Faculty Experts Guide (By Name)
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Craig Abaya
Director of the Digital Media and Entertainment Program, College of Extended Learning
Office Phone: (415) 405-3311
E-mail: craig@sfsu.edu
Web: www.abaya.com
Areas of Expertise: Music performance, recording, songwriting, digital film and video, and Web/multimedia design and programming
Highest Degree: B.A., Multimedia/Technology Interface, San Francisco State University
Michael A. Aczon
Instructor in the Music and Recording Industry Program, College of Extended Learning
Office Phone: (510) 649-7900
E-mail: maczon@childeyes.com
Areas of Expertise: Music and entertainment law
Highest Degree: J.D., University of San Francisco
Tomás Almaguer
Profesor of Raza Studies
Office Phone: 415/338-1693
E-mail: tomasa@sfsu.edu
Other Languages Spoken: Spanish
Areas of Expertise: Ethnic issues in America, the Latino community in America, and gender and sexuality
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Sociology, University of California, Berkeley
David Anderson
Associate Professor of Kinesiology
Office Phone: (415) 338-1671
E-mail: danders@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Motor-skill acquisition and motor development, role of motor skills on psychological development, and prosthetics control
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Motor/Learning Control: Biomechanics and Experimental Psychology, Louisiana State University
Jan Andreasen
Director of Housing and Residential Services
Office Phone: (415) 338-2724
E-mail: jana@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Student housing issues and trends
Highest Degree: M.Ed., Health Education, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Fred Astren
Professor and Director of Jewish Studies
Office Phone: (415) 338-3152
E-mail: fastren@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Middle East, Middle Eastern history, Israel-Palestine issues, Judaism and Jewish history, and Islam and Islamic history
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Near Eastern Studies, University of California, Berkeley
Nathan T. Avani
Professor and Chair of Secondary Education
Office Phone: (415) 338-6442
E-mail: natalio@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Mentoring middle- and high-school youth and adults, school reform, and small-school development
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Educational Psychology and Instructional Systems Development, Michigan State University
Bruce Avery
Associate Professor of English Language and Literature
Office Phone: (415) 338-3100
E-mail: bravery@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: William Shakespeare and Indian writers (i.e. Salman Rushdie)
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Literature, University of California, Santa Cruz
JoAnn Aviel
Professor of International Relations
Office Phone: (415) 338-1448
E-mail: javiel@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: U.S. foreign policy, Latin American relations, and the United Nations and other international organizations
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
Sheldon Axler
Dean of the College of Science and Engineering and Professor of Mathematics
Office Phone: (415) 338-1571
E-mail: axler@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Mathematics, linear algebra, and harmonic function theory
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley
Mohammad Azadpur
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Office Phone: (415) 338-1316
E-mail: azadl@sfsu.edu
Other Languages Spoken: Persian/Farsi
Areas of Expertise: Islamic thought, Islamic ethics, and the history of modern philosophy
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Philosophy, University of Virginia
Cristina L. Azocar
Director of the Center for the Integration and Improvement of Journalism
Office Phone: (415) 338-7434
E-mail: cazocar@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Race/diversity and the news media, social and psychological effects of the mass media, Native American representations in the mass media, and retention and recruitment of people of color in the news media
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Communication Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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Sanjoy Banerjee
Professor of International Relations
Office Phone: (415) 338-1105
E-mail: banerjee@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Development of India, international political economies, and international politics of Third World countries
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Political Science, Yale University
Joseph Barranco
Assistant Professor of Physics & Astronomy
Office Phone: (415) 338-2450
E-mail: barranco@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: The formation of stars and planets
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Astrophysics, University of California, Berkeley
Jeff Barnaby
Assistant Professor of Broadcast & Electronic Communication Arts
Office Phone: (415) 405-0948
E-mail: jbarnaby@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Television, radio, media training in emerging democracies, and cable TV
