Apr 18, 2024  
2017-2018 Graduate Catalog 
    
2017-2018 Graduate Catalog [Not Current Academic Year. Consult with Your Academic Advisor for Your Catalog Year]

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Faculty Emeriti

Richard F. Abrahamson.  Professor Emeritus of Curriculum and Instruction.  A.B., College of William and Mary; M.A., University of Maine at Orono; Ph.D., University of Iowa.

W. Arthur Allee.  Professor Emeritus of Education.  B.S.C., M.A., Ph.D., University of Iowa.

Mary Armsworth.  Professor Emerita of Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences.  B.A., Ohio University; M.Ed., Ph.D., University of Cincinnati.

Gene Atkinson.  Professor Emeritus of Educational Leadership and Cultural Studies.  B.A., Rice University; M.Ed., Ed.D., University of Houston.

John E. Bishop.  Professor Emeritus of Curriculum and Instruction.  B.S., Central Missouri State University; M.S., Ed.D., University of Missouri.

Jacob W. Blankenship.  Professor Emeritus of Curriculum and Instruction.  B.S., Southeastern Oklahoma State University; M.Ed., East Texas State University; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin.

Joel Bloom.  Professor Emeritus of Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences.  Ph.D, University of Wisconsin.

Grace Butler.  Professor Emerita of Educational Leadership and Cultural Studies.  B.S., Xavier University; M.M.; Northwestern University; Ph.D., New York University.

Eugene L. Chiappetta.  Professor Emeritus of Curriculum and Instruction.  B.S., Allegheny College; M. S., Ph.D., Syracuse University.

Lawrence S. Clarke.  Professor Emeritus of Education.  B.S., Ohio State University; M.A., New York University.

Juanita Copley.  Professor Emerita of Curriculum and Instruction.  B.A., Olivet Nazarene College; M.Ed., Ph.D, Texas A&M University.

Rebecca N. Felts.  Assistant Professor Emerita of Curriculum and Instruction. B.A., San Francisco State University; M.A., Ed.S., George Peabody College.

Janet L. Fox.  Assistant Professor Emerita of Education. B.S., Eastern Michigan University; M. Ed., University of Houston.

Ronald Frankiewicz.  Professor Emeritus of Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences.  B.A., M.Ed., Ph.D., Kent State University.

John Gaa.  Professor Emeritus of Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences.  B.A., Michigan State University, M.Ed., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin.

Phyllis Gingiss.  Professor Emerita of Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences.  B.A., University of Houston; M.Ed., Ph.D., University of Texas School of Public Health.

Barton R. Herrscher.  Professor Emeritus of Educational Leadership and Cultural Studies.  A.A., Harris Junior College; B.A., Harris Teachers College; M.Ed., Southern Methodist University; Ed.D., University of California at Los Angeles.

Patricia E. Holland.  Associate Professor Emerita of Educational Leadership and Cultural Studies.  B.A., Duquesne University; M.A., California State University, San Francisco; M.A.T., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh.

Loye Y. Hollis.  Professor Emeritus of Curriculum and Instruction.  B.S., M.Ed., Ed.D., Texas Tech University.

Richard Lee Hooker.  Associate Professor Emeritus of Educational Leadership and Cultural Studies.  B.S., Lamar University; M.Ed., Stephen F. Austin State University; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin.

W. Robert Houston.  Professor Emeritus of Curriculum and Instruction and Moores University Scholar.  B.S., M.Ed., North Texas State University, Ed.D., University of Texas at Austin.

A. D. Hubel.  Professor Emeritus of Education.  B.S., M.S., West Virginia University.

Larry W. Hughes.  Professor of Educational Leadership and Cultural Studies.  B.Ed., M.Ed., University of Toledo; Ph.D., The Ohio State University.

Howard Jones.  Professor Emeritus of Curriculum and Instruction.

Tom Kubiszyn.  Professor Emeritus of Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences and Co-Director of School Psychology.  B.A., State University of New York; M.A., Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin.

