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Jacqueline Jones Royster is an American academic, author, and scholar of rhetoric, literacy, and cultural studies. She is a professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the former Dean of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.

Education and career

Royster earned a B.A. in English from Spelman College in 1970. She has a D.A. (1975) and an M.A. (1971) in English and Linguistics from the University of Michigan.

Royster taught English at Ohio State University and Spelman College. In 2010, she moved to Georgia Tech, where she served as Dean of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts until 2019. She has held several leadership roles, including the 1995 Chair of the Conference on College Composition and Communication.

Professional contributions

Royster's research focuses mostly on African-American women and civil rights. Two of her books are Traces of a Stream: Literacy and Social Change among African-American Women and Southern Horrors and Other Writings: The Anti-Lynching Campaign of Ida B. Wells, 1892-1900. She was a co-editor for Reader's Choice.

She also co-edited Calling Cards: Theory and Practice in the Study of Race, Gender, and Culture. In 2003, she co-edited a college writing textbook called Critical Inquiries: Readings on Culture and Community.

Selected publications

• Bell-Scott, Patricia, ed. (1992). Double stitch: black women write about mothers & daughters (3. print. ed.). Boston: Beacon Press. ISBN 978-0-8070-0910-9.
• Royster, Jacqueline Jones (1996). "When the First Voice You Hear Is Not Your Own". College Composition and Communication. 47 (1): 29–40. doi:10.2307/358272. ISSN 0010-096X. JSTOR 358272.
• Royster, Jacqueline Jones; Williams, Jean C. (1999). "History in the Spaces Left: African American Presence and Narratives of Composition Studies". College Composition and Communication. 50 (4): 563–584. doi:10.2307/358481. ISSN 0010-096X. JSTOR 358481.
  • Winner of the 2000 Conference on College Composition and Communication Richard Braddock Award
• Royster, Jacqueline Jones (2000-03-24). Traces Of A Stream: Literacy and Social Change Among African American Women. University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 978-0-8229-5725-6.
  • Recognized by the Modern Language Association with the Mina P. Shaughnessy Prize
• Royster, Jacqueline Jones; Wells, Ida B., eds. (2011). Southern horrors and other writings: the anti-lynching campaign of Ida B. Wells, 1892 - 1900. The Bedford series in history and culture. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's. ISBN 978-0-312-11695-8.
• Royster, Jacqueline Jones; Kirsch, Gesa E. (2012). Feminist rhetorical practices: new horizons for rhetoric, composition, and literacy studies. Studies in rhetorics and feminisms. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press. ISBN 978-0-8093-3069-0.
  • Winner of the Winifred Bryan Horner Outstanding Book Award

Awards and honors

In 2004 Royster received the Exemplar Award from the Conference on College Composition and Communication. In 2006 she received the Frances Andrew March Award from the Modern Language Association. She was named a fellow of the Rhetoric Society of America in 2014. In 2014, she and Gesa E. Kirsch received the Winifred Bryan Horner Outstanding Book Award from the Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric & Composition (CFSHRC) for her co-authored book Feminist Rhetorical Practices: New Horizons for Rhetoric, Composition, and Literacy Studies, and she received the Global Ambassador Award from Alliance Française d'Atlanta. In 2024, she received an honorable mention for the CFSHRC Winifred Bryan Horner Outstanding Book Award for her book Making the World a Better Place: African American Women Advocates, Activists, and Leaders, 1773-1990. With Jean C. Williams, she is the recipient of the 2000 Richard Braddock Award.

References

1. Hamilton, Kendra (14 February 2002). "Ohio State English Professor Welcomes Prestigious Award". Black Issues in Higher Education. 18 (26) – via MasterFILE Complete.
2. ^ "Jacqueline Jones Royster". Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
3. "CCCC Chairs". Conference on College Composition and Communication. 2018-06-06. Retrieved 2022-08-19.
4. Reviews of Double-Stitch: Black Women Write about Mothers and Daughters
   • McCluskey, Audrey T. (1993). "Review of Double Stitch: Black Women Write about Mothers and Daughters; Black Mother Black Daughter". NWSA Journal. 5 (1): 122–125. ISSN 1040-0656. JSTOR 4316245.
   • Ross, Ellen (1994). "Review of Double Stitch: Black Women Write About Mothers and Daughters". Transformations: The Journal of Inclusive Scholarship and Pedagogy. 5 (1): 70–72. ISSN 1052-5017. JSTOR 43505782.
5. "CCCC Richard Braddock Award". Conference on College Composition and Communication. 2018-06-06. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
6. Reviews of Traces of a Stream: Literacy and Social Change among African-American Women
   • Comfort, Juanita Rodgers (2001). "Review of Traces of a Stream: Literacy and Social Change Among African American Women". JAC. 21 (1): 207–211. ISSN 2162-5190. JSTOR 20866397.
   • Nunley, Vorris; Glenn, Cheryl (2001). "Review of Traces of a Stream: Literacy and Social Change among African American Women". Rhetoric Review. 20 (3/4): 387–391. ISSN 0735-0198. JSTOR 466081.
   • Villanueva, Victor; Fowler, Shelli B. (2001). "Review of Traces of a Stream: Literacy and Social Change among African American Women". College Composition and Communication. 52 (3): 471–475. doi:10.2307/358630. ISSN 0010-096X. JSTOR 358630.
7. "Mina P. Shaughnessy Prize Winners". Modern Language Association. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
8. Reviews of Feminist Rhetorical Practices: New Horizons for Rhetoric, Composition and Literacy
   • Ostman, Heather (2012). "Review of Feminist Rhetorical Practices: New Horizons for Rhetoric, Composition, and Literacy Studies". Composition Studies. 40 (2): 166–168. ISSN 1534-9322.
   • Ryan, Kathleen (2013). "Review of Feminist Rhetorical Practices: New Horizons for Rhetoric, Composition, and Literacy Studies". Rhetoric Review. 32 (2): 223–227. doi:10.1080/07350198.2013.766858. ISSN 0735-0198. JSTOR 42003450.
9. "Awards – CFSHRC". Retrieved 2022-07-22.
10. "CCCC Exemplar Award". Conference on College Composition and Communication. 2018-06-06. Retrieved 2022-08-19.
11. "The ADE Francis Andrew March Award". Modern Language Association. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
12. "RSA | RSA Fellows". rhetoricsociety.org. Archived from the original on December 8, 2017. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
13. "Awards". Coalition of Feminist Scholar in the History of Rhetoric & Composition. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
14. "2024 Winifred Bryan Horner Outstanding Book Award Recipients". Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric & Composition. April 13, 2024. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
15. "CCCC Richard Braddock Award". Conference on College Composition and Communication. 2018-06-06. Retrieved 2024-05-03.

External links

• Georgia Tech profile

• Living people
• Spelman College alumni
• University of Michigan alumni
• Georgia Tech faculty
• Rhetoricians