Faculty Research Expertise

Name	Department	Title	Research Expertise	Email
Aboul-Ela, Hosam	English	Associate Professor	post colonial literature, literary theory, transnational studies, Faulkner studies, Arab studies	haboul-ela@uh.edu
Alastuey, Lisa L	Health & Human Performance	Clinical Associate Professor	obesity, women's health, physical activity interventions	lalastuey@uh.edu
Aleman, Eduardo	Political Science	Associate Professor	comparative politics, political institutions, Latin American politics	ealeman2@uh.edu
Alfano, Candice A	Psychology	Professor	sleep disorders, anxiety, psychopathology, trauma, pediatric mental health	caalfano@uh.edu
Al-Sowayel, Dina	Women's Studies Program	Instructional Assistant Professor	Modern Middle East, history of Islam, women of Islam,	dalsowayel@uh.edu
Alward, Beau A	Psychology	Assistant Professor	social behavior, sex differences in brain and behavior, molecular genetics, neuroplasticity, neuroendocrinology	balward@uh.edu
An, Junmo	Health & Human Performance	Research Assistant Professor	brain- machine interface, machine learning, functional neuroimaging, medical robotics, magnetic resonance imaging, signal & image processing	jan2@uh.edu
Anderson, Kathryn	Sociology	Assistant Professor	sociology of health and illness, urban sociology, race, ethnicity, organizations, social stratification, geographic information sciences	kateanderson@uh.edu
Andrews, Chereece N	Communication Sciences and Disorders	Clinical Assistant Professor	audiology	cnandrews@uh.edu
Antel, John J	Economics	Professor	labor economics	antel@uh.edu
Archer, Allison M	Political Science	Assistant Professor	political communication, mass media, political psychology, American politics	amarche3@central.uh.edu
Arellano, Christopher	Health & Human Performance	Assistant Professor	biomechanics, energetics, human locomotion, animal locomotion, assistive devices, locomotor training, human performance, muscle tendon mechanics	carellano@uh.edu
Armstrong, Richard H	Modern & Classical Languages	Associate Professor	ancient culture, translation studies, history of psychoanalysis	rarmstrong3@uh.edu
Ashley, Laura B	Communication	Instructional Assistant Professor	public relations, communications	lashley@uh.edu
Babcock, Julia	Psychology	Associate Professor	domestic violence, couples interaction, marital therapy, emotions, emotional regulation, efficacy of interventions	jbabcock@uh.edu
Backus, Margot	English	Professor	English literature	mbackus@uh.edu
Badas, Alex	Political Science	Assistant Professor	judicial politics, public opinion, political institutions	abadas@uh.edu
Bagashka, Tanya G	Political Science	Associate Professor	comparative politics, political economy, post communist politics, political methodology	tbagashka@uh.edu
Bailey, Jeremy D	Political Science	Professor	The American Founding and Early Republic, executive power, the presidency, the Constitution	jbailey2@uh.edu
Balestra, Alejandra	Hispanic Studies	Instructional Assistant Professor	Spanish as a second language, foreign language acquisition, e-learning curriculum development, critical thinking development, Argentinean culture, Argentinean history	abalestra@uh.edu
Basinger, Scott J	Political Science	Associate Professor	American politics, political scandals, quantitative analysis	sjbasinger@uh.edu
Baumle, Amanda K	Sociology	Professor	demography of sexuality, sociology of law, gender and sexuality, quantitative methods, qualitative methods, employment discrimination	akbaumle@uh.edu
Behr, Francesca D.	Modern & Classical Languages	Associate Professor	Classical studies, Italian studies, Italian Renaissance, epic, gender studies, reception, satire, narratology, comparative literature	fdalessandro-behr@uh.edu
Behr, Thomas C	Comparative Cultural Studies	Assistant Professor	liberal studies	tbehr@uh.edu
Belieu, Erin C	English	Professor	gender, love and history	ecbelieu@uh.edu
Bencomo, Anadeli	Hispanic Studies	Professor	Mexican narrative, literary studies, critical theory, cultural studies, narrative genres, Latin American authors	abencomo@uh.edu
Berger, Jason	English	Associate Professor	19th century American literature, critical theory, Marxism, psychoanalysis, post humanism, queer theory, new materialism, environmental humanities	jberger2@uh.edu
Bick, Johanna R	Psychology	Assistant Professor	early adversity, early childhood neurodevelopment, childhood maltreatment, parental responsiveness, early prevention, early intervention	jrbick@uh.edu
Bigley, Austin	Health & Human Performance	Research Assistant Professor	Cancer immunology, NK-cells, Cytomegalovirus, Immunotherapy, Spaceflight	abbigley@uh.edu
Blake, Margaret	Communication Sciences and Disorders	Professor	right hemisphere brain damage, traumatic brain injury, cognitive-communication disorders	mtblake@uh.edu
Bode, Sharon K	Health & Human Performance	Clinical Professor	dietetics, nutrition	sbode@uh.edu
Boswell, Robert L	English	Professor	creative writing	rboswell@uh.edu
Boul, Ruxandra	Economics	Instructional Associate Professor	international finance, time series econometrics, macroeconomics	rprodan@uh.edu
Breslin, Whitney L	Health & Human Performance	Clinical Assistant Professor	health and nutrition, exercise	wltharpe@uh.edu
Brown, Kenneth L	Comparative Cultural Studies	Professor	archaeological method, historical archaeological method, African American archaeology, Mesoamerican archaeology, urban archaeology	klbrown@uh.edu
Brozovich, Lauren K	English	Assistant Professor	modern American literature, contemporary American literature, poetry, ecocriticism, literature and science, visual arts	lkbrozovich@uh.edu
Buck, Suzanne	Communication	Instructional Assistant Professor	Public speaking, professional communication, communication and aging	sbuck@uh.edu
Buckner, Cameron J	Philosophy	Assistant Professor	philosophy of mind, philosophy of cognitive science, digital humanities, animal cognition	cjbuckner@uh.edu
Bunta, Ferenc	Communication Sciences and Disorders	Associate Professor	bilingual phonological acquisition, cross linguistic phonological acquisition, speech and language disorders, acoustic phonetics, speech and language acquisition in children with cochlear implants, second language acquisition, second language phonology	fbunta@uh.edu
Butler, Paul G	English	Associate Professor	rhetoric, rhetorical style, composition, public sphere, multimodal composition, digital humanities	pgbutler@uh.edu
Buzzanco, Robert	History	Professor	Vietnam War, political economy, 20th century U.S. History, diplomatic history	buzz@uh.edu
Camaj, Lindita	Communication	Associate Professor	media effects, political culture, agenda setting, priming effects, Freedom of Information, journalism studies, eastern Europe media	lcamaj@uh.edu
Campion, James E	Psychology	Professor	personnel selection methods, fair employment, content analytic methodology, employment interviews, industrial psychology, organizational psychology	jcampion@uh.edu
Canen, Nathan J	Economics	Assistant Professor	political economy, industrial organization, applied econometrics	ncanen@uh.edu
Cantu, Francisco	Political Science	Assistant Professor	Latin American politics, comparative politics, methods	fcantu10@uh.edu
Carlson, Coleen	Psychology	Research Assistant Professor	early English literacy, early Spanish literacy, second language acquisition, reading disabilities, research design and statistics, structural equation modeling, modeling individual growth, literacy and language development	ccarlson@uh.edu
