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Department of English

Dr. Joyce Walker

Associate Professor, Director of First Year Writing
Office
STV Stevenson Hall 133G
Office Hours
In Spring 2019: For ENG 519 Students, I am available 3:30-5:30 on Mondays. In general, meetings can be scheduled by emailing me: jwalke2@ilstu.edu (I can Skype or FaceTime as well as face-to-face meetings).
Office Phone
(309) 438-1402office
phone
Email
jwalke2@ilstu.eduemail
  • About
  • Awards & Honors
  • Selected Research

Biography

Joyce R. Walker is an Associate professor at Illinois State University in Normal, IL. She is the director of the Illinois State University Writing Program (www.isuwriting.com) and teaches both graduate and undergraduate courses in Rhetoric & Writing Studies. Her research interests include the study of knowledge transfer and uptake in various settings, from First-year composition courses to music communities in Michigan.

Current Courses

ENG 246.002 Advanced Composition

ENG 599.029 Research And Dissertation

Teaching Interests & Areas

Research Methods, Pedagogies for Teaching Writing, Life Writing, Genre Studies, Cultural-Historical Activity Theory

Research Interests & Areas

Using Genre studies and Cultural-Historical Activity Theory pedagogies in the teaching of writing; folk music and community formation; writing transfer and uptake

The CCC Writing Program Certificate of Excellence

Conference on College Composition and Communication
2014

Book, Authored

Digital Tools in Composition Studies
Ollie Oviedo, Joyce Reenste Walker, Byron Hawk.
(2010), Hampton Press

Other

The Illinois State University Writing Research Annual: Enacting Grassroots Writing Research Vol. 1
Joyce Reenste Walker, Brooklynn Lehner.
Hayden-MacNeil, (2010)

Presentations

“Assessment in Action: Developing Formative Assessments for Writing Projects”
Joyce Reenste Walker.
Writing Program Administrators Conference, Philadelphia, PA, July, 2010
“Assessment in Action: Developing Formative Assessments for Writing Projects”
Joyce Reenste Walker, Anjanette Riley.
Chicago Composition Symposium, Online, April 30, 2010
“Audience, Authority, and Ownership: Constructing the Intimate Other in Introductory Composition”
Joyce Reenste Walker.
College Conference on Composition and Communication, Louisville, March, 2010
“Sustainable Teaching in General Education: Critical Inquiry in English 101, Com 110, and Milner Library”
Joyce Reenste Walker, John Hooker, Nancy McKinney, Jennifer Sharkey.
CTLT Annual University Wide Symposium on Teaching and Learning, Normal, IL, January, 2010