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Jane Stallings

1929 – 2016

Educational researcher and academic

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Lived 1929 – 2016 (aged 87). Jane Stallings was an American educator.

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.

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.

Stallings was the 1994–95 AERA president. 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.

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.

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Stanford University, Ball State University
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University of Houston, Vanderbilt University, Texas A&M University
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Jane Ainel Smith Stallings

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Who was Jane Stallings?

educational researcher and academic (1929-2016)

When was Jane Stallings born?

Jane Stallings was born on 10 January 1929.

When did Jane Stallings die?

Jane Stallings died on 31 January 2016.

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Jane Stallings was an educator.

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Jane Stallings was American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Jane Stallings

· Wikidata: Q28474393

· DBpedia: Jane Stallings

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