Joanna completed her psychiatry residency at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in 2014 and is an outpatient psychiatrist at HRC Behavioral Health and Psychiatry, PA in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.  She works with people dealing with a variety of issues, but has a special interest in treating anxiety and mood disorders. Joanna is a 2003 Mitchell Scholar. She received a Master's Degree in Anglo-Irish Literature and Drama from University College Dublin. Her thesis research examined the work of Irish poet Richard Murphy. Heavily influenced by Irish writers, she enjoyed the opportunity to be immersed in Ireland's rich literary tradition. An award-winning poet, Joanna is passionate about storytelling, narrative, and language. Her literary scholarship is of particular value in the psychiatric field, given the significant amount of reading and history taking involved in exploring patients' stories.

Joanna has received the Drue Heinz Award for her collection of short stories, NOW YOU KNOW IT ALL, which was published in 2021. Her first collection of stories, EVERY HUMAN LOVE, was a finalist for the Shirley Jackson Awards, the Foreword Indies Awards, and the Janet Heidinger Prize for Fiction. She has also published a collection of poetry entitled OLDEST MORTAL MYTH and a young adult novel entitled THE RITES AND WRONGS OF JANICE WILLSJoanna obtained her undergraduate degree from UNC Chapel Hill.

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