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Jacqueline Royster
Professor of English, Jacqueline Jones Royster was named Interim Executive Dean of Arts and Sciences at The Ohio State University on July 1, 2004. She served as Interim Dean of Ohio State's College of Humanities from 2003 to 2004 and as that College's Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Affairs from 2000 to 2003. Royster has also served as Director of Ohio State's Writing Center and as the English Department's Vice Chair for Rhetoric and Composition.She is the author, editor or consultant for five books, has published more than 50 articles and reviews, and has delivered more than 60 invited keynote addresses and lectures. Her book Traces of a Stream: Literacy and Social Change among African American Women won the prestigious Mina P. Shaughnessy Prize from the Modern Language Association for Best Book in the Teaching of English. Her most recent book Profiles of Ohio Women, 1803-2003 (Ohio University Press, 2003) was written in support of the State of Ohio's Bicentennial celebration and commemorates the lives and achievements of 200 women in Ohio. In 2004, this publication was awarded first place in both the Ohio Professional Writers Communications Contest (non-fiction book) and the National Federation of Press Women's Communications Contest (in the same category).
Among the honors and awards that Royster has received are the 2000 Ohio Pioneer in Education (for higher education); University Distinguished Diversity Award (2002); University Distinguished Lecturer (2003); Exemplar Award (2004) from the Conference on College Composition and Communication; and a YWCA Woman of Achievement Award (2004) from the City of Columbus.
Royster received her bachelor's degree from Spelman College and her master's degree and doctorate in English Language from the University of Michigan.
