Maresi Nerad
mnerad@u.washington.edu


Education

M.A., Politcal Science and Physical Education, Technical University of Darmstadt, West Germany, 1973
Ph.D. Higher Education, University of California, Berkeley, 1988

Honors

Nominated Dean-in Residence by the Council of Graduate School; Distinguished Service Award, University of California, Berkley 1997, 1998, 2000

Research

My research focuses on graduate and postdoctoral education reforms; the intersection of family and career path of PhD’s; public policy and the labor market of PhDs; internationalization of student, faculty, structure, and organization of Graduate Education.

Publications

latest book: 1999. The Academic Kitchen: A Social History of Gender Stratification at the University of California, Berkely. Albany: SUNY Press

recent publication: 2004. The PhD in the US: Criticisms, Facts and Remedies; Higher Education Policy, vol 17, no. 2

Administration & Service

Associate Graduate Dean for Research, Graduate School, UW, 2003-present; Research Associate Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, UW 2001-present; Director, Graduate Research, Graduate Division, U of C, Berkeley, 1994-2001