Maureen A.
Meehan
24 Wedgewood Drive
Hawthorn Woods, Illinois 60047
EDUCATION
Ph.D. University of Illinois at Chicago: Education,
Reading, Writing & Literacy, 2000
M.A. Northeastern Illinois University: Special Education,
1976
B.A. Northern Illinois University: Social Science, 1971
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
Associate Director, Center for Literacy,
University of Illinois at Chicago, 2001 – present
Assistant Director, Center for
Literacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1994 – 2001
Research Assistant,
Center for Literacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1992-1994.
Board of Directors, Literacy
Volunteers of America – Illinois, 1999-2001
Director of Literacy,
Dundalk Community College, Baltimore, Maryland, 1990-1991.
Instructor, Dundalk Community
College, Baltimore, Maryland 1986-1990.
Instructor/Workplace
Literacy Coordinator, Howard Community
College, Columbia, Maryland, 1985-1990.
Instructor, Department of Adult and Continuing Education,
Baltimore County Public Schools, Towson, Maryland, 1985-1986.
Instructor/Educational Consultant, First Step Youth
Services, Baltimore, Maryland, 1985-1990.
Instructor, College of Lake
County, Grayslake, Illinois, 1979-1984.
Learning Skills Coordinator, Gateway
Technical Institute, Kenosha, Wisconsin, 1977-1978
Diagnostician, Kenosha Schools
District, Kenosha, Wisconsin, 1975-1977.
Special Education Teacher, Special Education District of
Lake County, Gurnee, Illinois, 1974-1975.
GRANTS &
CONTRACTS
Meehan, M.
(2004-2005). Project
MORE: Making Opportunities
for Reading Enhancement, State of Illinois, Department of Human
Services. $295,589.
Meehan, M.
(2004-2005). Project
REACH, Gustafson Family Charitable Foundation. $10,000.
Meehan, M. (2004).
Chicago Reading Framework Project, Chicago Board of Education. $200,000.
Meehan, M. (2004).
Project REACH, Chicago Community Trust. $27,727.
Meehan, M. (2003-2004).
Reading First & Chicago Reading Framework Professional
Development Program, Chicago Board of Education. $58,500.
Meehan, M. (2003-2004).
Resource Outreach to Family Child Care Homes, Gustafson Family
Charitable Foundation.
$21,168.
Meehan, M. (2003-2004).
Project MORE: Making Opportunities for Reading Enhancement
(AmeriCorps), State of Illinois, Department of Human Services. $192,000.
Teale, W., & Meehan, M.
(2003). Illinois Consortium
for Achieving Reading Excellence (ICARE), Illinois State Board of
Education. $50,000.
Shanahan, T. & Meehan, M. (2002-2003). Family Start Learning Center,
Chicago Center for Early Education, & Head Start Early Literacy &
Youth Initiative, City of Chicago.
$2,234,548.
Teale, W., & Meehan, M.
(2002-2003). Illinois
Consortium for Achieving Reading Excellence (ICARE), Western Illinois
University. $125,000.
Meehan, M. (2002-2003).
Chicago Reading Framework Professional Development, Chicago Board
of Education. $439,800.
Shanahan, T., Teale, W., Hynd, C., & Meehan, M. (2002). Professional Development in
Reading Excellence Schools:
Illinois Consortium for Achieving Reading Excellence, Illinois State Board of
Education. $121,500.
Teale, W., Shanahan, T., & Meehan, M. (2002). Illinois Consortium for Achieving Reading Excellence
(ICARE), Western Illinois University. $148,500.
Meehan, M. (2002).
Chicago Reading Framework at Corkery School, Chicago Board of
Education. $30,000.
Meehan, M. (2002). Chicago Reading Framework at
Jenner Academy, Chicago Board of Education. $22,409.
Shanahan, T. & Meehan, M.
(2001-2002). Family Start
Learning Center, Chicago Center for Early Education, & Head Start
Early Literacy & Youth Initiative, City of Chicago. $2,618,313.
Meehan, M. (2001-2002). Resource Outreach to Family Child
Care Homes, Chicago Community Trust. $14,992.
Shanahan, T., Teale, W., &
Meehan, M. (2001). Evaluation and Analysis of an Innovative Framework for
School Reading, National
Science Foundation. $100,000.
Shanahan, T. & Meehan, M.
(2000-2001). Family Start
Learning Center & Chicago Center for Early Education, City of
Chicago. $651,000.