Highest Degree: M.A., Communication Technology and Policy, University of Texas, Austin
Carlos Baron
Associate Professor of Theatre Arts
Office Phone: (415) 338-1941
E-mail: cbaron@sfsu.edu
Other Languages Spoken: Spanish
Areas of Expertise: Latino theatre, multicultural theatre, and Raza studies
Highest Degree: M.A., Education, San Francisco State University
Brian Beatty
Assistant Professor of Instructional Technologies
Office Phone: (415) 338-6833
E-mail: bjbeautty@sfsu.edu
Web: http://online.sfsu.edu/~bjbeatty/
Areas of Expertise: Online education, e-learning, and technology in the classroom
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Instructional Systems Technology, Indiana University
Matthias Beck
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Office Phone: (415) 338-2119
E-mail: beck@math.sfsu.edu
Other Languages Spoken: German
Areas of Expertise: Discrete and computational geometry, analytic number theory
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Mathematics, Temple University
Paul Beckman
Associate Professor of Information Systems
Office Phone: (415) 338-6240
E-mail: pbeckman@sfsu.edu
Web: http://online.sfsu.edu/~pbeckman/
Areas of Expertise: Databases, technical aspects of electronic commerce, wireless networking, and human interface
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Management Information Systems, Purdue University
Maziar Behrooz
Assistant Professor of History
Office Phone: (415) 338-1776
E-mail: mroozbeh@sfsu.edu
Other Languages Spoken: Persian/Farsi
Areas of Expertise: Middle East issues, Islamic history, and Iran in the early 19th century
Highest Degree: Ph.D., History, University of California, Los Angeles
Jon Bendich
Instructor in the Music and Recording Industry Program, College of Extended Learning
Office Phone: (415) 849-9901
E-mail: jbendich@yahoo.com
Areas of Expertise: Songwriting/publishing, record company operations, history of record production, and the music industry
Highest Degree: M.A., Humanities, San Francisco State University
Peggy Benton
Associate Professor of Instructional Technologies
Office Phone: (415) 338-2508
E-mail: Peggyb@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Professional development in teaching with technology, digital video education, increasing learning with computer graphics and virtual reality, and authentic assessment
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Instructional Technologies, University of San Francisco
Arthur Asa Berger
Professor Emeritus of Broadcast Communication and Electronic Arts
E-mail: aberger@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Popular culture and mass media, humor, and interpretations of the meanings of various aspects of contemporary culture
Highest Degree: Ph.D., American Studies, University of Minnesota
Cliff Berkman
Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Office Phone: (415) 338-6495
E-mail: cberkman@sfsu.edu
Web: http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~cberkman
Areas of Expertise: Medicinal chemistry (drug action and drug design) and organophosphorus pesticide toxicity
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Chemistry, Loyola University, Chicago
Jane Bernard-Powers
Professor of Elementary Education
Office Phone: (415) 338-2299
E-mail: jbp@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Gender in the school curriculum (especially social studies), women educators in the United States, women’s history, and gender, race and schooling
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Curriculum and Teacher Education, Stanford University
Judith Bettelheim
Professor of Art
Office Phone: (415) 338-1269
E-mail: betheim@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Arts of the African diaspora, multicultural American art, and Cuban art
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Art History, Yale University
Subodh Bhat
Professor of Marketing
Office Phone: (415) 338-6289
E-mail: sbhat@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Branding and brand management (including brand disasters), success and failures of dot-com companies, Indian entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley, and homosexual imagery in advertising
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Marketing, University of Georgia
Rodger Birt
Professor of Humanities
Office Phone: (415) 338-1220
E-mail: rbirt@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: American visual arts, history of painting, and photography and issues in African American culture, society, and art
Highest Degree: Ph.D., American Studies, Yale University
Jean-Marc F. Blanchard
Associate Professor of International Relations / Associate Director of the Center for U.S.-China Policy Studies
Office Phone: (415) 405-2481
E-mail: jmfblanc@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: International political economy, globalization, trade, World Trade Organization, IMF, World Bank, multinational corporations, foreign policy, Chinese foreign economic policy, AMD, Google, Intel, Microsoft, and Yahoo in China, Chinese multinational corporations, Chinese security policy, Chinese territorial and maritime issues, and Chinese and energy security.
