| Barbara J. Howe, Ph.D., Director |
Barbara J. Howe received her B.A. in history and B. S. in secondary education from the University of Cincinnati, her M.A. in history from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and her Ph.D. in history from Temple University. She joined the WVU faculty in 1980 as a visiting assistant professor of history and coordinator of the public history option. She served as chair of the Department of History from 1995 to 1998, when she became interim director of the Center for Women's Studies. Howe became director of the Center for Women's Studies in July 2000. She teaches the History of American Women course, in addition to courses in women's studies. She is co-chair of the advisory committee for the Status of Women in West Virginia report that the Institute for Women's Policy Research published in November 2002 and is secretary of the Community Coalition for Social Justice. Howe's research interests focus on West Virginia women's history.