Faculty and Staff
The Center for Public History draws on the rich faculty resources of the Department of History, the University of Houston, and the wider Houston community to offer our students unique classroom, research, and outreach opportunities. These faculty members have expertise in the fields of energy, environmental, legal, policy and urban history and a wide variety of public history experiences.
Center for Public History Faculty
Martin Melosi
Executive Director, Center for Public History
Distinguished University Professor of History
(713) 743-3090
mmelosi@uh.edu
Joseph Pratt
Director, Houston History Project
Editor-in-chief, Houston History
Cullen Chair of History and Business
(713) 743-3088
joepratt@uh.edu
Kathleen A. Brosnan
Associate Director, Center for Public History
Associate Professor of History
(713) 743-3120
kbrosnan@uh.edu
Nancy Beck Young
Public History Coordinator
Professor of History
(713) 743-4381
nyoung2@uh.edu
Center for Public History Staff
Kristin Deville
Program Coordinator
(713) 743-3087
kdeville@central.uh.edu
Debbie Harwell
Managing Editor, Houston History
(713)743-3123
dzharwell@uh.edu
Aimee L’Heureux
Associate Editor, Houston History
(713)743-3123
allheureux@uh.edu
Teresa Tomkins-Walsh
Director, Houston History Archives
(713) 743-9991
tomkinswalsh@uh.edu
Ernesto Valdes
Director, Oral History Project
(713) 743-2342
Evaldes4@sbcglobal.net
Affiliated History Department Faculty
Eduardo Contreras
Assistant Professor of History
(713) 743-3113
eacontreras2@uh.edu
Frank Holt
Professor of History
(713) 743-3127
fholt@uh.edu
Karl Ittmann
Associate Professor of History
(713) 743-3102
kittmann@uh.edu
Susan Kellogg
Professor of History
(713) 743-3085
skellogg@uh.edu
Kairn Klieman
Associate Professor of History
(713) 743-1306
kklieman@uh.edu
Monica Perales
Assistant Professor of History
(713) 743-3103
mperales3@uh.edu
Todd Romero
Assistant Professor of History
(713) 743-3112
tromero2@uh.edu
James Schafer
Assistant Professor of History
(713) 743-3119
jschafer@uh.edu
Eric Walther
Professor of History
(713) 743-3101
ewalther@uh.edu
Other Affiliated Faculty
William Kellar
Independent Consultant
wkellar@uh.edu
Louis Marchiafava
Independent Consultant
louis_101@msn.com
Tyler Priest
Director, Global Studies
Bauer College of Business
University of Houston
tpriest@uh.edu
Helen Valier
Coordinator, Medicine and Society
Assistant Professor, Honors College
University of Houston
hkvalier@uh.edu
Mark Young
Archivist
Hospitality Industry Archives
Conrad Hilton College
University of Houston
markyoung@uh.edu
