Afaf I Meleis, PhD, DrPS(hon), FAAN
Margaret Bond Simon Dean of Nursing
Contact Information
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Room 433 Fagin Hall
418 Curie Blvd.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4217
UNITED STATES
tel: (215) 898-8283
email: meleis@nursing.upenn.edu
Dr. Afaf I. Meleis is the Margaret Bond Simon Dean of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Professor of Nursing and Sociology, and Director of the School's WHO Collaborating Center for Nursing and Midwifery Leadership. Prior to coming to Penn, she was a Professor on the faculty at the University of California Los Angeles and the University of California San Francisco for 34 years. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, the Royal College of Nursing in the United Kingdom, and the College of Physicians of Philadelphia; a member of the Institute of Medicine, the Forum of Executive Women, and the Pennsylvania Women's Forum; a Trustee of the National Health Museum; and a Board Member of the Global Health Council, CARE (a global intervention group), the Nurses Education Fund, Inc., and Life Science Career Alliance. She is Counsel General of ICOWHI, the International Council on Women's Health Issues (http://www.icowhi.org/), an international nonprofit association dedicated to the goal of promoting health, health care, and well-being of women throughout the world through participation, empowerment, advocacy, education, and research.
Teaching
Dr. Meleis' teaching focuses on structure and organization of nursing knowledge, transitions and health, and international nursing. She has mentored hundreds of students, clinicians, and researchers from Thailand, Brazil, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Columbia, Korea, and Japan.
Research
Dr. Meleis' scholarship is focused on global health, immigrant and international health, women's health, and on the theoretical development of the nursing discipline. She is the author of more than 150 articles in social sciences, nursing and medical journals; 40 chapters; and numerous monographs, proceedings, and books. She is also the author of an award winning book, "Theoretical Nursing: Development and Progress" (1985, 1991, 1997, 2004, 2006) and "Women's Work, Health and Quality of Life" and co-author of "Caring for Women Cross Culturally." Dr. Meleis is a sought-after keynote speaker for national and international conferences on women's health and development, disparities in healthcare, and international health. She has been invited for visiting professorships, conduct symposia, present keynote addresses, serve on boards, to plan conferences, and consult on women's health research and doctoral education nationally and internationally (in Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia, South America and North America).
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Honors/Credentials
Dr. Meleis is the recipient of numerous honors and awards, as well as honorary doctorates and distinguished and honorary professorships around the world. In 1990, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak presented her the Medal of Excellence for professional and scholarly achievements, and in 2000 she received the Chancellor's Medal from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. In 2001, she received the Chancellor's Award for the Advancement of Women from the University of California, San Francisco and in 2004, she received the Pennsylvania Commission for Women Award in celebration of Women's History Month and the Special Recognition Award in Human Services from the Arab American Family Support Center in New York. In 2006, she was awarded the Robert E. Davies Award from the Penn Professional Women's Network for her advocacy of women.
Dr. Meleis graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Alexandria (1961), earned an MS in nursing (1964), an MA in sociology (1966) and a PhD in medical and social psychology (1968) from the University of California, Los Angeles.
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