Office of the Provost Staff
The Provost oversees 9 separate academic areas, each with an assistant, associate, or vice provost. For a list of key personnel, please see below. Additionally, the deans of the colleges, school of nursing, and UH Libraries report to the Provost.
Office of the Provost
- Cindy Mejia | Chief of Staff | 713-743-5369
- Daniel Chang | Director, Academic Programs | 713-743-7757
- Pam Simpson | Executive Secretary | 832-842-0549
- Elaine Fiala | Executive Administrative Assistant | 713-743-2356
- Mike Emery | Senior Director, Communications | 713-743-7197
- Vacant | Senior Graphic Designer
Education Innovation and Technology
Jeff Morgan, Ph.D. | Associate Provost, Education Innovation and Technology | 832-842-4725- Janis James | Executive Administrative Assistant | 832-842-4725
CASA Testing Services:
- Samantha Stark | Supervisor, Lab Operations | 713-743-5685
College / Division Information Services:
- Jatindera Walia | PROV-EIT IT Support Director | 713-743-7806
- Shailesh Mangrulkar | PROV-EIT Information Systems Administrator | 713-743-6858
Distance and Online Operations:
- Sandra Lozano | Director, Distance and Online Operations | 713-743-1560
- Rachel Robb | Program Director 2 | 713-743-1658
- Cecily Smith | Program Manager 2 | 713-743-4417
Education Innovation and Technology:
- David Carter | Web Developer 3 | 832-842-4630
- Zuhair Abdulhameed | Web Developer 2 | 713-743-7383
- Glenn Booker | User Services Specialist 3 | 713-743-7639
Faculty and Departmental Instructional Support:
- Teresa Acosta, Ph.D. | Director, Faculty Design and Instructional Support | 832-842-2142
- Jing-Fong Jane Hsu | Sr. Instructional Designer 3 | 832-842-2143
- Brian Gharala | Instructional Designer 3 | 713-743-3553
- Marsha Heard | Instructional Designer 3 | 832-842-2144
- Anjana Singhal | Instructional Designer 3 | 713-743-3730
Online Functional Support:
- Michael Scott | Manager, Computing Systems | 713-743-2431
- Teresa Eason | Learning Systems Specialist | 713-743-9902
- Dana Ribble | Learning Systems Specialist | 713-743-1172
- Stephen Perez | Systems Analyst 3 | 713-743-5299
Faculty Development and Faculty Affairs
Mark Clarke, Ph.D. | Associate Provost, Faculty Development and Faculty Affairs | 713-743-689Faculty Affairs and Assessment:
- Sarah Castillo | Executive Director, Faculty Affairs | 713-743-9168
- Andrea Short | Manager, Faculty Affairs | 713-743-2988
- Leslie Copeland | Analyst, Faculty Affairs | 713-743-0151
- Cindy Chavez-Wiechec | Analyst, Faculty Affairs | 713-743-6710
- Shannon Snell | Analyst, Faculty Affairs | 713-743-0581
Faculty Engagement and Development:
- Lacey L. Schmidt, Ph.D. | Executive Director, Faculty Engagement and Development | 713-743-6592
- Leslie A. Coward, Ph.D | Assistant Director, Faculty Engagement and Development | 713-743-2762
Measurement and Evaluation Center:
- Nia Soeharto, Ed.D | Program Director 1, Measurement and Evaluation Center | 713-743-5441
- Dr. Richard Bond | Faculty and Staff Ombudsperson | Website
Faculty Recruitment, Retention, Equity and Diversity
- Erika Henderson, Ed.D. | Associate Provost, Faculty Recruitment, Retention, Equity and Diversity | 713-743-0486
Finance and Administration
Sabrina Hassumani, Ph.D. | Associate Provost, Finance and Administration | 713-743-2755
- Thuyhang (Vivianne) Do | Executive Director, Academic Affairs Finance and Administration | 713-743-0449
- Academic Affairs, Finance and Administration:
- Bradley Eanes | Executive Director, Academic Affairs Finance and Administration | 713-743-0444
- Provost Business Office:
- Vanessa Torres | Executive Director, Provost Business Office | 713-743-0442
- Chimyra McKelvey | Department Business Administrator | 832-842-5702
- Deidra Perry | Department Business Administrator | 713-743-4132
- Vanessa Torres | Executive Director, Provost Business Office | 713-743-0442
- Business Operations, University of Houston at Sugar Land:
- Carolyn Martinez | College Business Administrator | 832-842-2821
- Carolyn Martinez | College Business Administrator | 832-842-2821
- Academic Affairs, Finance and Administration:
Institute for Global Engagement
Michael Pelletier | Founding Executive Director, Institute for Global Engagement | 713-743-7592
- Marisol Gonzalez | Executive Administrative Assistant | 713-743-9167
- De’Von Gomez | College Events Coordinator
Global Initiatives:
- Corissa Wandmacher | Assistant Director | 713-743-0208
- Maggie Mahoney | Assistant Director | 713-743-9167
- Vacant | Administrative Assistant |
- Amanda Clinton | Passport Facility Coordinator | 713-743-8269
- Allison Carruthers | Academic Advisor 2 | 713-743-7271
- Jade Green | Academic Advisor 2 | 713-743-7319
Graduate School
Sarah C. Larsen, Ph.D. | Vice Provost and Dean, University of Houston Graduate School | 713-743-7948
- Shari Corprew | Director, Graduate School | 713-743-2674
- Mariel Rocha-Navaez | Program Manager 1 | 713-743-6931
