Jane Fernandes
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Jane Fernandes is a Deaf 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.
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Jane K. Fernandes | |
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President of Antioch College | |
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Born | Jane Frances Kelleher (1956-08-21) August 21, 1956 (age 67) Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Spouse |
James John Fernandes
(m. 1988) |
Education | Trinity College (BA) University of Iowa (MA) (PhD) |
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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]