Faculty Profile
Joy Towner
Title: Assistant Professor
Email: Click here
Phone: 847-628-1086
Department: Elemenary Education
Office: Creekside South, Room 112
Year Started: 2007
Degrees
B.S. in Elementary Education - University of Illinois
M.S. in Reading Education - Northern Illinois University
Reading Recovery Training - Governors State University
Biography
Professor Joy Towner began teaching in District 205 in Elmhurst, IL. While teaching fourth grade, she realized that she desired to know more about how to teach reading, so she began earning her master's degree in Reading Education. After completing this degree, she became the building reading specialist and Reading Recovery teacher. She began teaching as an adjunct professor at Judson in 2003 and moved to full-time in 2007. She now is teaching Judson University students about the importance of reading and comprehension in the elementary school. In addition, Joy's desire is to help pre-service teachers prepare for the calling in their lives to impact students not only educationally, but also socially and spiritually. To help parents and current teachers, she has done some writing for Sleeping Bear Press for their beginning chapter books and their website. She lives in Carpentersville with her husband and two children. You may see her cheering on her son's basketball team or rooting for her daughter at an Irish Step dance competition. She also teaches Sunday school and leads Awana at First Baptist of Elgin where she is a member.
Interests, Expertise, and Involvements
Literacy, reading adolescent and juvenile literature, & watching football
Professional Societies
- International Reading Association (IRA)
- Illinois Reading Council (IRC)
Life verse/Quote
Philippians 4:6-7
Recommended Links
www.google.com (you can literally find anything here)
www.illinoisreadingcouncil.org
www.reading.org
www.readkiddoread.com