Passing of Prof. Emerita Stokes

The family of Sandra M. Stokes, professor emerita of Education and Women’s Studies, has informed the University that she passed away Monday, March 26, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Arrangements for a memorial service are pending, and will be announced in the Green Bay Press-Gazette. Stokes joined the UW-Green Bay faculty in fall 1993 as a specialist in reading and special education. She was promoted to full professor in 2002. She received her Ph.D. in special education at Kent State University after completing degrees earlier at the University of Bridgeport and Fairfield University, both in Connecticut. Stokes previously taught at Mount Union College, Alliance, Ohio. She was given emeritus status in January 2010, shortly after her retirement in late 2009. Her academic and community interests included arts and reading programs to promote early learning in children, and the value of neighborhood family resource centers. She was a leader with the Wisconsin State Reading Association and related initiatives of the state Department of Public Instruction.