Jane Stallings

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Jane Stallings
Born(1929-01-10)January 10, 1929
Died January 31, 2016(2016-01-31) (aged 87)
Alma mater Stanford University
Occupation Educational researcher
Employer Texas A&M University
University of Houston

Jane Ainel Smith Stallings (January 10, 1929 – January 31, 2016) was an American educational researcher and academic. She was the 1994–95 president of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) and the first female to become a dean at Texas A&M University.

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Early life and career

Jane Smith was born in Indiana; her parents were Indiana natives Howard and Ruth Pinkerton Smith. After earning an undergraduate degree at Ball State University, she worked as a teacher in Long Beach, California. She met Harold Stallings in Long Beach. The couple married and then had four children before they were divorced. She later married David Markham; she was predeceased by him in 2011. After her teaching stint in Long Beach, she earned an M.S. and a Ph.D. at Stanford University. [1]

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Stallings was the 1994–95 AERA president. [3] She was known as an authority on the measurement of teaching time in the classroom and had a special interest in teaching strategies directed toward inner-city youth. [4]

Later life

After retiring in 1999, Stallings pursued an interest in fiction writing. In 2011, she published a novel, Bridge to Survival. On January 13, 2016, Stallings died unexpectedly due to an aneurysm. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "In Memoriam". ed.stanford.edu. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Dr. Jane Stallings remembered for educational legacy". transform.tamu.edu. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
  3. ↑ "AERA Past Presidents". www.aera.net. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Past President Jane Stallings dies". www.aera.net. February 10, 2016. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
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