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.

 Nancy Beck Young, Ph.D.
Director of the Center for Public History
Advisor of Public History
Professor of History
Department of History
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
(713) 743-3085
nyoung@central.uh.edu

 Josiah Rector, Ph.D.
Assistant Director of the Center for Public History
Associate Professor of History
Department of History
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
(713)828-7740
jjrector@central.uh.edu

 Debbie Z. Harwell, Ph.D.
Editor of the Houston History magazine
Instructional Assistant Professor of History
Department of History
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
(713)743-9220
dzharwel@central.uh.edu

Center for Public History, Founding Directors 

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

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

Staff

Wes Jackson
Program Director, Center for Public History
(713)743-1283 
wtjacks2@central.uh.edu

Daniel Killian
Research Assistant, Center for Public History
cphmedia@central.uh.edu

Center for Public History Affiliates