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Political Science, University of Pennsylvania
Roger Bland
Professor and Chair of Physics and Astronomy
Office Phone: (415) 338-2433 or (415) 338-1969
E-mail: bland@stars.sfsu.edu
Web: www.physics.sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Underwater acoustics, water flow in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, underwater sounds from pioneer seamount boat wakes from ferry boats, and neutrino physics
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Elementary Particle Physics, University of California, Berkeley
Betty Blecha
Professor of Economics
Office Phone: (415) 338-7516
E-mail: bjblecha@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: U.S. economy and technology used in the teaching of economics
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Economics, University of Iowa
Judith Blomberg
Professor of Secondary Education
Office Phone: (415) 338-6876
E-mail: judyblom@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Middle-school reforms, literacy, early-adolescent development, and gender role socialization
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Education, University of California, Berkeley
Betsy Blosser
Professor of Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts
Office Phone: (415) 338-1326
E-mail: bblosser@sfsu.edu
Other Languages Spoken: Spanish
Areas of Expertise: Effects of television on society and educational television/media
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Children and Television, Stanford University
C. Michael Brae
Instructor in the Music and Recording Industry Program, College of Extended Learning
Office Phone: (415) 869-5307
E-mail: Michael@hitmanrecords.com
Web: http://www.hitmanrecords.com
Areas of Expertise: Music distribution, record label operations, independent record labels, and succeeding in the music business
Highest Degree: B.F.A., Advertising, Academy of Art College; B.F.A., Advertising, University of San Francisco
Ali Borjian
Assistant Professor of Elementary Education
Office Phone: (415) 338-1838
E-mail: borjian@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Teacher education, school reform, and second-language acquisition
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Education, Stanford University
Graeme Boushey
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Office Phone: (415) 338-6888
E-mail: gboushey@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: American politics, California politics, state politics, public policy processes, and the initiative process.
Highest Degree: PhD, Political Science, University of Washington
Jack Brewer
Director of Career Center
Office Phone: (415) 338-2526
E-mail: jabrewer@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Employment outlook for college graduates
Karen Olsen Bruhns
Professor of Anthropology
Office Phone: (415) 338-1435
E-mail: kbruhns@sfsu.edu
Other Languages Spoken: Spanish
Areas of Expertise: Archaeology of Mexico, Maya, Central and Andean, South America; archaeology of gender; and cultural property issues
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley
Sacha Bunge
Associate Professor of Psychology
Office Phone: (415) 338-6186
E-mail: sbunge@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Child and adolescent psychology
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, University of California, Berkeley
John Burks
Professor of Journalism
Office Phone: (415) 338-2663
E-mail: jburks@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Trends and issues in news reporting and business aspects of magazines and newspapers
Highest Degree: B.A., Journalism, San Francisco State University
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Gustavo Adolfo Calderon
Professor of Foreign Languages and Literatures
Office Phone: (415) 338-7426
E-mail: gusto@sfsu.edu
Other Languages Spoken: Spanish
Areas of Expertise: Pre-Hispanic cultures, Latin America, Spanish civilization, and Colombian culture
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Latin American/Peninsulan Literature, University of Iowa
Ronald Caltabiano
Professor of Music Composition
Office Phone: (415) 338-1705
E-mail: rcalt@sfsu.edu
Web: www.caltabiano.net
Areas of Expertise: Trends in contemporary classical music, composition, theory, and orchestration
Highest Degree: D.M., The Julliard School
Melissa Camacho
Associate Professor Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts
Office Phone: (415) 338-6526
E-mail: mcamacho@sfsu.edu
Other Languages Spoken: Spanish
Areas of Expertise: Feminist issues, cultural studies, and mass media (with special expertise in television)
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Mass Media, Michigan State University
Troi Carleton
Associate Professor of English
Office Phone: (415) 338-3156
E-mail: troi@sfsu.edu
Web: http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~troi/ and http://www.sfsu.edu/~english/
Other Languages Spoken: Spanish
Areas of Expertise: Indigenous and endangered languages of the Americas, discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, and linguistic history of the English language
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Linguistics, University of Texas, Austin
Edward Carpenter
Professor of Biology
Office Phone: (415) 338-3732
E-mail: ecarpent@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Microbial ecology, phytoplankton ecology, algal “blooms,” Antarctica, cycling of nitrogen in the marine environment, and general biological oceanography
Highest Degree: Ph.D., North Carolina State University
Christopher Carrington
Associate Professor of Sociology and Graduate Director of the Human Sexuality Studies Program
Office Phone: (415) 338-1466
E-mail: ccarring@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Marriage, family, and relationships, gay and lesbian issues, sexuality, deviance, and conformity and substance/drug use, and abuse among gay men
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Sociology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Norma Carr-Ruffino
Professor of Management
