Paula Allen-Meares

Professor Emeritus of Social Work, Professor Emeritus of Education and Dean Emeritus

Paula Allen-Meares

Degrees

  • Cert, 1993, Management of Managers, UM Business School;
  • Cert, 1990, Harvard University Graduate School Management Development Program;
  • BS, 1969, State University of New York at Buffalo;
  • MSW, Child Welfare, 1971, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign;
  • PhD, Social Work and Educational Administration, 1975, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

BioSketch

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.

She is presently chair of the New York Academy of Medicine's national advisory panel and is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. Other areas of research/scholarly interest: school social work, racial issues, social work practice, mental health.


Personal Information
Email pameares@umich.edu
Web Sites  Global Program on Youth Leave Site
Mailbox  4
INDI  132
 Location
Phone: (312) 413-3350
Fax: (312) 413-3393
 UIC Office of the Chancellor
601 S. Morgan, 2833 UH, M/C 102
Chicago, IL 60607
 Location
Room: 3851 SSWB
Phone: (734) 647-2547
Fax: (734) 763-3372 /
763-5635
 University of Michigan
School of Social Work
1080 S. University
Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Selected Publications

Hollingsworth, L., Allen-Meares, P., Shanks, T., & Gant, L. M. (in press). A solution-focused approach to community planning: Miracles, dreams, and strategies. Families in Society.
Hollingsworth, L. D., Allen-Meares, P., Shanks, T., & Gant, L. M. (2009). Using the miracle question in community engagement and planning. Families in Society, 90(3), 332-335.
Ruffolo, M. C., & Allen-Meares, P. (2008). Intervention with children. In C. N. Dulmus, L. Rapp-Paglicci, W. Rowe, & K. M. Sower (Eds.), Handbook of social work and social welfare: Social work practice. (Vol. 3, pp. 246-267). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons.
Howard, M. O., Allen-Meares, P., & Ruffolo, M. C. (2007). Teaching evidence-based practice: Strategic and pedagogical recommendations for schools of social work. Research on Social Work Practice, 17(5), 561-568.
Allen-Meares, P. (2006). Social work services in schools (5th ed.). Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
Allen-Meares, P., Franklin, C., & Harris, M. (2006). The school services sourcebook: A guide for school-based professionals. New York: Oxford University Press.
Allen-Meares, P. (2006). Where do we go from here? Mental health workers and the implementation of an evidence-based practice. In P. Allen-Meares, C. Franklin, & M. Harris (Eds.), The school services sourcebook: A guide for school-based professionals (pp. 1189-1194). New York: Oxford University Press.
Allen-Meares, P. (2006). One hundred years: A historical analysis of social work services in schools [Special issue]. School Social Work Journal, 25-43.
Allen-Meares, P. (2006). Reflections of a dean: Opportunities and challenges of providing higher education in a research institution [Special issue]. Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping, 12(2), 16-25.
Hudgins, C., Allen-Meares, P., Engberg, M., & Lessnau, B. (2005). Using a collaboratory model to translate social work resarch into practice and policy. Research on Social Work Practice, 15(1), 29-40.