The Marquette University College of Education will host Dr. Alberta M. Gloria, a professor of counseling at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as the Association of Marquette University Women’s (AMUW) Chair in Humanistic Studies for 2008-2009.

The Marquette University College of Education will host Dr. Alberta M. Gloria, a professor of counseling at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as the Association of Marquette University Women’s ( AMUW ) Chair in Humanistic Studies for 2008-2009.

Gloria brings her expertise in the psychological and socio-cultural factors affecting Hispanic and other racial and ethnic minority students in higher education to the position. The AMUW Chair was established in 1963 as a lectureship and endowed in 1989 to support a year-long appointment. The purpose of the chair is to celebrate the humanities and promote the role of women in higher education through bringing distinguished female scholars to campus.

In addition to her faculty role in the Department of Counseling Psychology at UW, Gloria served as the Director for the Chicana/o Latina/o Studies Program. She also served on the faculty of the University of Utah after receiving a doctorate in counseling psychology from Arizona State University. She is a co-editor of The Latina/o Pathway to the Ph.D.: Abriendo Caminos and is currently co-editing What! No Flan? A Reflection of Latina/o Students in Higher Education. She has also published numerous articles in professional journals. She has received several teaching and research awards, including the 2008 Outstanding Latina/o Faculty in Research/Teaching in Higher Education Award from the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education.

Gloria will teach a graduate seminar on Latina/os in higher education in the fall. As the AMUW Chair, she will also be responsible for delivering the Eleanor H. Boheim Distinguished Lecture in the Humanities.

Previous holders of the AMUW Chair have included Mary Burgan, former chair of the English Department at Indiana University and past Executive Secretary of the American Association of University Professors; A. Manette Ansay, a prominent author and professor of creative writing; Janine Geske, a former justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court; Judith Mayotte, an internationally renowned peace activist; and, most recently, Karyn Holm, professor of nursing at DePaul University who specializes in cardiovascular nursing, ethics, and women’s health.

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