Lydia Westbrook joined the School of Humanities in October 2016.  She has extensive experience in higher education, in both the US and abroad, and has served in various positions at University of Houston. Lydia directly supports graduate students “from application to graduation" in the departments of History, Philosophy, and Religion. Her duties include degree tracking, payroll processing, and university policy compliance while supporting the directors of graduate studies and graduate committees in the areas of recruitment, admission, orientation, and evaluation of students.