Graduate Assistant, Global Honors and Residential College Experience

Discipline: English

JDCLEARY@uncg.edu
(336) 334-5538 

Joella Cleary (she/her) is from Boonville, North Carolina. She is the William G. and Kate Hodge Lane
graduate fellow, pursuing a Master of Arts in English. Before joining UNC Greensboro, Joella received
her undergraduate degree in English and Professional Writing from Salem College. During her time as
an undergraduate, Joella was actively involved on her campus through many organizations and honors
societies. She served as a consultant in the Writing Center where she conducted months of research on
Generative AI, student writing, and ethics. Her research contributed to the development of a student
workshop, an international conference panel, two forthcoming publications on writing center
scholarship, and an AI Literacy minor at Salem. In addition to Generative AI, ethics, and writing
center studies, Joella’s research interests include American women’s literature, particularly Chicana,
Latine, African American, and Indigenous literature; maternity and women’s health, fat studies,
linguistic justice, and feminist criticism.

Joella is a wife and the mother of three children, a lover of warm beverages, and an avid
conversationalist. She and her family live in Yadkin county with her mother and a small menagerie of
pets. In her spare time, Joella enjoys spending time with her family and friends, being outdoors,
reading, writing poetry, baking, and cooking.