Joan was born and raised in Hampton, VA where she graduated from Ferguson High School. She went to Mary Washington College for a year and then transferred to the University of Georgia, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in Psychology and a master’s and a specialist’s degree in Special Education. Joan taught at the Rutland…

JoBeth Allen was born in Evanston, IL and lived in Oklahoma and Texas before moving to Hill City Kansas, where she graduated from Hill City Rural High School. She studied education at Kansas University, earning Bachelors, Masters and an EdD there. JoBeth moved to Athens in 1986 to teach at the University of Georgia, where…