitutional referendum, 2016.[2] The book is being used in classrooms.[2] She was named a member of the Bahamas National Reparations Committee in 2014.[3] This committee is tasked with establishing the case for reparations to Caribbean nations from former European colonial states for Native genocide and the effects of the transatlantic slave trade.[3]

Ellis is also known for her creative writing. Her work was featured in Eighth National Exhibition (NE8) at the National Art Gallery of the Bahamas.[4] She has been published in several online magazines and print collections. She is the Strategic Initiatives Manager at Hands for Hunger, an organization that redistributes food and reduces food waste.[5]

Published works
  • Ellis, Keisha Lynne (2009). The Little Death. Nassau: Poinciana Paper Press.
  • Boodoo-Fortune, Danielle; Ellis, Keisha Lynne; Farmer, Sonia; Laughlin, Nicholas; Nixon, Angelique V.; Smith, Dionne Benjamin; Smith, Obediah Michael (2012). Death, Debt & Divorce. Nassau: Poinciana Paper Press.
  • Ellis, Keisha Lynne (2012). "The Serpent and I". WomanSpeak: A Journal of Literature and Art by Caribbean Women. 6: 75–89.
  • Ellis, Keisha Lynne. "Nassau Burning". Adda. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  • Ellis, Keisha Lynne. "The Little Death". Pank Magazine. Retrieved 9 February 2018.

References
  1. "Brussels School of International Studies: Graduate Studies" (PDF). Brussels School of International Studies. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  2. "Bahamian political scientist pens simplified version of the Bahamian Constitution". The Nassau Guardian. 27 March 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  3. Rojas, Don (15 October 2014). "Establishment of the Bahamas National Reparations Committee". CARICOM Reparations Commission. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  4. "NE8". National Art Gallery of the Bahamas. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  5. "Team". Hands for Hunger. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
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