David Lieberman.  Professor Emeritus of Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences.  B.A., University of Buffalo; M.Ed., Tel-Aviv University; Ph.D., Harvard University.

Charles Meisgeier.  Professor Emeritus of Education.  B.A., B.A., M.Ed., Ed.D. Pennsylvania State University.

Albert H. Miller.  Professor Emeritus of Educational Leadership and Cultural Studies.  B.A., Concordia Seminary; M.A., Wheaton College; B.Ed., University of Alberta; M.Ed., Ed.D., University of British Columbia.

Phyllis Knerl Miller.  Professor Emerita of Curriculum and Instruction.  B.F.A., University of Nebraska; M.Ed., Ed.D., University of Houston.

Theresa M. Monaco.  Professor Emerita of Curriculum and Instruction.  B.S., M.S., Ph.D., St. Louis University.

J. Milton Muse.  Professor Emeritus of Education.  B.S., Rice University; M.Ed., University of Houston; Ed.D., North Texas State University.

George R. Musgrave.  Professor Emeritus of Education.  B.S., Texas Christian University; M.Ed., Ed.D., Texas Tech University.

William O. Nesbitt. Professor Emeritus of Curriculum and Instruction. B.S., M.S., Ed.D. University of Texas at Austin.

Stewart D. North.  Professor Emeritus of Educational Leadership and Cultural Studies.  B.S., University of Wisconsin at Stout; M.S., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin.

Jane Patterson.  Professor Emerita of Education.  B.A., University of Denver; M.A., University of Northern Colorado; Ed.D., New York University.

Doris Prater.  Professor Emerita of Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences.  B.A., Southwest Texas State University; M.Ed., Southern Methodist University; Ed.D. University of California, Los Angeles.

Robert S. Randall.  Professor Emeritus of Educational Leadership and Cultural Studies.  B.A., Howard Payne University; M.Ed., Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin.

Stanley G. Sanders.  Professor Emeritus of Education.  B.A., Iowa Wesleyan College; M.A., University of Northern Colorado; Ph.D., University of Iowa.

Carl E. Schomburg.  Professor Emeritus of Curriculum and Instruction.  B.A., University of Texas at Austin; M.Ed., Ed.D., University of Houston.

Paul F. Secord.  Professor Emeritus of Educational Leadership and Cultural Studies.  B.A., Ripon College; M.A., Ph.D., Stanford University.

Jack M. Sheridan.  Professor Emeritus of Curriculum and Instruction.  B.A., Central Washington University; M.Ed., Ed.D., University of Oregon.

Dennis Smith.  Professor Emeritus of Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences.  B.A., M.Ed., Bowling Green State University; Ph.D., Ohio State University.

Jody L. Stevens.  Professor Emeritus of Administration Education.  B.A., East Central State College; Ed.M., Ed.D., Oklahoma.

Ida Santos Stewart.  Professor Emerita of Curriculum and Instruction.  A.B., Florida State University; M.Ed., Ph.D., University of Illinois.

Robert L. Stewart.  Professor Emeritus of Education.  B.A., M.Ed., Southern Methodist University; D.Ed., Pennsylvania State University.

Richard D. Strahan.  Professor of Educational Leadership and Cultural Studies.  Attorney at Law.  B.S., Texas Wesleyan College; M.Ed., Southern Methodist University; Ed.D., J.D., University of Houston.

Zenobia Christine Brown Verner.  Professor Emeritus of Education.  A.B., University of Northern Colorado; M.A., Sul Ross State University; Ed.D., Texas Tech University.

Marie Vick.  Assistant Professor Emerita of Education. B.A., M.A., Texas Woman’s University.

Allen R. Warner.  Professor Emeritus of Curriculum and Instruction.  B.S.Ed., M.S.Ed., Ed.D., Northern Illinois University.

Edwin Willems.  Professor Emeritus of Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences.  B.A., Bethel College, M.A., University of Kansas, Ph.D., University of Kansas.

Robert E. Williams.  Professor Emeritus of Education.  B.A., Allegheny College; M.S., Iowa State University; Ed.D., University of Georgia.

