Jane Ellen Phillips

Background

Phillips, Jane Ellen was born on September 27, 1943 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Charles Alvan and Dorothy Lilian (Person) Phillips.

Education

Bachelor, Millersville State College, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy, U. North Carolina, 1969.

Career

Assistant professor, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1969-1971; from assistant to associate professor, U. Kentucky, Lexington, 1973-1992; professor, U. Kentucky, Lexington, since 1992; director undergraduate studies department classics, U. Kentucky, Lexington, 1976-1988; acting chair department classics, U. Kentucky, Lexington, 1982, 89; chair department classics, U. Kentucky, Lexington, 1989-1997; director graduate studies department classics, U. Kentucky, Lexington, since 1997. Visiting assistant professor Ohio State University, summer 1970. Adjunct instructor Dickinson College, 1971-1972, Franklin and Marshall College, 1971-1972, visiting assistant professor,1972-1973.

Liaison officer for state Latin teachers U. North Carolina, 1969-1971. Faculty county college arts and science U. Kentucky, 1979-1982, chair, 1981-1982, 85-88, commission on educational programs self-study, 1980-1981, chair subcommittee on instruction, ad hoc commission on priorities and plans, 1982-1983, 83-84. Core faculty Governor Academy for Teachers Foreign Languages/U. Tennessee, Knoxville, summer 1989.

Visiting associate professor of University Toronto, 1990-1991. Senior fellow Center for Reformation and Renaissance Studies/Victoria University versus University Toronto, 1987-1988. Consultant department classics U. Tennessee, 1985-1986.

Section organizer Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, 1979, 85-86. Faculty adviser Tau chapter Eta Sigma Phi, 1985-1988. Panelist fellowship cmpetition National Endowment for Humanities, 1992-1993.

Achievements

• Jane Ellen Phillips has been listed as a noteworthy Education educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Lay minister, managing committee member St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Lexington, since 1980. Steering and selection committee member Hellenic Awards Program, Lexington, since 1991. Member Archaeol. Institute American (vice president Lancaster Society 1972-1973), American Philological Association (committee member on status women and minorities 1977-1980, committee member on smaller classics departments 1982-1984, campus advisory services 1992-1994), American Classical League (nominating committee member 1989), American Association for Neo-Latin Studies, Classical Association the Middle West and South (vice president Kentucky 1974-1981, committee member for promotion Latin member 1979-1982, chair 1981-1982, Executive Committee member since 1993, program committee member 1992-1994), National Committee for Latin and Greek, International Association for Neo-Latin Studies, Association Ancient Historians, Vergilian Society (trustee 1980-1982, chair scholarship committee 1982), ClassicalAssn.

Southwestern United States, North Carolina Classical Association (secretary/treasurer 1969-1970), Susquehanna Classical Association (editor newsletter 1972-1973), Kentucky Classical Association (editor newsletter 1976-1986, president 1977-1978, Executive Board 1978-1986), Kentucky Council Teachers Foreign Langs. (board directors 1977-1978), Women's Classical Caucus (clearing house panel 1976, referee 1977), Erasmus RotterdamSoc.

Connections

Married Vance P. Packard, August 28, 1965 (divorced 1973). Married James G. Harrison, Junior, June 24, 1994 (divorced 1997).

Father:

Charles Alvan Phillips

Mother:

Dorothy Lilian (Person) Phillips

Spouse:

Vance P. Packard

Spouse:

James G. Harrison