Jun 29, 2024  
2024-2025 Graduate Catalog (Catalog goes into effect at the start of the Fall 2024 semester) 
    
2024-2025 Graduate Catalog (Catalog goes into effect at the start of the Fall 2024 semester)

College of Education Faculty


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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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

Mignonette Mountain. Professor Emeritus of Curriculum and Instruction. Ed.D. in Secondary Education, Pennsylvania State University.

Augustina Reyes.  Professor Emeritus of Special Populations.  B.A., Dominican College; M.A., Harvard Graduate School of Education; Ed.D, University of Houston.

Alexander F. Schilt.  Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies and Higher Education. Ph.D., Arizona State University; Ph.D., Universidad Tecnológica de Santiago; Ph.D., Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara; Ph.D., Universidad Inca Garcilaso de la Vega.

Paula Short.  Professor Emeritus & Director of Institute for Policy, Research, and Evaluation of Higher Education. Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

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

Curriculum and Instruction

Jeannette Alarcon. Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction. M.A., Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin.

Celeste Alba. Clinical Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction. Ed.D., Tennessee State University.

Joanna Batt. Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction. B.A., University of Notre Dame; M.Ed., Harvard Graduate School of Education; Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin.

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

Miguel Burgess Monroy. Clinical Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction. B.A., University of Arkansas; M.A., Central Missouri University; Ph.D. Texas A&M University.

Justin Burris. Clinical Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction. B.S, Eastern Illinois University; M.Ed., Ed.D., University of Houston.

Bernadette Castillo. Clinical Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction. B.A., M.Ed., The University of New Mexico; Ph.D., Michigan State University

Jennifer B. Chauvot.  Associate 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.  Professor of Curriculum and Instruction.  B.Ed., National Hsinchu Teachers College, Taiwan; M.A., New York University; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana.

Mikel Cole. Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction. Ph.D., Vanderbilt University.

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

Carrie Cutler. Clinical Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction. B.S., Utah State University; M.A., Brigham Young University; Ed.D., University of Houston.

Bulent Dogan. Clinical Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction. B.S., Seljuk University; Ed.D., University of Houston.

Heather Domjan.  Clinical Professor of Curriculum and Instruction.  B.S., 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.

Melissa Gallagher. Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction. B.A., College of William & Mary; M.A., Ph.D., George Washington University.

Conra Gist. Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction. Ph.D., The City University of New York.

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

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

Robert Hausmann. Clinical Professor of Curriculum and Instruction. B.A., University of Houston; M.A., Columbia University; Ed.D., George Washington University.

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

Anne Katz. Clinical Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction. M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University; Ph.D., Fordham Graduate School of Education

Mimi Miyoung Lee.  Professor of Curriculum and Instruction & Associate Dean for Faculty and Staff Belonging and Success.  M.A., Yonsei University, Seoul; Ph.D., Indiana University at Bloomington.

Maredil Leon. Clinical Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction. B.A., Universidad de Carabobo; M.A., Ph.D., University of Arizona.

Xin Li. Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction of Curriculum and Instruction. B.S., Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University; M.A., Ph.D., Western Michigan University.

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

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

Tairan Qiu. Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction. B.S., Purdue University; M.Ed., University of Florida; Ph.D., The University of Georgia.

Nancy Reis. Clinical Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction. B.A., University of California, Davis; M.A., Point Loma Nazarene University; Ph.D. Auburn University

Alberto Rodriguez. Professor of Curriculum and Instruction. B.Ed., University of Lethbridge, Alberta; B.S., biology, University of New Brunswick, St. John; Ph.D., University of British Columbia.  

Dustine Thomas.   Clinical Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction.  M.Ed., Ed.D., University of Houston.

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

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

Travis Weiland. Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction. B.A., Warren Wilson College; M.Ed., Western Carolina University; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.

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

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

Jie Zhang. Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction. B.S., M.S., Beijing Normal University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences

Blake Allan. Associate Professor of Psychological, Health and Learning Sciences. Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology, University of Florida.

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.

Amirmohsen Behjat. Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychological, Health and Learning Sciences. Ph.D. in Health Geography, Social Sciences.

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

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

Virmarie Correa-Fernandez. Associate 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.

Marcel de Dios. Associate Professor of Psychological, Health and Learning Sciences. Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology, University of Miami.

Kelli Drenner. Clinical Associate 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.

Julie Dunsmore. Professor of Psychological, Health and Learning Sciences. B.A., Emory University; M.A., Ph.D., Duke University.

