Center for Public History 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 Martin Melosi
Executive Director, Center for Public History
Distinguished University Professor of History
(713) 743-3090
mmelosi@uh.edu

Joseph Pratt Joseph Pratt
Director, Houston History Project
Editor-in-chief, Houston History
Coordinator, Energy Management and Policy Group (EMAP)
Cullen Chair of History and Business
(713) 743-3088
joepratt@uh.edu

Monica Perales Monica Perales
Assistant Director and Program Coordinator, Center for Public History
Co-director, Houston Food History Project
Associate Professor of History
(713) 743-3103
mperales3@uh.edu

Center for Public History Staff

Wyndham Bailey
Program Coordinator, Center for Public History
(713)743-3039
wibailey@uh.edu
Teresa Tomkins-Walsh
Director, Houston History Archives
(713) 743-9991
tomkinswalsh@uh.edu
Debbie Harwell
Managing Editor, Houston History
(713)743-3123
dzharwell@uh.edu
Natalie Garza
Director, Oral History Project
(713) 743-2342
natalie.garza@mail.uh.edu
Aimee Bachari
Associate Editor, Houston History
(713)743-3123
allheureux@uh.edu
 

Affiliated History Department Faculty

Frank Holt
Professor of History
(713) 743-3127
fholt@uh.edu
Raul Ramos
Associate Professor of History
(713) 743-3116
rramos@uh.edu 
Karl Ittmann
Associate Professor of History
(713) 743-3102
kittmann@uh.edu
Todd Romero
Co-director, Houston Food History Project
Assistant Professor of History
(713) 743-3112
tromero2@uh.edu
Susan Kellogg
Professor of History
(713) 743-3085
skellogg@uh.edu
James Schafer
Assistant Professor of History
(713) 743-3119
jschafer@uh.edu
Kairn Klieman
Associate Professor of History
(713) 743-1306
kklieman@uh.edu
Eric Walther
Professor of History
(713) 743-3101
ewalther@uh.edu
Natalia Milanesio
Assistant Professor of History
(713) 743-3113
nmilanesio@uh.edu 
Nancy Beck Young
Department Chair and Professor of History
(713) 743-3085
nyoung2@uh.edu

Other Affiliated Faculty

Carroll Parrott Blue
Research Professor
Texas Learning and Computation Center
University of Houston
cpblue@uh.edu
Tyler Priest
Associate Professor
Department of History
University of Iowa
tyler-priest@uiowa.edu
Kathleen A. Brosnan
Travis Chair of History
University of Oklahoma
kbrosnan@ou.edu
(405) 325-8046
Michele Reilly
Head of Digital Services
M.D. Anderson Library
University of Houston
mreilly@uh.edu
Terrell Dixon
Associate Professor
Department of English
University of Houston
tfdixon@uh.edu
Michelangelo Sabatino
Associate Professor
Hines College of Architecture
University of Houston
msabatino@uh.edu 
James Granato
Director
Hobby Center for Public Policy
University of Houston
jgranato@uh.edu
Helen Valier
Coordinator, Medicine and Society
Assistant Professor, Honors College
University of Houston
hkvalier@uh.edu
William Kellar
Independent Consultant
wkellar@gmail.com
Mark Young
Archivist
Hospitality Industry Archives
Conrad Hilton College
University of Houston
markyoung@uh.edu
Louis Marchiafava
Independent Consultant
Temple Northup
Assistant Professor
Jack J. Valenti School of Communication
University of Houston
temple@uh.edu