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Paula Allen-Meares
Norma Radin Collegiate Professor Emerita of Social Work, Professor Emerita of Education and Dean Emerita
Paula Allen-Meares served as dean of the University of Michigan School of Social Work from February 1993 to August 2008 and became dean emerita in January 2009, when she was appointed chancellor of the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Dean Emerita Allen-Meares' research interests include the tasks and functions of social workers employed in educational settings; psychopathology in children, adolescents, and families; adolescent sexuality; premature parenthood; and various aspects of social work practice. She is principal investigator of the School's Global Program on Youth, an initiative supported by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation; principal investigator of the Skillman Good Neighborhoods Grant and the NIMH Social Work Research Center on Poverty, Risk, and Mental Health; and a co-investigator on an NIMH research grant.
Dean Emerita Allen-Meares serves on numerous editorial boards and has served as editor-in-chief of many important journals. Additionally, she has served on numerous national professional and scientific committees promoting the intellectual and empirical advancement of the profession. She is a past member of the Institute for Advancement of Social Work Research, treasurer of the Council on Social Work Education, chair of the Publication Committee for the National Association of Social Workers, and vice president for the National Association of Deans and Directors of Social Work. Allen-Meares served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the William T. Grant Foundation, and has served as president of the Society for Social Work and Research and as a University of Michigan Senior Fellow.
Dean Emerita Allen-Meares is a New York Academy of Medicine Trustee and Fellow and a member of the Royal Academy of Medicine. She was inducted as a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies in 2005 and served on its Membership Committee as Chair of Section X. She is currently a member of the Institute’s Member Awards Committee. In addition, she has become active as a Board Member of the Civic Consulting Alliance, as a member of the American Council on Education’s Commission on Racial and Ethnic Equity, and as a board member of the Coalition of Urban Serving Universities. Other areas of research/scholarly interest: school social work, racial issues, social work practice, mental health
Research Interests/Focus
Schools, adolescents, parenting.
Contact Information
| Phone | Room | Address | |
|---|---|---|---|
| (312) 996-4498 | [email protected] | 3752 SSWB | University of Illinois, Chicago Dept of Medicine 373 CMET, MC735 Chicago, IL 60607 |
| University of Michigan School of Social Work 1080 S. University Ann Arbor, MI 48109 |
Education
| Year | Degree | School | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | PhD | Social Work and Educational Administration | University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign |
| 1971 | MSW | Child Welfare | University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign |
| 1969 | BS | State University of New York at Buffalo | |
| 1990 | Cert | Harvard University Graduate School Management Development Program | |
| 1993 | Cert | Management of Managers, UM Business School |
News
| Year | Description |
|---|---|
| 2005 | Allen-Meares, P. (2005, July). Best practices in school social work: Innovative solutions for students, families, and schools. Presented at the Chicago Center for Family Health, Summer Institute for School-Based Professionals, IL. |
| 2005 | Hudgins, C., & Allen-Meares, P. (2005, January). Nurturing university-community partnerships: Findings from a qualitative study of collaboratory partners. Presented at the Society for Social Work and Research Conference, Miami, FL. |
| 2005 | Hudgins, C., & Allen-Meares, P. (2005, February). University-community collaboration: The role of technology in knowledge production. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Council on Social Work Education, New York, NY. |
| 2004 | Allen-Meares, P. (2004, April). University and community partnerships: Community-based research. Presented at the University at Buffalo (SUNY) Third Annual Social Work Alumni Day, NY. |
| 2004 | Allen-Meares, P., & Hudgins, C. (2004, October). Preparing tomorrow's social workers: Looking through a technology-supported participatory research lens. To be presented at the Global Social Work Congress, Adelaide, Australia. |
