Our Goals
- To provide a comfortable place where faculty, staff, and students can come to seek information on a variety of topics, obtain confidential referrals to appropriate campus and community resources, and discuss issues of concern.
- To educate the University of Houston community on topics that concern women.
- To identify and research issues that affect University of Houston women.
- To serve as a liaison between women on campus and the administration working with the University Commission on Women.
- To celebrate the achievements of University of Houston women.
Our Staff
Beverly McPhail, PhD, LMSW, Director Beverly is a social worker, author, and researcher. Her primary area of interest is women’s issues. She teaches, writes, and researches with a focus on violence against women and the status of women. She teaches women’s issues in the Graduate College of Social Work and the Women’s Studies Program. She has co-authored a textbook on women, Confronting Sexism and Violence against Women, as well as a report on the status of women and girls in the greater Houston area. |
Gloria L. Smith, M.R.E., B.A., Secretary Gloria believes that a woman can do anything she sets her mind out to do...no goal is impossible. She has had twelve years of teaching her belief to students as she volunteered in public schools. Also, in the early 70s, she taught in Central Africa for two years as she empowered young women in the education field. Gloria's focus now is to be a part of the process of empowering all women in the UH community to be successful in every aspect of their lives. Her passion has been passed down to her two college students, Vania and Jana.
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