Dr. Ishemo has held posts as Senior Regional Planner in Tanzania and Physical Planner Specialist with the United Nations Development Program in the Eastern Caribbean. His main research interests lie in Rural Development, Disaster Management, Land Use Planning and Migration. In 2012 he was awarded The UTech President’s Award for Excellence in Research. In 2010, he received The Emerald Literati Network Award for Excellence for his impressive paper on the vulnerability of urban coastal settlements in Jamaica. He received his Ph.D. in environmental management from the University of the West Indies in 2005, a Master’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning from Ball State University in 1984, and a B.A. in Sociology from the University of Dar-Es-Salaam in 1980.