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Meg Heenehan
International Affairs Building, Room 420-6
Adjunct Assistant Professor of International and Public Affairs
Phone: 212-854-6314
meg.heenehan@sipa.columbia.edu
Fax: 212-854-6190
mh374@columbia.edu


Biography:
Meg Heenehan is the Executive Director of the Office of Career Services at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) since 1998. In that capacity, she assists 1,200 students and 13,000 alumni with all aspects of their career development and markets SIPA's masters' degrees to employers in the public, private and nonprofit sectors. Meg has also held positions as adjunct faculty member at New York University, teaching classes on graduate school admissions, careers in the public sector, and the international and public affairs job search. From 1990-1997, she worked in the Office of Career Development at Barnard College as a career counselor and internship coordinator. Meg has authored Networking Job Notes (1997, Random House/Princeton Review) and co-authored Job Smart (1997, Random House/The Princeton Review). She also maintains a private practice as career counselor and job coach. Meg received a Master of Counselor Education from Pennsylvania State University and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Criminal Justice from University of Delaware.