Maneesha Lal

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs

  • Education

    • University of pennsylvania

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      Master's degree history and philosophy of science and technology
    • The university of chicago

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      Bachelor's degree history and philosophy of science and technology

      Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa, Student Marshal, Howell Murray Alumni Association Award, Maroon Key Society

    • University of pennsylvania

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      Doctor of philosophy (ph.d.) history of medicine; south asian history
  • Experience

    • The university of wisconsin-madison

      Jan 1996 - Jan 1999
      Visiting assistant professor
    • Columbia university institute for scholars at reid hall

      Jan 2001 - Jan 2003
      Coordinatrice scientifique

      • Carried out strategic planning, intellectual advising, translating, editing, public relations, and administration for then newly launched bilingual international institute of advanced study in Paris that served scholars from around the world

    • Binghamton university

      Jan 2004 - Jan 2011
      Assistant professor of history and asian and asian american studies

      • Taught undergraduate and graduate courses (listed below) in South Asian history, gender history, and history of medicine• Co-created Binghamton’s Graduate Field in History of Science, Technology, and Medicine• Launched and co-organized Binghamton University’s Science Studies Workshop• Launched and coordinated Women and Gender in South Asia Seminar Series• Initiated and implemented South Asia specialization track in Program in Asian and Asian American Studies• Served on doctoral and master's committees and supervised undergraduate honors theses• Elected to Graduate Council and Department of History Advisory Committee Show less

    • Vna of hudson valley/hospice care in westchester & putnam/vna home health services

      Jan 2015 - Jan 2017
      Grants and individual giving manager

      • Synthesized high-level research on health policy for New York State Department of Health grant application, resulting in award to VNA of Hudson Valley of its first-ever NYS grant ($1.23 million)• Worked with President/CEO, EVP/COO, CFO, and Directors of family of organizations with combined budget of $28 million and staff of 375 to create proposals, budgets, and narrative/financial reports • Developed pipeline of new individual donors and successfully cultivated existing funding sources, including family foundations, community foundations, and corporate foundations Show less

    • Visiting nurse association of hudson valley, part of northwell health

      Jan 2017 - Jan 2019
      Manager, gift planning

      • Achieved record institutional receipts (nearly $1.3 million in 16 months) through grant writing efforts• Steered organization through New York State Department of Health grant contract execution, management, and reporting

    • New college of florida

      Jan 2019 - Nov 2023

      • Reporting to the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, supported institutional priorities in the areas of student recruitment, retention, faculty orientation and development, curriculum and registration, academic program development, and community outreach. • Attended Florida Board of Governors and New College Board of Trustees meetings as Provost's Office liaison; supported agenda setting and follow-up for NCF's Academic Administrative Council.• Prepared Textbook and Instructional Materials Affordability Report and submitted External Program Review Summary Reports to Florida Board of Governors. • Served on statewide Council of Academic Vice Presidents Academic Coordinating Group to review new academic programs.• Worked with faculty, institutional research, and career services to develop pre-proposals and full proposals for new academic programs.• Led transition to new academic catalog software platform CourseLeaf, involving extensive updates to course requirements and Banner data and thoroughgoing revision of Undergraduate and Graduate Catalogs.• Authored or co-authored institutional grants with colleagues across campus; since January 2020 resulted in awards totaling over $1.05 million from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the CARES Act, Charles and Margery Barancik Foundation, Bishop Parker Foundation, Community Foundation of Sarasota County, Gulf Coast Community Foundation, and Cowles Charitable Trust, among others. Helped implement and promote program initiatives that expanded student access to New College; supported early advising for transfer and first-time-in-college students; developed a new interdisciplinary program in Health, Culture, and Societies; boosted student civic engagement; financed student internships; strengthened mental health services; underwrote new music programming; and funded college-essay writing workshops for high school students.• Managed a large Mellon Foundation grant. Show less • Collaborated with faculty, staff, and senior administration to identify grant opportunities and develop and write proposals to advance faculty research and institutional strategic and programming goals • Created webpage on I.M. Pei's architecture at New College (https://www.ncf.edu/about/our-campus/pei/) and designed posters on Pei for conferences; help create marketing collateral for multi-million dollar capital campaign to refurbish I.M. Pei residence halls• Worked with Office of Research Programs and Services to strengthen a culture of grantsmanship by establishing clear policies for pre-award and post-award processes, facilitating campus-wide training, and linking faculty and staff to resources and potential funders• Assisted in post-award publicity, and in strategic planning and program management to implement grant award objectives• In collaboration with Provost and Provost's Office staff, supported faculty development initiatives including funding for conferences, professional development workshops, research and scholarship support, curricular innovation including internship tie-ins and service-learning, and skill-building in advising and referral to student support services• Planned, organized, and facilitated faculty and staff summer and weekly academic year ("Teaching Tuesdays") workshops addressing topics including curricular development, course design, remote instruction, educational technology, learning management systems, universal design for learning, student advising, and student career services• Facilitated new faculty orientation and advising workshops Show less

      • Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs

        Nov 2021 - Nov 2023
      • Associate Director of Faculty Development/Associate Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations

        Jan 2019 - Nov 2021
  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Maneesha Lal
      Visiting Professor, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris - May 2006
    • Awarded to Maneesha Lal
      American Institute of Indian Studies Junior Research Fellowship -
    • Awarded to Maneesha Lal
      Invited Lectures - Invited lectures on topics addressing history of medicine, gender, colonialism, and/or South Asia at Cornell University, University of Iowa, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, University of Utah, Johns Hopkins University, University of Hawai’i, University of Chicago, Cambridge University, University of Warwick, University of Manchester, University of Wisconsin, University of Minnesota, SOAS, Institut Louis-Jeantet d’Histoire de la Medecine/Wellcome Institute for the History of… Show more Invited lectures on topics addressing history of medicine, gender, colonialism, and/or South Asia at Cornell University, University of Iowa, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, University of Utah, Johns Hopkins University, University of Hawai’i, University of Chicago, Cambridge University, University of Warwick, University of Manchester, University of Wisconsin, University of Minnesota, SOAS, Institut Louis-Jeantet d’Histoire de la Medecine/Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, Stanford University, Yale University School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, National Library of Medicine, University of Delaware Show less
    • Awarded to Maneesha Lal
      Jacob K. Javits Graduate Fellowship, U.S. Department of Education -
    • Awarded to Maneesha Lal
      Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship, Ministère de l'Education Nationale, de la Recherche et de la Technologie, France -
    • Awarded to Maneesha Lal
      Rotary International Foundation Graduate Fellowship -
    • Awarded to Maneesha Lal
      University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences Dissertation Fellowship -
    • Awarded to Maneesha Lal
      Wellcome Trust Research Fellowship, UK -
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Board Member

      Issued by University of Chicago Alumni Club of Mid-Florida on Jan 2018
      University of Chicago Alumni Club of Mid-FloridaAssociated with Maneesha Lal
    • Classroom Volunteer at Ashton and Gulf Gate Elementary Schools; Grant Writing Volunteer at Ashton Elementary School

      Issued by Sarasota County Schools on Jan 2017
      Sarasota County SchoolsAssociated with Maneesha Lal