| 2004 | Allen-Meares, P., & Hudgins, C. (2004, July). The technology of university-community collaboration: A model for knowledge production and dissemination. Presented at the Education and Information Systems Technologies and Applications Conference, Orlando, FL. |
| 2003 | Allen-Meares, P., & Hudgins, C. (2003, January). Applying a collaboratory model to social work research. Presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, DC. |
| 2002 | Allen-Meares, P., & Hudgins, C. (2002, March). Transforming a school of social work through technology. Presented at the Biennial Midwest Social Work Education Conference, Indianapolis, IN. |
| 2002 | Allen-Meares, P. (2002, June). Looking to the past and future: Setting a research agenda for the profession of social work. Presented at the National Institute of Mental Health Conference on Social Work Research, Rockville, MD. |
| 2002 | Allen-Meares, P., & Hudgins, C. (2002, August). Applying a collaboratory model to social work practice and research. Presented at the 6th Technology Conference, Charleston, SC. |
| 2002 | Allen-Meares, P., & Hudgins, C. (2002, November). Shoulder to shoulder and wire to wire: Applying a collaboratory model in a professional school. Presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Sacramento, CA. |
| 2001 | Hudgins, C., & Allen-Meares, P. (2001, January). The long and winding road: The role of technology in transforming a school of social work. Paper presented at the Association of American Colleges and University, New Orleans, LA. |
| 2001 | Allen-Meares, P. (2001, October). Poverty & mental illness: Educating health professionals to meet new needs. Presented at the Josiah Macy, Jr., Foundation Conference Modern Psychiatry: Challenges In Educating Health Professionals to Meet New Needs, Toronto, Canada. |
| 2000 | Allen-Meares, P. (2000, June). Excellence in social work education: Needs and roles of research in schools. Paper presented at the Meeting of Research in Schools of Social Work, St. Louis, MO. |
| 1999 | Weick, A., Allen-Meares, P., Monti, M., Witkin, S. L., Schriver, J. M., & Delo, P. L. (1999, March). De-mystifying the publishing process. Paper presented at the Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting. San Francisco, CA. |
| 1999 | Allen-Meares, P. (1999, October). School social work: Challenges for the twenty-first century. Presented at the 32nd Annual Midwest School Social Work Conference, Mackinac Island, MI. |
| 1998 | Allen-Meares, P. (1998, April). Understanding the principles of measuring outcome effectiveness in social work practice. Paper presented at the School Social Workers Association of Georgia spring conference, Jekyll Island, GA. |
| 1998 | Allen-Meares, P. (1998, April). Break on through to the other side. Presented at the New York Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers Annual Conference, New York, NY. |
| 1998 | Allen-Meares, P. (1998, April). The rise of social work services in schools: New directions and the challenges of welfare and education reform initiatives. Presented at The Annual Conference of the Georgia Association of School Social Workers, Jekyll Island, GA. |
| 1998 | Allen-Meares, P. (1998, October). Challenges facing schools in the United States: Tasks for school social workers. Presented at Fourth Annual International Conference of The Korean Society of School Social Work, Seoul, Korea. |
| 1997 | Allen-Meares, P. (1997, January). Undermining our children's futures: National disaffection, welfare, and education. Paper presented at a meeting of the University of Michigan Journalism Fellows, Wallace House. |
| 1997 | Allen-Meares, P. (1997, February). School-linked services. Paper presented at the University of Georgia, School of Social Work. |
| 1997 | Allen-Meares, P. (1997, February). School social work: A look into the future. Paper presented at the University of Georgia, School of Social Work. |
| 1997 | Allen-Meares, P. (1997, February). Interdisciplinary collaboration at the university level. Paper presented at the University of Georgia, School of Social Work. |
| 1997 | Allen-Meares, P. (1997, February). The Federal role in education and family services: Goal setting without responsibility-An update. Paper presented at the University of Georgia, School of Social Work. |
| 1997 | Allen-Meares, P. (1997, July). The rise of social work services in schools: Past practices and future challenges. Paper presented at Smith College, School of Social Work. |
| 1997 | Allen-Meares, P. (1997, November). The rise of social work services in schools: Past practices and future challenges. Presented at the 4th Annual Conference of the Western Alliance of School Social Work Organizations Albuquerque, NM. |
| 1996 | Allen-Meares, P. (1996, May). Deconstructing the social reality of minority women. Paper presented as part of the University of Michigan Women of Color Task Force Presentations. |
