About Dr. Glenville Ashby
Dr. Glenville Ashby was born in Woodbrook, Trinidad. He was educated at the University of the West Indies, St Augustine campus, and served as an educator for six years before migrating to the US. There, he spent an additional year in that profession.
After a tour with the United States military, Mr Ashby became very involved in journalism, and wrote for a number of newspapers and periodicals, including the Diplomatic Monitor in Washington, the New York Resident, Black Diaspora Magazine, NY and CaribNews, NY. In 2003 he became the editor of World News Forum. His work in broadcasting includes a stint at Spirit FM in Sussex, England in 2007.
In 2005, he served as correspondent for The Pillar (newspaper) of Tobago. He has interviewed key figures in international politics, including members of the Diplomatic Corps. In 2006, he wrote and produced the acclaimed documentary, "Yes Bush, No!" His book, “The Believers,” has been called a seminal work in West Indian literature and will be published early 2011. Mr Ashby is a member of the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Relations and an accredited journalist of the New York Foreign Press.
He is currently the foreign correspondent for the Trinidad Guardian, one of the most reputable newspapers in the Caribbean. He has earned several journalism diplomas from the London School of Journalism and Cleland Thom Institute in Sussex. He holds a post graduate certificate in International Affairs and a doctoral degree in Diplomacy and Inter-Religious Dialogue from EUCLID (POLE UNIVERSITAIRE EUCLIDE), one of the world's 5 intergovernmental universities.