Patrick Joyner Hurst Sr Professorial Lecturer Literature
- Degrees
- MFA, 1998, Creative Writing, George Mason University
BA, 1990, Communications, Virginia Tech
- Favorite Spot on Campus
- The amphitheater
- Book Currently Reading
- The Library Book by Susan Orlean
- Bio
- Patrick Kelly Joyner began teaching at American University in 2000. His writing courses have thematic links to history, linguistics, psychology, and film. He has presented at the Conference on College Composition and Communication ("4Cs") on critical reading, peer review, introversion/extroversion, and term faculty issues. His fiction and poetry have appeared in Wild Violet, The Orange Willow Review, and The Virginia Normal. He’s a product of the Northern Virginia suburbs where he lives with his family. In his non-teaching hours, he writes, plays music, watches movies, takes long walks, and cheers on the Washington Nationals.
- See Also
- College Of Arts & Sciences
- Literature Department
- For the Media
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Teaching
Spring 2021
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WRT-101 College Writing Seminar
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WRT-101 College Writing Seminar
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WRT-200 On the Ethics of Rhetoric
Fall 2021
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WRT-106 College Writing, Intensive
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WRT-106 College Writing, Intensive
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WRT-200 Persuasion/Power/Responsiblty