Here's what a few of my students and colleagues had to say about me in letters of recommmendation for a teaching award.
“You can feel the excitement in her students — because she is excited about the work and about the conversation. The volume goes up when Joy enters a room. And that’s a good thing.”
“She is a visionary in my life who pushes me, as she always has in design, not to settle for what falls into my lap but to make opportunities where I can shine. She believes in me, and she works diligently to get me to believe in myself.”
“Oddly enough, there was one thing that Joy had no idea she was teaching me. This is the one thing that I use every single day in my classroom. She was teaching me how to teach.”
“When I worked with her one on one, she made me feel like I was an equal contributor to any conversation. She has faith in people and expects them to take their responsibilities seriously.”
“She expects more than most from her students. No one is allowed to be marginal or mediocre under her watch. Rewards come from hard work, and she instills that principle in her teaching.”