Associate Director of Student Recruitment About Karen McCleary Karen is Associate Director of Student Recruitment in the Office of Admissions at Harris. In this role, she recruits, interviews, evaluates, and selects applicants for admission, with an eye toward improving applicant pools, admissions practices, and recruitment efforts for underrepresented students and deconstructing barriers to enrollment for these students. Karen’s first foray into the world of higher education was during her time as an undergraduate, when she worked and volunteered for the Carleton College Office of Admissions. After graduation, she pursued her interest in admissions as a career by joining the California Institute of Technology as an Undergraduate Admissions Counselor. Here, she practiced breaking down systemic barriers facing historically under-represented students in their pursuit of higher education. Upon moving to New York to pursue her master's degree, she joined Barnard College as a Senior Admissions Officer, later becoming an Associate Director. In all of her previous roles, Karen has read applications, planned recruitment and yield events, developed marketing/communication strategies, and worked on making admissions systems more equitable for students. Karen completed her undergraduate education at Carleton College where she earned a bachelor of arts in linguistics in 2014. In 2022, she earned her master's of education in higher and postsecondary education at Teachers College, Columbia University. She is excited to use everything she learned during her graduate program in her role at Harris! Contact Information Room 1009-06 kmccleary@uchicago.edu Recent News More news Student Profile: Namuka Ishii, MPP Class of 2024 Thu., May 02, 2024 Student Profile: Carrie Collins, MPP Class of 2024 Tue., April 30, 2024 Alumni Profile: Eloísa Ávila-Uribe, MACRM’23 Fri., April 26, 2024 Upcoming Events More events Data and Policy Summer Scholars Program (DPSS): Deep-Dive Conversation with Jose Macias and Alexandra Sobczynski Mon., May 06, 2024 | 7:30 PM International Policy Action Lab Mini Class with Austin Wright Tue., May 07, 2024 | 6:00 AM Driving Policy Innovation in the Social Sector in India: Lunch Conversation with Luis Miranda Tue., May 07, 2024 | 12:30 PM Harris School of Public Policy (The Keller Center), Room 2112 1307 E 60th St Chicago, IL 60637 United States