Carrera, Alessandro	Modern & Classical Languages	Professor	18th - 21st century Italian literature, comparative literature, Italian philosophy, continental philosophy, critical theory, music and philosophy, popular music, film and philosophy	acarrera@uh.edu
Casellas, Jason	Political Science	Associate Professor	Latino politics, American politics, public policy	jcasellas@uh.edu
Castilla-Earls, Anny	Communication Sciences and Disorders/ Psychology	Associate Professor	grammatical markers of language impairment, monolingual assessment practices, bilingual assessment practices	annycastilla@uh.edu
Chatagnier, John Tyson	Political Science	Assistant Professor	international relations, civil military relations, militarized conflict	jtchatagnier@uh.edu
Chatterjee, Sreya	English	Assistant Professor	20th century British literature, 20th century Irish literature, 20th century South Asian literature, global Anglophone literature, postcolonial literature, feminist theory, women's writing	schatterjee6@uh.edu
Chery, Tshepo M	History	Assistant Professor	Southern African history, African political history, African religious history	tmchery@uh.edu
Chin, Aimee	Economics	Professor	labor economics, development economics, applied econometrics	achin@uh.edu
Choi, Ho Joon	Communication	Assistant Professor	health issues, advertising, crisis communication,eWOM, SNSs, psychological models, consumer information processing	hchoi10@uh.edu
Choi, Naomi	Political Science	Assistant Professor	contemporary political theory, history of political thought, philosophy of social sciences	nchoi2@uh.edu
Christensen, Ann C	English	Professor	early modern English literature, Shakespeare, feminist historicist methods, economic structures	achrist@uh.edu
Church, Jeffrey	Political Science	Associate Professor	modern political thought, Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, Nietzche, liberal theory, democratic theory	jchurch@uh.edu
Cirino, Paul	Psychology	Professor	developmental neuropsychology, math learning difficulties, reading learning difficulties, disabilities, attention, working memory, executive functions, measurement and methodology	pcirino@uh.edu
Clark, Jennifer H	Political Science	Associate Professor	American politics, state politics, legislative institutions, political parties, representation, quantitative methods	jclark10@uh.edu
Clarke, Christopher A	Economics	Instructional Assistant Professor	public policy, applied econometrics, industrial organization, income inequality	caclarke@uh.edu
Clarke, Mark S	Health & Human Performance	Assoc Provost Fac Dev/Affairs	muscle physiology, muscle adaptation, mechanical loading, cellular basis of muscle function, health and disease	mclarke@uh.edu
Clavin, Matthew J	History	Professor	race, slavery, Civil War, Atlantic history	mjclavin@uh.edu
Clifford, Scott	Political Science	Associate Professor	political psychology, morality, survey research, experimental designs	sclifford@uh.edu
Coates, D Justin	Philosophy	Associate Professor	ethics, philosophy of action	djcoates@uh.edu
Cole, J Bryan	Political Science	Instructional Assistant Professor	American politics, elections, voting behavior, public opinion, religion and politics	jbcole@uh.edu
Colombe, Audrey A	English	Associate Professor	creative writing pedagogy, literary magazine publication, early American women's novels, short narrative	aacolombe@uh.edu
Cong, Xiaoping	History	Professor	social and political transformation, 20th century China	xcong@uh.edu
Connolly, Sally	English	Associate Professor	elegy, poetic responses to disaster, transatlantic literary relations, poetic influence and inheritance, confessional verse, neoformalist criticism, modern and contemporary epics, epigraphs, allusion	sconnolly@uh.edu
Contractor, Cyrus	Political Science	Instructional Assistant Professor	comparative politics, Middle East Politics, Shi'a politics, political Islam	ccontractor@uh.edu
Conyers, James l	African-American Studies	Faculty Director	African American studies, oral history, African American sociology	jconyers@uh.edu
Cortina, Jeronimo	Political Science	Associate Professor	American politics, Latino politics, immigration, comparative politics, quantitative research methods	jcortina2@uh.edu
Cottingham, Michael	Health & Human Performance	Associate Professor	promotional strategies in sport, consumer behavior, disability sport	mcottingham@uh.edu
Craig, Steven G	Economics	Professor	public economics, public choice, applied micro econometrics, urban economics, the Houston economy	scraig@uh.edu
Cubas Norando, German	Economics	Assistant Professor	macroeconomics, economic growth, development	gcubasnorando@uh.edu
Cuesta, Mabel	Hispanic Studies	Associate Professor	U.S. Latino literature, Caribbean literature	mcuesta@uh.edu
Damian, Rodica	Psychology	Assistant Professor	status attainment, creative achievement, well being, cognitive process, developmental process, poverty, multiculturalism	ridamian@uh.edu
Daniels, Stephanie K	Communication Sciences and Disorders	Professor	swallowing, dysphagia, neurological disease	skdaniels@uh.edu
De Genova, Nicholas P	Comparative Cultural Studies	Professor	migration, borders, race citizenship, labor, nationalism, United States, Latin America, Europe, urban studies, social theory, political philosophy	npdegenova@uh.edu
De Los Reyes Heredia, Jose Guillermo	Hispanic Studies	Associate Professor	colonial Latin American literatures and cultures, Mexican culture, Popular culture and folklore, Americas, gender, sexuality, queer theory, identity, nationalism, business Spanish, cross cultural communication, voluntary organizations, fraternal orders, democracy	jdelosreyes@uh.edu
Decker, Hannah S	History	Professor	German history, history of psychiatry, history of psychoanalysis	hsdecker@uh.edu
DeGregori, Thomas R	Economics	Professor	agriculture, world food supply, hunger, GMO (domestic and international) technology, science in economic change, economic development of Africa, Asia and the Caribbean	trdegreg@uh.edu
Derrick, Jaye L	Psychology	Assistant Professor	self regulation, well being, health, health behaviors, addictive behaviors, intimate partner aggression, EMA research methods, personal relationships	jlderrick@uh.edu
Deyle, Steven H	History	Associate Professor	19th century U.S. social and political history, slavery, Civil War	shdeyle@uh.edu
Divakaruni, Chitra B	English	Professor	creative writing	cdivakaruni@uh.edu
Due Hackney, Casey L	Modern & Classical Languages	Professor	Homeric poetry, Greek oral traditions, Greek tragedy, textual criticism	cdue-hackney@uh.edu
Duran, Chatwara	English	Associate Professor	multilingualism, transnationalism, literacy studies, language teaching and learning, identity	cduran4@uh.edu
Dworkin, Anthony G	Sociology	Professor	sociology of education, race and ethnic relations, sociology theory, quantitative research methods	gdworkin@uh.edu
Eberhart, Christian	Comparative Cultural Studies	Professor	ritual, concepts of reconciliation and atonement, biblical texts and manuscripts, literature and culture of Second Temple Judaism, history of biblical interpretation, Qumran fragments, Dead Sea scrolls, biblical archeology and topography, early Christian literature, interreligious dialogue	ceberhart@uh.edu
