DR. JEAN ELEDGE

Chair, Department of Language and Literature,
Distinguished Professor of French

Dr. Jean Eledge serves as the Chair of Lee’s Department of Language and Literature along with teaching courses such as World Languages & Faith and Teaching Languages. A decorated classroom teacher, she was named Tennessee Teacher of the Year in 1989 while teaching at Cleveland High School, and she received the Lee University Excellence in Teaching Award in 1995. She was named a Distinguished Professor of French in 2015.

She is not only an outstanding professor, but also provides leadership to the campus in the area of faculty development.

Eledge enjoys research and doing presentations on effective teaching. She is married to Bill and has a son, Eric, and daughter-in-law, Bethany. She counts music and sports as her favorite out-of-class interests.