The University of Houston’s Psychological, Health, & Learning Sciences department is an interdisciplinary collection of scientists, scholars
We welcome you to the Department of Psychological, Health, & Learning Sciences. We train the next generation of counseling, school, quantitative and learning science professionals. We prepare undergraduate students for work in the fields of health and human development & family sciences.
Our students and faculty are a vibrant group. We may practice different disciplines, but we're drawn together by a desire to right society's wrongs. We work to ensure people of all backgrounds have the opportunity to live healthy and productive lives. Our diversity — of thought, discipline, and background — unites us. This diversity will solidify our place among the top departments of our kind in the nation. It will also nurture what makes us unique amongst our peers.
The mission of our department is to advance scientific knowledge, effect real-world change, maximize student potential for global competitiveness and enhance the quality and length of life in all segments of society.
This mission has three critical goals:
EXCELLENCE
Engaging in innovative research and providing rigorous and pioneering programs of study that have significant social/educational impact and public health relevance.
STUDENT SUCCESS
Fostering robust mentoring relationships and providing exceptional undergraduate and graduate programs that prepare future professionals to solve real-world challenges and improve the lives of those they serve.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Sustaining strong long-term relationships that enable and enhance our collective impact on local, national and international communities through our research, teaching and service.
DIVERSITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
Valuing diversity and promoting social and academic inclusion to enrich learning, inform scientific inquiry and facilitate the development and delivery of culturally-informed services within a uniquely diverse metropolitan context. Furthermore, this involves challenging structural inequities to reduce disparities and promote social justice locally and globally.
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY
Fostering an educational culture that promotes collegiality, honesty, fairness, empowerment, transparency and collective responsibility.
Two faculty members earned promotions in fall 2024: Toya Conston to clinical associate professor, and Blake Allan to professor.
Corissa Barrow, a counseling psychology doctoral student and therapist in Houston, earned a $25,000 grant to create a nonprofit to support mental health education and services inclusive of the Hispanic community.
Mahnoor Ahmad, a doctoral student in the school psychology program, was selected to present her research on religious affiliation and problematic alcohol use at the Southwestern Psychological Association’s 2024 Graduate Student Research Showcase.
Cindy Romero, program manager for the department, was elected to the UH Staff Council as an at-large representative.
Our faculty members’ research programs have received funding from federal and state organizations such as the Institute of Education Sciences, National Institute on Drug Abuse and Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas. It is our mission to advance scientific knowledge, effect real-world change and enhance the quality and length of life in all segments of society. Our department is uniquely positioned to have a measurable impact on the elimination of global disparities in health and education.
Department of Psychological, Health, & Learning Sciences at the University of Houston
Department Chair: Dr. Milena Keller-Margulis
UH College of Education
Stephen Power Farish Hall
3657 Cullen Blvd., Room 491
Houston, TX 77204-5023
Department: 713-743-7397
Undergraduate Student Success Team: coeug@uh.edu or 713-743-5000
Graduate Student Success Team: coegrad@central.uh.edu or 713-743-7676
General: coecomm@uh.edu or 713-743-5010
