Bettie Kay McGowan-Givens

Background

McGowan-Givens, Bettie Kay was born on November 16, 1948 in Ripley, Mississippi, United States. Daughter of H. Herman and Jewell Francis (Lockhart) Givens.

Education

Degree in fine arts, Center for Creative Study, Detroit, 1976; Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Sociology, University of Michigan, Dearborn, 1976; Master of Arts in Anthropology, Wayne State University, 1985; Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology, Wayne State University, 1994.

Career

Deputy director, registered lobbyist, director, Michigan Citizens Lobby, Southfield, 1973-1984; professor anthropology, U. Toledo, Ohio., 1988-1996; professor anthropology, Wayne State University, Detroit, since 1995.

Achievements

• Bettie Kay McGowan-Givens has been listed as a noteworthy Anthropologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Creator national scholarship Irish American Unity Foundation, Washington, 1995-1996;member Michigan women's committee Task Force on Friends of the Court, 1979-1980. Founding member 1st Step Domestic Violence Shelter, 1978-1980. Counselor victims of sexual assault Drug Abuse Resistance Education (Downriver Anti-Rape Effort), 1978-1981.

Volunteer United Farm Workers Union, Detroit, 1974-1978. Member American Association of University Women (Outstanding Woman Downriver chapter 1996), National Organization for Women (delegate 4th world conference Beijing 1995, Woman of Achievement 1992), American Indian Health and Family Superior vena cava syndrome (board directors since 1994), American Anthropologists, American Indian Superior vena cava syndrome (volunteer since 1995), Irish American Unity Conference, Grosse Ile (Michigan) Democratic Club (historian since 1994).

Interests

• Avocations: sewing, reading, art.

Connections

Married Thomas J. Campbell, August 25, 1964 (deceased August 1972). Children: Thomas Stephen Campbell, Patrick Joseph Campbell. Married Blair Jude McGowan, December 23, 1975.

Children: Kathleen Grace, Daniel Charles, Michael Diego.

Father:

H. Herman Givens

Mother:

Jewell Francis (Lockhart) Givens

Spouse:

Blair Jude McGowan

Spouse:

Thomas J. Campbell

child:

Daniel Charles McGowan-Givens

child:

Kathleen Grace McGowan-Givens

child:

Patrick Joseph Campbell McGowan-Givens

child:

Michael Diego McGowan-Givens

child:

Thomas Stephen Campbell McGowan-Givens