Dedicated faculty provide all students in University of Houston-Clear Lake’s College of Education with the most useful instructional experiences, both inside our classroom walls and in the greater community. Through programs that deliver real-world knowledge and field-based training, our genuinely committed faculty staff work to bring the outside world in, so students will be fully equipped to meet the challenges of working in their chosen field and level.
Meet the Deans

Joan Pedro
Dean and Professor in Curriculum and Instruction,
Education
Contact number: 281-283-3501
Email: pedro@uhcl.edu
Office: Bayou Suite 1237

Felix Simieou III
Interim Associate Dean, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership,
Education
Contact number: 281-283-3620
Email: simieou@uhcl.edu
Office: Bayou Suite 1231
Additional Faculty

Sheila Baker
Associate Professor, Program Coordinator of School Library and Information Science,
Education
Contact number: 281-283-3515
Email: bakers@uhcl.edu
Office: SSCB, Suite 3203

Elizabeth Beavers
Associate Professor of Special Education,
Education
Contact number: 281-283-3513
Email: BeaversEA@uhcl.edu
Office: Bayou Suite B1325

Lillian Benavente-McEnery
Professor of Reading and Language Arts,
Education
Contact number: 281-283-3539
Email: mcenery@cl.uh.edu
Office: Bayou Suite 1321

Amber Brown
Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education,
Education
Contact number: 281-283-3627
Email: browna@uhcl.edu
Office: Bayou Suite 1119

Suzanne Brown
Department Chair and Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction,
Education
Contact number: 281-283-3536
Email: browns@uhcl.edu
Office: Bayou Suite 1119

Carol Carman
Professor of Educational Research,
Education
Contact number: 281-283-3606
Email: Carman@uhcl.edu
Office: Bayou Suite 1125

Terry Chvala
Senior Lecturer of Early Childhood Education,
Education
Contact number: 281-283-3641
Email: Chvala@UHCL.edu
Office: Bayou Suite 1125

Antonio Corrales
Doctoral Program Coordinator, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership,
Education
Contact number: 409-392-8186
Email: corrales@uhcl.edu
Office: Bayou Suite 1111

Thomas Cothern
Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership,
Education
Contact number: 281-283-3517
Email: cothern@uhcl.edu
Office: Bayou Suite 1111

Caroline Crawford
Professor of Instructional Design and Technology,
Education
Contact number: 281-283-3587
Email: crawford@uhcl.edu
Office: SSCB 3.203.13

Randy Davis
Associate Professor of Counseling,
Education
Contact number: 281-283-3592
Office: Bayou Building 1321

John Decman
Educational Management Program Coordinator, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership,
Education
Contact number: 281-283-3548
Email: decman@uhcl.edu
Office: Bayou Suite 1125

Kent Divoll
Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction,
Education
Contact number: 281-283-3634
Email: divoll@uhcl.edu
Office: Bayou Suite 1119
Leslie Gauna
Assistant Professor of ESL/Bilingual Education,
Education
Contact number: 281-283-3576
Email: gauna@uhcl.edu
Office: B1325

Michelle Giles
Assistant Professor, Program Coordinator of Instructional Design and Technology,
Education
Contact number: 281-283-3516
Email: giles@uhcl.edu
Office: Student Services Building 3203.04

Jennifer Grace
Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership,
Education
Contact number: 281-283-3521
Email: grace@uhcl.edu
Office: Bayou Suite 1111

Shanna Graves
Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education,
Education
Contact number: 281-283-3578
Email: gravess@uhcl.edu
Office: bayou Suite 1119

Rebecca Huss-Keeler
Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education,
Education
Contact number: 281-283-3535
Email: huss@uhcl.edu
Office: Bayou Suite 1119

Preeti Jain
Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education,
Education
Contact number: 281-283-3567
Email: jainp@uhcl.edu
Office: Bayou Suite 1119

Lisa Jones
Department Chair of Counseling, Special Education and Diversity, Professor of Multicultural
Education
,
Education
Contact number: 281-283-3551
Email: jonesl@uhcl.edu
Office: Bayou Suite 1325

