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 studies.
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.
Rosenda Murillo, an associate professor in the health program, earned a UH Undergraduate Research Mentor Award for 2020-21. The award is part of the Provost’s Teaching Excellence Awards.
Associate Dean Ezemenari Obasi, a professor of counseling psychology who directs the UH HEALTH Research Institute, won a UH Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity Award for 2020-21.
Professor Norma Olvera won a 2021 Hispanic Health Professionals Leadership Network Award from the National Hispanic Medical Association for her work to improve health in traditionally underserved communities. The award was presented at the association conference in March.
Danielle Llaneza, a doctoral student in the counseling psychology program, has been awarded a Research Pilot Award from the Geographic Management of Cancer Health Disparities Program for her work with adult cancer patients and survivors of color during COVID-19.
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.
The following is a collection of brief video overviews of some of our most recent research findings. If you would like to learn more about our research, please visit our degree program pages.
This workshop will introduce participants to transgender terms, issues, and identities. They will gain a better understanding of the experiences and needs of the transgender community on campus in order to cultivate a culture of trans inclusion. Click to see registration instructions.
Welcome! The College of Education will hold orientations this summer for new undergraduate and graduate students. Undergraduates register and choose a one-day University and College orientation; dates run from May through August. Graduate students register for a University orientation on Aug. 17 with the College holding a session in August.
In-person ceremonies will be held for 2020 graduates on August 11, 12 and 13 at the Fertitta Center. The exact date for the College of Education is yet to be determined. Live streaming will be available. Please visit the UH commencement webpage for more information and updates.
The first day of class for fall 2021 is Monday, Aug. 23. Don’t miss these key dates: The last day to add a class is Aug. 30, and the last day to drop a course is Sept. 8 for the regular semester. Welcome, all!
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Department of Psychological, Health, & Learning Sciences at the University of Houston
Department Chair: Dr. Nathan Grant Smith
UH College of Education
Stephen Power Farish Hall
3657 Cullen Blvd., Room 491
Houston, TX 77204-5023
Department: 713-743-7397
Undergraduate: coeug@uh.edu or 713-743-5000
Graduate: coegrad@central.uh.edu or 713-743-7676
General: coecomm@uh.edu or 713-743-5010
