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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Ezra Bejar

Ezra Bejar

Industry Projects Coordinator, Business DeveloperComputational Science Research CenterSDSU[email protected]619-594-2258

Area of Expertise

Herbalism, botanical medicine, adulteration, herbs, herbal medicine, botanicals, plants, ingredients, supplements and dietary supplements.

George Belch

George Belch

Senior Associate DeanFowler College of BusinessMarketingSDSU[email protected]619-594-2473

Area of Expertise

Marketing strategy, advertising strategy, sports marketing, consumer behavior and holiday advertising.

Michael Belch

Michael Belch

ProfessorFowler College of BusinessMarketingSDSU[email protected]619-594-5319

Area of Expertise

Integrated marketing communications, marketing communications, advertising, consumer behavior, international marketing, holiday shopping and Black Friday/Cyber Monday.

Asfaw Beyene

Asfaw Beyene

ProfessorCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSU[email protected]619-594-6207

Area of Expertise

Energy, renewable energy, impacts of energy use on climate change, industrial energy use, wave energy conversion, wind energy conversion, solar thermal energy conversion, combined heat and power, cogeneration, adaptive motion and biomimicry.

Trent Biggs

Trent Biggs

ProfessorCollege of Arts and LettersGeographySDSU[email protected]619-594-0902

Area of Expertise

Hydrological processes and modeling, remote sensing for watershed science, social-ecological systems, spatial analysis and modeling, land cover and land use change analysis, environmental planning and policy, sediment, erosion, and water quality and data science.

Marcie Bober-Michel

Marcie Bober-Michel

Professor EmeritusCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsSchool of Journalism and Media StudiesSDSU[email protected]619-867-7717

Area of Expertise

Program/product evaluation, research methodology, organizational accountability and organizational performance.

María Boli­var

María Boli­var

LecturerCollege of Arts and LettersSpanish and Portuguese Languages and LiteraturesSDSU[email protected]858 444 5894

Area of Expertise

Interpretation, translation, writing, education, medical and legal terminology and lexicography.

Fernando Bosco

Fernando Bosco

Professor and Department ChairCollege of Arts and LettersGeographySDSU[email protected]619-594-7187

Area of Expertise

Youth, society, and environment, political ecology, migration and borders, geographies of food, geographies of children, young people, and families, geographies of cities, political geography and social movements.

Samantha Bova

Samantha Bova

Assistant ProfessorCollege of SciencesGeological SciencesSDSU[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Paleoceanography, climate change, climate models, climate proxies, Holocene and past warm periods.

Andre Branch

Andre Branch

Associate ProfessorCollege of EducationSchool of Teacher EducationSDSU[email protected]619-594-2722

Area of Expertise

Multicultural Education; Ethnic Identity Development in Education; Teaching doctoral students and preparing teachers for public school teaching. Created a model of Ethnic Identity Development in Education, through investigations of classroom teachers facilitating students’ ethnic identity development through subject matter curricula. Intersections of culture and education and ethnic identity development in classroom teaching. Co-Founder and Director of the International Research Network of Ethnic Identity Pedagogy. Teacher preparation; valuing human diversity in the public and private sectors.

Joanna Brooks

Joanna Brooks

Professor and Associate Vice President for Faculty AdvancementCollege of Arts and LettersEnglish and Comparative LiteratureSDSU[email protected]619-594-5271

Area of Expertise

American literature, race & religion in America, Native American literature and culture, Mormonism

Christopher Brown

Christopher Brown

Managing DirectorCollege of Arts and LettersLanguage Acquisition Resource CenterSDSU[email protected]619-594-7131

Area of Expertise

Higher Education Leadership, Organizational Theory, Organizational Behavior, Organizational Culture, Transcultural communication, and Discourse Analysis

Christopher Brum

Christopher Brum

Assistant ProfessorCollege of EducationDepartment of Special EducationSDSU[email protected](619) 594-6665

Area of Expertise

Literacy and communication development for individuals with deaf-blindness or with severe/multiple disabilities

Annie Buckley

Annie Buckley

ProfessorCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsSchool of Art + DesignSDSU[email protected]213-590-9798

Area of Expertise

Art, participatory art, community-based art, arts in corrections, prison arts collective

Joaquin Camacho

Joaquin Camacho

ProfessorCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSU[email protected]619-594-6076

Area of Expertise

Energy, renewable energy, non-renewable energy, fossil fuels, fire, combustion, wildfires, pollution, emissions, nanoparticles, nanomaterials, nanoscience, soot, carbon, aerosols, chemical vapor deposition

Juan Camarena

Juan Camarena

Assistant Professor and Executive Director, Center for Community Counseling and EngagementCollege of EducationCounseling and School PsychologySDSU[email protected]619-772-8588

Area of Expertise

Issues related to sex, sexuality, sex therapy and specifically sex therapy for Latinx and LGBTQIA+ people, sex therapist, factors impacting desire, attraction, and sexual self esteem in individuals and relationships.

Victor Camp

Victor Camp

LecturerCollege of SciencesGeological SciencesSDSU[email protected]619-594-7170

Area of Expertise

Long-term lecturer, currently teaching as a Retired annuitant. International experience with volcanoes, volcanic activity and natural disasters (earthquakes, tsunami, landslides, etc.).

Heather Canary

Heather Canary

Professor and DirectorCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsSchool of CommunicationSDSU[email protected](619) 594-0895

Area of Expertise

Organizational communication, family communication, health communication and leadership and team communication.

Ricardo Carretero

Ricardo Carretero

ProfessorCollege of SciencesMathematics and StatisticsSDSU[email protected]619-594-7252

Area of Expertise

Applied and computational mathematics, mathematical physics, mathematical modeling, chaos, fractals, nonlinear waves, partial differential equations, condensed matter physics, nonlinear optics,  and nonlinear time series.

Monica Casper

Monica Casper

Professor and DeanCollege of Arts and LettersSociologySDSU[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Women's health, reproduction, feminist STS, qualitative methods, trauma studies, critical animal studies, disability studies, and environmental studies.

Joshua Chanin

Joshua Chanin

Associate ProfessorCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsSchool of Public AffairsSDSU[email protected]619-594-1948

Area of Expertise

Intersection of law; public administration, and criminal justice; the implementation and institutionalization of federal efforts to remedy systematic police misconduct; public law; bureaucratic accountability; criminal procedure; police behavior, especially related to the use of force; and the relationship between public safety and individual liberty.

Yea-Wen Chen

Yea-Wen Chen

ProfessorCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsSchool of CommunicationSDSU[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Intercultural communication, critical communication pedagogy, social justice, Pan-Asian organizing, immigrant women faculty experiences and cultural identities.

Grace Cheng

Grace Cheng

Director of the Center for Human RightsCollege of Arts and LettersSDSU[email protected]347-806-1215

Area of Expertise

Human rights, refugees, international politics, Asia-Pacific politics, conflict and post-conflict transition.