School of Health Professions Faculty

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

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

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

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

THERESA BYRD, Professor and Dean
D.O.T., , University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center

HEIDI CAGE, Clinical Assistant Professor
M.O.T., Unviersity of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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

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

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

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

XUANLIANG NEIL DONG, Professor in Kinesiology
Ph.D., Columbia University

J. EDWARD DOTHEROW, Assistant Professor of Public Health
DrPH, Georgia Southern 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 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, Department of Healthcare Policy, Economics and Management
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 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

HOSIK MIN, Associate Professor
Ph.D., Texas A&M University

FLETCHER NJORORAI, Associate Professor in Kinesiology
Ph.D., Texas Woman's University

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

GILBERT RAMIREZ, Professor and Chair, Department of Public Health
DrPH, The University of Texas Health Science Center

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

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

SCOTT A, SPIER, Associate Professor in 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