Ron King
ProfessorCollege of Arts and LettersPolitical ScienceSan Diego[email protected]619-594-1094Area of Expertise
American politics, public policy, elections, presidential politics, republican primaries
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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Alicia Kinoshita
Associate ProfessorCollege of EngineeringCivil, Construction, and Environmental EngineeringSan Diego[email protected]619-594-1330Area of Expertise
Wildfire, post-fire hydrology, disturbance hydrology, remote sensing applications
Risa Levitt Kohn
Professor and Chair of Religious Studies and ClassicsCollege of Arts and LettersDepartment for the Study of ReligionSan Diego[email protected](619) 594-5327Area of Expertise
Hebrew Bible, Jewish and Christian origins, Judaism
Ahmet Kuru
ProfessorCollege of Arts and LettersPolitical ScienceSan Diego[email protected]Area of Expertise
Islam, Muslim world, secularism, Middle East, Turkey, church-state, and authoritarianism.
Lyuba Kuznetsova
Associate ProfessorCollege of SciencesPhysicsSan Diego[email protected]619-594-6164Area of Expertise
My areas of expertise include high energy short-pulse generation in fiber laser systems, mode-locking in quantum cascade lasers, blue LEDs, microcavities, and metamaterials. Also Optics, Lasers, Nanophotonics, Metamaterials
Kelly Lane
LecturerCollege of Health and Human ServicesExercise and Nutritional SciencesSan Diego[email protected]619-594-4492Area of Expertise
Food science/technology, food business/management and online course design and instruction
James Lange
DirectorWell-being & Health PromotionSan Diego[email protected]619-594-4133Area of Expertise
Alcohol abuse, binge drinking, drug use, salvia divinorum, college-aged drinking, underage drinking, drunk driving.
Irene Lara
Associate Professor and Undergraduate AdvisorCollege of Arts and LettersWomen's StudiesSan Diego[email protected]619-594-7151Area of Expertise
Chicana and indigenous women's spirituality and healing practices, Latina health and activism, women of color reproductive justice, Chicana/Latina cultural production, Our Lady of Guadalup/e La Virgen de Guadalupe and other Latina cultural and spiritual figures, feminist teaching/pedagogy, community engaged scholarship, South Bay/South San Diego Latino/a/x communities and community organizations, and Chicana/Mexican motherhood.
Lance Larson
Co-Director of the Graduate Program in Homeland Security and Coordinator for the Cyber Security Program OfficeGraduate Program in Homeland SecuritySan Diego[email protected]949-682-8804Area of Expertise
Cyber Security, hacking, IT security, law enforcement tactic, online crime, child predators
Matthew Lauer
ProfessorCollege of Arts and LettersAnthropologySan Diego[email protected]619-594-0978Area of Expertise
Social science of small-scale coral reef fisheries, marine protected areas, environmental governance, disasters, climate change, Indigenous ecological knowledge, and science and technology studies. Pacific Island region including the Solomon Islands and French Polynesia (Moorea, Tahiti).
Martha Lauzen
Professor and Executive Director, Center for the Study of Women in Television and FilmCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsSchool of Theatre, Television, and FilmSan Diego[email protected]619 594 6301Area of Expertise
Women's employment and representation on screen and behind the scenes in film (The Celluloid Ceiling, Independent Women, Women @ the Movies) and television (Boxed In).
Vanja Lazarevic
Associate ProfessorCollege of EducationChild and Family DevelopmentSan Diego[email protected]Area of Expertise
Immigrant families, refugee families, adolescents and young adults, immigrant family dynamics, language brokering (i.e., translating, interpreting) and mental health and wellbeing.
Gordon Lee
Professor EmeritusCollege of EngineeringElectrical and Computer EngineeringSan Diego[email protected]619-594-6388Area of Expertise
Robotics, control systems, fuzzy logic, neural networks, intelligent systems
Young-Shin Lee
Associate ProfessorCollege of Health and Human ServicesSchool of NursingSan Diego[email protected]Area of Expertise
Physical activity related to chronic disease, bone health, and falls among older adults, community engaged service learning health promotion projects in education, E-cigarette use and health impact, and oral health.
Douglas Leonard
Associate ProfessorCollege of SciencesAstronomySan Diego[email protected]619-594-2215Area of Expertise
Astronomy, astrophysics, stellar explosions (supernovae, gamma-ray bursts), black holes (formation and detection), cosmology (Big Bang, accelerating universe), events of general public interest (e.g., lunar and solar eclipses, meteor showers).
