Background
Shawhan, Dorothy Sample was born on July 16, 1942 in Tupelo, Mississippi, United States. Daughter of George Vay and Jessie Mable Sample.
Shawhan, Dorothy Sample was born on July 16, 1942 in Tupelo, Mississippi, United States. Daughter of George Vay and Jessie Mable Sample.
Bachelor, Mississippi University for Women, 1964. Master of Arts, Louisiana State University, 1966. Master of Fine Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, 1990.
Instructor, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 1966-1969; editor, Indiana U. Publications, Bloomington, 1970-1974; writer/editor, Agency for Instructional television, Bloomington, 1975-1981; Professor of English, Delta State University, Cleveland, Mississippi, since 1981; chairman division languages and literature, Delta State University, Cleveland, Mississippi, since 1992.
Secretary Habitat for Humanity, Cleveland, Mississippi, since 1987. Board directors Crosstie Arts Council, Cleveland, 1987-1989. Member American Association of University Women (vice president since 1986), Mississippi Council Teachers English.
Married Ralph Thompson Shawhan, September 16, 1969 (divorced). 1 child, George Thompson.