- Chastyne Blacklock | Executive Administrative Assistant | 713-743-4226
- Akash Bhatt | Application Developer 4 | 713-743-6516
- Fitzgerald Smith | Associate Director | 713-743-1740
- Christen Powers | SEVIS Coordinator | 832-842-8327
- Martin O’Donnell | SEVIS Coordinator | 713-743-3946
- Krystal Sugulleh | Program Manager 2 | 713-743-0108
- Vacant | Program Manager 2
- Adrienne Arceneaux | Transcript Analyst 2 | 713-743-0236
- Lorena Martinez | Transcript Analyst 1 | 713-743-1970
- Vacant | Transcript Analyst 1
- Shamyra Gaines | Admissions Assistant 2 | 713-743-6841
- Victoria Saucedo | Admissions Assistant 2 | 713-743-1557
- Vacant | Admissions Assistant 2
- Tashemia V. Jones, Ed.D. | Assistant Director, Graduate Programs and Student Records | 713-743-3272
- Monica Bennett | Graduate Documentation Coordinator | 832-842-9120
Institutional Research and Effectiveness
Joseph A. Curtin, Ph.D. | Associate Provost, Institutional Research and Effectiveness | 713-743-4372
- Paul Turcotte | Senior Research Analyst | 713-743-0643
- Sarah Goble | Executive Administrative Assistant | 713-743-7800
Institutional Effectiveness, Assessment and Accreditation:
- Monique Baucham, MBA, Ed.D. | Director, Institutional Effectiveness, Assessment and Accreditation | 713-743-0619
- Youmei Liu | Director, Assessment / Accreditation | 832-842-8707
- Amy O'Neal | Director, Assessment / Accreditation | 713-743-8735
- Bobbie Koen | Program Manager 2 | 713-743-8885
Institutional Research and Information Management:
- Susan Moreno, Ph.D. | Executive Director, Institutional Research and Information Management | 713-743-0640
- Vyas Krishnamurthy | Assistant Director, Institutional Research | 713-743-0644
- Antara Sarkar | Business Intelligence Developer | 713-743-0645
- Moumita Mukherjee | Senior Research Analyst | 832-842-5543
- Hanlong Fu | Senior Research Analyst | 713-743-6738
- Cris Reyes | IR Analyst |713-743-7499
- Julie Nguyen | IR Analyst | 713-743-0657
Quality Enhancement Plan:
- Anne Dayton, Ph.D. | Director, Cougar Initiative to Engage | 713-743-0534
- Vacant | Assessment and Evaluation Analyst, Cougar Initiative to Engage
University of Houston at Sugar Land and University of Houston at Katy
Jay Neal, Ph.D. | Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs and Chief Operating Officer of the University of Houston at Sugar Land and the University of Houston at Katy | 713-743-2652
Undergraduate Student Success
Teri Longacre, Ph.D., J.D. | Vice Provost, Undergraduate Student Success | 713-743-4669
- Nicole McDonald, Ph.D. | Assistant Vice Provost, Student Success | 713-743-5182
- Sarah Goble | Executive Administrative Assistant | 713-743-7800
- Sandra Marino | Financial Coordinator 2 | 713-743-5432
Pre-Health Advising:
- Kialyn Yendell, M.Ed. | Director | 713-743-2681
- Ricardo Garza | Health Professional Advisor | 713-743-7953
Retention and Graduation Initiatives:
- Tara Sass | Director, Retention and Graduation Initiatives | 713-743-1603
- Morgan Meeks | Program Coordinator 2, Retention and Graduation Initiatives | 713-743-7543
Undergraduate Academic Affairs:
- Heidi Kennedy, Ph.D. | Assistant Dean | 713-743-9187
- Caroline Neary | Senior Research Analyst | 713-743-7105
- Luke Cooley | Program Coordinator | 713-743-9112
- Shonnita Leslie | Program Manager - Undergraduate Committee Coordinator | 713-743-0919
Undergraduate Student Success Center:
- Melissa Pierson, Ph.D. | Assistant Vice Provost, Undergraduate Student Success Center |
- Challenger Program:
- Monica Floyd | Director | 713-743-5423
- Educational Testing Services:
- Patrick Daniel | Director | 713-743-5434
- Virginia Chandler | Financial Assistant 2 | 713-743-1646
- Exploratory Studies:
- Nina Howard | Lead Student Success Advocate | 713-743-4998
- Nakia Alexander | Student Success Advocate | 832-842-2106
- Vanessa Guidry | Student Success Advocate | 713-743-6188
- Lateki Lewis | Student Success Advocate | 713-743-0838
- Eleanor Weaver | Administrative Coordinator | 713-743-4979
- Donna Smith | Program Director, CORE 1101 | 713-743-8898
- LAUNCH:
- Laura Heidel | Student Success Advocate 2 | 713-743-5439
- Juanita Hall | Student Success Advocate 1 | 713-743-9038
- Kelsey Harris | Program Coordinator | 713-743-5453
- Transfer Advising Program:
- James Simpson | Program Director 2 | 713-743-1905
- Jennifer Bruner | Academic Advisor 2 | 713-743-7059
- Steve Boykin | Academic Advisor 2 | 713-743-7979
- Veronica McKissic | Academic Advisor 2 | 713-743- 5071
- Vacant | Academic Advisor 2
- Undergraduate Student Success Center:
- Marcus Tran | Technical Services Specialist 3, Undergraduate Student Success Center | 713-743-5464
- Challenger Program:
- Mark Sursavage, Ph.D. | Executive Director | 713-743-3017
- Holly Prevost | Associate Director, Writing Programs | 713-743-3047
- Lorinda Robb | Assistant Director, Writing Center | 713-743-3018
- Long Bao Nguyen | Technology Director | 713-743-2143
- Johnathan Richards | Program Manager 2 | 713-743-2706