College of Humanities People
Jackie Royster
Department of English: http://english.osu.edu/
Office Information
421 Denney Hall, 164 West 17th Avenue, Columbus, OH, 43210
Email: royster.3@osu.edu
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Office Hours:
On Leave until Spring 2010
421 Denney Hall, 164 West 17th Avenue, Columbus, OH, 43210
Email: royster.3@osu.edu
Phone: na
Office Hours:
On Leave until Spring 2010
General Background:
Jacqueline Jones Royster, Professor of English at The Ohio State University, has three complementary areas of interest in research: the rhetorical history of women of African descent, the development of literacy, and contexts and processes related to the teaching of writing. She has authored numerous articles and books that illustrate this confluence of concerns in both literacy studies and women's studies.
From 1983 through 1996, she was a member of the editorial collective of Sage: A Scholarly Journal on Black Women, serving as senior associate editor. In addition to their semi-annual journal (which published its final issue in January 1996), the collective published an anthology, Double Stitch: Black Women Write About Mothers and Daughters (Beacon Press, 1991--hard cover; HarperCollins, 1993--softbound). Professor Royster’s other book publications included an edited volume Southern Horrors and Other Writings: The Anti-Lynching Campaign of Ida B. Wells-Barnett (Bedford Books, 1997); Traces of a Stream: Literacy and Social Change among African American Women (University of Pittsburgh, 2000); Profiles of Ohio Women, 1803-2003 (Ohio University Press 2003), a volume published in support of the State of Ohio’s Bicentennial celebration; and a co-edited volume (with Ann Marie Simpkins, also at Ohio State), Calling Cards: Theory and Practice in Studies of Race, Gender, and Culture (SUNY, 2005).
Professor Royster’s publications also include textbooks. She served as consulting author for composition of Writer's Choice, 6-8 (Glencoe 1994--), a textbook series in language arts for middle school students. She served as program consultant for Glencoe Literature: Reader’s Choice (Glencoe 2000--), a literature series for high school courses (courses 1-5, American literature, British literature, and World literatures); and Critical Inquiries (Addison Wesley Longman 2003), a college level reader for first and second year composition courses. Currently, she is working with other colleagues in rhetoric and composition as a co-editor of the Norton Anthology of Rhetoric and Writing and on a co-authored volume, entitled Tectonic Shifts in Feminist Rhetorical Practices. In addition, she continues to work on a single-authored manuscript with the working title A Nation Within: Utopian Desire, Radical Action, and the Voices of African American Women.
In addition to her teaching, administrative, and scholarly activities, Professor Royster has also been very active in English professional organizations. She has filled a variety of roles on committees, task forces, and commissions, as highlighted by her service as: Chair of the Conference on College Composition and Communication (1995), Chair of the Executive Committee of the Division on Teaching Writing of the Modern Language Association (1995), and member of the Writing Advisory Committee of the National Commission on Writing, established by the College Board (2002-2009). Such leadership roles are also evident in her service on advisory boards in the Columbus community as well, including: the Columbus Literacy Council, the Ohioana Library Association, and the Children’s Hunger Alliance.
Among the recent honors and awards that Professor Royster has received are: Ohio Pioneer in Education (for higher education) by the State of Ohio Department of Education (2000); Braddock Award (2000) from the Conference on College Composition and Communication’s for the best article in their journal, College Composition and Communication; Mina P. Shaughnessy Prize (2001) from the Modern Language Association’s in recognition of her book Traces of a Stream; University Distinguished Diversity Award (2002) from Ohio State; University Distinguished Lecturer (2003) from Ohio State; Exemplar Award (2004) from the Conference on College Composition and Communication; a YWCA Woman of Achievement Award (2004) from the city of Columbus; the Nancy Dasher Award (2006) from the College English Association of Ohio, in recognition of her co-edited collection Calling Cards; and the Frances Andrew March Award (2006) for distinguished service to the profession from the Association of Departments of English of the Modern Language Association.
Rhetoric and Composition
