An Exclusive Interview with Patricia Spakes, Chancellor of the University of Washington Tacoma

The Journey Begins, radio for the engaged parent and dedicated educator presents An Exclusive Interview with Patricia Spakes, Chancellor of the University of Washington Tacoma. Dr. Patricia Spakes has served as Chancellor of the University of Washington Tacoma, since April 2005. Dr. Spakes has over 25 years of experience as a faculty member and administrator in higher education. Prior to obtaining a Ph.D. in Social Welfare from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, she was a practicing family therapist. Her doctoral work focused on family theory, policy and research. Dr. Spakes also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology and in English from Winthrop University in South Carolina and an M.S.W. from the University of South Carolina. Dr. Spakes has held tenured faculty positions as Associate Professor of Social Work at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro from 1980 to 1990 (where she also served as Chair of Women’s Studies) and as Professor and Chair of Women’s Studies at Arizona State University West from 1990-1997. She has also held senior level administrative positions as Vice Provost for Academic Affairs at Arizona State University West, Vice President for Academic Affairs at Fitchburg State College in Massachusetts, and as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania. She has written extensively on family policy and family impact analysis, both from a national policy and from an international comparative perspective.