Bio
Joy L. Kennedy, PhD, CCC-SLP, is an Assistant Professor in the Communication Disorders Department, Speech-Language Pathology concentration at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in Greensboro, North Carolina. Dr. Kennedy has over 20 years of clinical experience in speech-language pathology and eight years of experience as a clinical supervisor/educator.
Research Interests
Dr. Kennedy is a speech-language pathology practitioner-educator-scholar with research interests in the service delivery of language and literacy interventions and the professional practice domains of clinical supervision and education. Her research focuses on the following areas: 1) Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL); 2) Language and Literacy Skills; and 3) Recruitment and retention of culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) students in speech-language pathology.
Recent Publications
- Joy Kennedy (2025). ( Beyond the Lecture: Harnessing the Power of Fishbowl Discussion in Teaching). In Stephanie Kelly and Suzy Prentiss, (Real Challenges of the Classroom: The Hahas, Oh Nos, and As Ifs that Lead to Better How-Tos in the Classroom) Cambridge Scholars.
- Joy Kennedy (2023). (From Clinical to Tenure-Track Faculty: Scholarly Reflections of Teaching and Learning). In Kimetta R. Hairston and Tawannah G. Allen, (The Ivory Tower: Perspectives of Women of Color in Higher Education) Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group.
- Davi Thornton, Joy Kennedy (2023). (Promoting intercultural communication competence and engaged listening by interrogating the ethics of accent modification). 39, pp. 67-70. Carolina Communication Annual.
- Joy Kennedy (2020). (African American students and undergraduate education: A critical social commentary). (2) 15, pp. 58-60. The Journal of the National Black Association of Speech-Language and Hearing.
- Joy Kennedy, Thomas Grinter (2015). (A Pedagogy of Radical Love: Biblical, Theological, and Philosophical foundations). (1) 6, pp. 42-57. The International Journal of Critical Pedagogy.
- Joy Kennedy (2012). (The HBCU Experience: Liberating or not?). (3) 44, pp. 358-377. The Urban Review.
- Joy Kennedy (2012). (The HBCU Experience: Liberating or Not?). (3) 44, pp. 358-377. The Urban Review.
- Joy Kennedy (2011). (Is Being open minded an act of faith?). South Atlantic Philosophy of Education Society Yearbook.
