Jane Fernandes is a Deaf American educator and social justice advocate.
24 Facts About Jane Fernandes
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In 1990, Jane 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.
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Jane Fernandes is the oldest child of Richard Paul and Mary Kathleen Kelleher.
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Jane Fernandes's father was a lawyer and judge serving in Worcester, Barnstable, and Falmouth.
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Jane Fernandes's mother was deaf and raised to speak, read, and write English; she was a trained golfer, following in her parents' footsteps.
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Jane Fernandes, who was born deaf, was raised in the same way.
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Jane Fernandes attended Worcester public schools before any state or federal laws required accommodations for deafness.
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Jane Fernandes received intensive hearing and speech instruction through a partnership between home and school.
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Jane Fernandes attended the Middlebury College language school in French over two summers and studied in Cassis, France.
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Jane Fernandes received the Phillip G Hubbard Human Rights Award.
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Jane Fernandes coordinated the American Sign Language and Interpreting Programs at Northeastern University before going to Gallaudet University as chair of Sign Communication.
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Jane Fernandes established an Interpreter Education Program at Kapiolani Community College and taught Deaf Education at the University of Hawaii, Manoa.
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Jane Fernandes led several projects to improve deaf education nationwide, in three areas;.
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Protestors perceived that Jane Fernandes, having learned ASL as an adult, was insufficiently committed to addressing the problem of audism.
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In 2008, Jane Fernandes was selected as Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of North Carolina at Asheville.
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Jane Fernandes was widely applauded for her successful efforts to increase diversity, equity and inclusion throughout the university's operations.
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Jane Fernandes succeeded Kent Chabotar becoming the first woman to hold this position.
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In partnership with the Guilford College campus community, Jane Fernandes launched the Guilford Edge, innovative and shared student experiences, consisting of learning collaboratively, integrating advising, leading ethically, and rallying campus spirit.
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President Jane Fernandes supported gender equity in athletic participation, practice, and experience necessary for the student body.
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Jane Fernandes announced that she would leave office on June 30,2021.
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Jane Fernandes continues to work in the area of diversity.
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Jane Fernandes is a Founding member of the Presidents' Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration.
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Jane Fernandes advocated on behalf of Guilford College's DACA students and alumni for a bipartisan Congressionally approved path to citizenship.
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Jane Fernandes has published several articles and poems on issues including Deaf culture, education, language and social justice.