Beauchamp joined the University of Maryland faculty in the 1965 and helped to found the women's studies program, serving as its first coordinator when it was inaugurated in 1973. At the University, she helped start the Chancellor's Commission on Women's Affairs in 1971, which became the President's Commission on Women's Affairs, which she chaired from 1987 to 1990. When she retired in 1990, Beauchamp was honored with the Outstanding Faculty Woman on Campus award.
