Chancellor Glenn Boyce meets with members of the Commission on the Status of Women February 2022. Photo by Thomas Graning/Ole Miss Digital Imaging Services
About the CCSW
The Commission on the Status of Women consists of approximately 20 faculty, staff, and student members appointed by the Chancellor and charged with the duty of studying the status of women faculty, staff, and students. The Commission keeps the Chancellor apprised and makes recommendations.
History
In 1978 Chancellor Porter L. Fortune appointed a committee of faculty, staff, and students to determine what should be done to better the situation for women at The University of Mississippi. The committee recommended two courses of action. One was to provide credit courses, research opportunities, programs, and services for women through the Sarah Isom Center, and the other was to establish the Commission on the Status of Women to focus on such affirmative action issues as sex-based salary inequities, staff classifications, childcare facilities, and the appointment of women to upper-level administrative positions.
Commission Chairs
| 2023-2024 | Annette Kluck |
| 2022-2023 | Phillis George |
| 2021-2022 | Kelly Houston |
| 2020-2021 | Kate Kellum |
| 2019-2020 | Laura Sheppardson |
| 2018-2019 | Susan Duncan and Laura Sheppardson |
| 2015 - 2018 | Laura Antonow |
| 2010-2015 | Amy Wells Dolan |
| 2008-2010 | RoSusan Bartee |
| 2006-2008 | Nancy Bercaw |
| 2004-2006 | Traci Mitchell |
| 2003-2004 | Bettie Puckett |
| 2000-2003 | Charlotte Fant |
| 1996-1999 | Christy Wyandt |
| 1991-1995 | Judith Cole |
| 1986-1989 | Iola McClurkin |
| 1984-1985 | Diane Pearson and Gloria Kellum |
Photo by Kevin Bain. Commission on the Status of Women presenting a plaque to Chancellor Khayat.
Photo by Kevin Bain. The Chancellor’s Commission on the Status of Women.
Commission for the Status of Women. Photo by Kevin Bain/Ole Miss Communications
Photo by Kevin Bain. Commission on the Status of Women presenting a plaque to Chancellor Khayat.