Patrick Joyner
Hurst Sr Professorial Lecturer
Department of Literature
Degrees
MFA, 1998, Creative Writing, George Mason University BA, 1990, Communications, Virginia Tech
Favorite Spot on Campus
The amphitheater
Book Currently Reading
Bird By Bird by Anne Lamott
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 (in spring 2019) The Virginia Normal.
He’s a product of the Northern Virginia suburbs where he lives with his wife and three kids. In his non-teaching hours, he writes, plays music, watches movies, takes long walks, and cheers on the Washington Nationals.
