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.
Tobacco prevention, smoking cessation, impact of westernization on diet and nutrition, medical sociology, health education; impact of culture, traditions and western influence on health in the global setting (emphasis on the Middle East)
International migration and border politics: San Diego and Tijuana as border cities, migrant labor, immigrant rights, asylum and refugee politics and the borders between urban neighborhoods.
Anthropology, archaeology, San Diego cemeteries, San Diego history, music history and football history.
Microbiology and microbial genetics, Pathogens, Emerging infectious diseases, Antibiotic resistance, Vaccines, Climate change and infectious disease, One Health, Phage, Bioterrorism, Research ethics, STEM Entrepreneurship
Smart grid, power system operation and planning, renewable energy, and AI-assisted optimization.
International migration, health/labor/urban economics, social epidemiology, urban sociology, social demography. Illegal/legal immigration from Mexico, healthcare and immigrants, crime and immigrants. Sociology, health, migration, urban sociology, demography
Cognitive neurophysiology; spatio-temporal (where and when) neural characteristics of cognitive and emotional processing; effects of alcohol on decision making; neural changes in young binge drinkers; fibromyalgia; autism spectrum disorder; language. We use multimodal imaging including electro- and magnetoencephalography (MEG/EEG), functional and structural MRI.
Health communication, behavior change, persuasion, social networks, social media, big data analytics, health risk, misinformation and disinformation.
Intergroup relations, STEM underrepresentation, stereotypes, prejudice, social identity, gender, role models and discrimination .
Secondhand smoke, thirdhand smoke, tobacco smoke exposure, tobacco smoke pollution, tobacco control and smoke-free policies.
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, verbal and nonverbal learning, visuospatial processing, executive functioning, psychiatric functioning, attention, antidepressants, anticonvulsants, viruses and illnesses, structural and functional MRI, diffusion tensor imaging and ADHD.
Forensic anthropology, bioarchaeology, peopling of the new world, New York African burial ground, ethics in anthropology/science, Native American graves Protection and Repatriation Act, population health and subsistence. Osteology, Skeletal Biology, Bone Identification, ancient disease, trauma analysis, population health, Bioarchaeology, Environment/anthropogenic changes and population health, 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, New York African Burial Ground, Oaxaca, Mexico, NAGPRA-Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
Bioengineering, medical device design, heart failure, mechanical circulatory support, LVAD therapy and blood flow.
Food insecurity; food access; health and nutrition equity; food choice; dietary behaviors; community-engaged research and capacity-oriented approaches.
Rhetoric, writing, arguments
COVID-19 (contact tracing, testing, vaccination, vaccine hesitancy, workforce development) community health workers, public health practice, HPV, HPV vaccines and cervical cancer.
Military affairs, military history, special operations, war, terrorism, ISIS, Al Qaeda, international security, national security, homeland security, border security, organized crime (drug trafficking, human trafficking, weapons trafficking, money laundering, etc.), intelligence, dark networks, corruption, information operations (propaganda, etc.), media and crime, crime and film and history of crime.
Physical activity, physical education, schools, recreation and public health, designing and assessing physical activity programs and interventions with diverse populations, school PE, health teaching and coaching, and residential programs for the overweight and obese. Co-founder of SPARK (sparkpe.org), which is now in its thirty-third year.
Accents, accent modification, second language acquisition, English as a second language, bilingualism, and speech and language services for adolescents.
Lighting design, theatre, television, theme parks, architecture, industrials, concerts, award shows, dance, and opera. The physics of theatrical lighting, fixtures, angles, colors, mood and time of day. Lighting in the storytelling of plays or musicals. Angles, color theory, photometrics, understanding of color temperature and Broadway.
Musical theatre, musical theater, music theatre, music theater, Broadway, Tony Awards, Broadway pit orchestras and conducting
Jewish Studies, Hebrew Bible, Jewish Ethics, Contemporary American Judaism and Spirituality, New Testament & Early Rabbinic Judaism Parallels
Combustion, solar energy and spacecraft fires.
Climate change, marine ecosystems, shoreline habitats, technology and sensor design, marine invertebrate animals, temperature stress, wave action and water flow
Sports business and major event/sports event economic impact.
Water quality of natural and engineered systems. Decentralized wastewater treatment, water reuse, pollutant fate and transport. Field sites include the San Diego River and its tributaries, the Tijuana River, and US and Mexico coastal waters.
Project Rebound, prison/er rehabilitation, education, reform, and reentry, transformative and restorative justice, community-based service learning and social sustainability.
Smart sensor/actuator technology and integrated systems.
Research, policies, and programs for educating English Language Learners. Bilingual education, dual language programs, teacher pay, Common Core Standards, testing proficiency and standardized tests for language minority students
Business education trends, organizational behavior (leadership, emotional intelligence, employee motivation) and future of work.
