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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Paula DeVos

Paula DeVos

ProfessorHistoryCollege of Arts and LettersSDSU[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 ProfessorLinguistics and Asian/Middle Eastern LanguagesCollege of Arts and LettersSDSU[email protected]

Area of Expertise

English dialects, pronunciation and sociolinguistics.

Bryan Donyanavard

Bryan Donyanavard

Assistant ProfessorComputer ScienceCollege of SciencesSDSU[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.

Marie Draz

Marie Draz

Associate Professor, Director of LGBTQ+ StudiesWomen's, Gender, and Sexuality StudiesCollege of Arts and LettersSDSU[email protected]AL 429

Area of Expertise

Feminism, Transgender, Perspectives In Philosophy, Marginalized Perspectives In Philosophy, Intersectionality, Colonialism, Gender

Tiffany Dykstra-DeVette

Tiffany Dykstra-DeVette

Associate Professor and Director for the Institute for Dialogue & Social Justice.School of CommunicationCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsSDSU[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Organizational communication, nonprofit organizing, empowerment, social justice, communication tensions.

Megan Ebor

Megan Ebor

Assistant ProfessorSchool of Social WorkCollege of Health and Human ServicesSDSU[email protected]

Area of Expertise

HIV, aging, health communication, Black women, health equity, health disparities and health communication multimedia.

Matthew Edwards

Matthew Edwards

ProfessorBiologyCollege of SciencesSDSU[email protected]619-594-7049

Area of Expertise

Research focuses on patterns of variation in giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) forests at multiple spatial and temporal scales throughout the species’ geographic range in the Northeast Pacific Ocean.

John Eger

John Eger

Professor EmeritusSchool of Journalism and Media StudiesCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsSDSU[email protected]619-594-6910

Area of Expertise

Education and economic development, technology and public policy, creativity and innovation and the impact of the creative economy on education and economic development.

John Elder

John Elder

Albert W. Johnson Distinguished Professor EmeritusSchool of Public HealthCollege of Health and Human ServicesSDSU[email protected]619-594-2997

Area of Expertise

Childhood obesity prevention, community nutritional support through food pantries and community gardens, mentoring of post doctoral and junior faculty researchers.

David Ely

David Ely

ProfessorFinanceFowler College of BusinessSDSU[email protected]; [email protected]619-594-6842

Area of Expertise

Regulation and management of financial institutions and markets, banking, monetary policy, impact of deregulation on the operations of financial services companies and local economies, small business lending by commercial banks and by credit unions, and the efficiency of credit unions.

Karen Emmorey

Karen Emmorey

ProfessorSpeech, Language, and Hearing SciencesCollege of Health and Human ServicesSDSU[email protected]619-594-8080

Area of Expertise

American Sign Language and the brain, language and cognition, deaf studies

Arif Engin

Arif Engin

ProfessorElectrical and Computer EngineeringCollege of EngineeringSDSU[email protected]619-594-2726

Area of Expertise

Electromagnetic interference, signal integrity, power integrity, computational electromagnetics, microelectronic packaging, interconnects, power delivery networks, electronic design automation, design tools, high-speed digital systems.

Ron Evans

Ron Evans

Professor EmeritusCollege of EducationSDSU[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Education reform, school reform, history of education, politics of education, curriculum history, curriculum politics, educational controversy, social studies education, teaching history, teaching social science, social studies wars, Harold Rugg, new social studies, accountability reform, curriculum, philosophy of education, curriculum theory and issues-centered education.

Gloria Faraone

Gloria Faraone

Assistant ProfessorCivil, Construction, and Environmental EngineeringCollege of EngineeringSDSU[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Reduced damage earthquake resistant buildings, seismic response of structural and nonstructural components, concrete structures

Gabriela Fernandez

Gabriela Fernandez

Director of the Metabolism of Cities Living Lab, Adjunct Faculty for the Master of Science in Big Data Analytics Program (BDA), and Graduate Advisor for the Master of Science in Big Data Analytics Program (physical and BDA Online SDSU Global School)Department of GeographyCollege of Arts and LettersSDSU[email protected]SH 329

Area of Expertise

Big data analytics, United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, vulnerable communities, climate change, sustainability, urban metabolism

Joanne M. Ferraro

Joanne M. Ferraro

Albert W. Johnson Distinguished Professor of History, EmeritaHistoryCollege of Arts and LettersSDSU[email protected]

Area of Expertise

History of Marriage, Renaissance History, Venice The Floating City Yesterday and Today

Margaret Field

Margaret Field

Professor EmeritusAmerican Indian StudiesCollege of Arts and LettersSDSU[email protected]619-594-2779

Area of Expertise

Linguistics and American languages, indigenous cultures of the Southwest, American Indians and Kumeyaay/Kumiai language.

Douglas Fisher

Douglas Fisher

Professor and Department ChairEducational LeadershipCollege of EducationSDSU[email protected]619-594-2507

Area of Expertise

Reading and literacy, differentiated instruction, curriculum design, instructional leadership, school improvement, and leader development.

Inna Fishman

Inna Fishman

Associate Research ProfessorPsychologyCollege of SciencesSDSU[email protected]619-594-2299

Area of Expertise

Autism spectrum and other developmental disorders, Autism assessment and diagnosis, brain development, brain imaging, early childhood development, clinical neuropsychology.

Hisham Foad

Hisham Foad

Professor and Department Chair, Director of the International Business programEconomicsCollege of Arts and LettersSDSU[email protected]619-594-8495

Area of Expertise

Global financial markets with a particular emphasis on exchange rates and emerging markets; economic development in the Middle East with a particular focus on migration from this region to the United States; Middle Eastern communities throughout the United States with a particular emphasis on their linkages to their native countries as well as cultural/economic assimilation.

James Frazee

James Frazee

Deputy Chief Information OfficerInformation Technology DivisionSDSU[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Design of active learning environments, pedagogical research, learner-centered technologies, building diverse, high-performing teams, guiding change, and achieving results to support the university's strategic missions of teaching, research, and service. Partnerships with faculty, academic leaders and campus stakeholders, as well regional, national and international higher education and industry partners, to enable innovation and documentation of results focusing on improving student success.

Mark Freeman

Mark Freeman

ProfessorSchool of Theatre, Television, and FilmCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsSDSU[email protected]619-594-5497

Area of Expertise

Documentary production and history, Fulbright Scholar and dance film - Ghana, South Africa, Indonesia, Italy, Portugal.

Nancy Frey

Nancy Frey

ProfessorEducational LeadershipCollege of EducationSDSU[email protected]619-594-3355

Area of Expertise

Reading and language arts, literacy, children’s and young adult literature, language development, literacy development and leadership.