Katherine Ann Dunipace Stebbins, longtime professor at Eastern Kentucky University, passed away on April 3. She was 92 years old.
Dr. Stebbins was a faculty member at Eastern Kentucky University for nearly three decades. During her long tenure, she served as head of her department and established a women’s studies program. Outside of academia, she served as chair of the League of Women Voters and was a founding member of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Madison County.
A native of Wood County, Ohio, Dr. Stebbins was a magna cum laude graduate of Bowling Green State University, where she majored in physical education. She received her master’s degree and Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Kentucky.