Background
Dumas, Joyce Pendleton was born on July 24, 1951 in Starville, Mississippi, United States. Daughter of Clifton and Beatrice Carr Sharp.
Dumas, Joyce Pendleton was born on July 24, 1951 in Starville, Mississippi, United States. Daughter of Clifton and Beatrice Carr Sharp.
Bachelor Social Work, Mississippi State University, Mississippi, 1973. Master of Arts Social Work, University Alabama, Tucaloosa, Alabama, 1975.
Family service worker Region 7 Microbiology and Botany Center, Starkville, Mississippi, 1975—1977. Assistant professor social work Mississippi State University, 1977—1979. Program coordinator Bobby Wright Mental Health, Chicago, 1979—1983, Methodist Youth Center, Chicago, 1983—1986.
Executive director Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Columbus, Mississippi, 1989—1992. Social worker Lowndes County School, 1989—1992. Owner, private practice I Care Counseling, Starkville, since 1992.
School board member Starkville School District, Mississippi, 1988—2000. Board member, president Safe Haven Domestic Shelter, Columbus, 1989—2003. Board member Board of Examiners for Social Workers & MFT, Jackson, 1997—2003.
Member of American Academy of Certified Social Workers (diplomate), National Association Social Worker.
Married Earnert Dumas, August 2, 1991. Children: Tiffany, Tianna.