Seita R. Coleman, MS., CIAQP
Up to Safety and Fire Engineering Faculty

In 1980 while employed as the Clinic Coordinator for the University of Texas School of Dental Hygiene in Houston, Ms. Coleman earned her Bachelors degree in Technical Education from the University of Houston College of Technology. Seita Coleman continued her teaching and clinical dental hygiene career until 1990 when she was accepted into the Master of Science program at the University of Texas School of Public Health in the Texas Medical Center. She completed her degree, Master of Science in Environmental Science/Industrial Hygiene in 1994. In 1992 while completing her thesis, Ms. Coleman began her industrial Hygiene career with JK, Inc., a comprehensive industrial hygiene consulting firm located in Houston, Texas. During her ten year as an industrial hygienist with JK, Inc. Ms. Coleman has designed and completed numerous industrial hygiene workplace surveys in sites as varied as petroleum refineries, chemical plants, manufacturing facilities, and hospitals, as well as public and private schools in Texas and the United States. She has designed and presented many training courses in topics such as: HAZWOPER, Basic Hygiene, Indoor Air Quality, and Mold and Fungi. Ms Coleman is a Certified Indoor Air Quality Professional by the Association of Energy Engineers and holds three Texas Asbestos Licenses. Ms. Coleman is currently the Director of the Houston Chapter of the American Indoor Air Quality Council and a member of both the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) and the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH). Seita is an active volunteer with Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Greater Houston.