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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