Christina Slade Explained

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 Arts, 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.

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Notes and References

1. Web site: 2017-12-06. Departing Bath Spa v-c paid £808K in final year. 2022-01-01. Times Higher Education (THE). en.
2. Web site: Media and Citizenship: Transnational Television Cultures Reshaping Political Identity in the European Union. EU CORDIS. 19 August 2017.
3. Web site: University of Gibraltar Academic Board. University of Gibraltar website. 19 August 2017.
4. Web site: ACU members. Association of Commonwealth Universities website. 30 April 2014.
5. Web site: International Communication Association Newsletter – Volume 35, Number 9, November 2007. International Communication Association website. 30 April 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140502004108/http://www.icahdq.org/pubs/publicnewsletter/2007/11/NOV07FULLPF.asp. 2 May 2014. dead.
6. Web site: Bath Spa University: Staff Profile for Prof Christina Slade. Bath Spa University website. 19 August 2017.