Donna Jane-Ellen Maier

Background

Maier, Donna Jane-Ellen was born on February 20, 1948 in St. Louis. Daughter of A. Russell and Mary Virginia Maier.

Education

Bachelor, College of Wooster, 1969. Master of Arts, Northwestern University, 1972. Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, 1975.

Career

Assistant professor, University Texas at Dallas, Richardson, 1975-1978; assistant professor of history, U. Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, 1978-1981; associate professor, U. Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, 1981-1986; professor, U. Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, since 1986. Consultant Scott, Foresman Public, Glenview, Illinois, 1975-1994. Editorial consultant Children's Press, 1975-1976, Macmillan Publications, 1989-1990, Harper-Collins Publications, 1994.

Achievements

• Donna Jane-Ellen Maier has been listed as a noteworthy History educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • African Economic History
  • Priests and Power: The Case of the Dente Shrine in Nineteenth-Century Ghana

Membership

Member Iowa Democratic Center Committee, 1982-1990, chairman budget committee, 1986-1990. Chairman 3d Congressional District Center Committee, 1986-1988. Member African Studies Association, American Association of University Women (fellow Ghana 1973), president Quota International of Waterloo, 1999-2000, Quota Club.

Connections

Married Stephen J. Rapp, January 3, 1981. Children: Alexander John, Stephanie Jane-Ellen.

Father:

A. Russell

Mother:

Mary Virginia Maier

Spouse:

Stephen J. Rapp

child:

Alexander John Maier

child:

Stephanie Jane-Ellen Maier