School of Health Professions Faculty

AHMED ABDELAL, Associate Professor in Health and Kinesiology
Ph.D., Cairo University

ARTURO ARCE-ESQUIVEL, Associate Professor of Health and Kinesiology
Ph.D., Louisiana State University

AGATHA BORNE, Associate Professor
D.V.M., Ph.D., Louisiana State University

DON BRADLEY, Clinical Associate Professor in Health and Kinesiology
Ph.D., Texas Woman's University

THERESA BYRD, Professor and Dean
Dr.P.H., University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center

VANESSA CASANOVA, Associate Professor
Ph.D., Auburn University

REUBEN COWAN, Lecturer in Health and Kinesiology
M.S., The University of Texas at Tyler

DAVID CRISWELL, Professor and Chair, Department of Health & Kinesiology
Ph.D., University of Florida - Gainesville

ASHLEY DALBY, Lecturer in Health and Kinesiology
M.S., The University of Texas at Tyler

XUANLIANG NEIL DONG, Professor of Health and Kinesiology
Ph.D., Columbia University

KIMBERLY ELLIOTT, Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Florida

JESSICA ESCARENO, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Memphis

JUSTINE FAGHIHIFAR, Clinical Assistant Professor in Health and Kinesiology
D.O.T., Texas Woman’s University

JENNIFER GARNER, Clinical Assistant Professor in Rehabilitation Sciences
O.T.D., University of Texas at Medical Branch

JULIE HEBERT, Clinical Assistant Professor and Academic Fieldwork Coordinator for the M.O.T. Program
O.T.D., Texas Woman's University

WOOHYOUNG JEON, Assistant Professor in Kinesiology
Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin

MICHAEL KENNEDY, Associate Professor and Chair
Ph.D., Renselear Polytechnic Institute

GERALD LEDOW, Professor
Ph.D., University of Oklahoma

JEFFREY LEVIN, Professor
DrPH, Texas A&M University

MADHURA MAIYA, Clinical Assistant Professor in Health and Kinesiology
Ph.D., Texas Woman’s University Houston

THOMAS MARYON, Assistant Professor
D.H.A., Central Michigan University

TINA MELAMED, Assistant Professor in Kinesiology
Ph.D., The University of Texas at Dallas

MICHAEL MORRIS, Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Florida

FLETCHER NJORORAI, Associate Professor of Health and Kinesiology
Ph.D., Texas Woman's University

ANJALI PARTI, Clinical Associate Professor
D.O.T., University of Saint Augustine for Health Sciences

PATRICIA ROYAL, Associate Professor
Ed.D., East Carolina University

JOHN H. SLOAN, Clinical Associate Professor of Health and Kinesiology
Ph.D., University of Southern California

WILLIAM SORENSEN, Professor of Health and Kinesiology
Ph.D., University of New Orleans

SCOTT A, SPIER, Associate Professor of Health and Kinesiology
Ph.D., Texas A&M University

KATE STARNES, Assistant Professor
J.D., Texas Southern University

TRACI TAYLOR, Clinical Assistant Professor in Rehabilitation Sciences
O.T.D., The University of Texas at Medical Branch