Ehlers, Sarah E	English	Assistant Professor	modern American literature, contemporary American literature, poetics, African American literature, radical culture, left culture	sehlers@uh.edu
Eisenberger, Robert W	Psychology	Professor	organizational support theory, motivation for creativity, enjoyment of nature	reisenberger2@uh.edu
El-Badawi, Emran	Modern & Classical Languages	Associate Professor	Middle Eastern Studies, North African civilization, Qur'an, Biblical literature, late antique Christian, Jewish, pagan Arabia, Syriac literature, Umayyad Empire, Arab liberalism	eel-badawi@uh.edu
Ellis, Amanda V	English	Assistant Professor	Mexican American literature, American literature, critical race studies, ethnic studies, Chicana feminism, trauma studies, medical humanities	avellis@uh.edu
Ercolani, Monica	Modern & Classical Languages	Instructional Assistant Professor	Italian literature	mercolani@uh.edu
Fairclough, Marta A	Hispanic Studies	Professor	heritage language education, second language acquisition, sociolinguistics, U.S. Spanish	mfairclough@uh.edu
Fang, Karen	English	Professor	British romantic literature, film studies, surveillance, imperial history, cultural studies	kfang@uh.edu
Fares, Michael J	Modern & Classical Languages	Instructional Assistant Professor	foreign language acquisition, medieval Arabic philosophy and literature	mjfares@uh.edu
Farfan-Santos, Elizabeth	Comparative Cultural Studies	Assistant Professor	medical anthropology, critical race theory, identity formation, racial exclusion and violence, health care access, global health, maternal health, medical humanities, creative writing, Latin America, United States	efarfan-santos@uh.edu
Ferguson, Jamie H	English	Associate Professor	Renaissance and reformation literature, poetics, translation studies, history of biblical exegesis, hermeneutics, Bible as literature	jhferguson@uh.edu
Fetterman, Adam K	Psychology	Assistant Professor	social cognition, metaphor, nostalgia, individual differences, meaning, religious cognition	akfetterman@uh.edu
Fishman, Sarah	History	Professor	20th century French history, gender and society, European history	sfishman@uh.edu
Fix, Julie B	Communication	Instructional Assistant Professor	public relations, communications	jbfix@uh.edu
Fletcher, Jack M	Psychology	Professor	neuropsychology of learning disabilities, classification, definition, cognitive and neurobiological correlates, intervention, pediatric brain injury, spina bifida, traumatic brain injury, plasticity and recovery function	jackfletcher@uh.edu
Flynn, Nicholas	English	Professor	creative writing	nflynn@uh.edu
Foss, Donald J	Psychology	Professor	cognitive psychology, language comprehension, learning and memory, classroom learning	dfoss@uh.edu
Francis, David J	Psychology	Professor	statistical models for longitudinal data, multi level models, latent variable models, psychometrics, reading acquisition, reading disability identification and prevention, developmental disabilities, English Language Learners	dfrancis@uh.edu
Friedman, Willa H	Economics	Assistant Professor	economic development, health, political economy, behavioral economics	whfriedman@uh.edu
Fumurescu, Alin	Political Science	Assistant Professor	Medieval political theory, modern political theory, American political thought, transitions to democracy, social media, representation, self representation	afumurescu@uh.edu
Gallagher, Matthew W	Psychology	Associate Professor	transdiagnostic treatments, PTSD, anxiety disorders, mechanisms of change of empirically supported treatments, positive thinking, well being, resilience, positive mental health causes, mental illness, measurement, methodology, meta analysis, modeling longitudinal trajectories of change	mwgallagher@uh.edu
Garson, James W	Philosophy	Professor	logic, modal logic, formal semantics, computational linguistics, philosophy of mind, philosophy of mathematics	jgarson@uh.edu
Gharala, Nora L	History	Assistant Professor	17th- 18th century Mexico, Iberian empires, slavery and freedom, family, African diasporas	nlgharal@central.uh.edu
Giacchetti, Claudine A	Modern & Classical Languages	Professor	19th Century French literature, romantic period, post revolutionary France	giacchetti@uh.edu
Gietz, Merrilee	Communication Sciences and Disorders	Instructional Assistant Professor	ASL literature, ASL poetry, deaf culture, ASL structure, ASL linguistics, pedagogical interpreting, ASL techniques	mrgietz@uh.edu
Glass, Hildegard	Modern & Classical Languages	Associate Professor	German literature, German cultural history, Holocaust in literature	hfglass@uh.edu
Goldberg, Mark A.	History	Associate Professor	Texas- Mexico border relations of the 18th-19th century, Jewish studies, American history, Latin@ history, history of race and ethnicity	magoldberg@uh.edu
Golubev, Alexey	History	Assistant Professor	Russian history, Northern Europe, transnational history, digital humanities, history of knowledge	avgolubev@uh.edu
Gonzalez, Maria C	English	Associate Professor	Mexican-American literature, Chicana writers, feminist theory, queer theory	mgonzalez@uh.edu
Gonzalez-Rivera, Melvin	Hispanic Studies	Assistant Professor	syntax, semantics, pragmatics, Caribbean Spanish, linguistics	mgonzalez-rivera@uh.edu
Goodin-Mayeda, Carrie	Hispanic Studies	Associate Professor	language acquisition, bilingualism, adult speech perception, L2 acquisition of phonology, adulthood and childhood bilingual speech perception	cegoodin-mayeda@uh.edu
Gordon, Andrew J	Comparative Cultural Studies	Associate Professor	medical anthropology, applied anthropology, urban environments, international development, alcohol studies, drug studies, Latin America, West Africa, United States	agordon3@uh.edu
Gorniak, Stacey	Health & Human Performance	Associate Professor	pathological neuromuscular control, sensorimotor function, neurological pathology, aging, chronic health conditions, movement disorders	sgorniak@uh.edu
Granato, James S	Hobby School of Public Affairs	Interim Assoc Provost, Hobby	public policy, statistics, econometrics, time series analysis, American political institutions	jgranato@uh.edu
Gray, Jon Phillip	Health & Human Performance	Instructional Associate Professor	educational resilience, teacher effectiveness, physical education pedagogy	jpgray@uh.edu
Gregory, Elizabeth	English	Professor	fertility and women's work, modern american poetry, Marianne Moore, the future of work, motherhood studies, gender theory, age studies, building a culture and economy of care	egregory@uh.edu
Gregory, Paul R	Economics	Professor	Soviet economics, transition economics, economic history, comparative economics, economic demography, energy economics	pgregory@uh.edu
Grigorenko, Elena L	Psychology	Professor	developmental psychology, developmental psychopathology, forensic science, molecular genetics, neuropsychiatric genetics	elgrigorenko@uh.edu
Grigorian, Stella	Sociology	Instructional Associate Professor	foodways, gender, nationalism, Soviet era, culture, fieldwork methods	sgrigorian@uh.edu
Guajardo, Paul	English	Associate Professor	Mexican American literature, minority literature, Victorian literature, autobiography, the novel	pg@uh.edu
Gutierrez, Manuel J	Hispanic Studies	Professor	sociolinguistics, language contact and change, syntax, U.S. Spanish	mjgutierrez@uh.edu
