Kai-Chung Cheng
Assistant ProfessorSchool of Public HealthSDSU Imperial Valley[email protected]Area of Expertise
Indoor Air Quality; Human Exposure; Secondhand Smoke; Machine Learning
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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Lilly Cheng
ProfessorCollege of Health and Human ServicesSpeech, Language, and Hearing SciencesSDSU[email protected]619-594-4793Area of Expertise
China (culture, language, history, etc.).
Stephen Cho Suh
Assistant ProfessorAsian American StudiesCollege of Arts and LettersSDSU[email protected]AL 469Area of Expertise
Asian Americans, Korean Diaspora, Korean Americans, Asian-American Chefs, Asian-American food, Return Migration
Zohir Chowdhury
Associate ProfessorCollege of Health and Human ServicesSchool of Public HealthSDSU[email protected]619-594-8085Area 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
ProfessorFowler College of BusinessManagementSDSU[email protected]619-594-2699Area of Expertise
Customer service, ethnic diversity in the workplace, executive management/behavior, human resources
Rulon Clark
ProfessorCollege of SciencesBiologySDSU[email protected]619-594-1527Area of Expertise
Animal Behavior and communication, Herpetology, Conservation Genetics, Habitat Fragmentation, Reptiles, Amphibians, Snakes, Rattlesnakes
Clarissa Clo
Professor and ChairCollege of Arts and LettersEuropean StudiesSDSU[email protected]619-594-1131Area 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
Lecturer, Dual Language and English Learner Education (DLE)College of EducationSDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
ASL Education, L2/Ln language learners, Students’ motivation, Students’ retention, pedagogy, curriculum, Assessment tool.
Angela Coker
Associate ProfessorWomen's StudiesCollege of Arts and LettersSDSU[email protected](619) 594-1025AL 317Area of Expertise
Black Feminist Thought, Black Feminism, Counseling, Mental Health, Mental Health Counseling, Cultural Diversity
Lauren Collins
Assistant ProfessorCollege of EducationDepartment of Special EducationSDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
School violence; reading instruction and intervention; Special education; emotional and behavioral disorders; evidence-based practice.
Tamara Collins-Parks
LecturerCollege of EducationDual Language and English Learner EducationSDSU[email protected], [email protected]760-758-1324Area of Expertise
Public policy, bilingual education, English Language Development, and linguistics (particularly language acquisition).
Stephen Colston
Professor EmeritusCollege of Arts and LettersHistorySDSU[email protected]619-594-4716Area of Expertise
The history of Spanish-Mexican California and the Southwest, book culture of California and the Southwest Borderlands, and Aztec history and culture
Fabio Comana
LecturerCollege of Health and Human ServicesExercise and Nutritional SciencesSDSU[email protected]619-594-5290Area of Expertise
Exercise physiology, strength conditioning, nutrition
Andrew Cooksy
ProfessorCollege of SciencesChemistry and BiochemistrySDSU[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
LecturerFowler College of BusinessMarketingSDSU[email protected]619-594-0941Area 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
LecturerCollege of Health and Human ServicesExercise and Nutritional SciencesSDSU[email protected]619-247-4397Area of Expertise
Nutrition, weight management, sports nutrition, child nutrition, eating disorders. Copp is a registered dietician.
J. Corlett
ProfessorPhilosophySDSU[email protected]619-594-6251Area of Expertise
ethics; race; racism; reparations; racial/ethnic identity; responsibility; punishment; rights; sports doping; drug criminalization; free speech; civil disobedience and terrorism.
Molly Costello
Undergraduate AdvisorCollege of Arts and LettersGeographySDSU[email protected]619-594-5476Area of Expertise
River restoration, dams, flooding, water resources and policy; geomorphology and natural hazards; severe weather, climate change
Richard Cripps
ProfessorCollege of SciencesBiologySDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
CRISPR, muscle, development, heart muscular dystrophy and congenital heart disease.
John Crockett
Associate Vice President of Research AdvancementDivision of Research and InnovationSDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Team science, faculty diversity initiatives and SDSU research ambitions.
Terry Cronan
ProfessorCollege of SciencesPsychologySDSU[email protected]619-594-5793Area of Expertise
Health psychology, chronic illness, fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis, cancer screening, literacy interventions, community psychology, prevention as healthcare reform strategy
Gregory Daddis
Professor and Director, Center of War and Society and USS Midway Chair in Modern U.S. Military HistoryCollege of Arts and LettersHistorySDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
US national security, grand strategy, Cold War, Vietnam, War and Society
Hassan Davani
Assistant ProfessorCollege of EngineeringCivil, Construction, and Environmental EngineeringSDSU[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.
Steven Day
ProfessorCollege of SciencesGeological SciencesSDSU[email protected]619-594-2663Area of Expertise
Source dynamics, earthquake strong motion, and explosion seismology
Rebecca de Souza
Assistant ProfessorCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsSchool of CommunicationSDSU[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
ProfessorFowler College of BusinessCharles W. Lamden School of AccountancySDSU[email protected]619-594-2376Area of Expertise
Accounting, auditing, executive decision making, financial reporting, SEC reporting, sports accounting, sports financial management, executive salaries/compensation
Alex DeNoble
Professor and Director, Lavin Entrepreneurship CenterFowler College of BusinessManagementSDSU[email protected]619-594-4890Area of Expertise
Investor relations, corporate responsibility, entrepreneurship, technology commercialization.
Thierry Devos
ProfessorCollege of SciencesPsychologySDSU[email protected]619-594-6911Area of Expertise
Diversity, multiculturalism, ethnic and national identities, social identity, intergroup relations, prejudice, stereotypes, discrimination, implicit (automatic or unconscious) biases
Paula DeVos
Assistant ProfessorCollege of Arts and LettersHistorySDSU[email protected]619-594-4893Area of Expertise
Colonial Latin American history, colonial Mexico, history of science, Scientific Revolution, science, medicine, pharmacy and public health in colonial Mexico
Aaron Dinkin
Assistant ProfessorCollege of Arts and LettersLinguistics and Asian/Middle Eastern LanguagesSDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
English dialects, pronunciation and sociolinguistics.
