Catherine L. Horn

Catherine L. Horn is dean of the College of Education and professor of higher education in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of Houston. She is also executive director of the Institute for Education Policy Research and Evaluation and director of both the Center for Research, Evaluation, and Advancement of Teacher Education and the UH Education Research Center. She previously served as chair of the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies and is a faculty affiliate of the Hobby School of Public Affairs and the Elizabeth D. Rockwell Center on Ethics and Leadership. Her research focuses on the systemic influences of assessment and related policies on student learning trajectories, with an emphasis on college access for historically marginalized students, K–12 high-stakes testing, and teacher workforce challenges. She has held research positions at The Civil Rights Project at Harvard University and the National Board on Educational Testing and Public Policy at Boston College and was a high school teacher in the Houston Independent School District. She has received numerous honors, including a Fulbright Fellowship to Chile, a UH Teaching Excellence Award, and selection as an American Council on Education Fellow and an American Leadership Forum Fellow. Horn earned her PhD in educational research, measurement, and evaluation from Boston College.

updated 2025