Krystal-Gayle O'Neill (She Series) is an adjunct lecturer for global gender politics. In addition to being an adjunct lecturer, she is a UMass Boston alum, where she completed her Ph.D. in Global Governance and Human Security, an Adam Smith and Dan Lavoie Fellow at the Mercatus Center, George Mason University, and a fellow at the University of California National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement. She received her BEd in Business and Computer Studies from the University of Technology, Jamaica, an MBA and MS from Nova Southeastern University, an MPhil from Wesleyan University, and an MA in Conflict Resolution from UMass Boston.
She is a scholar in conflict resolution, human security, and social and restorative justice. Her research is positioned at the intersection of race, gender, and sexuality, where she is particularly interested in postcolonial societies, international organizations, and the governance of race, gender, and sexuality around the globe. Her research interests include the decriminalization of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) sexualities in the Anglophone Caribbean. She is particularly interested in how race, gender, sexuality, and religion intersect in framing policies, rhetoric, and power dynamics. Previously, she has taught courses related to international relations, gender, and human rights. Before a career in academia, she was a higher education administrator, working in residential life, student activities, and campus recreation.
