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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Eric Frost

Eric Frost

Professor, Viz Center Director, Graduate Program in Homeland Security Co-DirectorCollege of SciencesGeological SciencesSDSU[email protected]619-594-5960

Area of Expertise

Homeland security, geospatial imagery, humanitarian assistance disaster relief, civilian-military disaster (i.e. Gulf oil spill), sensor networks, public safety, dots on maps. Frost is also Director of SDSU's Immersive Visualization Lab and Co-Director of SDSU's Homeland Security Master's Program.

Paul Ganster

Paul Ganster

Professor and Director of the Institute for Regional Studies of the CaliforniasCollege of Arts and LettersSDSU[email protected]619-594-5423

Area of Expertise

California-Baja border region, border politics, quality of life indicators for the San Diego-Tijuana region, U.S.-Mexican border environmental indicators, management of human and natural systems in the binational Tijuana River watershed

Rees Garmann

Rees Garmann

Assistant ProfessorCollege of SciencesChemistry and BiochemistrySDSU[email protected]

Area of Expertise

The physics of how viruses work, RNA viruses, bacterial viruses, bacteriophages, hte structure of long RNA molecules.

Sarah Garrity

Sarah Garrity

Interim Senior Associate DeanCollege of EducationChild and Family DevelopmentSDSU[email protected]

Area of Expertise

infants and toddlers, early childhood education, early childhood workforce development, social emotional development, transitional kindergarten

Patricia Geist-Martin

Patricia Geist-Martin

Professor EmeritaCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsSchool of CommunicationSDSU[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Organizational communication (stories, identity, spirituality, voice, wellness, sexual harassment). Health communication (provider-patient communication; personal, cultural, political complexities, illness narratives, narrative medicine, holistic health communication). Qualitative research methods (observation and field notes, interviewing, focus groups, narrative analysis, qualitative coding).

Uduak George

Uduak George

Assistant ProfessorCollege of SciencesMathematics and StatisticsSDSU[email protected]619-594-7247

Area of Expertise

Systems biology, modeling and simulation of the lungs and mammary gland development and machine learning/artificial intelligence for advancing health equity.

Michael Gerdes

Michael Gerdes

Director of OrchestrasCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsSchool of Music and DanceSDSU[email protected]619-594-4681

Area of Expertise

Orchestra, Orchestral Music, Education, Music Education, Classical, Baroque, Romantic, Contemporary Music, Polytonal Music, Composition, Orchestration, Musical Theater, Opera, Piano, Class Piano, Symphony, Chamber Music

Randall German

Randall German

Professor and Associate DeanCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSU[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Materials engineering, fabrication and processing of engineered materials from steels to ceramics, cost-effective technical solutions for advanced engineering applications

Richard Gersberg

Richard Gersberg

ProfessorCollege of Health and Human ServicesSchool of Public HealthSDSU[email protected]619-594-2905

Area of Expertise

Water contamination and pollution, health risks of contaminated waters, including after rainfall. Aquatic toxicity testing and ecological risk assessment for contaminants in water and sediments, restoration of the Venice Lagoon in Italy; transboundary water pollution concerns for the U.S.-Mexico border, including the Tijuana River and New River watersheds

Sambuddha Ghatak

Sambuddha Ghatak

Assistant ProfessorDivision of Professional StudiesSchool of Public AffairsCriminal Justice and Homeland SecuritySDSU Imperial Valley[email protected](760) 768-5790

Area of Expertise

Terrorism, Civil War, International Conflict, State Capacity, Regional Conflict in South Asia, India

Jerome Giles

Jerome Giles

Associate ProfessorCollege of SciencesMathematics and StatisticsSDSU[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Applied mathematics, signal processing, image processing, data science, deep learning, mathematical decomposition techniques and data-driven techniques.

Stephen Goggin

Stephen Goggin

Associate ProfessorCollege of Arts and LettersPolitical ScienceSDSU[email protected]

Area of Expertise

American politics, survey research & polling, political parties, campaigns & elections, media, the presidency, Congress

Shira Goldenberg

Shira Goldenberg

Assistant Professor & Co-Director, SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program Public HealthCollege of Health and Human ServicesSchool of Public Health, Division of EpidemiologySDSU[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Migrant health, women's health, HIV, sexual health, reproductive health, gender-based violence, immigration, asylum seekers, health and human rights, and social epidemiology.

Julie-Kathryn Graham

Julie-Kathryn Graham

Assistant ProfessorCollege of Health and Human ServicesSchool of NursingSDSU[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Oxygenation in the critically ill patient, respiratory failure, shock, sepsis, Covid-19 related respiratory failure, mitochondrial dysregulation, and mechanical and extracorporeal ventilation.

Jonathan Graubart

Jonathan Graubart

ProfessorCollege of Arts and LettersPolitical ScienceSDSU[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Zionism, Israel-Palestine, international tribunals, UN, global protest movements and climate justice activism.

Anne W. Graves

Anne W. Graves

Ph.D., Professor EmeritaCollege of EducationDepartment of Special EducationSDSU[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Early reading and writing, teaching struggling readers and dyslexia as a misnomer.

Madhu Gupta

Madhu Gupta

Professor EmeritusCollege of EngineeringElectrical and Computer EngineeringSDSU[email protected]619-594-7015

Area of Expertise

Radio frequency (RF) and microwave electronics, solid-state and semiconductor devices, radio-frequency integrated circuits (RFIC), wireless communication systems and physical electronics.

Svasti Haricharan

Svasti Haricharan

Associate ProfessorCollege of SciencesBiologySDSU[email protected]

Area of Expertise

cancer, genomics, DNA repair, precision oncology, health disparities, cancer disparities

Frank Harris III

Frank Harris III

Interim Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion & ProfessorCollege of EducationAdministration, Rehabilitation, and Postsecondary EducationSDSU[email protected]619.594.1551

Area of Expertise

Gender and masculinity (particularly among college men), Race and ethnicity in education, College sports/athletics, Community Colleges, College fraternities

Christopher Harrison

Christopher Harrison

Associate ProfessorCollege of SciencesChemistry and BiochemistrySDSU[email protected]619-594-1609

Area of Expertise

Chemical analysis; identification and quantification of chemical components in aqueous (liquid) solutions. Anti-doping analysis; development of analytical techniques for the detection of doping substances used by athletes.

Kyle Hasenstab

Kyle Hasenstab

Assistant ProfessorCollege of SciencesMathematics and StatisticsSDSU[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Artificial Intelligence, deep learning and medical imaging.

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 and Associate ChairCollege of SciencesBiologySDSU[email protected]

Area of Expertise

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

Brian Hentschel

Brian Hentschel

Associate ProfessorCollege of SciencesBiologySDSU[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

ProfessorCollege of Arts and LettersEnglish and Comparative LiteratureSDSU[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.