Jane K. Fernandes | |
|---|---|
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| President of Antioch College | |
| Assumed office August 16, 2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jane Frances Kelleher August 21, 1956 Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Spouse |
James John Fernandes
(m. 1988) |
| Education | Trinity College, Connecticut (BA) University of Iowa (MA, PhD) |
Jane Fernandes (born August 21, 1956) is an American educator and social justice advocate. As of August 2021, Fernandes is the President of Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio.[1] She previously served as president of Guilford College from 2014 to 2021.
In 1990, Fernandes became the first Deaf woman to lead an American school designed for deaf, hard of hearing, blind, and deaf-blind students, serving at the Hawaii School for the Deaf and Blind in Honolulu until August 1995.[2]
- ^ "Antioch College names new president". Yellow Springs News, August 4, 2021. 4 August 2021. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
- ^ https://www.hsdb.k12.hi.us/about-hsdb/hsdb-history