Gutierrez, Pedro Revuelta	Hispanic Studies	Professor	20th century Spanish literature, Spanish culture and civilization, Spanish film, Spanish Civil War, Pablo Neruda, Maria Zambrano, creative writing	revuelta@uh.edu
Hamilton, Marc	Health & Human Performance	Professor	molecular studies, behavioral studies, sedentary living, public health, obesity, aging, diabetes, dementia, cardiovascular disease	mhamilton7@uh.edu
Hardee, Polly	Economics	Instructional Assistant Professor	money and banking	phardee@uh.edu
Harlow, Summer D	Communication	Assistant Professor	social media, social movements, journalism, Latin America, alternative media	sharlow@uh.edu
Harris, Francine J	English	Associate Professor	Father Divine, international peace mission, charismatic black leadership	fjharris@uh.edu
Harrison, Layci	Health & Human Performance	Clinical Assistant Professor	functional movement, balance ability, injury risk, injury rehabilitation	lharrison3@uh.edu
Harwell, Debbie	History	Instructional Assistant Professor	Houston history, migration, immigration, civil rights history, women's history, public history	dzharwel@central.uh.edu
Hart, John M	History	Professor	Mexican Revolution, Mexican labor, Mexican American labor, Mexican rural working class	jhart@uh.edu
Hattab, Helen	Philosophy	Associate Professor	early modern philosophy, Renaissance philosophy, early modern science, Medieval philosophy	hhattab@uh.edu
Haubrick, Kevin	Health & Human Performance	Clinical Assistant Professor	food and nutrition, dietetics	khaubrick@uh.edu
Haun, Martha J	Communication	Associate Professor	meeting management/parliamentary procedure; crisis communication; end of life communication; healthy aging	mhaun@uh.edu
Hawkins, Billy J	Health & Human Performance	Professor	sociology of sport, cultural studies, sports management, sport for development	hjbilly@uh.edu
Hellmueller, Lea C	Communication	Assistant Professor	digital news innovations, political polarization, right wing populist journalism, computational grounded theory, multilingual research, politics, religion, culture, framing strategies	leahellmueller@uh.edu
Herendeen, Wyman	English	Professor	English Renaissance, Continental Renaissance, classical tradition	whh@uh.edu
Hernandez, Arturo E	Psychology	Professor	cognitive neuroscience, bilingual language processing, second language acquisition, neural bases of bilingualism	aehernandez@uh.edu
Hernandez, Daphne	Health & Human Performance	Associate Professor	poverty, family structure, food insecurity, food assistance programs, obesity, nutrition and health, stress, social support, depression, cardiovascular health, socio-economically disadvantaged groups, minorities, public health, public policy	dhernandez26@uh.edu
Hernandez, Jose A.	History	Associate Professor	Mexican immigration laws, migrants, Mexican Americans	jahernandez27@uh.edu
Hill, Sharon Grigsby	Communication Sciences and Disorders	Instructional Assistant Professor	African American vernacular English, ASL English sign language	shill@uh.edu
Hoff, Kevin	Psychology	Assistant Professor	career outcomes, personality, vocational interests, longitudinal data analysis, meta-analysis, workplace technology	khoff@uh.edu
Hogue, W Lawrence	English	Professor	American literature, African American literature, minority literatures, postmodern literature, critical theory	whogue@uh.edu
Holt, Frank L	History	Professor	Ancient Greece, Alexander the Great, Numismatics, Egyptian Mummies	fholt@uh.edu
Horne, Gerald	History	Professor	race, labor, politics, civil rights, U.S. -Southern African relations	ghorne@uh.edu
Houk, Keith R	Communication	Instructional Assistant Professor	digital cinematography, media and society, television production	khouk@uh.edu
Howard, Philip	History	Professor	Latin American history, Caribbean history	pahoward@uh.edu
Huang, Yan	Communication	Assistant Professor	persuasion, strategic messaging, digital media campaigns, quantitative research, experimental methods	yhuang63@central.uh.edu
Ittmann, Karl	History	Professor	modern British history, modern European history, historical demography, British colonial policy, gender issues	kittmann@uh.edu
Ivey, Michelle L	Communication Sciences and Disorders	Instructional Associate Professor	clinical application and therapy of theoretical perspectives of best practices, autism spectrum disorders	mlivey@uh.edu
James, Conrad M	Modern & Classical Languages	Associate Professor	Spanish Caribbean literature, visual culture, Afro-Hispanic cultural production, race thinking, politics of movement, diaspora transformations, new world philosopies	cjames4@central.uh.edu
Jenke, Elizabeth	Political Science	Assistant Professor	voter behavior, voter attention, mouse-tracking, eye- tracking, experimental methods	ljenke@central.uh.edu
Johnson, Kia	Communication Sciences and Disorders	Associate Professor	fluency disorders, developmental stuttering, multicultural considerations for speech disfluencies and stuttering	kjohnson6@uh.edu
Johnston, Craig Allen	Health & Human Performance	Associate Professor	behavioral treatment of obesity, school based interventions	cajohnston4@uh.edu
Joshi, Ashwini	Communication Sciences and Disorders	Assistant Professor	voice production, disordered voice, neurological systems	ajoshi4@uh.edu
Jowett, Garth S	Communication	Professor	history of communications, popular culture, propaganda studies, media in modern society	gjowett@uh.edu
Juhn, Chinhui	Economics	Professor	labor economics	cjuhn@uh.edu
Kanellos, Nicolas	Hispanic Studies	Professor	Latino cultural history, literary and journalism history and criticism, publishing history	kanellos@uh.edu
Kanojia, Anjali H	Modern & Classical Languages	Instructional Assistant Professor	India, South Asia, party politics, globalization, health policy, yoga, interactive medicine	ahkanojia@uh.edu
Karner, Tracy Xavia	Sociology	Associate Professor	visual and qualitative sociology, sociology of culture, sociology of narrative, sociology of self, community services and program evaluation	txkarner@uh.edu
Kastely, James L	English	Professor	history of rhetoric, theory of rhetoric	jkastely@uh.edu
Katz, Sheila	Sociology	Assistant Professor	sociology of gender, sociology of poverty, inequality, social policy, qualitative methodologies, sociology of education, sociology of drugs	smkatz@uh.edu
Kelley, Larry D.	Communication	Instructional Associate Professor	advertising, public relations, media planning	ldkelley@uh.edu
Kennedy, Ryan P	Political Science	Associate Professor	democracy, democratization, computational social science, deliberation, energy and environment, post communist politics, prediction models	rkennedy@uh.edu
Kleinheider, Julia D	Modern & Classical Languages	Instructional Associate Professor	language acquisition, 19th-20th century German literature, visual media	jdkleinheider@uh.edu
Klieman, Kairn	History	Associate Professor	pre-colonial history of central Africa, comparative historical linguistics, oil history, energy history, African history, Bantu expansion, nexus politics in Africa, environmental history, African diasporic communities	kklieman@uh.edu
Knee, Clifford R	Psychology	Professor	implicit theories of relationships, self determination, relationship contingent self esteem	knee@uh.edu
Knoblauch, Mark A	Health & Human Performance	Clinical Assistant Professor	skeletal muscle damage, athletic injury assessment and care, vestibular disorders	maknoblauch@uh.edu
