Award celebrates Professor Daniel McNeil’s global impact on cultural studies, anti-racism, and inclusive education.
Professor Daniel McNeil, the inaugural Stuart Hall Interdisciplinary Chair in the College of Social Sciences, has been named as the 2025 recipient of the Stuart Hall Award for Outstanding Mentorship and Public Engagement by the Caribbean Philosophical Association (CPA).
The award, established in 2018, honours activists, artists, scholars, teachers, and theorists who have cultivated influential critical communities that study and engage the connections between the arts, social justice, and decolonial thought. It is named after Professor Stuart Hall, a pioneering cultural theorist and former Director of the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies at the University of Birmingham (1968–1979).
Professor McNeil received the award at the Association’s 2025 conference in Martinique. The awards committee praised his combination of scholarship, teaching, and academic citizenship, noting his role in advancing Black Atlantic Cultural Studies across Europe, North America, the Caribbean, and the Global South. Testimonials from students, teachers, and other people he has mentored also commended McNeil’s ability to seek out others’ strengths and facilitate their flourishing.
This award means a great deal to me – not just as a scholar but as someone who has been shaped by the generosity of mentors and mentees within and outside the university who believe in listening, learning, and growing together.
Reflecting on the honour, Professor McNeil said: “This award means a great deal to me – not just as a scholar but as someone who has been shaped by the generosity of mentors and mentees within and outside the university who believe in listening, learning, and growing together. My sincere thanks to the CPA for honouring Stuart Hall’s legacy and for building communities of care, creativity, and critical inquiry.”
An award-winning historian and cultural studies scholar, Professor McNeil’s work explores how migration, media, and memory shape cultural identities and social movements. He is committed to interdisciplinary inquiry, inclusive education, and the transformative power of the humanities and social sciences.
Originally from Merseyside, McNeil has spent over two decades shaping scholarly and public conversations on anti-racism, migration, multiculturalism, and cultural politics. His academic journey spans the UK, Canada, and the United States, with appointments as a research chair in Black Studies, a strategic hire in Migration and Diaspora Studies, and a lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies. His accolades include the Editor’s Award from the Canadian Journal of Communication, the Ida B. Wells-Barnett Visiting Professorship at DePaul University, and the inaugural Visiting Public Humanities Faculty Fellowship at the University of Toronto.
Jacqueline Martinez, President of the Caribbean Philosophical Association, said: “The Caribbean Philosophical Association is most pleased to recognise Professor Daniel McNeil’s incredible impact through his mentoring that connects social justice and decolonial thought to the living relationships through which we seek mutual growth and understanding.”
Stuart Hall Interdisciplinary Chair
Daniel McNeil is an award-winning historian and cultural studies scholar whose work explores how migration, media, and memory shape cultural identities and social movements.