| 1995 | Allen-Meares, P., & Dupper, D. (1995, March). Curriculum development and school social work. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Council for Social Work Education, San Diego, CA. |
| 1995 | Allen-Meares, P. (1995, September). School-linked services: Old wine in a new bottle. Paper presented at the Hubert H. Humphrey Center, University of Minnesota. |
| 1994 | Allen-Meares, P. (1994, October). Writing for publication. Paper presented at the NASW, Nashville, TN. |
| 1993 | Allen-Meares, P. (1993, February). National study of deans. Paper presented at the National Association of Deans and Directors, New York, NY. |
| 1993 | Allen-Meares, P. (1993, April). Mental health needs of children and adolescents: A focus on depression. Paper presented at the meeting of the National Association of Forensic Social Workers, Ann Arbor, MI. |
| 1993 | Allen-Meares, P. (1993, November). Status report on school social work. Paper presented at the annual National Association of Social Workers Conference, Orlando, FL. |
| 1992 | Allen-Meares, P. (1992, September). Common good. Paper presented at the League of Women Voters, Ford Foundation, University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign. |
| 1992 | Allen-Meares, P. (1992, February). Women in administration. Paper presented at the CSWE-APM, Kansas City, MO. |
| 1992 | Allen-Meares, P. (1992, July). Writing for publication. Paper presented at the NASW International Conference, Washington, DC. |
| 1992 | Allen-Meares, P. (1992, April). Trends in school social work practice. Paper presented at the Scholars Program, School of Social Work, Austin, TX. |
| 1992 | Allen-Meares, P. (1992, July). A national study of school social work. Paper presented at the National Association of Social Workers International Conference, Washington, DC. |
| 1991 | Allen-Meares, P. (1991, February). Opportunities for action: Policies for addressing repeat births to teens and single young adults. Paper presented and panel facilitated at the Institute of Government and Public Affairs and the Illinois Department of Public Health, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. |
| 1991 | Allen-Meares, P. (1991, January). Overview of research on adolescent pregnancy and sexuality. Paper presented at the Illinois Caucus on Teenage Pregnancy, Springfield, IL. |
| 1991 | Allen-Meares, P. (1991, March). With Dominques and Pennekamp, Educating for school social work. Paper presented at the Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, New Orleans, LA. |
| 1991 | Allen-Meares, P. (1991, March). Enhancing the presence of minorities in social work education. Paper presented at the Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, New Orleans, LA. |
| 1991 | Allen-Meares, P. (1991, April). Changing cultural values and the role of the university. Paper presented at the meeting of Values and Ethics, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL. |
| 1990 | Allen-Meares, P., & Moroz, K. (1990, April). P.L. 99-457 and adolescent parents. Paper presented at the Annual Orthopsychiatry Conference, Miami, FL. |
| 1990 | Allen-Meares, P. (1990, November). A recent study of school social work. Paper presented at the National Association of Social Workers Conference, Boston, MA. |
| 1990 | Allen-Meares, P. (1990, October). Research on treatment outcome: Depressed children & adolescents. Paper presented at the meeting of the National Institute of Mental Health & the School of Social Work, University of California, Berkeley, CA. |
| 1989 | Allen-Meares, P. (1989, June). Social work services in schools, approaches and accountability. Paper presented to the School Social Work Department of the Catholic School System, Winnipeg, Canada. |
| 1989 | Allen-Meares, P. (1989, October). Status of research in doctoral education. Paper presented to the Group for the Advancement of Doctoral Education, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. |
| 1989 | Allen-Meares, P. (1989, June). School social work: A view from the United States. Paper presented at the School Social Work Conference, Winnipeg, Canada. |
| 1989 | Allen-Meares, P. (1989, October). School social work competency examination & research. Paper presented at the National Association of Social Workers Conference, San Francisco, CA. |
| 1988 | Allen-Meares, P. (1988, May). Identifying depression in school-age children. Paper presented to school social work students and practitioners, Urbana, IL. |
| 1988 | Allen-Meares, P. (1988, February). Depression in childhood and adolescence. Paper presented to Urbana School District #116, Urbana, IL. |
