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:

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

Committee Chairs

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Bradley Davis

Chair Associate Professor
EDU 
bdavis8@uh.edu 
Exp: 08/25

Elizabeth Goodin Mayeda headshot

Elizabeth Goodin-Mayeda

Vice Chair Associate Professor
CLASS 
cegoodinmayeda@uh.edu 
Exp: 08/25

Senators

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Omolola Adepoju

Clinical Associate Professor
COM 
oadepoju@uh.edu 
Exp: 08/26

Consuelo Arbona headshot

Consuelo Arbona

Professor
EDU 
carbona@uh.edu 
Exp: 08/25

Tasneem Bawa-Khalfe headshot

Tasneem Bawa-Khalfe

Associate Professor
NSM 
tbawa-khalfe@uh.edu 
Exp: 08/25

Katherine Brem

Katherine Brem

Clinical Associate Professor
LAW 
kbrem@uh.edu 
Exp: 08/25

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Amanda Cachia

Assistant Professor
COTA 
acachia@uh.edu 
Exp: 08/27

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Tarsis Ferreira

Assistant Professor
OPT 
tgferreira@uh.edu 
Exp: 08/26

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 Dietmar Froehlich

Professor
ARCH 
dfroehlich@uh.edu 
Exp: 08/27

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Jiukuan Hao

Associate Professor
PHA 
jhao5@uh.edu 
Exp: 08/26

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Renee Knake Jefferson 

Professor 
LAW 
rknake@uh.edu 
Exp: 08/27

Member Portrait

 Yoon Koh 

Professor 
GHL 
ykoh@uh.edu 
Exp: 08/26

Chin-Yo Lin

 Chin-Yo Lin 

Associate Professor 
NSM 
clin17@uh.edu 
Exp: 08/27

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 Dong Liu 

Professor 
ENGR 
dongliu@uh.edu 
Exp: 08/25

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 Xiao Ma 

Associate Professor
BUS 
xma12@uh.edu 
Exp: 08/27

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 Juan Madera 

Professor 
GHL 
jmmadera@uh.edu 
Exp: 08/27

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 Elham Morshedzadeh 

Assistant Professor 
ARCH 
emorshed@uh.edu 
Exp: 08/25

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Kimberly Pilkinton

Clinical Professor
COM
kapilkinton@uh.edu
Exp: 08/25

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Jason  Porter 

Associate Professor 
OPT 
jporter@uh.edu 
Exp: 08/27

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Adam Thrasher 

Associate Professor 
CLASS 
athrasher3@uh.edu 
Exp: 08/26

Member Portrait

 Meghana Trivedi 

Associate Professor 
PHA 
mtrivedi@uh.edu 
Exp: 08/25

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 Mea Warren 

Associate Librarian
LIB 
mewarren@uh.edu 
Exp: 08/25

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 Yan Yao 

Professor 
ENGR 
yyao4@uh.edu 
Exp: 08/26

College Representatives

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Ki-Joon Back

 Associate Dean 
GHL 
kback@uh.edu 
Exp: 08/27

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Gail Peter Borden

 Director of Graduate Studies 
ARCH 
gborden@uh.edu 
Exp: 08/26

Donald Briscoe

Donald Briscoe

Associate Dean 
COM 
dabriscoe@uh.edu 
Exp:

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Jason Eriksen

Assistant Dean
PHA 
jeriksen@central.uh.edu 
Exp: 08/27

Laura Frishman

Laura Frishman

Associate Dean
OPT 
lfrishman@uh.edu 
Exp:

Suresh Khator

Suresh Khator

Associate Dean 
ENGR 
skhator@uh.edu 
Exp: 08/26

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Rex Koontz

Professor 
COTA 
rkoontz@uh.edu 
Exp: 08/27

Jeremy May

Jeremy May

Associate Dean 
NSM 
jmay@uh.edu 
Exp: 08/26

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Nancy Reis

Clinical Assistant Professor 
EDU 
nreis@uh.edu 
Exp: 08/26

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Susan Scarrow

Associate Dean 
CLASS 
sscarrow@uh.edu 
Exp:

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Patricia Schrader

Associate Dean 
NURS 
pkschrader@uh.edu 
Exp:

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Leiser Silva

Associate Dean 
BUS 
lsilva@uh.edu 
Exp:

Greg Vetter

Greg Vetter

Associate Dean 
LAW 
gvetter@uh.edu

Sunny Wong headshot 

Sunny Wong

Associate Dean
HSPA
mwong7@uh.edu
Exp: 08/27

Graduate Student Representatives

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 Jesus Nieto

MPP
HSPA 
janieto3@cougarnet.uh.edu 
Exp: 08/25

Victoria Warren headshot

 Victoria Warren

PHD
CLASS 
vwarren@cougarnet.uh.edu 
Exp: 08/25