William J. Yost.  Professor Emeritus of Education.  B.S., East Stroudsburg State College; M.A., University of North Carolina; Ed.D., Columbia University.

Curriculum and Instruction

Nicole Andrews.  Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction.  B.B.A., University of Texas at Austin; M.Ed., Ed.D., University of Houston.

Laura Beilfuss Turchi.  Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction.  B.A., St. Olaf College; M.Ed., National College of Education (now National-Louis University), Foster-McGraw Graduate School; Ed.D., Appalachian State University.

Samuel R. Brower.  Clinical Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction.  B.A., M.Ed., Ed.D., University of Houston.

Jennifer B. Chauvot.  Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction.  B.S., State University of New York at Oneonta; M.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Ph.D., University of Georgia.

Sheng Kuan Chung.  Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction.  B.Ed., National Hsinchu Teachers College, Taiwan; M.A., New York University; Ed.D., University of Illinois at Urbana.

Yasemin Copur-Gencturk.  Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction.  B.S., Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey; Ed.M., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; M.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Cheryl J. Craig.  Professor of Curriculum and Instruction. B.A., Brandon University; B.Ed., Brandon University; M.Ed., University of Calgary; Ph.D, University of Alberta.

Shea Culpepper.  Clinical Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction.  B.A., Texas A&M University, M.Ed., Boston University; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania.

Susanne DaVanon. Clinical Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction.  B.S.E., University of Texas, El Paso; M.Ed., Houston Baptist University; Ed.D., University of Houston.

Heather Domjan.  Clinical Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction.  B.S., M.Ed., Ed.D., University of Houston.

Teresa Edgar.  Visiting Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction.  B.A., Sam Houston State University; M.Ed., Ed.D., University of Houston.

H. Jerome Freiberg.  Professor of Curriculum and Instruction and Moores University Scholar.  B.S.Ed., Temple University; Ed.D., University of Massachusetts.

Imani Goffney.  Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction.  B.A., Spelman College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan.

Susie Gronseth.  Clinical Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction.  B.S., Palm Beach Atlantic University; M.A., Louisiana State University; Ph.D., Indiana University.

Margaret Hale.  Clinical Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction.  B.S., Texas Woman’s University; M.Ed., Sam Houston State University; Ed.D., University of Houston.

Laveria F. Hutchison.  Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction.  B.A., Livingstone College; M.A.E., Ed.D., Ball State University.

Mimi Miyoung Lee.  Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction.  M.A., Yonsei University, Seoul; Ph.D., Indiana University at Bloomington.

Carrie Markello.  Clinical Associate Professor, of Curriculum and Instruction.  B.S., State University of New York at Geneseo; M.A., Louisiana State University; Ed. D., University of Houston.

Sara G. McNeil.  Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction.  B.F.A., University of Georgia; M.S., Ed.D., University of Tennessee.

Lee Mountain.  Professor of Curriculum and Instruction.  B.A., George Washington University; M.A., Ed.D., Pennsylvania State University.

Melissa E. Pierson.  Assistant Vice Provost for Undergraduate Student Success and Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction.  B.S., M.Ed., Northern Arizona University; Ph.D., Arizona State University.

John M. Ramsey.  Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction.  B.A., MacMurray College; M.S., Ph.D., Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.

Bernard Ross Robin.  Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction.  B.M.A., University of South Carolina; M.Ed., Ph.D., University of Virginia.

Lauren Snead. Visiting Assistant Professor of Consistency Management & Cooperative Discipline, Curriculum and Instruction. Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, University of Houston. 

Milijana Suskavcevic.  Research Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction.  B.S., University of Montenegro, M.S., Ed.D., University of Texas at El Paso.

Stacey M. Templeton.  Research Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction.  B.A., M.Ed., Washington State University, Ed. D., University of Houston.

Dustine Thomas.  Visiting Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction.  M.Ed., Ed.D., University of Houston.

Amber M. Thomson.  Clinical Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction.  B.S., University of Houston, M.Ed., University of Houston-Victoria, Ed.D., University of Houston.

