Stephanie Pace Marshall

{{Infobox academic

| name = Stephanie Pace Marshall

| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|FRSA}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|07|19}}

| birth_place = The Bronx, New York, US

| alma_mater = Queens College, City University of New York (BA)
University of Chicago (MA)
Loyola University Chicago (PhD)

| children = 2

| awards = Order of Lincoln Award (2005)

| website = {{URL|stephaniepacemarshall.com}}

|thesis_title=An analysis of the profile, roles, functions, and behavior of women on boards of education in DuPage County, Illinois|thesis_url=https://ecommons.luc.edu/luc_diss/2181/|thesis_year=1983|discipline=Education|doctoral_advisor=Melvin P. Heller|birth_name=Stephanie Anne Pace}}

Stephanie Anne Pace Marshall {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FRSA}} (born July 19, 1945), is an American educator and the founding president of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy.

Education

Stephanie Anne Pace was born to Dominick Martin and Anne (née Price) Pace in the Bronx, New York on July 19, 1945, and grew up in the New York City area. She graduated from East Meadow High School in 1963. Pace attended Muhlenberg College from 1963 to 1965 before transferring to Queens College, City University of New York where she completed a B.A. in education and sociology in 1967. In 1971, she earned an M.A. in curriculum philosophy from the University of Chicago. In January 1983, she completed a Ph.D. in Educational Administration and Industrial Relations from Loyola University Chicago.{{cite book|author-last=Higgins|author-first=Jo Fredell|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KxpiWWSbAqUC&pg=PA32|title=Legendary Locals of Aurora|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|year=2012|isbn=9781467100359|page=32}} Her dissertation was titled, An analysis of the profile, roles, functions, and behavior of women on boards of education in DuPage County, Illinois. Marshall's doctoral advisor was Melvin P. Heller.{{Cite thesis|title=An analysis of the profile, roles, functions, and behavior of women on boards of education in DuPage County, Illinois|date=1983|language=en|first=Stephanie Anne Pace|last=Marshall|publisher=Loyola University Chicago|oclc=10014966|url=https://ecommons.luc.edu/luc_diss/2181/}}

Career

Marshall was a schoolteacher in elementary and junior high schools in Alsip, Illinois. She taught graduate courses at the National Louis University. In 1976, Marshall became assistant superintended for instruction for Batavia Public School District 101. From 1983 to 1985, She served as Batavia's superintendent.{{Cite news|last=Heun|first=Dave|date=2008-01-16|title=Shaping the mind, shaping the world|pages=224|work=The Daily Herald|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50523090/the-daily-herald/|access-date=2020-05-08|via=Newspapers.com}}

Marshall served as president of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy from its 1985 founding until 2007.{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2007-06-29-0706281012-story.html|title=A Gifted Leader of Students|author-last=McSherry Breslin|author-first=Meg|date=June 29, 2007|access-date=May 8, 2020|work=Chicago Tribune}} She was president of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD).{{Cite web|title=Stephanie Pace Marshall|url=https://www.societyforscience.org/people/stephanie-pace-marshall/|website=Society for Science & the Public|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-08}}

Her philosophy of education was influenced by anthropologist Margaret Mead and educators Ernie Boyer and Elliot Eisner.

Awards and honors

Marshall was inducted as a laureate of The Lincoln Academy of Illinois and received the Order of Lincoln Award in the area of education from the Governor of Illinois in 2005. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. She was awarded honorary degrees from Illinois Wesleyan University, Aurora University, and North Central College.

Personal life

Marshall was married to educator Robert Dean Marshall before his death in 2014.{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/obituaries/ct-robert-marshall-obituary-met-20141109-story.html|title=Robert Dean Marshall, educator who developed curricula, dies|author-last=Goldsborough|author-first=Bob|date=November 9, 2014|access-date=May 8, 2020|work=Chicago Tribune}}

Selected works

{{Cite book|last=Gould|first=Stephen Jay|title=Science literacy for the twenty-first century|date=2003|publisher=Prometheus Books|isbn=1-59102-020-4|editor-last=Marshall|editor-first=Stephanie|location=Amherst, N.Y.|oclc=50754815|author-link=Stephen Jay Gould|editor-last2=Scheppler|editor-first2=Judith A.|editor-last3=Palmisano|editor-first3=Michael J.}}Reviews of Science Literacy:
{{Cite journal|date=March 19, 2003|title=Review|journal=Education Week|volume=22|issue=27|pages=30|issn=0277-4232|eissn=1944-8333}}
{{Cite journal|last=Deltete|first=Robert|date=September 2003|title=Review|journal=The Quarterly Review of Biology|language=en|volume=78|issue=3|pages=352–354|doi=10.1086/380001|issn=0033-5770}}
{{Cite journal|last=Burakowski|first=Anna|date=September 2009|title=Review|journal=The American Biology Teacher|volume=65|issue=7|pages=552–553|doi=10.2307/4451560|jstor=4451560|doi-access=free}}
{{Cite journal|last=Seaman|first=Donna|date=October 15, 2002|title=Review|journal=Booklist|volume=99|issue=4|pages=370|issn=0006-7385}}
{{Cite journal|last=Blanken|first=Michelle|date=November 2003|title=Review|journal=The Science Teacher|volume=70|issue=8|pages=89|issn=0036-8555|eissn=1943-4871}}
{{Cite journal|last=Bantz|first=D.|date=September 2003|title=Review|journal=Choice Reviews|volume=41|issue=1|pages=171|issn=0009-4978|eissn=1943-5975}}
{{Cite book|last=Marshall|first=Stephanie Pace|title=The Power to Transform: Leadership That Brings Learning and Schooling to Life|date=2006|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-0-7879-7501-2|language=en}}Reviews of The Power to Transform:
{{cite web|title=Review|url=https://www.aasa.org/SchoolAdministratorArticle.aspx?id=7180|publisher=American Association of School Administrators|access-date=May 8, 2020}}
{{Cite journal|date=2006|title=Review|journal=The Futurist|volume=40|issue=5|pages=51|issn=0016-3317}}
{{Cite journal|last=Rosario|first=Christine|date=Summer 2007|title=Review|journal=Childhood Education|volume=83|issue=4|pages=247–248|issn=0009-4056|eissn=2162-0725}}
{{Cite journal|last=Kormelink|first=Helen|date=September 2008|title=Review|journal=Momentum|volume=39|issue=3|pages=77–78|issn=0026-914X}}
{{Cite journal|date=August 2006|title=Review|journal=Reference and Research Book News|volume=21|issue=3|issn=0887-3763}}
{{Cite journal|last=Benzel|first=Brian|date=February 2007|title=Reviews|journal=School Administrator|volume=64|issue=2|pages=49|issn=0036-6439}}