| 1988 | Allen-Meares, P. (1988, October). Group for the advancement of doctoral education-speak out. Paper presented at The Ohio State University, Columbus. |
| 1988 | Allen-Meares, P. (1988, October). Implementing a model to enhance school-community-relations. Paper presented at the Canadian National School Social Worker's Conference, Toronto. |
| 1988 | Allen-Meares, P., & Moroz, K. (1988, March). Interfacing state certification requirements with CSWE standards. Paper presented at the Council on Social Work Education--Annual Program Meeting, Atlanta, GA. |
| 1988 | Allen-Meares, P. (1988, October). School-community relationships: An expanded role for social workers. Paper presented at the Canadian National School Social Workers' Conference, Toronto, Canada. |
| 1988 | Moroz, K., & Allen-Meares, P. (1988, November). Clinical practice with infants and adolescent parents: A focus on home-based assessment. Paper presented at the NASW Clinical Conference, Philadelphia, PA. |
| 1988 | Allen-Meares, P. (1988, November). Characteristics and functions of school social work. Paper presented at the NASW Clinical Conference, Philadelphia, PA. |
| 1987 | Allen-Meares, P. (1987, March). Apartheid. Paper presented to the Council on Social Work Education-Annual Program Meeting, St. Louis, MO. |
| 1987 | Allen-Meares, P. (1987, June). Equal educational opportunity for minority youth: A promise forgotten. Invited paper presented at the Minority Conference, National Association of Social Workers, Washington, DC. |
| 1986 | Allen-Meares, P. (1986, September). A national study of educational reform: Social work practice in the schools. Invited paper presented at the NASW Clinical Conference, San Francisco, CA. |
| 1985 | Allen-Meares, P. (1985, June ). Paper presented at Educational reform in the United States: A conservative government. British Special Interest Group, London. |
| 1985 | Allen-Meares, P. (1985, November). Educating school social workers for practice. Paper presented to the Illinois Association of School Social Workers, Chicago. |
| 1985 | Allen-Meares, P., & Lane, B. (1985, January). Ecosystem theory for practice and research. Invited paper presented at the Third National Conference on School Social Work, New Orleans, LA. |
| 1985 | Levine, R., Allen-Meares, P., & Easton, F. (1985, January). Primary prevention and school social work practice. Paper presented at the Third National Conference on School Social Work, New Orleans, LA. |
| 1985 | Pugach, M., & Allen-Meares, P. (1985, February). Linking the preparation of school-based professionals: The possibility of interdisciplinary faculty collaboration. Paper presented at the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education conference, Denver, CO. |
| 1985 | Allen-Meares, P. (1985, June). Educational reform in America-A critical examination of paradoxes: Implications for social work services in schools. Invited paper presented at the Institute for Youth Affairs, Munich, Germany. |
| 1984 | Allen-Meares, P., Yeck, D., & Morrison, V. (1984, September). A team approach in training school social workers in Illinois. Paper presented at the Midwest-School Social Work Council, 17th Annual Conference, 1984 and Beyond, Rosemont, IL. |
| 1984 | Allen-Meares, P. (1984, October). New perspectives for social work assessment and accountability. Paper presented to the Florida Association of Visiting Teachers and School Social Workers, Coco Beach, FL. |
| 1983 | Monkman, M., & Allen-Meares, P. (1983, September). An exploratory study of social work practice and its fit to the transactions between individuals and environment frameworks. Paper presented at the Midwest School Social Work Council's Annual Conference: School Social Workers Dare to Care, St. Louis, MO. |
| 1983 | Allen-Meares, P. (1983, March). New concepts in primary prevention in school social work: Changing practice needs and curriculum implications. Paper presented at the Council on Social Work Education-Annual Program Committee, Fort Worth, TX. |
| 1983 | Allen-Meares, P. (1983, September). At the crossroads-Practice advancement council. Paper presented at the School Social Work Council's Annual Conference: Midwest School Social Workers Dare to Care, St. Louis, MO. |
| 1983 | Monkman, M., & Allen-Meares, P. (1983, September). An exploratory study of social work practice and its fit to the transactions between individuals and environment frameworks. Paper presented at the Midwest School Social Work Council's Annual Conference: School Social Workers Dare to Care, St. Louis, MO. |
| 1983 | Allen-Meares, P. (1983, March). Are we adequately training our graduate students for practice?: A follow-up study of school social work graduates. Paper presented at the Council on Social Work Education-Annual Program Meeting, Authors' Forum, Fort Worth, TX. |
