Familiar Face

Joanne Kilgour Dowdy 

Professor of Literacy Studies
School of Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Studies
Kent Campus

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Professor for pre-service teachers and graduate students

WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE:

August 2001

EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY:

Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia

LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY:

The students

ATTRACTION TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AS AN EMPLOYER:

International professionals on campus

RESIDES IN:

Stow, Ohio

HOMETOWN:

Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies

EDUCATION:

Ph.D. Literacy Studies, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, North Carolina

HOBBIES:

Meeting people, travel abroad, sewing, reading, dancing and acting