Fiona Glade Joins MCAEL’s Board of Directors
MCAEL is delighted to welcome Fiona Glade to the Board of Directors. Currently interim dean of the Honors College at Montgomery College, Fiona started her career in higher education more than twenty years ago. Since joining the Montgomery College community six years ago, she has led the department of English Language for Academic Purposes, Communication Studies, and Linguistics; directed the Paul Peck Humanities Institute; and served as interim Campus Dean of Takoma Park/Silver Spring campus. She previously served as Assistant Provost at the University of Baltimore, and prior to that as Associate Professor and Vice Chair at the California State University, Sacramento, where she taught undergraduate composition and writing-in-the-disciplines courses as well as graduate courses in the theory and practice of composition, rhetoric, second language reading and writing, and pedagogy.
A first-generation college student and immigrant to the United States, Fiona earned her A.A. in English from Antelope Valley Community College; her B.A. in English from the University of California at Santa Barbara; and her M.A. and her Ph.D., with distinction, in Rhetoric and Composition from Washington State University.
Fiona believes passionately in the capacity of higher education to be transformative, and she remains fiercely committed to access, high quality, and affordability. She is proud to have spent her career serving students, faculty, and staff at public institutions, where her highest priority is to contribute to academic excellence and lifelong learning, and to support students’ achievement of the goals they have set for their own education pathways. She is excited to continue her work in this area, now as a member of the MCAEL Board.
Fiona lives in Silver Spring with her husband, Walt, and their tiny chihuahua, Wilson. Outside of work, she enjoys reading, cooking, traveling, and volunteering.
