The Fourth Research Tradition: Lessons from the Third World in Decolonizing Higher Education

By Marsha Myrie Obi

How can universities in the Global North truly decolonize knowledge and dismantle the hierarchies that continue to shape their classrooms and institutions?

Decolonizing Western Universities: Lessons from the Third World by Marsha Myrie Obi challenges the dominance of Western epistemologies by turning to the Caribbean intellectual tradition-a model born out of resistance, reconstruction, and radical inclusivity. Drawing on the legacy of Commonwealth Caribbean universities, this book explores how transplanted peoples redefined identity, knowledge, and pedagogy by rejecting colonial hierarchies and embracing transdisciplinary, anti-oppressive practices.

Through a compelling synthesis of critical theory, lived experience, and educational practice, Myrie offers a roadmap for reimagining universities as spaces of liberation, empathy, and equity.

Ideal for early and mid-career faculty, educational developers, and scholars in critical pedagogy, Caribbean Studies, and equity-driven higher education reform, as well as readers in the Caribbean diaspora seeking models of transformative learning.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1917566751
• ISBN13: 9781917566759
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Lived Places
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"