Kohlhase, Janet E	Economics	Professor	urban economics, regional economics, environmental economics	jkohlhase@uh.edu
Kosten, Therese A	Psychology	Professor	psychobiology, neuroscience, alcoholism	takosten@uh.edu
Kwan, Samantha S	Sociology	Associate Professor	research methods, body and health	sskwan@uh.edu
LaVoy, Emily	Health & Human Performance	Assistant Professor	immune health, neuroendocrine- immune interactions, neural pathways, immunity, exercise, inflammation related diseases	eclavoy@uh.edu
Layne, Charles S	Health & Human Performance	Professor	human coordination, neuromuscular perspective, locomotion, posture processes, somatosensory input on muscle contraction	clayne2@uh.edu
Leasure, Jennifer Leigh	Psychology	Associate Professor	exercise-driven neuroplasticity, sex-dependent effects of alcohol on brain and behavior, neural consequences of pediatric radiotherapy, hippocampal neurogenesis	jlleasure@uh.edu
Lecourt, Sebastian J	English	Assistant Professor	19th century British literature, 19th century Anglophone literature, religion, secularism, world literature, transnational literary studies, literary theory	sjlecourt@uh.edu
Ledoux,Tracey A	Health & Human Performance	Associate Professor	eating behavior interventions, obesity, nutrition	taledoux@uh.edu
Lee, Jaesub	Communication	Professor	organizational communication, group communication, intercultural communication, business and professional communication, public relations, research methods	jlee@uh.edu
Lee, Beom Chan	Health & Human Performance	Assistant Professor	balance and gait rehabilitation science and technology, fall detection and prevention, biofeedback, brain imaging, brain machine interface	blee22@uh.edu
Lee, Dong Hun	Health & Human Performance	Assistant Professor	consumer behavior, measurement and branding in sports	dlee23@uh.edu
Lee, Shayne	Sociology	Associate Professor	religion, cinema studies, culture, gender and sexuality, sociology of science	slee3@uh.edu
Lee, Sunbok	Psychology	Assistant Professor	psychometric models, intelligent tutoring system, adaptive learning modules in massive open online courses	slee96@uh.edu
Li, Yunzi	Modern & Classical Languages	Assistant Professor	Asian diaspora literature, modern Chinese literature and films, translation, dance	mli35@uh.edu
Lindahl, Carl R	English	Professor	folk narrative, American folktale, Cajun folk, Appalachian folk, medieval folklore	clindahl@uh.edu
Liu, Elaine Meichen	Economics	Associate Professor	development, health economics, behavioral economics, labor	emliu@uh.edu
Liu, Wenlin	Communication	Assistant Professor	social network analysis, immigrant community building, multiethnic community building, social media data, big data, interorganizational alliance	wliu16@uh.edu
Loewenstein, Yael R	Philosophy	Assistant Professor	metaphysics, philosophy of language	yrloewenstein@uh.edu
Lorence, Jon P	Sociology	Professor	determinants of academic achievement, teacher effectiveness, characteristics of effective schools, educational measurement	jlorence@uh.edu
Madrid-Morales, Daniel	Communication	Assistant Professor	global communication, public diplomacy, journalism in Africa, journalism in East Asia, China-Africa relations, computational text analysis	dmmorales2@uh.edu
Mag Uidhir, Christopher	Philosophy	Associate Professor	philosophy of art, philosophy of aesthetics, metaphysics, philosophy of mind	cdmaguidhir@uh.edu
Maher, Lynn M	Communication Sciences and Disorders	Professor	aphasia, neurogenic communication disorders	lmmaher@uh.edu
Maheshri, Vikram	Economics	Associate Professor	applied microeconomics, urban economics, political economy	vmaheshri@uh.edu
Majumder, Auritro	English	Assistant Professor	India, diasporic Indian studies, caste, race, vernacular language bhasha literatures, 19th century realism, 20th century realism, literary theory, intellectual history	amajumder@uh.edu
Marcinek, Elizabeth Simas	Political Science	Associate Professor	American politics, electoral behavior, political psychology, quantitative methods	ensimas@uh.edu
Marinov, Nikolay	Political Science	Associate Professor	international relations, quantitative methods, comparative politics	nmarinov@uh.edu
Mariotto, Marco J	Psychology	Professor	clinical assessment and measurement, observational measurement, serious mental illness, decision theory, forensic psychology	mmariotto@uh.edu
Markofski, Melissa	Health & Human Performance	Assistant Professor	exercise, nutrition, muscle function, biomarkers for disease risk, monocytes, inflammation, healthy aging	mmarkofski@uh.edu
Massman, Paul J	Psychology	Associate Professor	progression and heterogeneity of neuropsychological deficits in Alzheimer's patients, biomarkers and neuropsychological psychiatric functioning in Alzheimer's	pmassman@uh.edu
Mazella, David S	English	Associate Professor	18th century British literature and culture, British Empire, Enlightenment thought, history of rhetoric, literary criticism, critical theory, historical pedagogy, contemporary pedagogy	dmazella@uh.edu
McNally, David J	History	Professor	history of capitalism, political economy of capitalism, global capitalism	djmcnally@uh.edu
McNeal, Keith E.	Comparative Cultural Studies	Associate Professor	sociocultural anthropology, comparative religion, ritual studies, performance studies, sexuality and citizenship, globalization, multiculturalism, neoliberalism, political culture, Caribbean ethnology, African diaspora studies, South Asian diaspora studies, visual culture	kemcneal@uh.edu
Medina, Luis D	Psychology	Assistant Professor	cultural neuropsychology, cognitive aging and neurodegenerative disease, Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, health disparities	ldmedina2@uh.edu
Mehta, Paras D	Psychology	Associate Professor	multilevel structural equations modeling, growth curve modeling, applications of ML-SEM in educational research, applications of ML-SEM in organizational research	pmehta4@uh.edu
Mikics, David	English	Professor	Great books, literature, philosophy, Jewish studies, poetry, novel	dmikics@uh.edu
Milanesio, Natalia	History	Associate Professor	Peronism, Argentina, Latin America, populism, gender analysis, mass consumption, mass culture, identity formation, history of sexuality	nmilanesio@uh.edu
Mills, Monique T	Communication Sciences and Disorders	Associate Professor	African American English, narrative language, school age children, gifted learners, eye tracking, social capital, educational disparities	mtmills@uh.edu
Mizelle Jr, Richard M.	History	Associate Professor	health, healthcare politics, medical citizenship, environmentalism, medical technology, race, gender, ethnicity in medicine, disease identity	rmmizelle@uh.edu
Monroe, William F	Dean, Honors College	Dean	literature and medicine, contemporary American fiction	wmonroe@uh.edu
Monserud, Maria	Sociology	Assistant Professor	health disparities, health and aging, family inequality, racial and ethnic familities, social demography, quantitative methodology	mamonserud@uh.edu
Murray, Christian	Economics	Associate Professor	time series econometrics, business cycle analysis, international finance	cjmurray@uh.edu
