Rick J. Short, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology,
College of Human Sciences and Humanities
Contact number: 281-283-3300
Email: Short@UHCL.edu
Office: Bayou 1529.05
Biography
Dr. Rick Short joined UHCL in 2011 as Dean for the College of Human Sciences and Humanities.
Under his leadership, the college launched its first doctoral program and instituted
the university's RN-BSN program at UHCL at Pearland.
Dr. Short has more than 25 years of university-level education, research and clinical
experience. His past academic appointments include serving as professor of psychology
and associate dean for Planning, Evaluation and Research in the College of Behavioral
and Health Sciences at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tennessee;
director of the Center for Learning, Evaluation and Assessment Research at the University
of Missouri-Columbia; and as assistant executive director of Education at the American
Psychological Association in Washington, D.C. He is also a fellow of the American
Psychological Association, a licensed psychologist and a level II school psychologist,
with publications dating back to the 1980s.
Dr. Short received his Ph. D. in psychology from the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill, his M.Ed. in special education/school psychology from Texas State
University-San Marcos, and his Bachelor of Arts in psychology from the University
of Texas at Austin.