People

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
Director, Center for Public History
Public History Advisor, Center for Public History
Professor of History
(713) 743-3085
nyoung@central.uh.edu>

Josiah Rector
Assistant Director, Center for Public History
Associate Professor of History, Department of History
(713)828-7740
jjrector@central.uh.edu>

Debbie Z. Harwell
Editor, Houston History magazine
Instructional Assistant Professor of History,
Department of History
(713)743-9220
dzharwel@central.uh.edu

Kristina Neumann
Producer, Public Historians at Work podcast
Associate Professor of History, Department of History
(713) 743-0480
kmneuma2@central.uh.edu

Center for Public History, Founding Directors

Martin Melosi

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

Joseph Pratt

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