Background
Joyce, Joyce Ann was born on August 26, 1949 in Valdosta, Georgia, United States. Daughter of Henry Junior and Edna (Freelove) Joyce.
English language and literature educator
Joyce, Joyce Ann was born on August 26, 1949 in Valdosta, Georgia, United States. Daughter of Henry Junior and Edna (Freelove) Joyce.
Bachelor, Valdosta State College, 1970. Master of Arts, University Georgia, 1972. Doctor of Philosophy, University Georgia, 1979.
Instructor English, Valdosta State College, 1972-1974, 78-79;
associate Professor of English, U. Maryland., College Park, 1986-1989;
Professor of English, U. Nebraska, Lincoln, 1989-1992;
Professor of English Gwendolyn Brooks Center for African American Literature, Chicago State University, since 1992;
associate director Gwendolyn Brooks Ctr Black Literature/Creative Writing, Chicago State University, since 1995. Lecturer Smithsonian Institute, Washington, summer 1984. Contributor editor Third World Press, Chicago, since 1991.
Member nominating committee Governor's Committee Poet Laureate, Baltimore, 1985. Evaluator literature symposium Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1984.
Member Modern Language Association.
Married Walter R. Gholson, August 26, 1989. 1 child, Malik.