Jacqueline Jones Royster
Professor Emerita
Dr. Royster, former Dean of Georgia Tech’s Ivan Liberal Arts
(2010-2019), is Professor of English in the School of Literature,
Media, and Communication.
A graduate of Spelman College, in Atlanta, Royster earned an
M.A. and D.A. in English from the University of Michigan. Her
research centers on rhetorical studies, literacy studies, women’s
studies, cultural studies, areas in which she has authored and
co-authored numerous articles and book chapters.
She is the author or co-author of four books: Southern Horrors
and Other Writings: The Anti-Lynching Campaign of Ida B. Wells-
Barnett (1997), Traces of a Stream: Literacy and Social Change
among African-American Women (2000), Profiles of Ohio Women,
1803-2003 (2003), and Feminist Rhetorical Studies: New Horizons
in Rhetoric, Composition, and Literacy Studies (2012).
She is the co-editor of two books: Double-Stitch: Black Women Write about Mothers and Daughters (1991) and Calling Cards: Theory and Practice in the Study of Race, Gender, and Culture (2005), and the editor of an anthology for college writing courses, Critical Inquiries (2003).
Royster is currently focused on three book projects:
● Women’s Era: Mapping the Terrain of Nineteenth Century African American Women’s Leadership and Activism
● Memoirs, Letters, and Autobiographies of Women during the American Civil War
● A Community-Centered Model for Campus-Community Engagement
Royster has won numerous grants and awards including the Mellon Foundation (PI) -$1 Million (2017-2019) and the 2014 Winifred Bryan Horner Outstanding Book Award for Best Book for Feminist Rhetorical Practices: New Horizons for Rhetoric, Composition, and Literacy Studies (co-authored with Gesa E. Kirsch). Coalition of Women Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition.
Royster’s professional associations are as follows:
● Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition
● Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC)
● National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
● Modern Language Association (MLA)
● Rhetoric Society of America (RSA)
Sources: Georgia Tech (Georgia Institute of Technology)
https://iac.gatech.edu/people/person/jacqueline-jones-royster
