Muriel Dance

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Director of Continuing Education

Summary of Education and Relevant Experience

A.B., Sweet Briar College; Ph.D., University of California Berkeley.
Muriel Dance is Antioch University Seattle's first full-time director of Continuing Education. Formerly she served as Chair, UC Berkeley Extension Online for one year and 12 years as a senior administrator for the University of Washington Extension, where she put the first course on the web in 1996 and helped the distance learning unit win its first national recognition with the UCEA Distinguished Course Award. She also served as Associate Dean of the School of New Resources at the College of New Rochelle, an adult degree program serving 4,000 adults in metropolitan New York.  

Affiliations

Publications

"Building on Strengths: Program Development Strategies for Small Liberal Arts Institutions," in Continuing Higher Education Review (Vol. 69, Fall 2005).

"The School of New Resources' Approach to Portfolio Development," in Portfolio Development & Adult Learning. Chicago: CAEL, 1990.

"Experience Learning and Identity: An Interdisciplinary Transition Seminar for Adults Returning to College," in Higher Education for Adults, ed. James Fonseca. Virginia, 1984.

"Why It's Difficult to Get Faculty to Teach Kant and Careers," in Quality in Liberal Learning, ed. Katherine Guroff. Washington, D.C.: Association of American Colleges, 1981.

Awards

In recognition for her work in founding Next Chapter Puget Sound, a consortium focused on the learning, meaningful engagement and social networking interests of the baby boom generation, Dance was awarded the Community Leadership and Outreach award in 2007 from Antioch University Seattle.

On Interest Area

"I enjoy working with adults as they seek to find meaningful engagement through work and learning."

On Working at Antioch

"Continuing Education should provide the skills, knowledge and learning experiences that will keep adults engaged in their work, families and communities. My work involves bringing the community and Antioch into dialogue about the unique learning needs of the Puget Sound area that Antioch can address."

Contact Info

Center for Continuing Education
206-268-4111
E-mail

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