The University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona is pleased to announce that Professor Paulette Ramsay has received a Farquharson Institute of Public Affairs (FIPA) Award of the Century for Outstanding Scholarship in Literary and Language Studies and Creative Writing. 

Professor Ramsay was awarded on account of her mastery of the written word and distinguished literary career. She is Head of the Department of Modern Languages & Literatures and Professor of Afro-Hispanic Literatures and Cultures in the Faculty of Humanities & Education.

The purpose of the FIPA Awards is to celebrate extraordinary critical thinkers and leaders who use the written word to promote one or more of the FIFPA’s three areas of focus, namely: education & culture, industry & commerce and science & technology.