Rebecca Lewison
ProfessorCollege of SciencesBiologySan Diego[email protected]619-594-8287Area of Expertise
Conservation ecology, applied conservation science, wildlife, landscape connectivity, dynamic ocean management, climate resilience, climate readiness, land use, resource use, sustainability, species extinction, fisheries, sea turtles, seabirds, hippos and endangered species in San Diego.
Hanyang Li
Assistant ProfessorCollege of EngineeringCivil, Construction, and Environmental EngineeringSan Diego[email protected]Area of Expertise
Air quality, air pollution measurement and monitoring, aerosol instrument development, environmental justice and machine learning.
Marian Liebowitz
Professor EmeritusCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsSchool of Music and DanceSan Diego[email protected]619-594-6046Area of Expertise
Arts management, arts entrepreneurship, music, chamber music, performing arts and Latinx music and dance.
Kurt Lindemann
Associate DeanCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsSan Diego[email protected]619-594-4945Area of Expertise
communication, disability, sports, gender, social media, narratives, storytelling, public speaking, debate.
David Lipson
Associate ProfessorCollege of SciencesBiologySan Diego[email protected], [email protected]619-594-4460Area of Expertise
Soil microbial ecology, plant-microbe interactions, cycling of carbon and nitrogen and life in cold environments.
Xiaobai Liu
Associate ProfessorCollege of SciencesComputer ScienceSan Diego[email protected]Area of Expertise
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Computer Vision and their applications in Autonomous Driving, Intelligent Transportation, Real Estate and Data Science
Xiaofeng Liu
Associate ProfessorCollege of EngineeringAerospace EngineeringSan Diego[email protected]619-594-1364Area of Expertise
Aerodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Fluid Dynamics, Turbulence, Vortex Dynamics, Acoustics, Cavitation, Flow Measurement Techniques, Cooling, Heat Transfer, Image Processing and flow-induced vibration.
Virginia Loh-Hagan
APIDA Center DirectorCollege of EducationSchool of Teacher EducationSan Diego[email protected]Area of Expertise
Literacy instruction, Children's and YA kidlit, Asian Pacific Islander Desi American histories and experiences and K-12 education. Recipient of CRA's outstanding achievement in reading award; Author, Curriculum Designer, and Educator.
Jeremy Long
ProfessorCollege of SciencesBiologySan Diego[email protected]6198885294Area of Expertise
Ecology, environment, marsh, Baja, invasive species, abalone, snail, urchin, seaweed, restoration, aquaculture, marine biology, human impacts, anthropogenic impacts, species range and plants.
Tracy Love-Geffen
Professor and Dean of the College of Graduate StudiesCollege of Health and Human ServicesSpeech, Language, and Hearing SciencesSan Diego[email protected]619-594-6354Area of Expertise
Language processing in both language impaired (aphasia/ stroke survivors and specific language impairment) and language unimpaired child and adult populations. This research program focuses on examining the nature of the information used during on-going language and cognitive processing, in determining when and how different information sources are integrated, and in determining the biological (neurological) bases of these processes. A multiple methodological approach is employed via the fusion of information provided by brain imaging, on-line and off-line behavioral research.
Ping Lu
Professor and ChairCollege of EngineeringAerospace EngineeringSan Diego[email protected]Area of Expertise
Advanced guidance and control, entry guidance, powered descent guidance, optimal control, aerospace autonomy, flight mechanics, trajectory optimization, convex optimization, hypersonic gliding guidance, hypersonic flight mechanics, spacecraft guidance and launch ascent guidance.
Robert Luallen
Assistant ProfessorCollege of SciencesBiologySan Diego[email protected]619-594-4060Area of Expertise
Immunology, host-bacteria interactions, bacterial pathogenesis
Marilee Ludvik
ProfessorCollege of EducationAdministration, Rehabilitation, and Postsecondary EducationSan Diego[email protected]619-594-8318Area of Expertise
Using translational neuroscience and mindful compassion practices to inform the design and evaluation of workshops and curriculum to decrease students’, faculty, and administrators’ stress and anxiety and increase their attention, emotion, and cognitive flexibility, as well as enhance compassion, inquiry, creativity, and overall well-being
Paul Luelmo
Assistant ProfessorCollege of EducationDepartment of Special EducationSan Diego[email protected]Area of Expertise
Special education disproportionality, autism, equity and Latinx families.
Narelle MacKenzie
LecturerFowler College of BusinessCharles W. Lamden School of AccountancySan Diego[email protected]Area of Expertise
Corporate and international tax.