Neighbors, Clayton T	Psychology	Professor	alcohol abuse, substance abuse, social norms and their application to prevention and brief intervention, self determination and susceptibility to social influences, models of intimate partner violences, spiritual and religious influences on behavior and mental health, event specific prevention, social comparison and social identity	cneighbors@uh.edu
Nelson, Antonya	English	Professor	creative writing	anelson3@uh.edu
Nelson, Steven M	Sociology	Instructional Associate Professor	deviance, social psychology, criminology	snelson4@uh.edu
Neumann, Kristina M	History	Assistant Professor	ancient foreign policy and theory, eastern Mediterranean and Middle East, Roman archaeology, digital humanities, classical reception	kmneumann2@uh.edu
Ng, Vincent	Psychology	Assistant Professor	assessment and development of virtuous character, morality of work and occupations, quantitative methodology	vng3@central.uh.edu
Nguyen, Duy	Modern & Classical Languages	Assistant Professor	critical theory, visual studies, Vietnamese studies, world cinema, world literature	dnguyen66@uh.edu
Ni, Lan	Communication	Associate Professor	stakeholder engagement, strategic relationship management, intercultural public relations, global public relations, immigrants, minority groups, identification of publics, segmentation of publics, conflict management	lni@uh.edu
Northup, Temple	Communication	Associate Professor	psychological effects of media, implicit attitudes and memory, attitude change, media consumption, nutritional knowledge	temple@uh.edu
Nygaard, Vegard M	Economics	Assistant Professor	macroeconomics, health economics, public finance	vmnygaard@uh.edu
O'Brien, Thomas F	History	Professor	Latin American history, culture, politics, labor	tobrien@uh.edu
O'Connor, Daniel P	Health & Human Performance	Professor	health related interventions, individual variation in health outcomes, physical activity, health and risk factors, obesity, health and wellness, public health exercise science, movement disorders, physiology	doconnor2@uh.edu
Oliva, Luca	Comparative Cultural Studies	Instructional Assistant Professor	epistemology of mathematics, philosophy of mathematics, Kantian intuitionism and normativity	loliva@uh.edu
Oliveira, Luis RG	Philosophy	Assistant Professor	epistemology, ethics, metaethics, philosophy of religion	lroliveira@uh.edu
Olson, Beth M	Communication	Associate Professor	psychological effects of media, sociological effects of media	bolson@uh.edu
Olushola Ogunrinde, Joyce Oluwatoyin	Health & Human Performance	Assistant Professor	psychosocial effects of sport participation, minorities, African American communities, sustainable sport, health disparities, social disparities, economic disparities	joolushola2@uh.edu
Paluszynski, Radoslaw	Economics	Assistant Professor	international economics, macroeconomics, information economics	rpaluszynski@uh.edu
Papell, David H	Economics	Professor	international economics, macroeconomics, time series econometrics	dpapell@uh.edu
Parikh, Pranav J	Health & Human Performance	Assistant Professor	sensorimotor mechanisms of motor control, neurological disease, therapeutic strategies, sensorimotor function in older adults, motion tracking, kinetic measurements, surface electromyography, transcranial magnetic stimulation, transcranial direct current stimulation	pjparikh2@uh.edu
Park, Yoonjung	Health & Human Performance	Assistant Professor	exercise, physical activity, cardiovascular health, vascular dysfunction, obesity, diabetes, atherosclerosis, Alzheimers	ypark10@uh.edu
Parsons, Alexander M	English	Associate Professor	creative writing, contemporary fiction	amparsons@uh.edu
Patterson, Catherine F	History	Associate Professor	early Modern British, urban history	cpatters@uh.edu
Pearson, Demetrius W	Health & Human Performance	Associate Professor	sociocultural and historical aspects of sport, African Americans in sport	dpearson@uh.edu
Perales, Monica	History	Associate Professor	race, gender, labor, Mexican American, borderlands, Texas, public history	mperales3@uh.edu
Phillips, David K	Philosophy	Professor	ethics, history of ethics	dphillips@uh.edu
Pope, Rachel E	Modern & Classical Languages	Instructional Assistant Professor	second language acquisition, French poetry, St. Augustine	repope@uh.edu
Porter, Caitlin	Psychology	Assistant Professor	professional networking and social networks, turnover and withdrawal, career management and success, psychological and behavioral assessment	cporter2@uh.edu
Pott, Scot A	Communication Sciences and Disorders	Instructional Assistant Professor	Cochlear Implants in the D/deaf community, American Sign Language (ASL) Linguistics, ASL as 2nd language	sapott@uh.edu
Prufer, Kevin D	English	Professor	poetry, creative writing	kdprufer@uh.edu
Quinn, Rachel Afi	Comparative Cultural Studies/Women's, Gender and Sexualtiy Studies	Assistant Professor	transnational feminist cultural studies, Dominicanidad, African diaspora studies, critical mixed race studies, race, visual culture, female masculinities	raquinn@uh.edu
Quintanilla, Guadalupe C	Hispanic Studies	Associate Professor	U.S. Hispanic folklore, Hispanic literature, Spanish, Mexican American literature, Hispanic literature	gquintanilla@uh.edu
Quiroz, Pamela A	Sociology	Professor	children and youth, identity, education, family, qualitative methods	paquiroz@uh.edu
Ramirez, Marie Theresa	Modern & Classical Languages	Professor	globalization theories, historiography, religious studies, ethnography, narrative, literary criticism, visual studies, Latin American studies, Latino studies, gender studies	mthdz@uh.edu
Ramos, Raul	History	Associate Professor	historical development of identities, Borderlands, American West, colonization, social formations, migrations, cultural change	raramos@uh.edu
Rasmussen, Susan J	Comparative Cultural Studies	Professor	religion, gender, aging and the life cycle, medico rituals, healing specialists, verbal art performance, memory, human rights, Africa, West Africa, North Africa	srasmussen@uh.edu
Rector, Josiah J	History	Assistant Professor	urban environmental history, environmental justice, public history, history of capitalism	jjrector@uh.edu
Reed, Linda	History	Associate Professor	African American history, Civil Rights Movement, desegregation, women in the South	lreed@uh.edu
Rivera Garza, Cristina	Hispanic Studies	Professor	creative writing	crivera-garza@uh.edu
Rizvanoghlu, Islam	Economics	Instructional Assistant Professor	macroeconomics, energy economics	irizvanoghlu@uh.edu
Romero, Todd	History	Associate Professor	food, public, early American history	tromero2@uh.edu
Ross, Byron L	Communication Sciences and Disorders	Instructional Associate Professor	autism spectrum disorders, Asperger syndrome, assessment and intervention, augmentative communication, alternative communication	blross3@uh.edu
Rothman, Irving N	English	Professor	18th century British literature, bibliography, Nobel prize in literature	irothman@uh.edu
Rottinghaus, Brandon J	Political Science	Professor	Presidency, Texas politics, public opinion, political communication, executive legislative relations, political scandal	bjrottinghaus@uh.edu
Ruisanchez, Jose Ramon	Hispanic Studies	Associate Professor	19th century Mexican narrative, 20th century Latin American poetry, 21st century Latin American poetry, critical theory	jrruisanchez@uh.edu
San Miguel Jr, Guadalupe	History	Professor	U.S. history, Mexican American education, ethnicity, religion and politics, Latino activism, school reform, Tejano music, Latino music and dance	gsanmiguel@uh.edu