| 1983 | Monkman, M., & Allen-Meares, P. (1983, March). An exploratory study of social work practice and its fit to the transactions between individuals and environments. Paper presented at the Council on Social Work Education-Annual Program Meeting, Authors' Forum, Fort Worth, TX. |
| 1983 | Pugach, M., & Allen-Meares, P. (1983, November). Collaboration at the preservice level: Instruction and evaluation. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting, Teacher Education Division, Council for Exceptional Children, Arlington, VA. |
| 1982 | Allen-Meares, P. (1982, June). Teaching the pregnant teen. Training session presented to the University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Program, College of Agriculture Urbana. |
| 1982 | Allen-Meares, P. (1982, September). Minority handicapped children: Adaptive behavior assessment. rainbows in society building on the strengths of minorities. Paper presented to the Indiana Chapter of NASW, Indianapolis. |
| 1982 | Allen-Meares, P. (1982, March). Content analysis: A pathway to research about social work. Paper presented at the Council on Social Work Education, New York, NY. |
| 1982 | Allen-Meares, P. (1982, November). Children with behavioral disorders: An eclectic approach. Paper presented at the National Clinical Conference, National Association of Social Workers, Washington, DC. |
| 1981 | Yeck, D., & Allen-Meares, P. (1981, May). The Illinois view: A dialogue on recommended practices for school social work. Paper presented at the Second National Conference on School Social Work, Washington, DC. |
| 1981 | Allen-Meares, P., et al. (1981, September). Improving the multidisciplinary team's nonbiased assessment. Paper presented at the Midwest School Social Work Conference, Kansas City, MO. |
| 1981 | Allen-Meares, P. (1981, March). Impact of recent legislation on school social work: Education for practice-Public social service. Paper presented at the Council on Social Work Education, Louisville, KY. |
| 1981 | Allen-Meares, P., & Lane, B. (1981, May). Assessing the adaptive behavior of children and youth. Paper presented at the Second National Conference on School Social Work, Washington, DC. |
| 1980 | Allen-Meares, P. (1980, September). Implementing sex desegregation in public schools: What is social work's contribution? Presentation on the Social Work Practice in Sexist Society panel at the NASW Conference, Washington, DC. |
| 1980 | Allen-Meares, P., & Yeck, D. (1980, November). Recommended practices for school social work. Paper presented at the Illinois Association of School Social Workers Conference, Chicago, IL. |
| 1979 | Allen-Meares, P. (1979, February). Teenage sexuality: Implications for professional intervention. Presenter at NASW-Illinois Chapter, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. |
| 1979 | Allen-Meares, P. (1979, March). A curriculum model of social work in education. Paper presented to the Council Social Work Education, Boston, MA. |
| 1979 | Allen-Meares, P. (1979, April). Sharing and caring-Community awareness of services for the handicapped, role of the school social worker. Paper presented to the NASW Graduate Students, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. |
| 1979 | Allen-Meares, P. (1979, March). A curriculum model of social work in education. Paper presented to the Council on Social Work Education, Boston, MA. |
| 1979 | Allen-Meares, P. (1979, May). An analysis of interrupted time series design. Invited paper presented to the National Association of Social Workers, University of Connecticut. |
| 1979 | Allen-Meares, P. (1979, October). Content analysis, methodological considerations, and techniques. Paper presented at the Illinois Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Springfield, IL. |
| 1978 | Allen-Meares, P. (1978, April). The emergency school aid act. Paper presented at the National Association of Social Workers-National Conference on School Social Work, Denver, CO. |
| 1977 | Allen-Meares, P. (1977, November). Practical applications of the S-C-P Model (School-Community-Pupil Model). Paper presented at the IASSW, Seventh Annual Conference, Chicago, IL. |
| 1977 | Allen-Meares, P. (1977, November). Social work skills: Humanizing the human services. Paper presented at the NASW Fifth Biennial Professional Symposium, San Diego, CA. |
| 1977 | Allen-Meares, P. (1977, July). Integrating systems intervention approaches in work with handicapped children and their families. Paper presented to the National Association of Social Workers, Athens, GA. |
| 1973 | Allen-Meares, P. (1973). Teenage pregnancy. Paper presented to IASSW, Springfield, IL. |