Mr. Michael Thorpe Stevenson
Board of Trustees Secretary
As University Secretary, Mr. Michael Stevenson liaises between UB’s Board of Trustees and the Administrative Council, having responsibility for the official records of the Board and its Common Seal which is affixed to documents in accordance with statutes and ordinances.
Mr. Stevenson started his academic career in 1990 as a lecturer at the College of The Bahamas. During his tenure he established the Law and Criminal Justice Degree Programme in which he taught for many years. He also served as Head of Department responsible for the University of the West Indies’ LL.B. Programme and led the development of an independent LL.B. Degree for the University of The Bahamas. Mr. Stevenson was a key member of the Small Island Sustainability Committee responsible for attracting the largest donation to the College in support of infrastructure and programme development.
In 2012, Mr. Stevenson was appointed Council Secretary and, for the past four years, has worked closely with its Chairman to ensure the university-transition mandate, given to the Council by the Government of The Bahamas, was carried out. He helped to craft the University of The Bahamas Act, 2016, and ensured that stakeholders were, for the most part, in agreement with its provisions.
Mr. Stevenson holds a Bachelor of Laws Degree (honours) from the University of Warwick, England, and a master’s degree in Socio-Legal Studies from the University of Sheffield. An Associate Professor, he teaches and conducts research in the areas of constitutional law, public administrative law, human rights, jurisprudence, criminology, sustainability law and policy, and law and society. He has written numerous articles, papers, and reports, and continues to teach Constitutional Law, Public Law, Commonwealth Caribbean Human Rights and Jurisprudence at UB. His research focuses on the relation between law, society and discourse. He has served on a number of national committees and commissions, the latest being the National Constitutional Reform Commission.