Graduate & Professional Studies Committee

The Graduate and Professional Studies Committee (GPSC) advises the Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School regarding graduate and professional programs at the University of Houston. The GPSC also recommends changes in existing policies, identifies the need for new policies, and approves new programs, new courses, course changes, and/or deletions for submission to the Texas Education Coordinating Board.

Specifically, the GPSC:

Reviews and recommends proposals for new degree programs and changes to existing programs;
Reviews and recommends graduate admission policies;
Reviews new or amended academic and work-related university policies and procedures that directly or indirectly impact graduate and professional students.

Committee Chairs

Susan

Scarrow

Chair

Professor

CLASS

sscarrow@uh.edu

Exp: 08/23

Anna

Vershynina

Vice Chair

Assistant Professor

NSM

avershynina@uh.edu

Exp: 08/23

Senators

Samira

Ali

Associate Professor

GCSW

sbali@uh.edu

Exp: 08/24

Consuelo

Arbona

Professor

Education

carbona@uh.edu

Exp: 08/25

Swati

Basu

Professor of Practice

Business

sbasu5@uh.edu

Exp: 08/24

Tasneem

Bawa-Khalfe

Assistant Professor

NSM

tbawa-khalfe@uh.edu

Exp: 08/25

Charles

Becker

Professor of Practice

Business

cdbecker@uh.edu

Exp: 08/23

Katherine

Brem

Clinical Associate Professor

Law

kbrem@uh.edu

Exp: 08/25

Daniel

Coates

Assistant Professor

Optometry

drcoates@uh.edu

Exp: 08/23

Arthur

Conklin

Professor

Technology

waconklin@uh.edu

Exp: 08/24

Jacinta

Conrad

Professor

Engineering

jcconrad@uh.edu

Exp: 08/23

Greg

Cuny

Associate Professor

Pharmacy

gdcuny@uh.edu

Exp: 08/23

Bradley

Davis

Associate Professor

Education

bdavis8@uh.edu

Exp: 08/23

Dietmar

Froehlich

Professor

Architecture

dfroehlich@uh.edu

Exp: 08/24

Elizabeth

Goodin-Mayeda

Associate Professor

CLASS

cegoodin-mayeda@uh.edu

Exp: 08/25

Susie

Gronseth

Clinical Associate Professor

Education

slgronseth@uh.edu

Exp: 08/23

Yoon

Koh

Associate Professor

GHL

ykoh@uh.edu

Exp: 08/23

Rex

Koontz

Professor

COTA

rkoontz@uh.edu

Exp: 08/24

Dong

Liu

Professor

Engineering

dongliu@uh.edu

Exp: 08/25

Juan

Madera

Professor

GHL

jmmadera@uh.edu

Exp: 08/24

James

Nelson

Associate Professor

Law

jdnelson@uh.edu

Exp: 08/23

Kimberly

Pilkinton

Clinical Associate Professor

Medicine

kapilkinton@uh.edu

Exp: 08/25

Jason

Porter

Associate Professor

Optometry

jporter@uh.edu

Exp: 08/24

David

Shattuck

Associate Professor

Engineering

shattuck@uh.edu

Exp: 08/24

Meghana

Trivedi

Associate Professor

Pharmacy

mtrivedi@uh.edu

Exp: 08/25

Mea

Warren

Associate Librarian

Libraries

mewarren@uh.edu

Exp: 08/25

Xiaojing

Yuan

Professor

Technology

xyuan@uh.edu

Exp: 08/24

College Representatives

Ki-Joon

Back

Associate Dean

GHL

kback@uh.edu

Gail Peter

Borden

Director of Graduate Studies

Architecture

gborden@uh.edu

Donald

Briscoe

Associate Dean

Medicine

dabriscoe@uh.edu

Fleurette

Fernando

Associate Dean

COTA

fsfernando@uh.edu

Laura

Frishman

Associate Dean

Optometry

lfrishman@uh.edu

Suresh

Khator

Associate Dean

Engineering

skhator@uh.edu

Brian

Knoll

Assistant Dean

Pharmacy

skhator@uh.edu

Jeremy

May

Associate Dean

Engineering

jmay@uh.edu

Suzanne

Pritzker

Associate Dean

GCSW

spritzker@uh.edu

Kathleen

Reeve

Associate Dean

Nursing

kdreeve@uh.edu

Nancy

Reis

Clinical Assistant Professor

Education

nreis@uh.edu

Leiser

Silva

Associate Dean

Business

lsilva@uh.edu

Greg

Vetter

Associate Dean

Law

gvetter@uh.edu

Anka

Vujanovic

Director of Graduate Education

CLASS

aavujanovic@uh.edu

Sunny

Wong

Associate Dean

HSPA

mwong7@uh.edu

George

Zouridakis

Associate Dean

Technology

zouridakis@uh.edu

Graduate Student Representatives

Tom

Hanna

Graduate Student Representative

CLASS

tlhanna@uh.edu

Faculty Senate

Standing Committees

IMPORTANT LINKS

Graduate & Professional Studies Committee

Committee Chairs

Senators

College Representatives

Graduate Student Representatives