Marshal Hedin
Professor, Director of SDSU Biodiversity MuseumCollege of SciencesBiologySDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Biodiversity, conservation, California biodiversity, arachnids, spiders, speciation, caves, phylogeny and evolution.
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
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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.
Brian Hentschel
Associate ProfessorCollege of SciencesBiologySDSU[email protected]619-594-0358Area of Expertise
Biology, oceanography, Marine invertebrates, benthic ecology, larval ecology, complex life cycles, ontogenetic niche shifts, organism-flow interactions
Peter Herman
ProfessorCollege of Arts and LettersEnglish and Comparative LiteratureSDSU[email protected](619)-594-7776Area of Expertise
Shakespeare, literature and culture, relationship between sports and academia, Milton, contemporary culture, youth culture, teaching/pedagogy and society.
Roberto Hernandez
ProfessorCollege of Arts and LettersChicana and Chicano StudiesSDSU[email protected]619-594-4219Area of Expertise
Violence on the U.S-Mexico border, anti-immigrant vigilante efforts, border politics, comparative social movements, black-Latina/o relations, critical hemispheric indigeneity, masculinity and decolonial feminism
Lawrence Herzog
ProfessorCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsSchool of Public AffairsSDSU[email protected]619-594-6964Area of Expertise
Urban/community planning and environmental design with an emphasis on Mexico, the Mexico-United States border and Latin America
Audrey Hokoda
ProfessorCollege of EducationChild and Family DevelopmentSDSU[email protected]619-594-1591Area of Expertise
Child development, family life, abusive relationships, abuse, bullying, violence prevention, trauma and resilience, teen dating violence and domestic violence.
Gregory Holland
ProfessorCollege of SciencesChemistry and BiochemistrySDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Physical and analytical chemistry, NMR spectroscopy, bio-inspired materials, origin of life, surface chemistry, nanoparticles, liquid crystals, spider silk, spider venom peptides, biopolymers, biomembranes, electron microscopy (SEM/TEM) and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations.
Hajar Homayouni
Assistant ProfessorCollege of SciencesComputer ScienceSDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Data science, applied machine learning, data quality assurance and anomaly detection.
Heather Honea
Associate Professor and Department ChairFowler College of BusinessMarketingSDSU[email protected](619) 594-4308Area of Expertise
Environmental business issues, sustainable business, resilient business systems, adaptive marketing, sustainable consumption, biophilia, systems marketing, green marketing, BCorp marketing, rational versus nonrational (emotional) determinants of consumption.
Mee Hong
ProfessorCollege of Health and Human ServicesExercise and Nutritional SciencesSDSU[email protected](619) 594-6553
Shirin Hooshmand
Senate Distinguished ProfessorCollege of Health and Human ServicesExercise and Nutritional SciencesSDSU[email protected](619) 594-6823Area of Expertise
Osteoporosis, Nutrition, Diet, Aging, Functional Foods, Women's Health.
DJ Hopkins
ProfessorCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsSchool of Theatre, Television, and FilmSDSU[email protected]619-594-6884Area of Expertise
Theatre, Shakespeare in performance, Shakespeare on film, site-specific theatre, immersive theater, the La Jolla Playhouse's WOW Festival and virtual reality (including VR Shakespeare).
Carrie House
Associate ProfessorCollege of SciencesBiologySDSU[email protected]619-594-3053Area of Expertise
Cancer biology and signaling in ovarian and breast cancers; role of tumor microenvironment in supporting stem-like phenotypes and tumor regrowth following treatment
Kevin Hovel
Professor, Assistant ChairCollege of SciencesBiologySDSU[email protected]619-594-6322Area of Expertise
Spiny lobster biology and ecology, kelp forest ecology, seagrass ecology and effects of ocean acidification and pollution on seagrasses.
Mel Hovell
ProfessorCollege of Health and Human ServicesSchool of Public HealthSDSU[email protected]858-505-4772Area of Expertise
Health promotion, child development, second hand smoke, migrant populations, risk reduction practices for medical concern, pregnancy prevention in adolescents.
