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Sandra Featherman, Ph.D.:
Biographical Sketch
Sandra Featherman, Ph.D., was the president of the University of New England from 1995 through June 2006. The UNE Board of Trustees has named her president emeritus.
Her many awards include Champion of Economic Development, Maine Development Foundation, 2002; Woman of Distinction, International Women's Forum, 2004; Distinguished Daughter of Pennsylvania, Governor of Pennsylvania, 2004; City of Philadelphia Community Service Award, 1984; Brooks Graves Award, Pennsylvania Political Science Association, 1982; and Administrator of the Year, Minnesota Women in Higher Education, 1994.
Dr. Featherman serves as chair of the Assembly of Presidents of the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine; vice president, Samuel Fels Fund; commissioner of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges Commission on Higher Education; and secretary of the Maine Women's Forum.
She also sits on the Higher Education Policy Committee, National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities; Commission on Minorities in Higher Education, American Council on Education; Maine Compact for Higher Education; and State of Maine Judicial Compensation Commission. She has functioned as president of both the Maine Independent Colleges Association and the Greater Portland Alliance of Colleges.
Previous responsibilities have included the Executive Committee, Section on Representation, American Political Science Association; Pennsylvania Council on the Arts; chair of the Board, Community College of Philadelphia; chair, Advisory Board, Duluth Community College; and Board, American Association of University Women Education Foundation.
Dr. Featherman's more than 50 academic publications include: "Higher Education in the United States," "Race and Elections at the Millennium," and an article for UNESCO on "The Status of Women in Higher Education Administration in North America" published in English, French and Spanish.
She previously held positions at the University of Minnesota/Duluth as vice chancellor for academic administration and professor of political science, and at Temple University as assistant to the president, director of the Center for Public Policy, and president of the Faculty Senate.
Her B. A., M. A., and Ph.D. are from the University of Pennsylvania.
Biographical Sketch
Sandra Featherman, Ph.D., was the president of the University of New England from 1995 through June 2006. The UNE Board of Trustees has named her president emeritus.
Her many awards include Champion of Economic Development, Maine Development Foundation, 2002; Woman of Distinction, International Women's Forum, 2004; Distinguished Daughter of Pennsylvania, Governor of Pennsylvania, 2004; City of Philadelphia Community Service Award, 1984; Brooks Graves Award, Pennsylvania Political Science Association, 1982; and Administrator of the Year, Minnesota Women in Higher Education, 1994.Dr. Featherman serves as chair of the Assembly of Presidents of the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine; vice president, Samuel Fels Fund; commissioner of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges Commission on Higher Education; and secretary of the Maine Women's Forum.
She also sits on the Higher Education Policy Committee, National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities; Commission on Minorities in Higher Education, American Council on Education; Maine Compact for Higher Education; and State of Maine Judicial Compensation Commission. She has functioned as president of both the Maine Independent Colleges Association and the Greater Portland Alliance of Colleges.
Previous responsibilities have included the Executive Committee, Section on Representation, American Political Science Association; Pennsylvania Council on the Arts; chair of the Board, Community College of Philadelphia; chair, Advisory Board, Duluth Community College; and Board, American Association of University Women Education Foundation.
Dr. Featherman's more than 50 academic publications include: "Higher Education in the United States," "Race and Elections at the Millennium," and an article for UNESCO on "The Status of Women in Higher Education Administration in North America" published in English, French and Spanish.
She previously held positions at the University of Minnesota/Duluth as vice chancellor for academic administration and professor of political science, and at Temple University as assistant to the president, director of the Center for Public Policy, and president of the Faculty Senate.
Her B. A., M. A., and Ph.D. are from the University of Pennsylvania.
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