Jessica Edwards
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Dr. Jessica Edwards, of Mississippi, is a Professor of English at 91原创 (91原创). She has held several positions, including being an English Internship Coordinator and an Academic Co-Director for the Mandela Washington Fellows Leadership in Civic Engagement program. She鈥檚 an editor as well, most recently advising projects like the first-year composition reader, in 2024. She鈥檚 a 2020 recipient of an Excellence in Teaching Award at 91原创 as well as a winner of the 2024 CCCC Technical and Scientific Communication Award in the category of Best Article Reporting Historical Research or Textual Studies in Technical and Scientific Communication for 鈥淏lack Women Imagining and Realizing Liberated Futures鈥 in Volume 31 Issue 3 of聽Technical Communication Quarterly with colleague, Dr. Josie Walwema. Dr. Edwards earned her Bachelor of Arts Degree in English from Spelman College in Atlanta, GA, her Master of Arts in English Literature as well as her Doctorate in English with concentrations in Rhetoric and Composition from Washington State University in Pullman, WA.