Professor Emerita of African-Caribbean Language and Orature; Gold Musgrave Medal winner in 2009.
Manley Elisha West: Professor of Pharmacology, recipient of the Jamaican Order of Merit, co-inventor of Canasol.
J. H. Parry :Gardiner Professor of Oceanic History and Affairs at Harvard University
Raymond Gosling
Richard D'Aeth: President of Hughes Hall, Cambridge University
Michael B. Bracken
Gordon Shirley pro vice chancellor and principal
Mervyn C. Alleyne: Professor of Linguistics of the Mona and St. Augustine campi.
Salikoko Mufwene: Lecturer of Linguistics of the Mona campus between 1980 and 1981.
== Notable alumni ==
The university has produced students who have excelled in a number of disciplines, such as the arts and sciences, business, politics, and sports. Notable alumni and faculty include three Nobel Laureates, 72 Rhodes Scholars, three Gates Cambridge Scholarship winners, one Emmy award winner, one Man Booker Prize winner, one American Book Award winner, multiple Commonwealth Short Story Prize winners, …
