Education
University of Alabama.
University of Alabama.
Previously, he was a managing editor at the Atlantic Council, a defense contractor for the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), Managing Editor of Strategic Insights, the professional journal of the Center for Contemporary Conflict at the Naval Postgraduate School, acquisitions editor for international affairs at Brassey"s, Incorporated., a Dulles, Virginia book publisher (later called Potomac Books), and a political science professor at Troy State University, Bainbridge College, and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Joyner served in the United States. Army from 1988–1992 and is a combat veteran of Operation Desert Storm. He was awarded the Bronze Star, the Army Commendation Medal, and numerous service medals and ribbons.
He is a graduate of the Airborne and Air Assault schools.
He holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science from the University of Alabama (1995) and Bachelor of Arts (1987) and Master of Arts (1988) degrees in Political Science from Jacksonville State University.
