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

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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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Linda R. Lara-Jacobo

Linda R. Lara-Jacobo

Assistant ProfessorSchool of Public HealthCollege of Health and Human ServicesSDSU Imperial Valley[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Toxicology, environmental health, toxicogenomics, environmental epidemiology and science diplomacy.

Juan Carlos Ramírez-Pimienta

Juan Carlos Ramírez-Pimienta

ProfessorSpanish and Portuguese Languages and LiteraturesCollege of Arts and LettersSDSU Imperial Valley[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Corrido studies, US-Mexico border literary and cultural studies. Narcoculture, violence in mexican music.

Kristin Rebien

Kristin Rebien

Associate ProfessorEuropean StudiesCollege of Arts and LettersSDSU[email protected]

Area of Expertise

German culture, politics, literature, and language; Germany and the European Union; European integration; German reunification; East Germany and the GDR; East-West relations in Germany and Europe

Rachael Record

Rachael Record

ProfessorSchool of CommunicationCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsSDSU[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Health communication, campaigns, tobacco, interventions, community outreach, behavior change, persuasion, social media, thirdhand smoke and translation.

Randy Reinholz

Randy Reinholz

ProfessorSchool of Theatre, Television, and FilmCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsSDSU[email protected]619-594-0229

Area of Expertise

Producer, director, playwright, actor, and activist. Playwright retreats, director, producer, Native Voices, perfroming arts, community engagement and innovative programs.

Stephanie Ries

Stephanie Ries

Associate Professor, Director, Laboratory for the Brain Dynamics of LanguageSpeech, Language, and Hearing SciencesCollege of Health and Human ServicesSDSU[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Neuroscience, Language, Electrophysiology, and Aphasia

Erin Riley

Erin Riley

ProfessorAnthropologyCollege of Arts and LettersSDSU[email protected]619-594-8628

Area of Expertise

Primate behavior & ecology, ethnoprimatology, macaques, human-wildlife interactions, primate conservation, human-animal relationships, wildlife conservation, field primatology ethics, Sulawesi, Wallacea, Indonesia and Silver River macaques (Florida, USA).

Mike Roberts

Mike Roberts

ProfessorSociologyCollege of Arts and LettersSDSU[email protected]619-594-4245

Area of Expertise

Sociology (sports, pop culture, rock & roll), labor relations, unions, movements, social theory, and culture and history of surfing.

Thomas Rockwell

Thomas Rockwell

ProfessorEarth and Environmental SciencesCollege of SciencesSDSU[email protected]619-594-4441

Area of Expertise

Earthquakes, fault systems, histories of major faults in southern California and Baja California, Tectonic geomorphology, neotectonics, soils stratigraphy, forecasting earthquakes

Nathian Rodriguez

Nathian Rodriguez

Associate ProfessorSchool of Journalism and Media StudiesCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsSDSU[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Latinx/e media; new media technologies; social impact of media; identity and gender representations; LGBTQ representation; pop culture; entertainment media; Selena; Bad Bunny; podcasting; Media, Identity, & Communication Innovation Research Lab

Forest Rohwer

Forest Rohwer

ProfessorBiologyCollege of SciencesSDSU[email protected]619-594-1336

Area of Expertise

Genomic analysis of marine phage, opportunistic infections and coral disease, diversity of coral-associated bacteria, viruses, mircobes, coral, coral reef health

Tyler Rolling

Tyler Rolling

Health EducatorWell-being & Health PromotionSDSU[email protected]619-594-2869

Area of Expertise

Nutrition education, Intuitive Eating, meal planning, eating healthy on campus, navigating food environments. As a Registered Dietitian and Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor

Anna Rosen

Anna Rosen

Assistant ProfessorAstronomyCollege of SciencesSDSU[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Astronomy & astrophysics, computational astrophysics, theoretical astrophysics, star formation, massive stars and stellar feedback, and multi-wavelength observations of astrophysical phenomena (e.g., massive star forming regions with an emphasis on studies of stellar feedback).

Lori Ryan

Lori Ryan

Professor, Ralph V. Whitworth Chair in Corporate GovernanceManagementFowler College of BusinessSDSU[email protected](619) 594-5314

Area of Expertise

Business ethics and corporate governance; roles, characteristics and responsibilities of institutional and individual investors.

Fernando Sales

Fernando Sales

Associate ProfessorGeographyCollege of Arts and LettersSDSU[email protected]619-594-1888

Area of Expertise

Regional climate and weather; wildfire and surface climate; the impacts of global warming on water resources and crop productivity.  Deforestation and sustainability in the tropics.

James Sallis

James Sallis

DirectorSDSU Research FoundationSDSU[email protected]619-260-5535

Area of Expertise

Physical activity, active living; policy and environmental influences on physical activity, nutrition and obesity; health improvement program, childhood obesity

Eric Sandquist

Eric Sandquist

Professor, Department ChairAstronomyCollege of SciencesSDSU[email protected]619-594-2694

Area of Expertise

Astronomy, astrophysics, stars, star clusters, ages of stars, star collisions, planets consumed by stars

William Sannwald

William Sannwald

LecturerManagementFowler College of BusinessSDSU[email protected]619-594-3012

Area of Expertise

Former Library Director and Design & Development Director at the San Diego Public Library, library building projects consultant

Karilyn Sant

Karilyn Sant

Adjunct Associate ProfessorSchool of Public HealthCollege of Health and Human ServicesSDSU[email protected]619-594-8940

Area of Expertise

toxicology, water contaminants and health, reproductive and developmental toxicology, nutrition and exposures during pregnancy, perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), ecotoxicology, environmental contributions to juvenile metabolic dysfunction (diabetes, obesity), environmental epigenetics

Arthur Santana

Arthur Santana

Associate ProfessorSchool of Journalism and Media StudiesCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsSDSU[email protected]619-594-2057

Area of Expertise

participatory media, user-generated content and online anonymity and civility.

Vinod Sasidharan

Vinod Sasidharan

Associate ProfessorL. Robert Payne School of Hospitality and Tourism ManagementCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsSDSU[email protected](619) 594-4726

Area of Expertise

Sustainable development, sustainable tourism and community empowerment in the California-Baja Mexico transborder region, international tourism, tourism and technology, tourism certification, sustainable tourism assessment, interdisciplinary analyses of tourism, tourism and corporate social responsibility, indigenous tourism and tourism best practices.

Matthew Savage

Matthew Savage

ProfessorSchool of CommunicationCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsSDSU[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Health communication, health intervention camapigns, risky behavior.