Shanahan, T. & Meehan, M.
(1999-2000). Family Start
Learning Center, City of Chicago.
$433,282.
Shanahan, T. & Meehan, M
(1998-1999). Family Start
Learning Center, City of Chicago.
$357,000.
Shanahan, T. & Meehan, M.
(1997-1999). Probation Schools
Partnership, Chicago Board of Education, $166,000.
Shanahan, T. & Meehan, M.
(1998). Partnership with
Joseph Jungman School, Chicago Board of Education. $20,000.
Meehan, M. & Shanahan, T.
(1997-1998). Family Start Learning Center, City of Chicago, $268,921.
Meehan, M. (1997). Review of Chicago Department of Human Services Family
Literacy Initiatives, City of Chicago. $5,000.
Shanahan, T. & Meehan, M.
(1996). Adult Literacy & Technology Conference, Illinois Literacy
Foundation. $2,000.
Meehan, M. & Nichols, L. (1995-1996). WorkSafe Literacy Project,
Illinois Secretary of State, $20,000.
Meehan, M. & Nichols, L.
(1995-1996). WorkSafe
Literacy Project, Illinois Secretary of State, $20,000.
Shanahan, T. & Meehan, M.
(1994-1995). Hug A Book
Evaluation, Hug A Book Inc.
$5,000.
Shanahan, T., McElmurry, B.,
& Meehan, M.
(1994). Health
Literacy in the Inner City, Fry Foundation. $35,000.
Shanahan, T., Meehan, M., &
Mogge, S. (1993-1994).
Professionalization of Adult Literacy, National Center for Adult
Literacy. $5,000.
Shanhan, T., McElmurry, B.,
Meehan, M. (1992-1993).
Literacy for Health, National Institute for Literacy. $119,000.
PUBLICATIONS
McElmurry, B.J., Meehan, M.,
& Buseh, A.G. (1999). Literacy
for health in the inner city.
In B.J. McElmurry, C. Tyska, & R.S. Parker (Eds.), Primary
health care in urban communities (pp127-140). Sandbury, MS: Jones and
Bartlett.
Rodriguez-Brown, F., Meehan, M.
(1998). Family literacy and
adult education: Project FLAME.
In M.C. Smith, (Ed.). Literacy for the twenty-first century:
Research, policy, practices, and the National Adult Literacy Survey. Westport, CN: Praeger.
Schmidt, S. (Hayes, B., Meehan,
M., & Olsen, S: Reviewers) (1995). Interpreting literature and the arts. Cincinnati: OH:
Southwestern.
Shanahan, T., Meehan, M., &
Mogge, S. (1994). The
professionalization of the teacher in adult literacy education. Philadelphia, PA:
National Center on Adult Literacy.
SIGNIFICANT
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
·
Designed family literacy programs that serve over
1,000 families per year at four Family Start Learning Centers in Chicago.
·
Established the Chicago Center for Early
Education, a resource center for parents and professionals that serves
over 5,000 patrons annually.
·
Publish Parental News: Stepping Into The
Future, a newsletter distributed to Head Start and Child Care
families across Chicago (15,000 copies in English and 10,000 copies in
Spanish).
·
Manage highly successful National Service
Programs funded by the Illinois Commission on Community Service and the
Corporation for National Service.
·
Elected to the Board of Directors, Literacy
Volunteers of America, IL (1999-2001).
·
Named a consulting faculty sponsor for
Interdisciplinary Primary Health Care Research (UIC College of Nursing,
1999).
·
Sponsored the Great Lakes Head Start Quality
Network Annual Research Conference (1999, 2000, 2001).
·
Co-sponsor two annual statewide literacy
conferences: On the Road to Literacy and Literacy Volunteers of
America State Conference (1998-present).
·
Hosted Adult Literacy and Technology Annual
Conference, Showcase of Adult Literacy Technology, 1996.
·
Member, Early Childhood Development and Health
Services Advisory Committee, 1997-present.
·
Member, Adult Literacy Standards Committee,
Illinois State Board of Education (1997-1998).
·
Bilingual Education Fellow, U.S. Department of
Education, 1993-1996.
·
Member, National Assessment of Adult Literacy
Standard Setting Committee, National Academy of Science, 2004.
·
University of Illinois at Chicago Award of Merit,
2004.
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Vita
Contact Info:
Phone #: 312-413-1914
Fax #: 312-413-8083
Email: mmeehan@uic.edu
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