Ruth Speirs Nickse

Background

Nickse, Ruth Speirs was born on June 30, 1931 in Yonkers, New York, United States. Daughter of John Yates and Ina (Weeks) Speirs.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Cornell Univercity, 1968; Master of Arts, Cornell Univercity, 1970; Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell Univercity, 1972.

Career

Assistant professor, State University of New York, Cortland, 1971-1974; project director, Syracuse (New York) Research Corporation, 1973-1976; fellow, National Institute Education, Washington, 1976-1977; associate professor, U. Massachusetts, Boston, 1979-1981; president, Nickse Associations, Ithaca, New York, 1978-1979; president, Nickse Associations, Brookline, Massachusetts, since 1989; instructor, Havard University Extension, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1981-1983; research director, Adult Superior vena cava syndrome/Massachusetts State Education Department, Quincy, 1979-1983; associate professor, Boston University, 1983-1989. Senior consultant ABT Associations, Inc., Cambridge, since 1990. Visiting scholar School of Education, Latrobe U., Melbourne, Australia, summer 1993.

United States delegate, participant speaker 1st International Family Literacy Conference, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris, 1994;member external diploma advising committee program American Council Education, since 1995.

Achievements

• Ruth Speirs Nickse has been listed as a noteworthy Psychologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Community Collaborations for Family Literacy Handbook

    (This work presents the results of a 16-month family liter...)

  • Assessing life-skills competence: The New York State external high school diploma program (CBE forum)

Membership

Member American Psychological Association, American Education Research Association, Massachusetts Coalition for Adult Literacy (founding member), International Reading Association, American Association Adult and Continuing Education (progressive development award 1985), International League for Social Commitment in Adult Education.

Interests

• Avocations: travel, antiques, writing.

Connections

Married Robert Nickse, 1953 (divorced 1964). Children: Stephen, Robert, Gail. Married Robert Weieter Balluffi, June 1, 1974.

Children: Andrew, Barbara, Frank.

Father:

John Yates Speirs

Mother:

Ina (Weeks) Speirs

Spouse:

Robert Weieter Balluffi

Spouse:

Robert Nickse

child:

Frank Nickse

child:

Barbara Nickse

child:

Gail Nickse

child:

Stephen Nickse

child:

Andrew Nickse

child:

Robert Nickse