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My name is Dr. Janella Moy, and I teach composition, World Literature, and American Literature classes. I earned my doctorate from Saint Louis University and specialized in American Literature with an emphasis in feminist writing and spirituality. This is my fourth-year teaching for Kentucky Wesleyan College, but I have been teaching college writing and literature classes for the past 17 years. I truly enjoy helping students learn more about American authors and their texts. My favorite aspects of teaching are getting to know my students and helping them learn to love literature as much as I do. By taking my classes, college students become more knowledgeable of literature as well as its social and historical significance.

Just as the young people attending Kentucky Wesleyan are much more than college students, I too am much more than a college professor. My first career was as an Emergency Room Nurse and Trauma Nurse Specialist. At the age of 40, I returned to college to pursue my current career as an academic. I am a mother of 3 grown sons, of whom I am exceedingly proud. Two of my sons have also earned PhDs – one in Mathematics from Northwestern University and the other in Health Economics from Harvard University. My youngest son is an engineer in Silicon Valley. I am married, and my husband of 35 years is a retired physician; I am also a grandmother of 3 wonderful grandchildren.

When not teaching or grading student papers, I like to travel the world. Two summers ago, before Covid, I visited family in Tennessee, Boston, and California, flew to Italy and then Spain, and cruised to Alaska. This past summer my middle son married in Boston, MA and moved to California, so I have many future visits planned to the West Coast. This summer I will take a family cruise with my siblings to Sweden, Finland, Germany, and Russia.

My hobbies include traveling, quilting, gardening, taking long walks, caring for my parents, playing with my grandchildren, and watching NCIS or cooking shows.