Christina Slade
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Christina M. Slade (born 1953) is an Australian academic and author who was Vice-Chancellor of Bath Spa University, England, from 2012 to 2017.
Biography
Slade is an Emeritus Professor of Bath Spa University, having held the position of Vice-Chancellor from January 2012 to August 2017. During her time in office she was responsible for the University's strategic plan, financial management, academic quality and the external profile.[1] One of her first projects, which she inherited, was the re-development of the university's Newton Park campus at a cost of £40 million. She was also responsible for driving a successful international student recruitment agenda.
Slade has held a number of senior academic roles including Dean of the Schools of Arts and of Social Sciences, and Shadow Deputy Vice-Chancellor at City University, London (2009–12). She was Dean of Humanities at Macquarie University (2003–9) and Professor of Media Theory at the University of Utrecht, in which capacity she led a €1.25 million seven-nation EU-funded project entitled 'Media and Citizenship: transnational television cultures reshaping political identities in the EU.'[2] At the University of Canberra (2001–3), Slade was Head of School for Creative Communication and developed a suite of modularised online Masters in New Media.
Educated at the Australian National University, she achieved a BA and a PhD in Philosophy (1982). Trained as a philosopher of logic and language, her research has focused on issues of the media since 1990. Her monograph, 'The Real Thing: doing philosophy with media' (2002) examines the role of reason in the media, while 'From Migrant to Citizen: testing language, testing culture', (2010) jointly edited with Martina Möllering, looks at linguistic, legal and philosophical aspects of citizenship testing. Slade has received a total of $5 million in external grants.
Slade is a member of several national and international committees, including University of Gibraltar Academic Board,[3] Association of Commonwealth Universities,[4] Institute of Directors, Royal Society of Art,s and the European Association of International Education. She was also Chair of the Philosophy of Communication Division for the International Communication Association (2004–7).[5] Involved in community organisations, Slade is an Honorary Life Patron for the Society of Philosophy for the Young.
She is married to a former Australian ambassador and has two children.
Awards and nominations
- Fondación Carolina award from Spanish Government (2005)
- Rector's Award, Universidad Ibero Americana (1998)
- Harkness Fellowship, New York University (1996–7)
- Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan, Somerville College, Oxford (1976–7)
- National Undergraduate Scholarship, Australian National University (1972–74)
Australian directorships, 2000–2008
- Member, Council for Humanities Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS)
- Member of Board, Australian Services Round table: services industry lobby group
- Chair of Board, Macquarie Ancient History Museum
- Chair of Board, Australian Centre for Numismatics
- Chair of Board, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature
- Member of Board, Centre for Middle East Studies
- Deputy Chair of Board, Innovative Research University European Union Centre
- Director, Australian National Centre for Latin American Studies
Bibliography
Monographs, joint and edited books
- eds. Slade, C & Möllering, M. (2010) From Migrant to Citizen: testing language, testing culture, Palgrave Macmillan, London.
- Slade, C (2008) A Tale of Two Women Adelaide, South Australia: Wakefield.
- Slade, C. (2002) The Real Thing: Doing Philosophy with the Media. Boston: Peter Lang.
- Lewis, G. and Slade, C. (1994) Critical Communication. Sydney: Prentice Hall.
- Slade, C. ed. (1993) Media Images of Australia/Asia: Cross Cultural Reflections. Proceedings of Conference held at the University of Canberra, November 1992. Canberra: CCIR.
- Slade, C. (1986) 'Falsification and the Theory of Meaning', Logic Series, vol. 26:
- Slade, C. ed. (1983) A Traveller’s Guide to Pakistan. Islamabad: Asian Study Group.
- Slade, C. (1982) 'Anti-realism: the manifestation of semantic knowledge'. PhD thesis, ANU.
References
- ^ "Departing Bath Spa v-c paid £808K in final year". Times Higher Education (THE). 6 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "Media and Citizenship: Transnational Television Cultures Reshaping Political Identity in the European Union". EU CORDIS. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
- ^ "University of Gibraltar Academic Board". University of Gibraltar website. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
- ^ "ACU members". Association of Commonwealth Universities website. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
- ^ "International Communication Association Newsletter – Volume 35, Number 9, November 2007". International Communication Association website. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
- ^ "Bath Spa University: Staff Profile for Prof Christina Slade". Bath Spa University website. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
- Vice-Chancellors of Bath Spa University
- Academics of Bath Spa University
- 1953 births
- Living people
- People associated with City, University of London
- Academic staff of Macquarie University
- Australian National University alumni
- University of New England (Australia) alumni
- Australian women philosophers
- Australian logicians
- Philosophers of language
- 20th-century Australian philosophers
- 21st-century Australian philosophers
- Women heads of universities and colleges