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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Audrey Hokoda

Audrey Hokoda

ProfessorCollege of EducationChild and Family DevelopmentSan Diego[email protected]619-594-1591

Area of Expertise

Child development, family life, abusive relationships, abuse, bullying, violence prevention, trauma and resilience, teen dating violence and domestic violence.

Gregory Holland

Gregory Holland

ProfessorCollege of SciencesChemistry and BiochemistrySan Diego[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Physical and analytical chemistry, NMR spectroscopy, bio-inspired materials, origin of life, surface chemistry, nanoparticles, liquid crystals, spider silk, spider venom peptides, biopolymers, biomembranes, electron microscopy (SEM/TEM) and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations.

Hajar Homayouni

Hajar Homayouni

Assistant ProfessorCollege of SciencesComputer ScienceSan Diego[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Data science, applied machine learning, data quality assurance and anomaly detection.

Heather Honea

Heather Honea

Associate Professor and Department ChairFowler College of BusinessMarketingSan Diego[email protected](619) 594-4308

Area of Expertise

Environmental business issues, sustainable business, resilient business systems, adaptive marketing, sustainable consumption, biophilia, systems marketing, green marketing, BCorp marketing, rational versus nonrational (emotional) determinants of consumption.

DJ Hopkins

DJ Hopkins

ProfessorCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsSchool of Theatre, Television, and FilmSan Diego[email protected]619-594-6884

Area of Expertise

Theatre, Shakespeare in performance, Shakespeare on film, site-specific theatre, immersive theater, the La Jolla Playhouse's WOW Festival and virtual reality (including VR Shakespeare).

Carrie House

Carrie House

Asisstant ProfessorCollege of SciencesBiologySan Diego[email protected]619-594-3053

Area of Expertise

cancer biology and signaling, cancer stem cells, tumor microenvironment, chemotherapy resistance, in vivo models, ovarian cancer, breast cancer

Kevin Hovel

Kevin Hovel

ProfessorCollege of SciencesBiologySan Diego[email protected]619-594-6322

Area of Expertise

Spiny lobster biology and ecology, kelp forest ecology, seagrass ecology and effects of ocean acidification and pollution on seagrasses.

Mel Hovell

Mel Hovell

ProfessorCollege of Health and Human ServicesSchool of Public HealthSan Diego[email protected]858-505-4772

Area of Expertise

Health promotion, child development, second hand smoke, migrant populations, risk reduction practices for medical concern, pregnancy prevention in adolescents.

Brian Hu

Brian Hu

Associate ProfessorCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsSchool of Television, Film, and New MediaSan Diego[email protected]

Area of Expertise

International Cinema, Asian Cinema, Asian American media, film festivals, film history, independent cinema, Chinese cinemas, Taiwan popular culture, film stardom, race and film

Anh Hua

Anh Hua

Associate ProfessorCollege of Arts and LettersWomen's StudiesSan Diego[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Postcolonial feminism, critical race feminism, cultural studies, humanities and the arts, diaspora studies, global empathy and compassion, decolonial healing and literature, film and the arts by women of color

Tong Huang

Tong Huang

Assistant ProfessorCollege of EngineeringElectrical and Computer EngineeringSan Diego[email protected]9795716488

Area of Expertise

Power grids, renewable energy, data analytics and cyber security

Jess Humphrey

Jess Humphrey

Associate ProfessorCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsSchool of Music and DanceSan Diego[email protected]619-594-6031

Area of Expertise

Performance, dance, improvisation, choreography, experimental dance, contemporary dance, contact improvisation, somatics, Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analysis, contemplative practice, body awareness, mind-body practices, movement analysis, facilitation, creativity, creative process, somatics, interoception and trauma-sensitive performance.