Eleanore Tyson.  Clinical Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction.  B.A., Grinnell College; M.Ed., University of Missouri; Ed.D. University of Houston.

Margaret Watson.  Clinical Professor of Curriculum and Instruction.  B.S., Oklahoma State University; M.Ed., University of Houston; Ph.D., Texas A&M University.

Dawn Westfall.  Clinical Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction.  B.S., University of Iowa; M.Ed., St. Thomas University; Ed.D., University of Houston.

Cameron S. White.  Professor of Curriculum and Instruction. B.A., M.A., Austin College; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin.

Jahnette Wilson.  Clinical Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction.  B.S., Lamar University; M.S., Sam Houston State University; Ed.D., University of Houston.

Robert K Wimpelberg.  Professor of Curriculum and Instruction.  B.A., Yale University; Ph.D., University of Chicago.

Sissy Wong.  Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction.  B.S., M.Ed., Northern Arizona University; Ph.D., Arizona State University.

Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences

Consuelo Arbona.  Professor of Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences.  B.A., College of New Rochelle; M.Ed., University of Puerto Rico; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Chakema Carmack.  Assistant Professor of Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences.  M.A., Ph.D., Wichita State University.

Virmarie Correa-Fernandez. Assistant Professor of Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences.B.A. in Psychology, University of Puerto Rico, M.S. in Clinical Psychology, Carlos Albizu University, Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, Carlos Albizu.

M. Nicole Coleman.  Associate Professor of Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences.  B.A., Xavier University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Missouri - Columbia.

Toya Conston. Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychological, Health and Learning Sciences.Ph.D. in Educational Psychology and Individual Differences, University of Houston

Susan X. Day.  Lecturer and Research Consultant of Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences.  B.S. in English, a comprehensive degree, Illinois State University, M.S. in English, with special studies option in Reading Instruction, Illinois State University; M.S. in Psychology, Illinois State University; Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Kelli Drenner. Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychological, Health and Learning Sciences. B.A. in Psychology, University of Houston, M.A. in Clinical Psychology, University of Houston, Ph.D. in Public Health -Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas - School of Public Health.

Patrick Ellis.  Visiting Associate Professor of Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences.  B.A., University of North Carolina at Charlotte; M.Ed. University of Southern Illinois at Carbondale; Ph.D. University of Houston.

Weihua Fan.  Associate Professor of Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences.  B.A. Central South University, China; M.A., Ph.D., University of Maryland.

Jack M. Fletcher.  Cullen Distinguished Professor of Psychology.  A.A., Oxford College of Emory University; B.A., Davidson College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Florida.

David J. Francis. Chair of Psychology and Cullen Distinguished Professor of Psychology.  B.A., Kalamazoo College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Houston.

Leslie Ann Frankel.  Assistant Professor of Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences and Research Associate, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine.  B.A., Tulane University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin.

Jorge E. Gonzalez.  Associate Professor of Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences, B.A., University of Denver, M.A., University of Texas - Pan American, Ph.D. University of Nebraska.

Sasha Hein.  Assistant Professor of Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences. M.Ed. in Educational Science/Special Education, Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Ph.D. in Educational Science, Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Sara Jolly Jones.  Assistant Professor of Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences.  B.A., University of Mississippi; M.A., Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin.

Erica Jordan. Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences. B.A., Journalism/Mass Communications, Samford University, M.S. in Human Development and Family Studies, University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa, Ph.D. in Psychology, University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa.

Frederick Lopez.  Professor of Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences.  B.A., St. Edwards University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Minnesota.

Milena A. Keller-Margulis.  Assistant Professor of Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences.  B.A., Susquehanna University; M.Ed., Ph.D., Lehigh University.

Robert H. McPherson. Dean and Professor of Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences. B.S., Texas Tech University; M.A., University of Texas, Permian Basin; Ph.D., University of Houston.

Sarah Mire.  Assistant Professor of Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences.  B.A., Baylor University, M.A., University of Houston-Clear Lake, Ph.D., University of Houston.

Rosenda Murillo.  Assistant Professor of Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences.  B.S., Texas Woman’s University; M.P.H., University of North Texas; Ph.D., Indiana University.

