Dr. Joseph T. Stukes has received the Governor’s Award in the Humanities for outstanding achievement in research, teaching and scholarship.
The award was established in 1991 by The Humanities Council of South Carolina. It recognizes outstanding achievement in humanities research, teaching and scholarship.
The award was presented to Stukes and three others by Gov. Mark Sanford at the Columbia Metropolitan Civic Center earlier this month for “excellence and exemplary support of public humanities programs.”
For the past 32 years, Stukes has dedicated his considerable expertise by conducting historical monologues in a variety of venues.
And for the last five years, the Joe Stukes History Series has served to entertain and educate citizens of the Pee Dee and beyond. Often generating standing room only performances, his programs draw over 3,000 people a year.
The Joe Stukes History Series is presented by Friends of Florence County Library and sponsored by First Federal at the Drs. Bruce & Lee Foundation Library.
Stukes graduated from Davidson College and received his master’s and doctorate in history from Emory University and the University of South Carolina respectively.
He taught at the Darlington School for Boys in Rome, Ga., and Presbyterian, Lander and Erskine colleges before rounding out his career at Francis Marion University.
Stukes was vice president for academic affairs at Erskine. During this time he directed major curriculum revisions, combining the strengths of a traditional liberal arts education with contemporary academic structures that proved to be highly successful and innovative.
Because of his teaching excellence, Stukes’ students were inspired to endow The Stukes Lecture Series, a program that brings scholars from major universities to Erskine.
Stukes was professor and chairman of the Francis Marion University History Department from 1974 to 1996. In 1979 he was honored with the Distinguished Professor Award.
Stukes is past president of the South Carolina Historical Association, an honorary alumnus and in the Academic Hall of Fame at Erskine College.
He and his wife, Courtney, live in Florence.
Forty-nine individuals and organizations have received the Governor’s Awards in the Humanities from 1991-2008. Past local recipients are Dr. L. Fred Carter (2004), William C. Moran (2008) and Eugene “Nick” Ziegler (2004).
Other recipients include Pat Conroy (1996), James Dickey (1997), Walter Edgar (2000), William Price Fox (2004) Ernest F. Hollings (2007), Josephine Humphreys (2001) John Jakes (1998), Joseph P. Riley Jr. (2005), Dori Sanders (2000) and William Starr (2000).
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