JOYCE RAIN ANDERSON
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    • ENGL 226: Writing about Writing >
      • 226 Readings
    • ENGL 324 Language and Society >
      • ENGL 324 Readings
    • ENGL 493 Material Rhetorics (Senior Seminar) >
      • ENGL 493 Readings
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      • Readings for NAIS 200
    • ENGL 489 Advanced Portfolio >
      • 489 Schedule & Readings
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    • Writing
    • Indigenous Rhetorics
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Joyce Rain Anderson, Ph.D.

Professor

Tillinghast Hall 320
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Stories are what make us, and we all have stories to share. I was first in my family to go to college, and first to drop out because I wasn't sure of what to do or how to navigate college. Nineteen years later when my children were older, I went back--first to Massasoit Community College, then to UMass Boston where I earned my BA and MA. Following that I earned a Ph.D. at the University of New Hampshire. My degree is in Composition and Rhetoric with a specialty in Indigenous and Cultural Rhetorics. 

One of my passions is art--in the multiple forms that art can taken and how working with materials contributes to inspiring multiple ideas. In addition to drawing and painting, I am a photographer. Further, I do beadwork, wampum, fingerweaving, sewing, and design--almost anything. Taking raw materials and creating something is beautiful. Art helps keep me balanced.

I am blessed to have two children and four grandchild who ground me. 

I absolutely love what I do. Working with students brings me great joy, and it is an honor to be part of a student's journey. I also love the work I do as the Native American and Indigenous Studies Coordinator. In 2015, I was awarded the Presidential Fellowship to work on strengthening Indigenous partnerships in our region and with Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. In November of 2015, my co-edited collection Survivance, Sovereignty, and Story: Teaching American Indian Rhetorics was published by Utah State University Press. My co-editors, Dr. Lisa King and Dr. Rose Gubele, and I were awarded an honorable mention for the CCCC Book Award in 2017. My chapter, "Walking with Relatives: Indigenous Bodies of Protest" was published in Unruly Rhetorics from Pittsburgh Press in 2018.   I also was co-organizer and host for the Indigenous History Conference for 2020.   For over twenty years, I have served on the board of the Brockton Neighborhood Health Center. I also serve on the board of the Indigenous Resources Collective, an archival and teaching non-profit. 
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  • About Me
    • Contact Me
    • Curriculum Vita
  • Spring 2025 Classes
    • ENGL 226: Writing about Writing >
      • 226 Readings
    • ENGL 324 Language and Society >
      • ENGL 324 Readings
    • ENGL 493 Material Rhetorics (Senior Seminar) >
      • ENGL 493 Readings
  • FALL 2024 CLASSES
    • NAIS 200 >
      • Readings for NAIS 200
    • ENGL 489 Advanced Portfolio >
      • 489 Schedule & Readings
  • Writing Fellows
  • BSU Homepage
  • Research
  • Resources
    • Writing
    • Indigenous Rhetorics
    • Diversity and Inclusion
  • Pine Ridge Partnership
  • Untitled