Dr. Anne Deaton
573-882-1989
320 Jesse Hall
DeatonA@missouri.edu
Professional Career
Professional activities: teaching, program planning/evaluation, mentoring, consulting, advocacy, public speaking
- Adjunct faculty appointments in the MU College of Human Environmental Sciences and the Sinclair School of Nursing, present
- Director, Missouri Division of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 2000-04
- Deputy Director, Missouri Division of Aging, 1993-2000
- Assistant Professor, MU Department of Human Development and Family Studies, 1990-93
- Assistant Director, Center for Gerontology, Virginia Tech, 1987-89
Education
- EdD, Adult Education and Aging, Virginia Tech
- MS, Adult Education and Aging, University of Tennessee
- BA, English, University of Kentucky
Academic Honors
- University of Missouri: Honorary Mortar Board; LSV and QEBH honorary societies
- University of Kentucky: Phi Beta Kappa (National Honor Society); Delta Epsilon (English Honorary); Kappa Delta (Education Honorary); Dantzler Award (Outstanding Senior in English); Haggin Fellowship for graduate study at University of Kentucky
- Virginia Tech: Phi Kappa Phi (Education Honorary); Lexington Kentucky Rotary Club Scholastic Award for summer service project in Ecuador
Professional Awards and Honors
- King Dream Conference Award: King Women of the Year, 2007
- Missouri Governor's Award for Quality and Productivity, 2000
- University of Missouri Vice-President's Outstanding Extension Achievement Award
- University of Missouri-Kansas City Institute for Human Development award for promoting AmeriCorps "Vista MOCAN" Project
Community and Professional Activities
Current:
- Extensive volunteer for MU
- Boone County Coordinating Board for Early Childhood Education
- Rotary Club (Downtown Club–Columbia, Mo.)
- Missouri 4-H Foundation
- Step Up! American Association for Rwandan Women (founding member)
- Stand By Me (mentoring youth in Columbia schools)
- Thompson Center for Autism and Neurological Disorders Advisory Council
- MU School of Social Work Advisory Board
- Impact Mizzou (mentoring international students)
- Griffiths Leadership Society for Women at MU
- Fortnightly Club (supports scholarships at MU)
- MU Friends of Music
- Missouri Autism Response and Research Association (organized this program to coordinate research among major Missouri universities)
Past:
- Special Olympics Missouri State Board
- Wonderland Camp Board (special camp in Missouri for persons with disabilities)
- Columbia Area United Way Board/Executive Board
- Central Missouri Food Bank Board
- MU Friends of Peace Studies
- MU Center for Health Policy
- League of Women Voters (Blacksburg, Va.)
- PTA President (Blacksburg, Va.)
- Assistant Director of International Host Family Program at Virginia Tech
- Founding member of a neighborhood volunteer social service program (a spin-off of FISH in Knoxville, Tenn.)
- Children’s International Summer Village Peace Camp (Romania)
- Appalachian Volunteer (Kentucky)
- International Summer Service, YMCA (Ecuador)
Personal Information
Spouse/Children: MU Chancellor Brady James Deaton (spouse); Tony Deaton, PhD (son); Brady Deaton, PhD (son); Christina Deaton Demarea, MA; David Deaton, MBA; all children married; three grandsons and one granddaughter!
Hobbies: reading, traveling, volunteering/mentoring, writing poetry, walking/hiking
Hometown: Born in Brooklyn, N.Y. At age 12, moved to Lexington, Ky. and attended high school and the University of Kentucky.
Personal Philosophy: Work to promote good for all people, be thankful, have the courage to seek truth and freedom and your life will be meaningful whatever path you take.