Joan Dibble Shambaugh

Background

Shambaugh, Joan Dibble was born on March 14, 1928 in Hillsdale, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Edwin Andrew and Helen Melissa (Crum) Dibble.

Education

AB, Duke University, 1949. Master of Education, Lesley College, 1980.

Career

Fourth grade teacher, Grand Traverse Public Schools, Traverse City, Michigan, 1949-1950; assistant professor, Harvard Extension, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1966-1974; moderator, teacher creative writing workshop, Lincoln Sudbury (Massachusetts) Adult Education, 1972-1979; teacher creative writing workshop, Concord Carlyle Continuing Education, 1978-1989; teacher writing workshops, Out & About, Morrisville, Vermont, 1995; teacher journal keeping, Trapp Family Lodge, Stowe, Vermont, 1995-1998. Invited papers to Duke U. Library. Manuscript Department Will Perkins Library, 1982.

Directory of American Poets and Fiction Writers, 1980-1991.

Achievements

• Joan Dibble Shambaugh has been listed as a notable literature educator, writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.

Interests

• Avocations: walking, swimming, painting, Yoga, guitar.

Connections

Married Benjamin Shambaugh, December 26, 1950 (divorced April 1964). Children: Benjamin Dibble, Jeannette Melissa, Nathaniel Capps.

Father:

Edwin Andrew Dibble

Mother:

Helen Melissa (Crum) Dibble

Spouse:

Benjamin Shambaugh

child:

Nathaniel Capps Shambaugh

child:

Jeannette Melissa Shambaugh

child:

Benjamin Dibble Shambaugh