Brian Hu
Associate ProfessorCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsSchool of Television, Film, and New MediaSDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
International Cinema, Asian Cinema, Asian American media, film festivals, film history, independent cinema, Chinese cinemas, Taiwan popular culture, film stardom, race and film
Anh Hua
Associate ProfessorCollege of Arts and LettersWomen's StudiesSDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Postcolonial feminism, critical race feminism, cultural studies, humanities and the arts, diaspora studies, global empathy and compassion, decolonial healing and literature, film and the arts by women of color
Tong Huang
Assistant ProfessorCollege of EngineeringElectrical and Computer EngineeringSDSU[email protected]9795716488Area of Expertise
Power grids, renewable energy, data analytics and cyber security
Jess Humphrey
ProfessorCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsSchool of Music and DanceSDSU[email protected]619-594-6031Area of Expertise
Performance, dance, improvisation, choreography, experimental dance, contemporary dance, contact improvisation, somatics, Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analysis, contemplative practice, body awareness, mind-body practices, movement analysis, facilitation, creativity, creative process, somatics, interoception and trauma-sensitive performance.
Tom Huxford
Professor and Chair of Chemistry and Biochemistry DepartmentCollege of SciencesSDSU[email protected]619-594-1606Area of Expertise
Protein structure and molecular mechanism, antibody structure and design, cancer, molecular biology, kinases and signal transduction, transcription factors, structural biology, x-ray, crystallography
Jennifer Imazeki
Professor, Associate Vice President for Faculty and Staff DiversityCollege of Arts and LettersEconomicsSDSU[email protected]619-594-5012Area of Expertise
School finance (state funding formulas, adequacy, equity, cost differences), scholarship of teaching and learning, training and development, diversity, equity and inclusion
James Ingram
LecturerCollege of Arts and LettersPolitical ScienceSDSU[email protected] [email protected]619-594-3776Area of Expertise
American presidency, elections, presidential history, urban and California state politics.
Carmelo Interlando
Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs, Professor of MathematicsCollege of SciencesMathematics and StatisticsSDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Abstract algebra, number theory, cryptography, lattices, post-quantum cryptography and quantum computers.
Gustaaf Jacobs
ProfessorCollege of EngineeringAerospace EngineeringSDSU[email protected]619-594-4046Area of Expertise
Aerospace engineering, rocket engineering, scientific Computing, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Flow Control, Propulsion Systems, Hypersonics, Multiphase-Flows, Turbomachinery, Gas Turbines, Wind Turbines, Aerodynamic Design, Truck Aerodynamics, High-Speed Aerodynamics, Algorithms, High-Performance Computing, Machine Learning, Uncertainty Quantification.
Sureshi M. Jayawardene
Associate Professor, Africana Studies; Associate Director, Digital Humanities InitiativeCollege of Arts and LettersSDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
African diaspora; Black student mothers; Race, caste, and blackness; Anti-blackness and racism
Ben Jenkins
Lecturer, Assistant Director of the Lower Division Writing ProgramCollege of Arts and LettersRhetoric and Writing Studies; Weber Honors CollegeSDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
rhetoric, pop culture, visual rhetoric, comics, Indigenous comics, storytelling, visual storytelling
Pascale Joassart-Marcelli
ProfessorCollege of Arts and LettersGeographySDSU[email protected]619-594-0906Area of Expertise
Food: urban food access, food and gentrification, food and tourism, ethnicity/race/ immigration and food, informal food economy, low-wage labor in the food sector, food justice, and alternative food practices
Calvin Johnson
ProfessorCollege of SciencesPhysicsSDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Neutrino physics and astrophysics; detection of dark matter; the interplay of science and science fiction and science in popular culture
David Kahan
Professor EmeritusCollege of Health and Human ServicesExercise and Nutritional SciencesSDSU[email protected]619-594-3887Area of Expertise
Physical activity in youth, exercise for overweight children, religion, degree of religious observance, holiday fitness tips, website content of schools, rec centers, and religious institutions for promoting physical activity and modelling energy expenditure in youth participating in comprehensive school physical activity programs (CSPAP).
Marina Kalyuzhnaya
ProfessorCollege of SciencesBiologySDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
microbial methane consumption, metals and metabolism, overflow metabolism, extremophiles
