A literary scholar, critic and researcher, Joy views the development of professional practice as a great strength at Charles Sturt University. Joy teaches literacy subjects that the English discipline provides to trainee school teachers, many of whom have not chosen English, and who are often of a generation moving further and further away from books. Joy is keen to explore how teachers are dealing with this challenge, as a way of improving her own pedagogy – and pedagogical research into English standards – so she can better equip her teacher trainee students.