About the Author
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Dr. Paloma Mohamed has written and edited several books in addition to publishing in several academic journals. Most recent are Communication, Power and Change in the Caribbean (Hansib, 2012), Duenne ( Caribbean Press 2013) and Notes on the Media in Guyana (LAP 2014). Paloma is the outgoing Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and a Senior Lecturer in the Faculties of Social Sciences and Health Sciences, at the University of Guyana. She teaches social psychology, ethics, communications research, television production, behavioral change communications and health behavior. She also teaches playwriting at the National School of Performance in Guyana as well as the Theatre Guild of Guyana. She has won several local and international awards for her creative writing and mentoring work in culture. These include the Guyana Prize for Literature and the Cacique from Trinidad and Tobago. The most recent are a Presidential Medal of Service in 2012 and the City of New York Award for Culture in 2013. Massacuraman is the sixth play that has been published by Paloma Mohamed. Profits from her creative work are towards her Healing Arts Project which supports healing work through expressive arts for vulnerable children and youth.
