Education Sponsors AMUW Chair

Released: 4/4/07

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The School of Education is pleased to announce their sponsorship of the AMUW Women’s Chair in Humanistic Studies for 2008-2009.  This year’s chair will be Dr. Alberta M. Gloria, Professor of Counseling at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.

Alberta M. Gloria received her doctorate in Counseling Psychology from Arizona State University. She interned at the University of California-Irvine and began her academic career at the University of Utah. Dr. Gloria joined the Department of Counseling Psychology at UW-Madison in 1996. She received tenure in 2000, was promoted to Full Professor in 2004, and is currently the Director of Training for the doctoral program. She is also an affiliate faculty member of the Chicana/o Studies Program at UW-Madison.  Dr. Gloria’s primary research interests include psychosociocultural factors for Chicanas and Chicanos and other racial and ethnic minority students in higher education.

During her tenure as Chair, Dr. Gloria will have two primary responsibilities: teaching one course per term and delivering The Eleanor H. Boheim Distinguished Lecture in the Humanities. The Chair serves as a role model for the University community and is a visible presence on campus, interacting with students and colleagues outside the classroom.

The Chair was initially established in 1963 as a lectureship by the Association of Marquette University Women (AMUW), an alumnae group, and fully endowed in 1989 to support a semester or academic year appointment. The purpose of the Chair is to “help the University celebrate the humanities and the role of women in higher education” by bringing to campus “outstanding women scholars” who are distinguished teachers and researchers.

Previous Chairs have included Mary Burgan, formerly chair of the English Department at Indiana University who recently retired as Executive Secretary of the AAUP, A. Manette Ansay, a prominent author and professor of creative writing, Janine Geske, a former justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, and Judith Mayotte, an internationally renowned peace activist. Dr. Gloria will replace the 2007-2008 Chair, Dr. Ruth Lorand of the university of Haifia, a philosopher who specializes in aesthetics.