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.

For Faculty Interested in Joining the Experts Directory

Faculty interested in joining the Experts Directory are encouraged to contact Senior Director of Media Relations Cory Marshall for more information.

For Media Seeking an Interview

For questions or assistance in coordinating an interview with one of the university’s subject-matter experts, please contact a member of the SDSU media relations team.
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Shirley Weber

Shirley Weber

Professor Emeritus, Distinguished Faculty member, Current California Secretary of StateCollege of Arts and LettersAfricana StudiesSan Diego[email protected](916) 653-6814

Area of Expertise

Co-founder of the Africana Studies Department, co-founder of the W.E.B. DuBois Leadership Institute for Young Black Scholars. Africana studies, African culture and ethnicity.

Kristen Wells

Kristen Wells

Associate ProfessorCollege of SciencesPsychologySan Diego[email protected]619-594-1919

Area of Expertise

Improving the quality of healthcare delivered to underserved populations; the development, implementation, and testing og patient navigation interventions to improve access to care related to cancer, HIV prevention, suicide prevention, and COVID-19 vaccination, among diverse and minoritized populations; mobile sensing technologies and data to understand medication-taking behaviors, predict individual risk factors, and deliver interventions to improve adherence that are needed by the individual at the optimal time, place, and in the optimal context; cancer disparities, cancer care, patient navigation, mobile sensing, medication adherence, HIV prevention, suicide prevention and COVID-19 vaccination.

Bill Welsh

Bill Welsh

ProfessorCollege of SciencesAstronomySan Diego[email protected]619-594-2288

Area of Expertise

Astronomy, astrophysics, planets, extrasolar planets, exoplanets, Kepler Mission and astrobiology.