Background
Shallcross, Doris Jane was born on February 28, 1933 in Cranford, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of John William and Ethel Belle (Ruth) Shallcross.
Shallcross, Doris Jane was born on February 28, 1933 in Cranford, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of John William and Ethel Belle (Ruth) Shallcross.
Bachelor, Montclair State College, 1955; Master of Arts, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1962; Doctor of Education, U. Massachusetts, 1973.
Teacher, Hunterdon Center High School, Flemington, New Jersey, 1955-1961;
teacher, Roosevelt Junior High School, Cleveland Heights, Ohio., 1961-1965;
teacher, Cleveland Heights H.S., 1965-1967;
administrator, Cleveland Heights Public Schools, 1967-1969;
director humanistic education, Montague (Massachusetts) Public Schools, 1972-1975;
program development specialist, Teacher Corps., State University of New York, Oneonta, New York, 1976-1978;
assistant professor education division home economics, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, 1978-1982;
professor, director graduate studies in creativity, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, 1982-1995;
president, Shallcross Creativity Institute, Haydenville, Massachusetts, since 1995. President of the board of trustees Creative Education Foundation, Buffalo, 1989-1994. Co-director Global Odyssey, since 1992.
Board directors Center for Critical and Creative Thinking, Hartford, Connecticut, 1989-1992, 95-. Professor international graduate program in creativity U. Santiago, Santiage de Compostela, Spain.
Member Planning Board, Town of Williamsburg, 1981-1989. Vice president board directors Pioneer Valley Performing Arts H.S., since 1995, president, since 1998. Member National Education Association, Massachusetts Society of professors, Institute for Noetic Sciences, American Creativity Association (board directors 1990-1993).