 dvc institutional advancement dvc institutional advancement dr mellissa ifill is the deputy vicechancellor of institutional advancement at the university of guyana and holds the substantive appointment of senior lecturer in the department of history and social studies dr ifill is a multidisciplinary scholar and has taught courses in history politics and international relations at ug since 1999 dr ifill is a specialist in democratic governance and ethnicised politics gender and citizen security violence and crime with a focus on prisons in guyana and the englishspeaking caribbean dr ifill served as the guyana author for undp s first caribbean human development report she is currently engaged in research on gendered crime and violence and prisons and coloniality and been the coinvestigator and guyana lead of several collaborative projects with the guyana prison service and the university of leicester including the following projects history of the georgetown jail history and security sector reform crime and punishment in british colonial guyana 18141966 and the most recent mental neurological and substance abuse disorders in guyana s jails 1825 to the present day dr ifill served as chairperson of the guyana prison service sentence management board between 20152020 dr ifill is deeply committed to advancing gender and social justice and human rights webmaster thu 10292020 1610 mellissa ifill dr deputy vicechancellor for institutional advancement dvcia uogedugy ba mphil phd statutory officer 2  