Jacqueline Jones Royster Explained

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.^[1] She has a D.A. (1975) and an M.A. (1971) in English and Linguistics from the University of Michigan.^[2]

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.^[3]

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

• Book: Double stitch: black women write about mothers & daughters . 1992 . Beacon Press . 978-0-8070-0910-9 . Bell-Scott . Patricia . 3. print. . Boston. ^[4]
• Royster . Jacqueline Jones . 1996 . When the First Voice You Hear Is Not Your Own . College Composition and Communication . 47 . 1 . 29–40 . 10.2307/358272 . 358272 . 0010-096X.
• 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 . 10.2307/358481 . 358481 . 0010-096X.
  • Winner of the 2000 Conference on College Composition and Communication Richard Braddock Award^[5]
• Book: Royster, Jacqueline Jones . 2000-03-24 . University of Pittsburgh Press . 978-0-8229-5725-6 . English. ^[6]
  • Recognized by the Modern Language Association with the Mina P. Shaughnessy Prize^[7]
• Book: Southern horrors and other writings: the anti-lynching campaign of Ida B. Wells, 1892 - 1900 . 2011 . Bedford/St. Martin's . 978-0-312-11695-8 . Royster . Jacqueline Jones . The Bedford series in history and culture . Boston . Wells . Ida B..
• Book: Royster . Jacqueline Jones . Feminist rhetorical practices: new horizons for rhetoric, composition, and literacy studies . Kirsch . Gesa E. . 2012 . Southern Illinois University Press . 978-0-8093-3069-0 . Studies in rhetorics and feminisms . Carbondale. ^[8]
  • Winner of the Winifred Bryan Horner Outstanding Book Award^[9]

Awards and honors

In 2004 Royster received the Exemplar Award from the Conference on College Composition and Communication.^[10] In 2006 she received the Frances Andrew March Award from the Modern Language Association.^[11] She was named a fellow of the Rhetoric Society of America in 2014.^[12] 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,^[13] 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.^[14] With Jean C. Williams, she is the recipient of the 2000 Richard Braddock Award.^[15]

External links

• Georgia Tech profile

Notes and References

1. Hamilton . Kendra . 14 February 2002 . Ohio State English Professor Welcomes Prestigious Award . Black Issues in Higher Education . 18 . 26 . MasterFILE Complete.
2. Web site: Jacqueline Jones Royster . 2022-07-22 . Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts . en.
3. Web site: 2018-06-06 . CCCC Chairs . 2022-08-19 . Conference on College Composition and Communication . en-US.
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 . 4316245 . 1040-0656.
   • 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 . 43505782 . 1052-5017.
5. Web site: 2018-06-06 . CCCC Richard Braddock Award . 2023-05-19 . Conference on College Composition and Communication . en-US.
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 . 2162-5190 . 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 . 466081 . 0735-0198.
   • 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 . 10.2307/358630 . 358630 . 0010-096X.
7. Web site: Mina P. Shaughnessy Prize Winners . 2023-05-19 . Modern Language Association . en.
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 . 1534-9322.
   • Ryan . Kathleen . 2013 . Review of Feminist Rhetorical Practices: New Horizons for Rhetoric, Composition, and Literacy Studies . Rhetoric Review . 32 . 2 . 223–227 . 10.1080/07350198.2013.766858 . 42003450 . 0735-0198.
9. Web site: Awards – CFSHRC . 2022-07-22 . en-US.
10. Web site: 2018-06-06 . CCCC Exemplar Award . 2022-08-19 . Conference on College Composition and Communication . en-US.
11. Web site: The ADE Francis Andrew March Award . 2023-05-19 . Modern Language Association . en.
12. Web site: RSA RSA Fellows . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20171208040050/https://rhetoricsociety.org/aws/RSA/pt/sp/fellows . December 8, 2017 . 2023-05-19 . rhetoricsociety.org.
13. Web site: Awards . May 3, 2024 . Coalition of Feminist Scholar in the History of Rhetoric & Composition.
14. Web site: April 13, 2024 . 2024 Winifred Bryan Horner Outstanding Book Award Recipients . May 3, 2024 . Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric & Composition.
15. Web site: 2018-06-06 . CCCC Richard Braddock Award . 2024-05-03 . Conference on College Composition and Communication . en-US.