Elizabeth Garner Joiner

Background

Joiner, Elizabeth Garner was born on February 15, 1939 in Atlanta. Daughter of Albert Ross and Bessie Mae (Sessions) Garner.

Education

Bachelor, LaGrange College, 1959. Master of Arts, University Georgia, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, 1974.

Career

Teacher French and English, Franklin County H.S., Carnesville, Georgia, 1959-1960;

teacher French and English, Winder (Georgia)-Barrow H.S., 1960-1962;

graduate teaching assistant, U. Georgia, Athens, 1962-1964;

instructor French, U. Georgia, Athens, 1964-1965;

instructor French, Winthrop College, Rock Hill, South Carolina., 1965-1968;

assistant professor French, Winthrop College, Rock Hill, South Carolina., 1968-1974;

assistant professor French, University of South Carolina, Columbia, 1974-1977;

associate professor French, University of South Carolina, Columbia, 1977-1984;

professor French, University of South Carolina, Columbia, since 1984.

Achievements

• Elizabeth Garner Joiner has been listed as a noteworthy French language educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • Video Verite: Regards Et Reflexions Sur LA Vie

    (Book by Joiner, Elizabeth, Dumenil, Annie, Day, James T.)

  • First Year French
  • Older Foreign Language Learner: A Challenge for College and Universities (Language in education)

Membership

Member Modern Language Association, American Association Teachers of French, American Council on Teaching of Foreign Languages (chair Birkmeier Award committee 1990-1991), South Carolina Foreign Language Teachers Association (president 1977-1978), Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Lawrence Don Joiner, June 8, 1964 (deceased July 1981). Married George Buford Norman, August 8, 1996.

Father:

Albert Ross Garner

Mother:

Bessie Mae (Sessions) Garner

Spouse:

Lawrence Don Joiner

Spouse:

George Buford Norman