Lewis & Clark College

Ward, Jean (Professor Emeritus of Communications, 1964-2006; Founder and Director of the Lewis and Clark College Gender Studies Program)

Jean Ward was born and raised in Eugene, Oregon. She received an Undergraduate and Master’s Degree from the University of Oregon and was an active debater and debate coach. In 1964, she began teaching in the Speech Department at Lewis and Clark College, remaining true to the renamed Communications and Rhetoric and Media Studies Department until 2006. She also coached the forensics program at Lewis and Clark College and helped to found and direct the Gender Studies Symposium and Gender Studies Interdisciplinary Program. She gained her Ph.D. from the University of Oregon in the 1980s and then taught in Eugene for two years before returning to Lewis and Clark College. She was married and has two sons and is a lover of birds.

Oral history interview of Lewis & Clark Professor Jean Ward, conducted by Hannah Swernoff on October 14, 2014. History Department, Fall Semester, 2014.

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