ELPS News
Read about the exceptional students, faculty, programs and research happening in the Department of Educational Leadership & Policy Studies.
Intradepartmental
- Got Grit? From the Court to the Classroom, Cougars are Determined to Achieve
- UH Ranks Among Nation’s Best for Online M.Ed. Programs
- UH Educator Certification Programs Earn New National Accreditation
- UH College of Education Online Graduate Programs Rank Among Nation’s Best
- UH College of Education Experts Present at National Higher Education Conference (ASHE)
- UH College of Education Welcomes Five New Professors in Fall 2021
- UH College of Education Welcomes New Faculty in Fall 2020
- UH College of Education Experts to Present at National Educational Leadership Conference (UCEA)
- UH College of Education Welcomes New Faculty in Fall 2019
- UH Education Researchers to Present, Receive Awards at AERA Conference
- UH Mentor Program Supports Latina First-Generation College Students
- Three-Time UH Grad and Business Leader Honors Legacy of Her Immigrant Parents
- Seven COE Doctoral Students Selected to the Future Faculty Fellowship Program
K-12 Programs
- Let’s Talk Teaching: Assistant Professor Trains Next Generation of School Leaders
- Let’s Talk Teaching: Assistant Professor Promotes Equity in the Classroom
- New UH, Houston ISD Program Grows Effective Principal Pipeline
- Research Debriefed: April Peters-Hawkins
- UH Alumna Continues Push for Educational Equity as New Dean
- Leading the Way: UH and Angleton ISD Launch Principal Residency Program
- Research Debriefed: Virginia Snodgrass Rangel
- Ingenuity Applied: UH Alumnus and College Admissions Expert Adapts to COVID-19 Challenges
- In a High Pressure Superintendent’s Job, UH Alumnus Gives ‘Every Student a Chance’
- Agent of Change: UH College of Education Alumnus Reconnects the Disconnected
- UH College of Education Alum Tapped to Lead Community College
- Two-Time UH College of Education Graduate Leads Literacy Campaign
- Fort Bend ISD Superintendent Honored as Distinguished UH College of Education Alum
- Principal of the Year Wins UH College of Education Young Alum Award
- Doing ‘Right by Kids’ Drives UH College of Education Graduate as New Superintendent in Kansas
- UH College of Education Experts to Present at National Educational Leadership Conference
- UH Alum and Adjunct Professor Wins National Educational Leadership Award
- The Lack Of Leadership Continuity In Public Education
- A Schoolwide Approach to Student Motivation (article by Amy Poerschke)
- The Q&A: Bradley Carpenter - Texas Tribune
- Educational Leadership Expert Urges Merging Research With ‘Boots on the Ground’ Role (April Peters-Hawkins)
- Q&A, Texas Tribune/Trib + Edu Interviews Augustina Reyes, About her Timely School-to-Prison Pipeline Course.
- Education Professor Wins Competitive Grant to Study STEM Schools
- ELPS Professor Augustina Reyes Works with the UH College of Technology to Form STEM Summer Camp
- Lynn Gillman-Rich and Keith Butcher Bring Years to Service to Educational Leadership
- ELPS Alum Mark Foust named Fort Bend ISD Chief of Schools
- Angela Gaddis and Ada Wilson: Twin Diplomas
- Daniel Lopez is Making Great Strides in Professional Leadership
- Doctoral Student Gains Valuable Experience at Summer Education Conference (Adrian Bidulescu)
- ELPS Alum Improves the Success of Community Colleges (Dr. Charles Cook)
Higher Education Program
- UH Higher Education Alumna Wins 2022 Rising Star Award
- UH College of Education Professor Earns National Science Foundation Role
- UH College of Education Experts Present at National Higher Education Conference (ASHE)
- UH Researcher Receives NSF CAREER Award to Boost Latina Representation in STEM Fields
- Research Debriefed: Vincent D. Carales
- UH Doctoral Student Reimagines Higher Education
- When Classes Had to Move Online, UH College of Education Professors, Students Proved Resilient
- UH College of Education Alum Tapped to Lead Community College
- UH College of Education Professor and Alum Tapped for National Leadership Program
- UH College of Education Alum Supports Diversity at Julliard
- UH College of Education Experts to Present at National Higher Education Conference
- New Grant to Fuel Research on Increasing Community College Graduation Rates
- UH Professor Studies Law School Admissions to Improve Diversity
- UH Ph.D. Student Wins Innovation Prize for Improving College Access
- Staff present at Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education Conference
- Welcome Elsa Gonzalez
- Award-winning UH Higher Ed Professor Rose Above Rescinded College Offer
- UH Professors, Students to Present at Higher Education Conference
- Graduate Students Present Research on Pressing Topics in Higher Education
- UH Graduate Student Wins State Award for Chicanos in Higher Education
- Q&A, Texas Tribune/Trib + Edu Interviews Cathy Horn, Co-director of the New Education Research Center at the University of Houston
- Lyle McKinney Among COE Faculty Who Joined "Network of Change Agents" at Leadership Academy
- Higher Education M.Ed. Alum Elana Denham Presents at Texas Higher Educational Symposium
- Lyle McKinney Elected to the CSCC Board of Directors
- Higher Ed Student Maria Honey Receives the Bob Cook Distinguished Service Award
- Gracie Villarreal Appointed Co-chair of the Marketing Committee for Annual Texas Higher Education Symposium
- COE Higher Education Student Ian Todd Shines at UH
- Lyle McKinney Recipient of Two Prestigious Awards
- Proud Alumna, Proud Employee (Lauren McClusky)
Special Populations Programs
- Sisters Set to Earn Doctoral Degrees from UH Together
- National Award Recognizes Leadership of UH Special Populations Professor
- UH Doctoral Student Earns International Special Education Award
- UH Researchers Earn $1.6 Million Grant to Help Students with Dyslexia
- UH Professors Earn $1.25 Million Grant To Develop Special Education Leaders
- UH Ed.D. Student Honored for Service to Students with Deafblindness
- UH College of Education Doctoral Student Wins State Humanities Award
- Research Debriefed: Shawn Kent
- School Leader Draws on UH Lessons to Help All Students Thrive
- ELPS Associate Professor Kristi Santi Elected VP of the Texas Council for Learning Disabilities
- ELPS Doctoral Student Mayen Ukoetuk Presents at the First Year Experience Conference
- Dr. Jacquie Hawkins Named Center for Houston’s Future Fellow
Asian American Studies Minor
- UH’s Valenti School of Communication and Asian American Studies Center to host 5th Global Communication Summit on Anti-Asian Racism
- Multicultural Mentoring Program Helps UH Students Thrive
- Asian American Studies Center Mentor Program Empowers UH Students
- Survey Seeks to Understand COVID-19 Impact on UH Asian American Students, Faculty, Staff
- UH Asian American Studies Center Awarded Multicultural Grant to Support Students
- UH Alum Leads White House Asian American Initiative
- Dr. Yali Zou Receives Global Leadership Studies Endowed Professorship