Patrick Abbott
Professor EmeritusCollege of SciencesGeological SciencesSDSU[email protected]619-594-5586Area of Expertise
Natural disasters, earthquakes, emergency preparation, impact of humankind upon the earth, ancient climates
Experts Directory
The San Diego State University Experts Directory is a rolodex for reporters, designed to assist journalists in their search for subject-matter experts on a variety of topics and academic research areas.
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For questions or assistance in coordinating an interview with one of the university’s subject-matter experts, please contact a member of the SDSU media relations team.
Farid Abdel-Nour
Professor and Department ChairCollege of Arts and LettersPolitical ScienceSDSU[email protected]619-594-6598Area of Expertise
Middle Eastern politics, political theory, Palestine and Israeli-Palestinian relations and conflict.
Mounah Abdel-Samad
Associate ProfessorCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsSchool of Public AffairsSDSU[email protected]619-594-4724Area of Expertise
Organization behavior, legislators’ behavior, legislative institutions, Lebanon, Iraq, capacity building, Morocco, Jordan, Tunisia, Middle East water conflict and homelessness.
Alyson Abel
Associate ProfessorCollege of Health and Human ServicesSpeech, Language & Hearing SciencesSDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Developmental Language Disorder, child language development and vocabulary learning.
Ryan Abman
Associate ProfessorCollege of Arts and LettersEconomicsSDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Deforestation, economic development in less developed countries, natural resources and development, natural resource curse, environmental conservation, and trade and the environment
Zamira Abman
LecturerCollege of Arts and LettersHistorySDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Soviet Union/Russia, Central Asia, Soviet Tajikistan, Soviet emancipation of women, Middle East and Gender
Brian Adams
ProfessorCollege of Arts and LettersPolitical ScienceSDSU[email protected]619-594-4289Area of Expertise
American politics, public policy, state and local politics, political behavior, intergovernmental relations
Sara Adibi
Assistant ProfessorCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Computational mechanics, multiscale modeling of materials and material design.
Edward Aguado
ProfessorCollege of Arts and LettersGeographySDSU[email protected]619-594-5930Area of Expertise
Weather, hydrology, climate, climate change, meteorology, rainfall, precipitation, El Nino effect.
Zahra Ahmadabadi
Assistant ProfessorCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Autonomy, robot perception, robot learning, nonlinear dynamic systems and control and acoustics.
Huma Ahmed-Ghosh
Professor EmeritusCollege of Arts and LettersWomen's StudiesSDSU[email protected](619) 594-3046Area of Expertise
Women in Asia, women and international development, women, race, and class, feminist theory, privilege and oppression.
Stuart Aitken
Distinguished ProfessorCollege of Arts and LettersGeographySDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Child rights, youth activism, families and communities, geography of film and spatial philosophies.
Reza Akhavian
Associate ProfessorCollege of EngineeringCivil, Construction, and Environmental EngineeringSDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Construction robotics, artificial intelligence, Internet of Things (IoT), future of work, digital transformation, interdisciplinary education, and workforce development.
Mikhail Alexseev
Associate ProfessorCollege of Arts and LettersPolitical ScienceSDSU[email protected]619-594-0190Area of Expertise
Russia-Ukraine war, Ukraine/Russia public opinion, societies and politics, great power competition around Eurasia & U.S. security challenges, ethnopolitical conflict and migration and ethnic relations in the former Soviet Union.
Cristina Alfaro
Associate Vice PresidentInternational AffairsSDSU[email protected]619-594-5155Area of Expertise
Bilingual credentials, dual language professional development/programs and Mexico international programs.
Magdalena Altamirano
ProfessorSan Diego State University Imperial ValleySpanish and Portuguese Languages and LiteraturesSDSU Imperial Valley[email protected](760) 768-5614Area of Expertise
Spanish medieval and early modern literature and culture, book history, manuscript studies, interaction of popular and learned cultures, material culture, Miguel de Cervantes’s works, practices of reading and writing, poetry, and transatlantic studies –the Iberian Peninsula and colonial Mexico. The modern Mexican ballad (corrido), poetry, lyrics, ballads.
Steven Andres
InstructorCollege of SciencesGraduate Program in Homeland SecuritySDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Computer networking, information systems, Internet, routing, net neutrality, information security, cyber security, firewalls, next-generation anti-virus, malware, attribution, cyber sabotage, cyber warfare, cyberwar, cyber terrorism, cyber crime, dark net, TOR, credit card fraud, computer crime, phishing, staying safe online, online shopping safety and internet crimes.
Miguel Angel Zavala Perez
Associate ProfessorSan Diego State University Imperial ValleySchool of Public HealthSDSU Imperial Valley[email protected]Area of Expertise
Air quality modeling, measurements of air pollution, source apportionment, health impacts, short-lived climate pollutants, environmental justice and community-based research/
Noah Arceneaux
ProfessorCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsSchool of Journalism and Media StudiesSDSU[email protected]619-594-3236Area of Expertise
New media, media studies, radio, social media (Twitter, Web 2.0, Facebook), relationship between technology and culture, social history of electronic communication from early radio to wireless delivery
Elva Arredondo
ProfessorCollege of SciencesPsychologySDSU[email protected]619-241-1376Area of Expertise
Obesity prevention, physical activity promotion, health equity, cancer prevention, Latino health and dissemination and implementation science.
Godfried Asante
Assistant ProfessorCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsSchool of CommunicationSDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Intercultural communication, global health inequities, LGBTQ empowerment and social justice.
Pierre Asselin
ProfessorCollege of Arts and LettersHistorySDSU[email protected]619-594-0148Area of Expertise
US foreign policy history; US presidential history; Cold War history; Vietnam War; history of US wars and international diplomacy and negotiations.
Guadalupe X. (Suchi) Ayala
ProfessorCollege of Health and Human ServicesSchool of Public HealthSDSU[email protected]619-594-6686Area of Expertise
Latino health, family health, community health, obesity, nutrition, asthma control, diabetes control, acculturation, grocery stores and restaurants.
Arlette Baljon
Associate ProfessorCollege of SciencesPhysicsSDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Polymers, mucus, reversible crosslinked networks and memory of matter.
Joseph Ball
Professor EmeritusCollege of Arts and LettersAnthropologySDSU[email protected]619-594-5658Area of Expertise
Ceramic analysis, contextual analysis, depositional analysis, archaeological method and theory, archaic states, Mesoamerican cultural history, Maya archaeology, Maya ethnology, Eastern Mesoamerica and Central America. Archaeology, prehistory, cultural history and archaeological ceramics of parts of Belize, Guatemala and Mexico.
Nicholas Barber
Assistant ProfessorCollege of SciencesBiologySDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Plant and animal ecology; insect ecology; habitat restoration, conservation, and biodiversity in grasslands.
Steve Barbone
ProfessorCollege of Arts and LettersPhilosophySDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Baruch (Benedict) Spinoza, modern philosophy, Oliva Sabuco, Ann Conway and mediaeval philosophy.
Peter Bartoli
LecturerCollege of SciencesComputer ScienceSDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Hacking, cybersecurity, information security and privacy.
Wayne Beach
Professor EmeritusCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsSchool of CommunicationSDSU[email protected]619-594-4948Area of Expertise
Communication and cancer (in the clinic and among family members), doctor-patient communication, communication in the courtroom, relational communication, healthcare and conversational and institutional interactions.
Elinor Behana
LecturerCollege of EducationChild and Family DevelopmentSDSU[email protected]619-594-4373Area of Expertise
Various issues surrounding children and families, including foster care.
