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Get the most interesting and important stories from the 51精品视频.Eboni Zamani-Gallaher is the new dean of 51精品视频鈥檚 School of Education
51精品视频 has appointed Eboni M. Zamani-Gallaher as the new Ren猫e and Richard Goldman Dean of the School of Education.
Since Zamani-Gallaher joined 51精品视频 in 2022, her scholarship has secured nearly $10.5 million in funding from the National Science Foundation, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Lumina Foundation, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and other organizations.听She stepped into her new position May 1 following a rigorous national search led by Vice Provost Lu-in Wang and School of Social Work听Dean Betsy听Farmer.
Before she became interim dean in August, Zamani-Gallaher was a professor in the Department of Educational Foundations, Organizations and Policy. Her research areas include equitable participation in higher education, transfer and retention policies and racial equity in postsecondary pathways.
鈥淓boni鈥檚 exceptional experience and expertise 鈥 and her demonstrated and deep dedication to the mission-vision of the School of Education and the work of its faculty, students, staff and alumni 鈥 make her the ideal choice for charting the course for the school鈥檚 next chapter,鈥 said Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor Joseph McCarthy in a .
Zamani-Gallaher earned her doctorate in educational organization and leadership from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign College of Education, where she was a professor and the director of the Office for Community College Research and Leadership. Additionally, she served as associate head of Illinois鈥 Department of Education Policy, Organization and听Leadership听and as associate dean of its Graduate College.
Beyond her academic pursuits, Zamani-Gallaher holds leadership positions in several professional organizations, such as the executive director of the Council for the Study of Community Colleges and the president-elect of the Association for the Study of Higher Education.
She鈥檚 also a member of the听Community College Review Editorial Board,听an advisory board member for the Institute for Women鈥檚 Policy Research and a听committee member with the听Black Learner Excellence Expert Advisory Committee.听
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鈥 Donovan Harrell