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

Jennifer Farmer. Clinical Asst Prof of Psychological, Health and Learning Sciences. Ph.D. in Health Education, Texas A&M University.

Theresa Fedor Amador. Clinical Asst Prof of Psychological, Health and Learning Sciences. B.S., Auburn University; M.S., Utah State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania.

Leslie Ann Frankel.  Associate 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.  Professor of Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences, B.A., University of Denver, M.A., University of Texas - Pan American, Ph.D. University of Nebraska.

Kara Hurt. Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychological, Health and Learning Sciences. B.S., Colorado State University; M.S., Ph.D., University of North Texas.

Elizabeth Jelsma. Assistant Professor of Psychological, Health and Learning Sciences. B.S., Tulane University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin.

Erica Jordan. Clinical Associate 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.

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

Jungeun Lee. Clinical Professor of Psychological, Health and Learning Sciences. M.Ed., Ph.D., University of Florida.

Allison Master. Assistant Professor of Psychological, Health and Learning Sciences. B.A., Yale University; M.A., Ph.D., Stanford University.

Michael Matta. Assistant Professor of Psychological, Health and Learning Sciences. B.S., M.A., Ph.D., University of Milano Bicocca.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rachael Whitaker. Clinical Associate Professor of Psychological, Health and Learning Sciences. M.Ed., Delta State University. Ph.D., Mississippi State University.

Margit F. Wiesner.  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

Keith Butcher.  Clinical Associate Professor of K-12 Professional Leadership and Policy Studies & Program Director Masters in Administration and Supervision. B.S., Concord University; M.A., West Virginia University; Ed.D., Marshall University.

Vincent Carales.   Associate Professor of Educational Professional Leadership and Policy Studies & Higher Education M.Ed. Program Director. Ed.D., University of Texas at San Antonio.

Charlotte Carp. Clinical Assistant Professor of Educational Professional Leadership and Policy Studies & Special Populations Undergraduate and M.Ed. Program Director. B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Texas Christian University.

Bradley Davis. Associate Professor of Educational Professional Leadership and Policy Studies. Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin.

Tiffany J. Davis.  Clinical Professor of Educational Professional Leadership and Policy Studies & Associate Dean for Student Belonging and Success. B.S., University of Tennessee; M.A., Bowling Green State University; Ph.D., University of Georgia.

Heather Dulas. Assistant Professor of Educational Professional Leadership and Policy Studies. B.S., St. Cloud State University; M.A., Hamline University; Ph.D., Texas A&M University.

Kristen Hassett. Clinical Professor of Special Populations & Department Chair.  B.S., University of Houston; M.A., University of Houston-Clear Lake; Ph.D., University of Houston.

Jacqueline Hawkins.  Associate Professor of Special Populations.  Diploma in Commerce in Business, Robert Gordon’s Institute of Technology, Aberdeen, Scotland; Diploma in Education in Business Education, Aberdeen College of Education, Aberdeen, Scotland; M.Ed., University of Houston; Ed.D., University of Houston.

Detra Johnson. Assistant Professor of Educational Professional Leadership and Policy Studies. B.A., Texas Southern University; M.Ed., University of Houston; M.S., University of Houston - Clear Lake. Ph.D., Texas A & M.

Duncan Klussmann. Clinical Assistant Professor of Educational Professional Leadership and Policy Studies. B.A., University of Texas at Austin; M.Ed., Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches; Ed.D., New Jersey-based Seton Hall University.

Dave Louis. Associate Professor of Educational Professional Leadership and Policy Studies. B.A., Morehouse College; M.Ed., Harvard University; Ph.D., Texas A&M University.

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

April Peters-Hawkins.   Professor of Educational Professional Leadership and Policy Studies. B.S., Northwestern University; M.S., Columbia University; M.A., The Ohio State University; Ph.D., The Ohio State University.

Augustina Reyes.  Professor of Special Populations.  B.A., Dominican College; M.A., Harvard Graduate School of Education; Ed.D, University of Houston.

Kristi Santi.  Professor of Special Populations.  B.A., Drake University; M.A., Drake University; M.S., Drake University; Ph.D., Florida State University.

Kmt Shockley. Professor of Educational Professional Leadership and Policy Studies. B.A., B.S., M.Ed., University of Cincinnati; Ph.D., University of Maryland-College Park.

Virginia Snodgrass-Rangel.  Associate Professor of of Educational Professional Leadership and Policy Studies. B.A., Middlebury College; M.A., The University of Texas at Austin; Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin.

Yali Zou.  Professor of Higher Education & Director of Asian American Studies Center. M.A., University of California, Davis; Ph.D., University of California, Davis.