Background
Christian, Jane MacNab was born on August 23, 1930 in Nogales, Arizona, United States. Daughter of Alexander Jesse and Maude Evelyn (Gordon) MacN.
linguistics educator researcher Anthropology
Christian, Jane MacNab was born on August 23, 1930 in Nogales, Arizona, United States. Daughter of Alexander Jesse and Maude Evelyn (Gordon) MacN.
Student, Oberlin College, Ohio, 1949; Bachelor cum laude, University Texas, Austin, 1957; Master of Arts, University Texas, El Paso, 1963; Doctor of Philosophy, University Texas, Austin, 1973.
Caseworker, consultant, Child Welfare Development Texas Department Public Welfare, Austin, El Paso, Texas, 1954-1955,57-59; senior teacher history and government, Ysleta High School, El Paso, Texas, 1959-1964; lecturer, assistant professor, U. Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, 1969-1976; associate professor, U. Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, since 1977; visiting professor, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pe., Brazil, 1984; visiting professor, Center Hyderabad U., Hyderabad, India, 1991. Board lecturer International Association Gandhian Studies, University of Virginia, Charlottesville,1987-, World Peace Center, Lincoln, Nebraska, since 1987. Activist Gandhian cultural survival, nonviolence, justice.
Director Gandhian Research Experimental Center, N. Mexico, since 1985. Activist, educator Central American support groups, 1967-1991.
Married Community College Christian(divorced December 1966). Children: Sheila C. Rubin, Karen C. Alvarado, Cynthia C. Alvarado, Brian Christian.