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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Sean Hauze

Sean Hauze

DirectorInstructional Technology ServicesSDSU[email protected]619-594-1348

Area of Expertise

Virtual Reality Augmented Reality Mixed Reality Spatial Computing Immersive Simulation Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Motivation to Learn STEM Workforce Skills Online Learning Quantitative Research Analysis Mobile Learning Educational Technology

Marshal Hedin

Marshal Hedin

Professor, Director of SDSU Biodiversity MuseumBiologyCollege of SciencesSDSU[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Biodiversity, conservation, California biodiversity, arachnids, spiders, speciation, caves, phylogeny and evolution.

Brian Hentschel

Brian Hentschel

Associate ProfessorBiologyCollege of SciencesSDSU[email protected]619-594-0358

Area of Expertise

Biology, oceanography, Marine invertebrates, benthic ecology, larval ecology, complex life cycles, ontogenetic niche shifts, organism-flow interactions

Peter Herman

Peter Herman

ProfessorEnglish and Comparative LiteratureCollege of Arts and LettersSDSU[email protected](619)-594-7776

Area of Expertise

Shakespeare, literature and culture, relationship between sports and academia, Milton, contemporary culture, youth culture, teaching/pedagogy and society.

Roberto Hernandez

Roberto Hernandez

ProfessorChicana and Chicano StudiesCollege of Arts and LettersSDSU[email protected]619-594-4219

Area of Expertise

Violence on the U.S-Mexico border, anti-immigrant vigilante efforts, border politics, comparative social movements, black-Latina/o relations, critical hemispheric indigeneity, masculinity and decolonial feminism

Lawrence Herzog

Lawrence Herzog

ProfessorSchool of Public AffairsCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsSDSU[email protected]619-594-6964

Area of Expertise

Urban/community planning and environmental design with an emphasis on Mexico, the Mexico-United States border and Latin America

Audrey Hokoda

Audrey Hokoda

ProfessorChild and Family DevelopmentCollege of EducationSDSU[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

ProfessorChemistry and BiochemistryCollege of SciencesSDSU[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 ProfessorComputer ScienceCollege of SciencesSDSU[email protected]

Area of Expertise

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

Heather Honea

Heather Honea

Associate Professor and Department ChairMarketingFowler College of BusinessSDSU[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

ProfessorSchool of Theatre, Television, and FilmCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsSDSU[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

Associate ProfessorBiologyCollege of SciencesSDSU[email protected]619-594-3053

Area of Expertise

Cancer biology and signaling in ovarian and breast cancers; role of tumor microenvironment in supporting stem-like phenotypes and tumor regrowth following treatment

Kevin Hovel

Kevin Hovel

Professor, Assistant ChairBiologyCollege of SciencesSDSU[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

ProfessorSchool of Public HealthCollege of Health and Human ServicesSDSU[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 ProfessorSchool of Television, Film, and New MediaCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsSDSU[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 ProfessorWomen's StudiesCollege of Arts and LettersSDSU[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 ProfessorElectrical and Computer EngineeringCollege of EngineeringSDSU[email protected]9795716488

Area of Expertise

Power grids, renewable energy, data analytics and cyber security

Jess Humphrey

Jess Humphrey

ProfessorSchool of Music and DanceCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsSDSU[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

Professor and Chair of Chemistry and Biochemistry DepartmentCollege of SciencesSDSU[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 DiversityEconomicsCollege of Arts and LettersSDSU[email protected]619-594-5012

Area of Expertise

School finance (state funding formulas, adequacy, equity, cost differences), scholarship of teaching and learning, training and development, diversity, equity and inclusion

Carmelo Interlando

Carmelo Interlando

Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs, Professor of MathematicsMathematics and StatisticsCollege of SciencesSDSU[email protected]

Area of Expertise

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

Gustaaf Jacobs

Gustaaf Jacobs

ProfessorAerospace EngineeringCollege of EngineeringSDSU[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 LettersSDSU[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 ProgramRhetoric and Writing Studies; Weber Honors CollegeCollege of Arts and LettersSDSU[email protected]

Area of Expertise

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

Pascale Joassart-Marcelli

Pascale Joassart-Marcelli

ProfessorGeographyCollege of Arts and LettersSDSU[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

Calvin Johnson

Calvin Johnson

ProfessorPhysicsCollege of SciencesSDSU[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Neutrino physics and astrophysics; detection of dark matter; the interplay of science and science fiction and science in popular culture

David Kahan

David Kahan

Professor EmeritusExercise and Nutritional SciencesCollege of Health and Human ServicesSDSU[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).