Joan Stevens (10 December 1908 – 11 June 1990) was a notable New Zealand teacher and university professor of English. She was born in Southwick,

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, England, in 1908. In the 1974 Queen's Birthday Honours, Stevens was appointed a

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, for services to teaching and scholarship. Joan Stevens Hall, a university accommodation building on The Terrace in Wellington, was named after Stevens.

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1908 births 1990 deaths Academic staff of Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand Commanders of the Order of the British Empire New Zealand schoolteachers British emigrants to New Zealand New Zealand women academics People from Southwick, West Sussex {{NewZealand-academic-bio-stub