Tom Huxford

Tom Huxford

ProfessorCollege of SciencesChemistry and BiochemistrySan Diego[email protected]619-594-1606

Area of Expertise

Protein structure and molecular mechanism, antibody structure and design, cancer, molecular biology, kinases and signal transduction, transcription factors, structural biology, x-ray, crystallography

Jennifer Imazeki

Jennifer Imazeki

Professor, Associate Vice President for Faculty and Staff DiversityCollege of Arts and LettersEconomicsSan Diego[email protected]619-594-5012

Area of Expertise

School finance (state funding formulas, adequacy, equity, accountability and issues of local versus state control), teacher labor markets, school choice, private contributions to public schools

Carmelo Interlando

Carmelo Interlando

Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs, Professor of MathematicsCollege of SciencesMathematics and StatisticsSan Diego[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Abstract algebra, number theory, cryptography, lattices, post-quantum cryptography and quantum computers.

Gustaaf Jacobs

Gustaaf Jacobs

ProfessorCollege of EngineeringAerospace EngineeringSan Diego[email protected]619-594-4046

Area of Expertise

Aerospace engineering, rocket engineering, scientific Computing, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Flow Control, Propulsion Systems, Hypersonics, Multiphase-Flows, Turbomachinery, Gas Turbines, Wind Turbines, Aerodynamic Design, Truck Aerodynamics, High-Speed Aerodynamics, Algorithms, High-Performance Computing, Machine Learning, Uncertainty Quantification.

Sureshi M. Jayawardene

Sureshi M. Jayawardene

Associate Professor, Africana Studies; Associate Director, Digital Humanities InitiativeCollege of Arts and LettersSan Diego[email protected]

Area of Expertise

African diaspora; Black student mothers; Race, caste, and blackness; Anti-blackness and racism

Ben Jenkins

Ben Jenkins

Lecturer, Assistant Director of the Lower Division Writing ProgramCollege of Arts and LettersRhetoric and Writing Studies; Weber Honors CollegeSan Diego[email protected]

Area of Expertise

rhetoric, pop culture, visual rhetoric, comics, Indigenous comics, storytelling, visual storytelling

Pascale Joassart-Marcelli

Pascale Joassart-Marcelli

ProfessorCollege of Arts and LettersGeographySan Diego[email protected]619-594-0906

Area of Expertise

Food: urban food access, food and gentrification, food and tourism, ethnicity/race/ immigration and food, informal food economy, low-wage labor in the food sector, food justice, and alternative food practices

David Kahan

David Kahan

Professor EmeritusCollege of Health and Human ServicesExercise and Nutritional SciencesSan Diego[email protected]619-594-3887

Area of Expertise

Physical activity in youth, exercise for overweight children, religion, degree of religious observance, holiday fitness tips, website content of schools, rec centers, and religious institutions for promoting physical activity and modelling energy expenditure in youth participating in comprehensive school physical activity programs (CSPAP).

David Kamper

David Kamper

Associate Professor and ChairCollege of Arts and LettersAmerican Indian StudiesSan Diego[email protected]619-594-8081

Area of Expertise

American Indians & politics, Indians through T.V. & Film, sports, pop culture, and labor unions. Culture and history of sports, particularly skateboarding and basketball.

Sam Kassegne

Sam Kassegne

ProfessorCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSan Diego[email protected]619-594-1815

Area of Expertise

Mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, computational sciences, solar cell technology, microfluidics, MEMS

Lisa Kath

Lisa Kath

Associate ProfessorCollege of SciencesPsychologySan Diego[email protected]619-594-8702

Area of Expertise

Broad base of knowledge in areas related to industrial-organizational psychology, such as: hiring, layoffs, training & development, performance appraisal/management, job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and employee engageme

Joseph Katz

Joseph Katz

ProfessorCollege of EngineeringAerospace EngineeringSan Diego[email protected]619-594-2399

Area of Expertise

Aerospace Dynamics and Mechanical Engineering, Internal combustion engines, Heat transfer and heat exchangers, Wind tunnel measurements, Non steady aero and hydrodynamics, potential flow and general fluid dynamics, Automotive aerodynamics and dynamics, Lifting body airplane, transonic wings, and stall resistant configurations.

Scott Kelley

Scott Kelley

Associate Professor and Director, Bioinformatics and Medical Informatics ProgramCollege of SciencesBiologySan Diego[email protected]619-594-5371

Area of Expertise

Environmental microbiology, indoor microbiology, computational biology and bacterial contamination of human environments.