Joanne Kilgour Dowdy

Background

Dowdy, Joanne Kilgour was born on November 22, 1959 in Port of Spain, Trinidad. Daughter of Lennox Stanislaus and Kathleen Louise (Armstrong) Kilgour.

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Juilliard School, 1987; Master of Arts in Tchg., Columbia University, 1989; Doctor of Philosophy, U. North Carolina, 1997.

Career

Lecturer, Shaw U., Wilmington, North Carolina, 1993; academic consultant, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1993-1994; instructor, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1994-1995; literacy consultant, Literacy South, Durham, North Carolina, 1995-1996; lecturer, Durham Technology Community College, 1996-1997; assistant director, assistant professor, Georgia State University, Atlanta, since 1997. Consultant Georgia State University, 1997. Board directors North Carolina Equity, Raleigh.

Member of advisory board Teachers for Academy Support Skills, Cincinnati, 1997.

Achievements

• Joanne Kilgour Dowdy has been listed as a notable Education educator, actor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Association of University Women, National Organization for Women, International Reading Association.

Interests

• Avocations: sewing, correspondence, picture framing.

Connections

Married William Harold Dowdy, July 20, 1990.

Father:

Lennox Stanislaus Kilgour

Mother:

Kathleen Louise (Armstrong) Kilgour

Spouse:

William Harold Dowdy