Paula Allen-Meares
Paula Allen-Meares | |
|---|---|
| 6th Chancellor of the University of Illinois Chicago | |
| In office January 2009 – January 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Sylvia Manning Rick Gislason (interim) |
| Succeeded by | Rick Gislason (interim) Michael Amiridis |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1948 (age 76–77) |
| Education | State University of New York at Buffalo (BS) University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (MSW, PhD) |
| Academic background | |
| Thesis | A Current Analysis of School Social Work Tasks and Its Implication for Differential Staffing Patterns (1975) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Social work |
| Institutions | |
Paula G. Allen-Meares (born 1948) is an American academic who served as the chancellor of the University of Illinois Chicago from 2009 to 2015. She has a background in social work.
Allen-Meares was raised in Buffalo, New York. She completed her undergraduate education at SUNY Buffalo, and then undertook postgraduate studies in social work at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (UIUC).[1] While completing her doctorate, she worked for the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. She joined the UIUC faculty in 1975, and in 1990 was made dean of the School of Social Work.[2] In 1993, Allen-Meares joined the University of Michigan as dean of the School of Social Work.[3] She also chair of the University Health Sciences Council. During her tenure, the School of Social Work's endowment increased from 1ドル million to 42ドル.3 million.[1]
Allen-Meares's appointment as chancellor of the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) was announced in June 2008, and her term commenced in January 2009.[4] As chancellor, she unsuccessfully lobbied for UIC to host the Barack Obama Presidential Center.[5] Allen-Meares's initial five-year term was extended to January 2015, but not renewed thereafter; in August 2014, the UIC faculty senate had passed a motion of no confidence 44–9.[6] She received an exit bonus of 98,440ドル on top of a 437,244ドル annual salary, which was criticized by faculty representatives.[7]
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[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ a b Booth, Sonya (2009年01月14日). "The University of Illinois at Chicago welcomes Chancellor Paula Allen-Meares". University of Illinois Foundation. Retrieved 2022年07月03日.
- ^ "Paul Allen-Meares". University of Chicago Department of Medicine. Retrieved 2022年07月03日.
- ^ "Paula Allen-Meares". University of Michigan School of Social Work. Retrieved 2022年07月03日.
- ^ "Paula Allen-Meares named chancellor of UIC". Illinois News Bureau. 2008年06月19日. Retrieved 2022年07月03日.
- ^ Wallace, Sarah (2017年12月01日). "Paula Allen-Meares on UIC's Pitch for President Barack Obama's Presidential Library". The Chicago Network. Archived from the original on 2017年12月01日. Retrieved 2022年07月03日.
- ^ Cohen, Jodi S. (2014年08月29日). "UIC faculty vote no confidence in chancellor" . Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 2014年08月31日. Retrieved 2022年07月03日.
- ^ Cohen, Jodi S. (2015年01月15日). "On her way out, UIC chancellor gets 100,000ドル bonus" . Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 2015年01月16日. Retrieved 2022年07月03日.
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