Margaret (Peggy) Gibbons Wilson was Associate Director and Director of Academic Programs at the Center for Labor Research & Studies at Florida International University until November 8, 2006. She held a B.A. in History and an M.A.T. from the University of Chicago and a Ph.D. in History from the University of Southern California. Her publications include two books: The American Woman in Transition: The Urban Influence, 1870-1920 (Greenwood Press, 1979), and Floridians at Work: Yesterday and Today (Mercer University Press, 1989). She also edited the Proceedings from "Florida's Labor History: A Symposium" held in November of 1989. Dr. Wilson published numerous articles and research papers and received several grants from the Florida Humanities Council. Her most recent publication was Power, Politics, and the Union Woman, Labor Studies Journal, Vol. 23, No. 1, Spring 1998. Dr. Wilson edited Labor Studies Forum, the national newsletter of the University and College Labor Education Association, 1987-2001 and also served as a board member (1987-1996, 2001-2006) and Chair (1996-2001) of the editorial board of Labor Studies Journal.

Dr. Wilson oversaw the development of a credit curriculum in Labor Studies at FIU which included a B.A. in Liberal Studies with a Concentration in Labor Studies, a Certificate in Labor Studies, a Professional Certificate in Labor Studies and Labor Relations, and a Graduate Professional Certificate in Conflict Resolution. In addition to directing the credit program, she was also actively involved with coordinating and teaching in non-credit programs including an on-going Workplace Issues Certificate as well as statewide and regional union women's schools and tripartite programs for the U.S. Department of Labor. Dr. Wilson also made numerous invited presentations including a week-long humanities related program hosted by the Florida Center for Teachers.

Dr. Wilson served on the Women's Studies Center Advisory Committee and University Access and Equity Committee since 1984 and chaired the Title IX Subcommittee from 1987-2001. She was appointed chair of the Access Equity Committee in 2001. Dr. Wilson also served several community-based boards, including the Women's Fund of Miami-Dade County (1993-2006) where she chaired the Research Committee. Under her direction, the Research Committee conducted a major study and published a report on Pre-Teen and Adolescent Girls in Dade County: the Critical Gap Between Programs and Need (October, 1997).