Henry Scharf
Assistant ProfessorCollege of SciencesMathematics and StatisticsSDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Bayesian; animal movement; social networks; spatial statistics and ecological statistics.
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.
Melody Schiaffino
Assistant ProfessorCollege of Health and Human ServicesSchool of Public HealthSDSU[email protected]619-594-6439Area of Expertise
How healthcare is delivered, care coordination, cancer and aging, health disparities, organizational cultural competence, healthcare, systems science
Emily Schmied
Assistant Professor and Behavioral ScientistCollege of Health and Human ServicesSchool of Public HealthSDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Military health, sleep health and suicide prevention.
Amy Schmitz Weiss
ProfessorCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsSchool of Journalism and Media StudiesSDSU[email protected]619-594-3504Area of Expertise
online journalism, media sociology, news production, multimedia journalism, and international communication.
Ronnee Schreiber
Senior Associate DeanCollege of Arts and LettersPolitical ScienceSDSU[email protected]619-594-5208Area of Expertise
American politics, public law, women and politics (particularly women in American political institutions and women and public policy), republican primaries, presidential politics
Bernhard Schroeder
LecturerFowler College of BusinessManagementSDSU[email protected]619-591-0560Area of Expertise
Entrepreneurship, creativity, branding, product branding, internet marketing and marketing.
Mathias Schulze
Professor, Director of the Language Acquisition Resource CenterCollege of Arts and LettersEuropean StudiesSDSU[email protected]619-594-0958Area of Expertise
applied linguistics, (second) language education, German language and society, multilingualism, language minorities
Bonnie Scott
Professor EmeritusCollege of Arts and LettersWomen's StudiesSDSU[email protected]619-594-6524Area of Expertise
Feminist theory and criticism, modernist literature, particularly Virginia Woolf, James Joyce and women writers, gender and modernism, ecofeminism and foundations of Women’s Studies.
Ignacio Sepulveda
Assistant ProfessorCollege of EngineeringCivil, Construction, and Environmental EngineeringSDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Coastal Engineering, Natural Hazards, Tsunamis, earthquakes, Sea level rise, Remote Sensing, GNSS technology, Uncertainty Quantification and Geophysics.
Arun Sethuraman
Assistant ProfessorCollege of SciencesBiologySDSU[email protected]619-594-3979Area of Expertise
Population Genetics, Genomics, Evolutionary Biology, Molecular Ecology, Genetic ancestry
Dr. Allen Shafter
ProfessorCollege of SciencesAstronomySDSU[email protected]619-594-6170Area of Expertise
Study of cataclysmic variable stars: Novae, Dwarf Novae, and Nova-like variables.
Satish Sharma
ProfessorCollege of EngineeringElectrical and Computer EngineeringSDSU[email protected]619-594-0241Area of Expertise
Reconfigurable antennas and arrays, active antennas, feeds for reflector antennas, compact antennas for handheld and portable devices, multiple input multiple output (MIMO) antennas, beam steering antennas, global positioning system (GPS) antennas, wideband and multiband microstrip antennas, broadband antennas, ultra-wide bandwidth antennas, dielectric resonator antennas, wire antennas, and microwave passive components such as filters.
Jay Sheehan
Faculty and Production ManagerCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsSchool of Theatre, Television, and FilmSDSU[email protected]619-594-4990Area of Expertise
Production management, theatre and stage management. Sheehan oversees production management and stage management emphasis for the School of Theatre, Television, and Film. Sheehan is the author of "The Production Manager's Toolkit" - the only textbook in the United States written on the subject of production management in the arts.
Bo-Wen Shen
Associate ProfessorCollege of SciencesMathematics and StatisticsSDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Nonlinear dynamics (chaos; butterfly effect; multistability; predictability; Lorenz model), global weather/climate modeling, hurricane predictions, supercomputing and visualizations and big data analysis
Hongmei Shen
ProfessorCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsSchool of Journalism and Media StudiesSDSU[email protected]619-594-5120Area of Expertise
Strategic management of public relations, relationship management, international public relations, internal public relations, crisis communication, health communication and public relations education.
