Emilie Sandra Deal (née Dunagan;[1] February 1, 1942 – August 23, 2022)[2] was an American education advocate and public school language arts teacher.

[3][4] The daughter of educators, Emilie Sandra Dunagan grew up in Gainesville, Georgia.

[12] In 2017, Georgia College & State University unveiled the Sandra Dunagan Deal Center for Early Language and Literacy.

[13] A state-funded educational institute, the center aims to provide professional development, or training, to early elementary teachers to improve the early language and literacy skills of Georgia's children by providing research-based professional development for organizations working with children from birth through age 8.

[17] On August 23, 2022, she died at her home in Demorest, aged 80, from breast cancer that had spread to her brain.