Melea Fields

Dr. Fields currently serves as the Associate Vice President of Accreditation, Licensure, and State Authorizations, as well as the Accreditation Liaison Officer (ALO) for the Chicago School of Professional Psychology. Prior to her arrival at The Chicago School, Dr. Fields served in a variety of roles from Dean of Academic Affairs at the University of Antelope Valley, to Dean of Professional Studies and Dean of Supported and Institutional Research at Southern California University of Health Sciences. Dr. Fields also chaired the Health Education Department at Cerritos Community College. In all her roles Dr. Fields has led many successful accreditation activities, and more recently state authorizations for the institution.

Her areas of expertise include; accreditation, institutional research, program and curriculum development, student success, leadership, state regulatory and authorization activities, compliance, and finance in higher education.

She began her career as a physical education coach and from there expanded and took her skills into the classroom to begin teaching, and on to administration. Dr. Fields holds both an Educational Doctorate and Masters in Education degrees from Azusa Pacific University and her undergraduate degree is in English Literature and Creative Writing from California State University, Long Beach.