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.
American Literature, Ethnic Literature, Chicana/o/x Literature, Digital Humanities, Public Humanities, Social Media
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.
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.
Immunology, host-bacteria interactions, bacterial pathogenesis
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
Special education disproportionality, autism, equity and Latinx families.
Corporate and international tax.
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.
