People
Administrators and Staff
- Dr. Elizabeth Gregory, Director, egregory@uh.edu
- Dr. Dina Alsowayel, Associate Director, dina@chasecom.net
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Dina Alsowayel is Associate Director of Women’s Studies at the University of Houston in Texas. She joined the University in 1998 as a post-doctoral fellow in Religious Studies. She received her M.A and PhD from Rice University in Political Science and her JD from University of Houston. Her B.A. is from Wellesley College. Alsowayel teaches a variety of courses in the History department, these include history of the Modern Middle East, State and Society in the Middle East, Women and Islam, A History of Islam, War in the Middle East and a History of the Palestine-Israeli Conflict. She also takes students to the Arab and Muslim world annually.
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- Dr. Linda Veazy , Postdoctoral Fellow
- Amanda Moore, Friends of Women's Studies Program Coordinator, amoore@uh.edu
- Holle Canatella , Advisor, wost@uh.edu
- Luziris Pineda Turi, Advisor, wost@uh.edu
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Luziris Pineda Turi joined the Women's Studies family fall of 2006. She is a 3rd year Spanish Ph.D. student working on her dissertation on Mexican-American women writers in the U.S. during the beginning of the 20th century. She specializes in U.S. Hispanic Literature and has been a proud UofH cougar since 1998 receiving her B.A. and M.A. here. She has worked for the Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage Program as a Research Assistant and has also taught Spanish. Her resarch intereste include gender studies, feminism and sexuality in literature. Along with her academic interests she is also a writer, plays guitar and is a thespian.
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Lecturers
Fall 2008:
- Beverly MacPhail
- Voichita Nachescu
- Michelle Nasser
Faculty Affiliates
For a complete listing, visit the Faculty Affiliates page.
Graduate Certificate Holders
For a listing of students who completed the certificate, visit the Graduate Certificate page.
