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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Emilio Ulloa

Emilio Ulloa

Professor and Associate Chief Diversity Office for HSI and Regional AffairsPsychologyCollege of SciencesSDSU[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Higher Education, Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) initiatives and topics, youth violence, intimate partner violence, child sexual abuse, sexual assault, CSEC, commercial sexual exploitation of children, dating violence, partner abuse, Latino/as (Chicana/os), minorities, undergraduate student success, research that aims to understand the risk factors associated with the commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC), also known as the sex trafficking of minors/adolescents, research on the development of undergraduates, entry into graduate school, and ethnic minorities in graduate school.

Devanshi Unadkat

Devanshi Unadkat

Assistant ProfessorSchool of Teacher EducationCollege of EducationSDSU[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Literacy theories, teaching, and learning; digital media and literacy; critical literacy; Anti-bias education, Qualitative research methods, Mixed Methods research

Rich Underwood

Rich Underwood

LecturerSchool of Theatre, Television & FilmCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsSDSU[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Advertising, branded content, cinematography, directing visual media, documentary production, filmmaking, marketing and television news photojournalism.

Naveen Vaidya

Naveen Vaidya

ProfessorMathematics and StatisticsCollege of SciencesSDSU[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Applied mathematics, with specific areas of interest in mathematical biology (viral dynamics and immune systems, epidemiology, and ecology), mathematical and computational modeling, differential equations, dynamical systems, optimal control, biostatistics, and machine learning.

Faramarz Valafar

Faramarz Valafar

ProfessorSchool of Public HealthCollege of Health and Human ServicesSDSU[email protected]619-594-3742

Area of Expertise

Predicting and preventing spread of H1N1 flu virus, managing pandemics, bioinformatics, medical informatics, and cheminformatics.

Marissa Vasquez

Marissa Vasquez

Associate Director, Community College Equity Assessment Lab, Department Chair and ProfessorAdministration, Rehabilitation, and Postsecondary EducationCollege of EducationSDSU[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Community college transfer students; undergraduate research and Latinx college students.

Ira Vouk

Ira Vouk

LecturerL. Robert Payne School of Hospitality and Tourism ManagementCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsSDSU[email protected]619-206-1758

Area of Expertise

Technology and AI in hospitality and travel, hospitality industry, hotel revenue management, pricing and market intelligence.

Robert Vryheid

Robert Vryheid

Adjunct Associate ProfessorSchool of Public HealthCollege of Health and Human ServicesSDSU[email protected]619-463-1266

Area of Expertise

Malaria, Thailand, Cambodia, avian influenza, coronavirus transmission and prevention

Minjuan Wang

Minjuan Wang

ProfessorSchool of Journalism and Media StudiesCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsSDSU[email protected]619-594-3878

Area of Expertise

Learning across the Metaverse, Cross-Reality (XR) and Immersive Learning, AI in education, and the sociocultural aspects of learning design and the use of technology. Methods of inquiry, designing and developing training for the global audience, mobile learning design, and emerging trends in learning design and technologies.

Shirley Weber

Shirley Weber

Professor Emerita, Distinguished Faculty member, Current California Secretary of StateAfricana StudiesCollege of Arts and LettersSDSU[email protected](916) 653-6814

Area of Expertise

Co-founder of the Africana Studies Department, co-founder of the W.E.B. DuBois Leadership Institute for Young Black Scholars. Africana studies, African culture and ethnicity.

Kristen Wells

Kristen Wells

Professor, Co-Director of SDSU HealthLINK CenterPsychologyCollege of SciencesSDSU[email protected]619-594-1919

Area of Expertise

Improving the quality of healthcare delivered to underserved populations; the development, implementation, and testing og patient navigation interventions to improve access to care related to cancer, HIV prevention, suicide prevention, and COVID-19 vaccination, among diverse and minoritized populations; mobile sensing technologies and data to understand medication-taking behaviors, predict individual risk factors, and deliver interventions to improve adherence that are needed by the individual at the optimal time, place, and in the optimal context; cancer disparities, cancer care, patient navigation, mobile sensing, medication adherence, HIV prevention, suicide prevention and COVID-19 vaccination.

