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Afaf Ibrahim Meleis is a Professor of Nursing and Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, where she was the Margaret Bond Simon Dean of Nursing and Director of the School's WHO Collaborating Center for Nursing and Midwifery Leadership from 2002 through 2014. This followed her 34-year tenure as a professor at the University of California, San Francisco.
Biography
Meleis was born in Alexandria, Egypt. Her mother was a prominent nurse in Egypt, having been the first nurse to earn MPH and PhD degrees at an Egyptian university. She graduated magna cum laude from the University of Alexandria in 1961.She 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. Prior to coming to Penn, she spent more than 30 years on the faculty at the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of California, San Francisco.
Selected works
Meleis, A. I. (2016). The Undeaning Transition: Toward Becoming a Former Dean. Nursing Outlook. 64 (2), 186-196.
Langer, A., Meleis, A., Knaul, F. M., Atun, R., Aran, M., Arreola-Ornelas, H., ... & Claeson, M. (2015). Women and health: the key for sustainable development. The Lancet, 386(9999), 1165-1210.
Meleis, A.I. (2011).Theoretical nursing: Development and progress (5th Ed.). Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Meleis, A.I., Birch, E., Wachter, S. (Ed.).(2011).Women's Health and the World's Cities.Philadelphia, PA:University of Pennsylvania Press
Bhutta ZA, Chen L, Cohen J, Crisp N, Evans T, Fineberg H, Frenk J, Garcia P, Horton R, Ke Y, Kelley P, Kistnasamy B, Meleis A., Naylor D, Pablos-Mendez A, Reddy S, Scrimshaw S, Sepulveda J, Serwadda D, Zurayk H.(2010). Education of health professionals for the 21st century: a global independent Commission.Lancet, 375(9721):1137-8.
Meleis, A.I. (2010).Transitions Theory: Middle Range and Situation Specific Theories in Research and Practice.New York, NY:Springer Publishing Company.
Meleis, A.I. (2005) Safe womanhood is not safe motherhood: policy implications. Health Care for Women International, 26(6), 464-471.
Meleis, A.I. & Dracup, K. (2005).The Case Against the DNP:History, Timing, Substance, and Marginalization.Online Journal of Issues in Nursing.10 (3), Manuscript 2:
Meleis, A.I., & Im, E. (2002). Grandmothers and Women's Health: From Fragmentation to Coherence.Health Care for Women International, 23 (2), 207-224.
Meleis, A.I., & Lindgren, T. (2001). Show Me a Woman Who Does Not Work! Journal of Nursing Scholarship, Third Quarter,33(3) 209-210.
Meleis, A.I.,Sawyer L., Im, E., Schumacher, K., & Messias, D. (2000). Experiencing transitions: An emerging middle range theory. Advances in Nursing Science, 23(1), 12-28.
Meleis, A.I. (1998). Revisions in knowledge development: A passion for substance. Scholarly Inquiry for Nursing Practice: An International Journal, 12(1), 65-77.
Meleis, A.I. (1997). Immigrant transitions and health care: An action plan. Nursing Outlook, 45(1), p. 42.
Meleis, A.I., Messias, D.K.H., & Arruda, E.N. (1996). Women's work environment and health: Clerical workers in Brazil. Research in Nursing and Health, 19, 53-62.
Meleis, A.I. (1996). Culturally competent scholarship: Substance and rigor. Advances in Nursing Science, 19(2), 1-16.
Meleis, A.I. Hall, J. M., & Stevens, P.E. (1994). Scholarly caring in doctoral nursing education: Promoting diversity and collaborative mentorship. Image: Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 26(3), 177-180.
Meleis, A.I., & Trangenstein, P.A. (1994). Facilitating transitions: Redefinition of a nursing mission. Nursing Outlook, 42(6), 255-259.