FCEA DISTINGUISHED COLLEAGUES

The Distinguished Colleague Award is given for "significant and sustained contributions in teaching, scholarship, and service."
All active FCEA members are eligible for this award. Candidates need not demonstrate equivalent contributions in all three areas; selection is based on overall accomplishments.
Submission requirements include a letter of nomination, a list of three references, and a curriculum vitae.
Contact Socky O'Sullivan at mosullivan@rollins.edu for more information.

The sixth annual Distinguished Colleague Award
was given at the FCEA Conference in Fort Pierce
on November 9, 2007, to:

Kevin McCarthy
University of Florida

With a Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of North Carolina:Chapel Hill, Kevin McCarthy taught in the Peace Corps in Turkey, in Lebanon and Saudi Arabia as a Fulbright Professor, and as a professor of English and Linguistics at the University of Florida for 33 years. He has had 37 books published plus articles in scholarly and popular journals. He served for 18 years as the Executive Director of the Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Society. He has also served as president of the FCEA and as the Distinguished Alumni Professor of the University of Florida. He continues to research and write nonfiction books about Florida.

The fifth annual Distinguished Colleague Award
was given at the FCEA Conference in Lakeland
on November 10, 2006, to:

Richard Adicks
University of Central Florida

After receiving his Ph.D. from Tulane, Richard Adicks had a distinguished career as Professor of Literature at the University of Central Florida. He has received the College of Arts and Science award for excellence in teaching, served as president of FCEA, and been active in historical organizations. In addition to teaching courses ranging from 19th century British and modern American to ancient Greek and Biblical literature, he has published a novel, A Court for Owls [1989], books on Florida history, Le Conte's Report of East Florida [1978] and Oviedo, Biography of a Town [1979]), and articles on literature.

The fourth annual Distinguished Colleague Award
was given at the FCEA Conference in Daytona Beach
on November 4, 2005, to:

Susan Monroe Nugent
Santa Fe Community College

Susan served on the Executive Board of FCEA from 1995-98 and as Vice President, 2001-02, and President, 2002-03. Currently a faculty member at Santa Fe Community College, Susan has also taught at Florida Keys Community College, where she was named Teacher of the Year for 1996-97, and at Keene State College in New Hampshire. Avid conservationists, Susan and her husband Harold, were named National Volunteers of the Year by the National Fish and Wildlife Association in 1999. She is currently working on two books: one about The Nature Conservancy and one focusing on the women behind the environmental movement in the Florida Keys.

The third annual Distinguished Colleague Award
was given at the FCEA Conference in Lake Worth
on October 21, 2004, to:

Jane Anderson Jones
Manatee Community College: Venice

Jane Anderson Jones

President of FCEA, 2001-2002, Jane has been on the Board since 1999. She currently serves as the FCEA's Webweaver. She was given the second annual Academic Excellence Award at Manatee Community College where she has taught since 1982. At MCC she has served as President and Vice President of the Faculty Council, and Distance Learning mentor. Her books include
Florida in Poetry and Frida Kahlo.

The second annual Distinguished Colleague Award was given at the FCEA Conference in Indian Rocks Beach on October 16, 2003, to:

Maurice "Socky" O'Sullivan
Rollins College

A member of FCEA's Executive Board from 1995-2002, Socky served as FCEA President and Vice President from 2001-2002. FCEA Colleagues recognize him as mentor, enthusiastic collaborator and premiere scholar of Florida literature. He holds the Kenneth Curry Chair in English at Rollins College where he has served as Chair of the English Department, Humanities Division Chair and President of the Faculty. His books include: The Florida Reader, Florida in Poetry, Florida Noir and
Shakespeare's Other Lives.

The inaugural Distinguished Colleague Award
was given at the FCEA Conference in Gainesville
on October 18, 2002, to:

Fred Standley
Florida State University

Fred Standley Speaking

Fred has been a long-time member of FCEA serving as Vice President, 1991-92; as President, 1992-93 and as CEA Liaison from 1993 to 2003. He holds the Daisy Parker Flory Chair at FSU, where he directed Graduate Studies 1970-73 and chaired the English Department 1973-82 and 1997-99. His work on James Baldwin is nationally known, and he recently edited
The Diaries of Claude Denson Pepper.