Aaron Wester

Aaron Wester

LecturerFowler School of BusinessMIS (Management Information Systems)SDSU[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Data Analytics, Business Intelligence, Statistics, Database Management, User Experience Design, Decision Science powered by Artificial Intelligence, Data modeling, Organizational Leadership, Technology, Digital Marketing, IOT/M2M, management information systems, VR integration

Wil Weston

Wil Weston

Librarian, Head of Collection ManagementUniversity LibrarySDSU[email protected]619-594-6988

Area of Expertise

Library management, acquisitions, and development of library collections. Information seeking behavior, online research behavior, student retention, student success and student persistence.

Jess Whatcott

Jess Whatcott

Associate ProfessorWomen's, Gender, and Sexuality StudiesCollege of Arts and LettersSDSU[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Disability history, institutionalization, eugenics, prison history, California history, speculative fiction, Octavia Butler, abolition and transformative justice.

Roy Whitaker

Roy Whitaker

Associate Professor and Undergraduate AdvisorDepartment for the Study of ReligionCollege of Arts and LettersSDSU[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Philosophy of Religion; New, Emergent, and Alternative Religions; Comparative Religion and Philosophy; Global Philosophies; Hip Hop Culture and Music

Jillian Lee Wiggins

Jillian Lee Wiggins

ProfessorPsychologyCollege of SciencesSDSU[email protected]619-594-2188

Area of Expertise

Brain imaging (functional MRI) research with children/adolescents who have social-emotional mental disorders (i.e., severe tantrums, depression, anxiety), MRI, anxiety, and depression in children.

Shiloh A. Williams

Shiloh A. Williams

Assistant Professor, Nursing Leadership ProgramSchool of NursingCollege of Health and Human ServicesSDSU Imperial Valley[email protected]

Area of Expertise

health literacy, nursing, rural health, health care administration, nursing leadership, social determinants of health, rural health policy, rural-border health

Carl Winston

Carl Winston

DirectorL. Robert Payne School of Hospitality and Tourism ManagementCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsSDSU[email protected]; [email protected]619-594-5254

Area of Expertise

Hospitality & tourism, hotel operations, meetings and events, restaurant operations, tribal gaming, holiday travel tips

Susan Woodruff

Susan Woodruff

Professor EmeritaSchool of Social WorkCollege of Health and Human ServicesSDSU[email protected]619-594-3475

Area of Expertise

screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT), a public health harm-reduction approach to reducing alcohol and drug use.

Tianying Wu

Tianying Wu

Associate ProfessorSchool of Public HealthCollege of Health and Human ServicesSDSU[email protected]619-594-0969

Area of Expertise

Molecular and nutritional epidemiology; individualized nutrition; precision medicine; red meat and dietary acid load; hypoxia; cancer survival; climate changes; aging-related disorders; health disparities between Asians and non-Asians; secondhand and past smoking, complementary and alternative medicine.

Tao Xie

Tao Xie

ProfessorComputer ScienceCollege of SciencesSDSU[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Storage systems, high-performance computing, energy-efficient storage systems, security-aware scheduling, cluster and Grid computing and parallel and distributed systems.

Xiaofeng Xu

Xiaofeng Xu

Associate ProfessorBiologyCollege of SciencesSDSU[email protected]619-594-2279

Area of Expertise

How global change affects terrestrial ecosystems and how terrestrial ecosystems feed back to the climate system by using a modeling approach. Global change, climate warming, soil and trace gas.

Yong Yan

Yong Yan

ProfessorChemistry and BiochemistryCollege of SciencesSDSU[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Catalysis, solar cells, renewable energy and pharmaceuticals.

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