Savage, Scott	Sociology	Associate Professor	social psychology, small group behavior, sociology of work, sociology of professions, sociology of organizations, organizational inequality, social networks	svsavage@uh.edu
Scarrow, Susan E	Political Science	Professor	European politics, comparative politics, comparative parties, elections	sscarrow@uh.edu
Schafer Jr, James A	History	Associate Professor	history of American medicine, American science, health care	jschafer@uh.edu
Scott, Claudia W	Health & Human Performance	Clinical Associate Professor	health and nutrition, obesity, diabetes	cwscott@uh.edu
Serpas, Martha R	English	Professor	poetry, creative writing	mserpas2@uh.edu
Sharp, Carla	Psychology	Professor	developmental psychopathology, social cognition, personality pathology, attachment related disorders, measure development of diagnostic tools, social-cognitive interventions	csharp@uh.edu
Shea, Patrick	Political Science	Assistant Professor	international relations, international political economy, conflict processes	pshea@uh.edu
Shepley, Nathan	English	Associate Professor	composition history, historiography, place conscious theory of writing, ecological theory of writing, composition pedagogy, neosophistic rhetorical theory	nshepley@uh.edu
Shor, Boris	Political Science	Assistant Professor	American politics, health care, policy reform, state politics	bshor@uh.edu
Singh, Kavita Ashana	English	Assistant Professor	Caribbean literature, literary analysis, cultural studies, performance and translation theory, critical race theory, postcolonial studies	kasingh@uh.edu
Sisk, Christina L	Hispanic Studies	Associate Professor	U.S. Latino/Latina studies, U.S.- Mexico border studies, contemporary Mexican literature and culture, Latin American cinema	clsisk@uh.edu
Snediker, Michael	English	Associate Professor	American literature, transcendentalism, Henry James, modernism, poetics, queer theory, disability theory, aesthetics	msnediker@uh.edu
Solino, Maria E	Hispanic Studies	Professor	18th-21st century Spanish literature, Spanish film, literature and visual arts, Spanish cultural studies, women's studies, Sephardic studies	mesolino@uh.edu
Sommers, Tamler S	Philosophy	Associate Professor	ethics, moral psychology, free will, moral responsibility	tssommers@uh.edu
Sorensen, Bent E	Economics	Professor	macroeconomics, econometrics	besorensen@uh.edu
Spitzmueller, Christiane	Psychology	Professor	technical training, workforce nationalization, work-family research, employee and patient safety, employee engagement, organizational surveys	cspitzmueller@uh.edu
Steinberg, Lynne	Psychology	Associate Professor	psychometric methods of item response theory, processes underlying responses to self report questions, context effects in personality measurement, development and validation of new instruments for personality, social psychology, clinical psychology	lsteinberg@uh.edu
Stock, Lorraine K	English	Professor	medieval studies, middle English, old French, Chaucer, Arthurian romance, 14th century British literature, 15th century British literature, medieval Wild People, the Green Man, The Sheelan na Gig, the Female Other, medieval women writers, female warriors, Robin Hood, King Arthur	lstock@uh.edu
Storey, Rebecca	Comparative Cultural Studies	Professor	bioarchaeology, Teotihuacan, Maya, Mesoamerica, health and paleodemography	rstorey@uh.edu
Szabo, Andrea	Economics	Associate Professor	industrial organization, development economics	aszabo2@uh.edu
Takriti, Abdel	History	Associate Professor	Arab history, Palestinian Revolution, global history, historiography	artakriti@uh.edu
Tamber-Rosenau, Benjamin J	Psychology	Assistant Professor	cognitive and neural bases of human cognition, eye tracking, behavioral measures of response time and accuracy, computational modeling, transcranial direct current stimulation of the brain, multivariate/multivoxel pattern analysis, functional magnetic resonance imaging, attention, working memory, capacity limits	bjtamber-rosenau@uh.edu
Tamber-Rosenau, Caryn M	Modern & Classical Languages	Instructional Assistant Professor	Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, early Jewish history, Second Temple Judaism, women and gender in the Hebrew bible, postbiblical literature, feminist readings of the Bible, queer readings of the Bible, Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha, early Jewish interpretations of Scripture	cmtamber-rosenau@uh.edu
Tedin, Kent L	Political Science	Professor	public opinion, survey research methods, statistics, political socialization	ktedin@uh.edu
Tejada, Roberto J	English	Professor	Literature, art history, and cultural poetics of the Americas; modern and contemporary poetry in translation; U.S.-Mexico borderlands, and Latinx interdisciplinary studies	rjtejada@uh.edu
Thiessen, Amber L	Communication Sciences and Disorders	Assistant Professor	augmentative and alternative communication, neurological disorders, aphasia, traumatic brain injury	althiessen@uh.edu
Thornton, Rebecca A	Economics	Instructional Associate Professor	macroeconomics, economic growth	rthornton@uh.edu
Thrasher, Timothy	Health & Human Performance	Associate Professor	neuromuscular physiology, motor learning, biomechanics, gait analysis, electrical stimulation of paralyzed muscles, rehabilitation engineering, pathological locomotion	athrasher3@uh.edu
Tiede, Lydia B	Political Science	Associate Professor	judicial politics, comparative courts, law, judicial reform, legal reform, Rule of law in developing nations, human rights, Latin America, Eastern Europe	lbtiede@uh.edu
Tillery, Tyrone	History	Associate Professor	U.S. history, African American history, Civil Rights history	ttillery@uh.edu
Tillis, Antonio D	Dean Liberal Arts & Social Sci	Dean	Latin American literature, Afro-Latin American studies, African diaspora studies, Afro-Hispanic literature, Afro-Brazil, Afro- Colombia, Afro-Cuba	adtillis@uh.edu
Tinsley, Priscilla T	Communication	Instructional Assistant Professor	media relations, marketing, community relations, crisis management, strategic communication	pttinsley@uh.edu
Tiwari, Bhavya	Modern & Classical Languages	Assistant Professor	global modernisms, world literature, comparative literature, global south, translation studies, poetry, postcolonial literature, women and gender studies, language pedagogy	btiwari@uh.edu
Tolliver, Cedric	English	Associate Professor	African American literature, African American culture, Francophone studies, literary theory, cultures of modernity, labor, race, gender, culture and society	ctolliver@uh.edu
Tolliver, Julie F	Modern & Classical Languages	Assistant Professor	20th century francophone literature, francophone culture, post colonial studies, francophone cinema, gender studies	jftolliver@uh.edu
Tucci, Nina S	Modern & Classical Languages	Associate Professor	20th century French literature, Shamanic sacred ritual, Jung's depth psychology	ntucci@uh.edu
Turchi, Peter D	English	Professor	creative writing	pdturchi@uh.edu
Ujhelyi, Gergely	Economics	Associate Professor	public economics, political economy, applied theory, development economics	gujhelyi@uh.edu
Vardeman, Jennifer E	Communication	Associate Professor	public relations campaigns, risk communication, crisis communication, public health, health care, multicultural feminist research	jvardeman@uh.edu
