Joyce Arline Cornette Palmer

Background

Palmer, Joyce Arline Cornette was born on September 4, 1941 in Columbia, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of James Edward and Arline (Roberts) Cornette.

Education

Bachelor, David Lipscomb U., Nashville, 1963; Master of Arts, U. Tennessee, 1964; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Tennessee, 1967.

Career

Professor of English, Texas Woman's U., Denton, since 1967. Guest lecturer Denton Public Schools.

Achievements

• Joyce Arline Cornette Palmer has been listed as a noteworthy English language educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Treasurer Newton Rayzor Parent-Teachers Association, 1978-1979. Member visiting committee Abilene Christian U. English Department, 1991-1996. Member Native Plants Society Wildflower Prairie Restoration Project, 1995-1996.

Member special commission to select novel all 5th graders would read Denton Indiana School District. Member, secretary Rhetoric Committee Federation North Texas Area Universities, Denton. Member conference College Teachers of English.

Member Modern Language Association, National Council Teachers of English, South Control Society for 18th Century Studies (charter member, section chair), Modern Humanities Research Association, Denton Dickens Fellowship, Denton Celtic Society, The Rhetoric Society, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Delta Gamma.

Interests

• Avocations: singing, playing piano, swimming, traveling, gardening.

Connections

Married Leslie Howard Palmer, August 27, 1965. Children: David Leslie, Rachel Joyce.

Father:

James Edward Cornette

Mother:

Arline (Roberts) Cornette

Spouse:

Leslie Howard Palmer

child:

David Leslie Palmer

child:

Rachel Joyce Palmer