Roberta Nutt.  Clinical Professor of Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences.  B.A., Rice University/University of Texas; M.A., Ph.D., University of Maryland.

Ezemenari Obasi.  Chair and Associate Professor of Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences.  B.S. University of California, Irvine; M.A., Ph.D., The Ohio State University.

Norma Olvera.  Associate Professor of Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences.  B.A., National Autonomous University of Mexico City; M.A., Ph.D., University of Houston.

Lorraine Reitzel.  Associate Professor of Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences.  B.S., Elon University; M.A., East Carolina University; Ph.D., Florida State University.

Ken Ripperger-Suhler. Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychological Health and Learning Sciences. Ph.D. in Health Promotion, University of Texas.

Jonathan Schwartz.  Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Professor of Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences.  B.A., State University of New York, Buffalo; M.A., Ph.D., New Mexico State University.

Kimberly Schoger.  Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences.  B.S., M.A., West Virginia University; Ph.D., University of Houston.

Bradley Smith.  Professor of Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences.  B.A., Hamilton College; M.A., Connecticut College; Ph.D., University of Arizona.

Nathan Smith.  Associate Professor of Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences.  B.A., Southern Methodist University; M.S., Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University.

Kayce Solari-Williams. Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychological Health and Learning Sciences. Ph.D. in Health Education, Texas A&M University.

Tammy Tolar.  Assistant Professor of Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences.  B.S. University of Oklahoma; MBA, Southern Methodist University; M.Ed., Ph.D., Georgia State University.

Margit F. Wiesner.  Associate Professor of Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences.  Music Sciences, Johann-Wolfgang-von-Goethe University of Frankfurt/Main, Germany; Dip. Psy., Free University of Berlin, Germany; Dr. Phil., Friederich Schiller University of Jena, Germany.

Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

Michael Wayne Emerson.  Visiting Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Educational Leadership.  B.A., (Honors) Morehead State University; M.S.Ed., University of Maine; Ed.D., University of Houston.

Kristen Spring Hassett.  Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences.  B.S., University of Houston; M.A., University of Houston-Clear Lake; Ph.D., University of Houston.

Jacqueline Hawkins.  Associate Professor of Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences.  Dip. Com. & Dip.Ed., Aberdeen, Scotland; M.Ed., Ed.D, University of Houston.

Catherine Horn. Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies.  B.A., Rice University; M.Ed., University of Houston; Ph.D., Boston College.

Bruce Jones. Vice Provost for Academic Programs and Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies.  Ph.D., Political Science, Columbia University.

Shawn Kent.  Assistant Professor of Special Populations B.S., Central Michigan University; M.A., Central Michigan University; Ed. S., Central Michigan University; Ph.D., Florida State University.

Angus J. MacNeil.  Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Professional Leadership.  B.A., B.Ed., Saint Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia; M.A., Saint Mary’s University, Nova Scotia; Ph.D., University of South Carolina.

Lyle McKinney. Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies.  B.F.A., Valdosta State University; M.S., Troy State University; Ph.D., University of Florida.

Virginia Rangel. Assistant Professor of Higher Educational Leadership & Policy Studies  B.A., B.Ed., Saint Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia; M.A., Saint Mary’s University, Nova Scotia; Ph.D., University of South Carolina.

Augustina Reyes. Professor of Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences.  B.A., Dominican College; M.A., Harvard Graduate School of Education; Ed.D, University of Houston.

Anthony Rolle. Chair and Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies.  B.S., Santa Clara University; M.P.A., University of Washington; Ph.D., Indiana University.

Kristi Santi. Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction.  B.A., M.A., M.S., Drake University; Ph.D., Florida State University.

Alexander F. Schilt. Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, B.A., University of Wyoming, MA., Ph.D., Arizona State University

Paula Short. Provost of Academic Affairs and Distinguished Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies.  A.B., University of North Carolina, Greensboro; M.Ed., Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Yali Zou. Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Director of Asian American Studies Center, and Asian International Program.  M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Davis.