Jane fernandes biography

American educator

Jane Fernandes (born August 21, 1956) is an American educator and social justice advocate.

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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]

Early life and education

Jane Frances Kelleher was born on August 21, 1956, in Worcester, Massachusetts.

She is the oldest child of Richard Paul and Mary Kathleen (née Cosgrove) Kelleher. Her father was a lawyer and judge serving in Worcester, Barnstable, and Falmouth. Her mother was deaf and raised to speak, read, and write English; she was also a trained golfer, following in her parents' footsteps. Jane, who was born deaf, was raised in the Jane Fernandes - Antioch College QEXYN