Robert Jones
Professor of Educational Foundations,
Education
Contact number: 281-283-3562
Email: jonesr@uhcl.edu
Office: Bayou Suite 1111
Chuck Lang
Visiting Lecturer of Educational Leadership,
Education
Contact number: 281-283-3633
Email: chuck.lang@aol.com
Office: Bayou Suite 1111

Renée E. Lastrapes
Associate Professor of Education Research and Assessment,
Education
Contact number: 281-283-3566
Email: Lastrapes@uhcl.edu
Office: Bayou Suite 1111

Judith Márquez
Professor of Bilingual and Multicultural Education,
Education
Contact number: 281-283-3591
Email: marquez@uhcl.edu
Office: Bayou Suite 1325

Kathryn Matthew
Professor of Reading and Language Arts,
Education
Contact number: 281-283-3598
Email: Matthew@UHCL.edu
Office: B1321

Denise McDonald
Professor of Curriculum and Instruction,
Education
Contact number: 281- 283-3544
Email: mcdonald@uhcl.edu
Office: Bayou Suite 1119

Janice Newsum
Assistant Professor of Library and Information Science,
Education
Contact number: 281-283-3537
Email: newsum@uhcl.edu
Office: SSCB 3203
Amy Orange
Program Coordinator of Educational Foundations/Research, Associate Professor of Qualitative
Research
,
Education
Contact number: 281-283-3512
Email: Orange@uhcl.edu
Office: Bayou Suite 1111

Robert Pace
Clinical Associate Professor of Counseling,
Education
Contact number: 281- 212-1755
Email: Pacerob@uhcl.edu
Office: Pearland, HSCP 242

Joan Pedro
Dean and Professor in Curriculum and Instruction,
Education
Contact number: 281-283-3501
Email: pedro@uhcl.edu
Office: Bayou Suite 1237

Michelle Peters
Department Chair of Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis, Co-Director UHCLTeach,
Professor of Research and Applied Statistics
,
Education
Contact number: 202-321-3752
Email: petersm@uhcl.edu
Office: Bayou Suite 1111

Heather Pule
Clinical Assistant Professor of Reading and Language Arts,
Education
Contact number: 281-283-3577
Email: pule@uhcl.edu
Office: Bayou Suite 1325
Roberta Raymond
Assistant Professor, Program Coordinator of Reading and Language Arts,
Education
Contact number: 281-283-3593
Email: raymond@uhcl.edu
Office: Bayou Suite 1325

Randy L. Seevers
Associate Professor of Special Education,
Education
Contact number: 281- 283-3534
Email: seevers@uhcl.edu
Office: Bayou Suite 1321

Debra Shulsky
Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction,
Education
Contact number: 281-283-3607
Email: shulsky@uhcl.edu
Office: Bayou Suite 1119

Felix Simieou III
Interim Associate Dean, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership,
Education
Contact number: 281-283-3620
Email: simieou@uhcl.edu
Office: Bayou Suite 1231

Angelica Tello
Assistant Professor of Counseling and Field Experience Coordinator,
Education
Contact number: 281-283-3564
Email: tello@uhcl.edu
Office: 1321

Paul Wagner
Professor of Educational Foundations,
Education
Contact number: 281-283-3571
Email: wagner@uhcl.edu
Office: Bayou Suite 1119
Sandra Watson
Associate Professor in Curriculum and Instruction Ed.D.,
Education
Contact number: 281-283-3596
Email: WatsonSa@uhcl.edu
Office: Bayou Suite 1125

Laurie Weaver
Professor of Bilingual and Multicultural Education,
Education
Contact number: 281-283-3584
Email: weaver@uhcl.edu
Office: Bayou Suite 1325

Omah M. Williams-Duncan
Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction with STEM Emphasis,
Education
Contact number: 281-283-3547
Email: DuncanO@uhcl.edu
Office: Bayou Suite 1119

Jana Willis
Department Chair of Literacy, Library and Learning Technologies and Professor of Instructional
Design and Technology
,
Education
Contact number: 281-283-3568
Email: willis@uhcl.edu
Office: SSCB 3203.1