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Jane K Fernandes

Provost at UNC Asheville

Jane K. Fernandes, Ph.D., received her BA in French and comparative literature from Trinity College, where she served as captain of the school’s NCAA Division III fencing team in her senior year. She then studied for her MA and Ph.D. at The University of Iowa, where she began learning American Sign Language (ASL). The recipient of a graduate fellowship from the Alexander Graham Bell Association while at Iowa, Dr. Jane K. Fernandes also received the Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity Mallory Disability Award and the Philip G. Hubbard Human Rights Award, among several other forms of recognition, during her time there.

After earning her doctorate, Dr. Jane K. Fernandes directed the ASL Programs at Northeastern University before serving as the founding coordinator of the University of Hawaii’s Sign Language/English Interpreter Training Program. As provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of North Carolina Asheville, she served on the Board of Directors of the Center for Diversity Education at that institution.

Moreover, Dr. Fernandes served on the Board of Directors of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Association of Asheville and Buncombe County, on behalf of which she has raised more than $1,750.


Work Experience

Jun 2008 - Present

Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
University of North Carolina Asheville


Education

University of Iowa

Comparative Literature

Aug 1980 - Dec 1986

University of Iowa
Comparative Literature

Aug 1974 - May 1978

Trinity College
French and Comparative Literature