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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Stephen Cho Suh

Stephen Cho Suh

Assistant ProfessorAsian American StudiesCollege of Arts and LettersSan Diego[email protected]AL 469

Area of Expertise

Asian Americans, Korean Diaspora, Korean Americans, Asian-American Chefs, Asian-American food, Return Migration

Zohir Chowdhury

Zohir Chowdhury

Associate ProfessorCollege of Health and Human ServicesSchool of Public HealthSan Diego[email protected]619-594-8085

Area of Expertise

Measurement of air pollution, air pollution in developing countries (focused on Bangladesh, India, China, Guatemala), air pollution measurement from cookstoves, source apportionment of particulate matter, atmospheric chemistry, particle monitor development

Beth Chung

Beth Chung

ProfessorFowler College of BusinessManagementSan Diego[email protected]619-594-2699

Area of Expertise

Customer service, ethnic diversity in the workplace, executive management/behavior, human resources

Rulon Clark

Rulon Clark

ProfessorCollege of SciencesBiologySan Diego[email protected]619-594-1527

Area of Expertise

Animal Behavior and communication, Herpetology, Conservation Genetics, Habitat Fragmentation, Reptiles, Amphibians, Snakes, Rattlesnakes

Clarissa Clo

Clarissa Clo

Professor and ChairCollege of Arts and LettersEuropean StudiesSan Diego[email protected]619-594-1131

Area of Expertise

Italian culture, literature, film, music, and language; Mediterranean Studies; migration and postcolonial studies in Italy and Europe; Italian American studies; feminist and queer studies; popular culture; youth cultures; fanfiction and fandoms; cultures of globalization.

Brad Cohen

Brad Cohen

Lecturer, Dual Language and English Learner Education (DLE)College of EducationSan Diego[email protected]

Area of Expertise

ASL Education, L2/Ln language learners, Students’ motivation, Students’ retention, pedagogy, curriculum, Assessment tool.

Angela Coker

Angela Coker

Associate ProfessorWomen's StudiesCollege of Arts and LettersSan Diego[email protected](619) 594-1025AL 317

Area of Expertise

Black Feminist Thought, Black Feminism, Counseling, Mental Health, Mental Health Counseling, Cultural Diversity

Lauren Collins

Lauren Collins

Assistant ProfessorCollege of EducationDepartment of Special EducationSan Diego[email protected]

Area of Expertise

School violence; reading instruction and intervention; Special education; emotional and behavioral disorders; evidence-based practice.

Stephen Colston

Stephen Colston

Professor EmeritusCollege of Arts and LettersHistorySan Diego[email protected]619-594-4716

Area of Expertise

The history of Spanish-Mexican California and the Southwest, book culture of California and the Southwest Borderlands, and Aztec history and culture

Andrew Cooksy

Andrew Cooksy

ProfessorCollege of SciencesChemistry and BiochemistrySan Diego[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Combustion chemistry, interstellar chemistry, computational chemistry, chemical synthesis, biochemistry, reactive intermediates in combustion, laser spectroscopy, spectroscopic theory and computational quantum mechanics.

Miro Copic

Miro Copic

LecturerFowler College of BusinessMarketingSan Diego[email protected]619-594-0941

Area of Expertise

International marketing, media business, branding, consumer marketing, holiday marketing Black Friday/Cyber Monday, social networking, marketing, consumer behavior, branding products, Japan business/marketing, Latin American business/marketing

Linda Copp

Linda Copp

LecturerCollege of Health and Human ServicesExercise and Nutritional SciencesSan Diego[email protected]619-247-4397

Area of Expertise

Nutrition, weight management, sports nutrition, child nutrition, eating disorders.  Copp is a registered dietician.

J. Corlett

J. Corlett

ProfessorPhilosophySan Diego[email protected]619-594-6251

Area of Expertise

ethics; race; racism; reparations; racial/ethnic identity; responsibility; punishment; rights; sports doping; drug criminalization; free speech; civil disobedience and terrorism.

Molly Costello

Molly Costello

Undergraduate AdvisorCollege of Arts and LettersGeographySan Diego[email protected]619-594-5476

Area of Expertise

River restoration, dams, flooding, water resources and policy; geomorphology and natural hazards; severe weather, climate change

Richard Cripps

Richard Cripps

ProfessorCollege of SciencesBiologySan Diego[email protected]

Area of Expertise

CRISPR, muscle, development, heart muscular dystrophy and congenital heart disease.

John Crockett

John Crockett

Associate Vice President of Research AdvancementDivision of Research and InnovationSan Diego[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Team science, faculty diversity initiatives and SDSU research ambitions.

Terry Cronan

Terry Cronan

ProfessorCollege of SciencesPsychologySan Diego[email protected]619-594-5793

Area of Expertise

Health psychology, chronic illness, fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis, cancer screening, literacy interventions, community psychology, prevention as healthcare reform strategy

Gregory Daddis

Gregory Daddis

Professor and Director, Center of War and Society and USS Midway Chair in Modern U.S. Military HistoryCollege of Arts and LettersHistorySan Diego[email protected]

Area of Expertise

US national security, grand strategy, Cold War, Vietnam, War and Society

Hassan Davani

Hassan Davani

Assistant ProfessorCollege of EngineeringCivil, Construction, and Environmental EngineeringSan Diego[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Water resources engineering, Stormwater management, Satellite methods for flood identification, Community-based and green infrastructure for climate change adaptation. Field sites in the US-Mexico Border, Imperial Beach, Imperial-Mexicali Valley, San Francisco Bay Area.

Rebecca de Souza

Rebecca de Souza

Assistant ProfessorCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsSchool of CommunicationSan Diego[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Food justice, hunger and food insecurity, food assistance, stigma, racism/ antiracism, health communication, identity, intercultural communication and neoliberalism.

David DeBoskey

David DeBoskey

ProfessorFowler College of BusinessCharles W. Lamden School of AccountancySan Diego[email protected]619-594-2376

Area of Expertise

Accounting, auditing, executive decision making, financial reporting, SEC reporting, sports accounting, sports financial management, executive salaries/compensation

Alex DeNoble

Alex DeNoble

Professor and Director, Lavin Entrepreneurship CenterFowler College of BusinessManagementSan Diego[email protected]619-594-4890

Area of Expertise

Investor relations, corporate responsibility, entrepreneurship, technology commercialization.

Thierry Devos

Thierry Devos

ProfessorCollege of SciencesPsychologySan Diego[email protected]619-594-6911

Area of Expertise

Diversity, multiculturalism, ethnic and national identities, social identity, intergroup relations, prejudice, stereotypes, discrimination, implicit (automatic or unconscious) biases

Paula DeVos

Paula DeVos

Assistant ProfessorCollege of Arts and LettersHistorySan Diego[email protected]619-594-4893

Area of Expertise

Colonial Latin American history, colonial Mexico, history of science, Scientific Revolution, science, medicine, pharmacy and public health in colonial Mexico

Aaron Dinkin

Aaron Dinkin

Assistant ProfessorCollege of Arts and LettersLinguistics and Asian/Middle Eastern LanguagesSan Diego[email protected]

Area of Expertise

English dialects, pronunciation and sociolinguistics.

Bryan Donyanavard

Bryan Donyanavard

Assistant ProfessorCollege of SciencesComputer ScienceSan Diego[email protected]661-713-7479

Area of Expertise

Autonomous vehicles and adaptive robots. Cyber-physical systems, energy-efficient embedded systems, computational self-awareness, computer architecture, self-aware computing.