Sheila Meiman

Sheila Meiman is an experienced advocate, practitioner, consultant, and analyst in the field of higher education in prison. She has expertise in a range of topics in her field, including STEM education, financial aid, program creation and expansion, student and academic support, data, transfer and direct-to-work credentials, and technology. She has over a dozen years of experience as a program administrator, managed a first-round Second Chance Pell site, and has served as a mathematics professor for both campus and system-impacted students. She currently serves as the Prison Education Specialist at the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA).

Meiman holds a BS from Carnegie Mellon University, as well as a Master of Science in Engineering from Purdue University. She also holds a Masters Certification in Program/Project Management from American University. In their Vanguard Series, NJBIZ named Professor Meiman one of the Leaders in Higher Education in New Jersey.