Vaughn, Sally N	History	Professor	Medieval history, world civilizations	svaughn@uh.edu
Ventura, Gabriela Baeza	Hispanic Studies	Associate Professor	Hispanic literature, Mexican American literature	gbventura@uh.edu
Viana, Andres G	Psychology	Associate Professor	risk and maintenance factors for childhood anxiety disorders, trauma, parenting and family processes, experimental psychopathology	agviana@uh.edu
Vincent, John P	Psychology	Professor	forensic psychology, assessment of psychological functioning in civil litigation, methodological issues in forensic evaluations, posttraumatic and acute stress disorders, families of divorce, marital therapy, family therapy	jvincent@uh.edu
Vollrath, Dietrich E	Economics	Professor	economic growth, macroeconomics, population economics, agricultural economics	devollrath@uh.edu
Voskuil, Lynn M	English	Associate Professor	Victorian literature and culture, empire studies, gender studies, environmental studies	lvoskuil@uh.edu
Vujanovic, Anka	Psychology	Associate Professor	etiological and maintenance processes relevant to PTSD, clinical correlates of trauma and PTSD, biopsychosocial mechanisms underlying co-occurring posttraumatic stress and substance use disorders, treatment development for PTSD	aavujanovic@uh.edu
Walker-Obasi, Rheeda	Psychology	Associate Professor	black and African American mental health, psychological correlates of suicide, race related stress and discrimination, religiosity, spirituality, culturally informed coping	rlwo@uh.edu
Walsh, David W	Health & Human Performance	Clinical Assistant Professor	development through sport, development of sport, experiential learning in the sport setting, sport programs as marketing brand extensions	dwwalsh@uh.edu
Walther, Eric H	History	Professor	U.S. History, Antebellum South, Civil War	ewalther@uh.edu
Wang, Fan	Economics	Assistant Professor	development economics, financial development, health economics	fwang26@uh.edu
Wang, Wei	Modern & Classical Languages	Assistant Professor	Chinese linguistics, conversation analysis, discourse grammar, second language pragmatics, language pedagogy	wwang49@uh.edu
Weiher, Gregory	Political Science	Professor	Urban politics, state politics, policy analysis, statistics, politics of education	gweiher@uh.edu
Weisberg, Joshua	Philosophy	Associate Professor	philosophy of mind, cognitive science	jweisberg@uh.edu
Wen, Xiaohong Sharon	Modern & Classical Languages	Professor	Chinese, psycholinguistics, second language, L2 acquisition, language motivation, heritage language learners	xwen@uh.edu
Widmer, Randolph J	Comparative Cultural Studies	Associate Professor	Mesoamerica, Southeastern United States, archaeology, culture ecology, development of sociopolitical complexity, craft specialization, coastal adaptation	rwidmer@uh.edu
Williams, Michael W	Psychology	Assistant Professor	clinical neuropsychology, rehabilitation neuropsychology, functional outcomes/recovery, traumatic brain injury, acquired brain injury	mwwilliams2@uh.edu
Wingard, Jennifer L	English	Associate Professor	20th century rhetorical theory, transnational feminist theory, cultural studies, materialist theory of teaching English	jlwingard@uh.edu
Wintersteen, Kristin A	History	Assistant Professor	environmental history, oceans, water, maritime world, fisheries industrialization, food systems, Gulf Coast, Pacific Coast of the Americas	kawintersteen@uh.edu
Witt, Lawrence A	Psychology	Professor	strategy culture alignment, customer service, social and political skill, work performance, personality, employee selection, organizational politics and support, work family interface	witt@uh.edu
Wood, Barry Albert	English	Associate Professor	American literature, environmental studies, big history	bwood@uh.edu
Woods, Steven P	Psychology	Professor	clinical and cognitive neuropsychology, health related everyday functioning, HIV disease, aging, prospective memory	spwoods@uh.edu
Xiao, Zhiwen	Communication	Associate Professor	health behavior change, health literacy, health communication	zxiao2@uh.edu
Yamasaki, Jill S	Communication	Associate Professor	narrative theory and analysis, health communication, communication and aging, aging in community, interpretive inquiry, participatory methods	jyamasaki@uh.edu
Yang, Sunny Chen	English	Assistant Professor	American and multiethnic American literature, Asian American literature, U.S. empire, critical race theory, law and literature	scyang3@uh.edu
Yellen, Joshua B	Health & Human Performance	Clinical Assistant Professor	athletic training education and leadership behavior	jbyellen@uh.edu
Yi, Kei-Mu	Economics	Professor	international economics, macroeconomics	kyi@uh.edu
Yoshida, Hanako	Psychology	Associate Professor	language and cognitive development	yoshida@uh.edu
Young, Nancy Beck	History	Professor	20th century American politics, history of liberalism, history of conservatism, public policy, political institutions, Congress, the presidency, electoral politics, Texas political history, first ladies, women's history	nyoung2@uh.edu
Yuksel Muslu, Emire Cihan	History	Associate Professor	Ottoman history, early modern Muslim powers, Mediterranean history, diplomacy, sovereignty, imperial transitions, Islamic history	ecyukselmuslu@uh.edu
Zamora, Lois	English	Professor	magical realism, contemporary U.S. fiction, contemporary Latin American fiction, New World Baroque in art and literature, Mexican literature and culture	lzamora@uh.edu
Zaretsky, Robert D	Modern & Classical Languages	Professor	French history	rzaretsky@uh.edu
Zarnow, Leandra	History	Assistant Professor	gender, sexuality, class, race, law, public policy, media representation, political culture, U.S. women's history, U.S. politics	lrzarnow@uh.edu
Zderic, Theodore W	Health & Human Performance	Research Assistant Professor	exercise, diabetes	twzderic@uh.edu
Zentz, Lauren R	English	Associate Professor	globalization, language policy, language education, global English, language ideologies, language and identity, communicative competence	lrzentz@uh.edu
Zhang, Jing	Modern & Classical Languages	Instructional Assistant Professor	CSL (Chinese as a Second Language), Chinese culture	jzhang5@uh.edu
Zhivan, Natalia A.	Economics	Instructional Assistant Professor	health economics, aging, applied econometrics	nazhivan@uh.edu
Zhu, Ling	Political Science	Associate Professor	public administration, public policy, race politics, ethnic politics, public health	lzhu5@uh.edu
Zubiate, Maria	Hispanic Studies	Instructional Assistant Professor	U.S. Latino literature, Mexican literature, Latin American literature, Latino communities, education, labor, immigration, transnational relationships, global interactions	mlzubiate@uh.edu
Zvolensky, Michael J	Psychology	Professor	comorbidity of emotional disorders with substance use disorders, community friendly treatment development work, health inequalities in psychopathology and addictive behaviors, transdiagnostic processes underlying emotional disorder-substance used disorder comorbidity	mjzvolensky@uh.edu
Zwald, Zachary J	Political Science	Instructional Assistant Professor	international relations theory, international security, psychological decision making, science, technology and policy	zjzwald@uh.edu

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