Maresi Nerad is the founding director of the University of Washington's Center for Innovation and Research in Graduate Education (CIRGE) and emeritus Professor of Higher Education in the Leadership in Higher Education Program, College of Education, at the University of Washington, Seattle.
A native of Germany, Dr. Nerad received an M.A. in political science and physical education from the Technical University of Darmstadt, West Germany, 1973 and a Ph.D. in higher education from the University of California, Berkeley in 1988. She directed research in the central Graduate Division of UC Berkeley for 15 years; spent 2000 as Dean in Residence at the Council of Graduate Schools, the professional association of US graduate deans, in Washington, D.C; joined the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle in 2001, and opened CIRGE in 2002.
She served as Associate Dean of the UW Graduate School 2003-2009; spent three months at the University of Melbourne, Australia (2005) at its Postgraduate School as a distinguished Mieguanyah Fellow; was appointed Professor Extraordinary by the University of the Free State, South Africa (2011-2013); received a Fulbright Specialist award; spent three months (2011) in South Africa; and spent three months (2014) as visiting professor at Nagoya University, Japan.
She has served on many national and institutional doctoral education reviews including the German Excellence Initiative (2006, 2011), and the U.S. National Research Council (2002-2003) Committee to Examine the Methodology for the Assessment of Research-Doctorate Programs. She served on US and international advisory boards, including the International Advisory Committee for Science and Engineering of the US National Science Foundation (NSF) (2011- 2013); the Presidential Innovation Board of the University of Bremen, Germany (2014-19) and the Graduate Academy of the Goethe University of Frankfurt (2011-16); and undertakes formative and summative research for flagship interdisciplinary doctoral programs of NSF (IGERT/NRT), the German Excellence Graduate Schools (Materials MAINZ), and the European Commission (UNIKE).
Correspondence, minutes, agendas, flyers, notes, grant proposals, book chapters, articles, conference materials, newsletters, course syllabi, reports, publications, workshop notes, materials related to Nerad's research into Art History doctoral programs, university program reports, and materials related to the University of Washington's Center for Innovation and Research in Graduate Education (CIRGE).
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Materials include correspondence, meeting minutes, agendas, flyers, notes, grant proposals, book chapters, conference materials, newsletters, course syllabi, doctoral student's course of study, student papers, reports, budgets, publications and articles with some authored by Nerad, faculty contact, workshop notes, materials for graduate students, and program proposals.
Materials include correspondence, meeting minutes, agendas, flyers, notes, conference materials, newsletters, reports, budgets, publications with some authored by Nerad, workshop notes, CIRGE materials, workshop and conference binders, Nerad's doctoral thesis, poster from Nerad's retirement party, materials related to Nerad's research into Art History doctoral programs, University of Washington honor's program review, and CHID review.
Materials include correspondence, notes, book chapters, conference materials, newsletters, course syllabi, reports, committee notes, publications with some authored by Nerad, workshop notes, CIRGE materials, UW Office of Global Affairs 2006 retreat binder, UW Information School program review, Department of Technical Communication program review, School of Public Affairs International Development Policy and Management Certificate program review, Evans School of Public Affairs, PhD proposal in public policy and management, Department of Geography program review, materials related to the Graduate School, and journals.
Materials include correspondence, meeting minutes, agendas, book chapters, conference materials, newsletters, course syllabi, reports, publications with some authored by Nerad, CIRGE materials, materials related to Nerad's research in Art History doctoral programs, journals, "Easing the Way for Graduate Students", and GRADE training program from Goethe University. Includes binders from conference and workshops: Management Development Program- Harvard University, Forces and Forms of Change in Doctoral Education II, International Conference on Doctoral Education 2005, Forces and Forms of Change in Doctoral Education Worldwide and their impact on South East Asia, and CIRGE business plan.