Sam Shen
Distinguished ProfessorCollege of SciencesMathematics and StatisticsSDSU[email protected]619-594-6280Area of Expertise
Global warming, climate data science, climate data visualization, climate data delivery technology to classrooms, machine learning, AI applications to education, progressive education, spectral optimal averaging theory. Shen developed the mathematical methods to quantify the uncertainties in the global warming assessment adopted by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
Nicholas Shikuma
Associate ProfessorCollege of SciencesBiologySDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Microbiology, developmental biology, molecular biology, genetics and cell biology.
Bongsik Shin
Professor and Department ChairFowler College of BusinessManagement Information SystemsSDSU[email protected]619-594-2133Area of Expertise
Cybersecurity, networks and telecommunications.
JoAnn Silkes
Associate ProfessorCollege of Health and Human ServicesSpeech, Language, and Hearing SciencesSDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Aphasia, medical speech-language pathology, neurogenic communication disorders, and right hemisphere disorders.
Michael Simpson
Professor EmeritusCollege of SciencesBiologySDSU[email protected]619-594-8012Area of Expertise
Plants, systematics, SDSU Herbarium, SDSU Biodiversity Museum, taxonomy and identification of California native plants and plants of Mediterranean ecosystems.
Damariye Smith
Assistant ProfessorCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsCommunication and Journalism and Media StudiesSDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
African-Amerian/Black media studies and rhetoric.
J.T. Smith
LecturerPolitical ScienceSDSU[email protected]619-594-6245Area of Expertise
Democracy, trust and social justice and American politics.
Elisa Sobo
Professor and Department ChairCollege of Arts and LettersAnthropologySDSU[email protected]619-594-6591Area of Expertise
Sobo can speak to yoga sound bath therapy or sound healing, vaccination (pediatric & COVID), cannabis and other alternative medicines, alternative (e.g., Waldorf) education, medical tourism, medical/health traditions, nutrition/foodways, health education and health-related risk perception.
Christal Sohl
Assistant ProfessorCollege of SciencesChemistry and BiochemistrySDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Enzymes, enzymology, kinetics, molecular mechanisms of cancer and tumor metabolism.
Matthew Soto
Lecturer, Director of the Adaptive Fitness ClinicCollege of Health and Human ServicesExercise and Nutritional SciencesSDSU[email protected]619.594.0840Area of Expertise
Persons with Physical Disabilities, long term care of physically disabled Disability and Fitness, Adaptive activities for persons with physical disabilities, and exercise interventions for persons with disabilities.
Dan Sousa
Assistant ProfessorCollege of Arts and LettersGeographySDSU[email protected](619) 922-7161Area of Expertise
Remote sensing, reflectance spectroscopy, biogeography, geophysical inverse theory, spatiotemporal analysis, evapotranspiration
Steve Spencer
DirectorEducationSDSU[email protected]619-594-4205Area of Expertise
Special education and adult services for individuals with disabilities.
Katherine Spilde
Professor and Chair of the Sycuan Institute of Tribal GamingCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsL. Robert Payne School of Hospitality and Tourism ManagementSDSU[email protected]619-594-4964Area of Expertise
American Indian economic development, nation building, casino gaming, corporate social responsibility, Indian gaming, tribal government gaming, Native American studies, tribal governance, corporate governance, Macau, Japan, gambling addiction and responsible gaming.
Brian Spitzberg
Senate Distinguished Professor EmeritusCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsSchool of CommunicationSDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Fake news, misinformation, disinformation, pseudoscience, and conspiracy theory.
Valerie Stahl
Assistant Professor of City PlanningCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsSchool of Public AffairsSDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Public and affordable housing, zoning and land use, community engagement, participation, urban planning and young cancer survivorship.