Office Phone: (415) 338-7473
E-mail: ncr@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Creativity and innovation -- developing personal creativity and fostering innovation in the workplace; workplace diversity -- managing a diverse workplace; leadership skills for women -- overcoming gender-based obstacles and providing a workplace the fits career women's needs
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Business Education, University of North Texas
John Caskey
Associate Professor of Geosciences
Office Phone: (415) 405-0353
E-mail: caskey@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Earthquakes, Sierra Nevada faults, and tectonics
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Geology, University of Nevada
Richard Castaldi
Professor of Marketing
Office Phone: (415) 338-2829
E-mail: castaldi@sfsu.edu
Web: http://online.sfsu.edu/~castaldi/
Areas of Expertise: Environmental technology, small businesses and exporting/importing, the wine industry, and brand management
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Strategic Management, Virginia Polytechnic Institutes and State University
Ramon Castellblanch
Assistant Professor of Health Education
Office Phone: (415) 405-2151
E-mail: ramonc@sfsu.edu
Web: http://online.sfsu.edu/~ramonc/
Areas of Expertise: U.S. health policies and politics, prescription drug policies, grassroots policies, and Latin American politics
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins University
Paul Catanese
Assistant Professor of Design and Industry
Office Phone: (415) 405-2488
E-mail: paulc@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: New media, rich media/multimedia design and development; art and technology; hybrid art practices and creative processes; media software -- Processing/Flash/Director, real-time 3D physical computing
Highest Degree: M.F.A., Art and Techonology, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Nicholas J. Certo
Professor of Special Education
Office Phone: (415) 338-2503
E-mail: ncerto@sfsu.edu
Web: http://www.sfsu.edu/~spedcd/faculty/certo.htm
Areas of Expertise: Transition from school to work and independent living for young adults with disabilities
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Behavioral Disorders, University of Wisconsin
Whitney Chadwick
Professor of Art
Office Phone: (415) 338-6524
E-mail: wchad@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: 20th century and contemporary American and European art and women, art and surrealism
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Art History, Pennsylvania State University
Anoshua Chaudhuri
Assistant Professor of Economics
Office Phone: (415) 338-2108
E-mail: anoshua@sfsu.edu
Other Languages Spoken: Hindi, Bengali
Areas of Expertise: International health economics, development, and public health
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Economics, University of Washington
Vivian Chavez
Assistant Professor of Health Education
Office Phone: (415) 338-1307
E-mail: vchavez@sfsu.edu
Other Languages Spoken: Spanish
Areas of Expertise: Community health education, women’s health, community organizing, and blending education, art, and science in research analysis
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Public Health, University of California, Berkeley
Yea-Mow Chen
Professor of Finance
Office Phone: (415) 338-2106
E-mail: ymchen@sfsu.edu
Web: http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~ymchen/
Other Languages Spoken: Chinese (Mandarin)
Areas of Expertise: Financial management, financial institutions, bank management, and Asian Pacific economics and financial markets
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Economics, Ohio State University
Yu-Charn Chen
Professor of Design and Industry
Office Phone: (415) 338-1171
E-mail: lihjiun@aim.com
Areas of Expertise: Electronic engineering; Computer-aided design (CAD); Research and development in industrial technology
Highest Degree: D.I.T., University of Northern Iowa
Maxine Chernoff
Professor of Creative Writing
Office Phone: (415) 338-2019
E-mail: maxpaul@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Creative writing and urban and immigrant literature
Highest Degree: M.A., English, University of Illinois, Chicago
Robert W. Cherny
Professor of History
Office Phone: (415) 338-2206
E-mail: cherny@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: U.S. history since 1865 (especially 1877-1945), Trans-Mississippi West, political parties, and elections, U.S. labor, and urban development between 1865 and 1940
Highest Degree: Ph.D., History, Columbia University
Laureen Chew
Professor of Elementary Education
Office Phone: (415) 338-1562
E-mail: laureenc@sfsu.edu
Other Languages Spoken: Chinese (Cantonese)
Areas of Expertise: Elementary education and Asian American studies
Highest Degree: Ed.D., University of the Pacific
Robert C. Chope
Professor of Counseling
Office Phone: (415) 338-1496
E-mail: rcchope@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Career counseling, job loss, long-term unemployment, workplace issues, whistleblowing in the private and public sectors, and anxiety disorders and phobias
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Psychology, University of Minnesota
Jensen Chung
Professor of Speech and Communication Studies
Office Phone: (415) 338-7794
E-mail: jchung@sfsu.edu
Web: http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~jchung/
Other Languages Spoken: Chinese (Mandarin)
Areas of Expertise: Leadership and organizational communication and China-Taiwan relations
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Communication, State University of New York, Buffalo
Frank Cipriano
Director of the Conservation Genetics Lab
Office Phone: (415) 338-3453
E-mail: cipriano@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Conservation genetics, cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises), whaling and the International Whaling Commission, and endangered species management
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona
Sophie Clavier
Assistant Professor of International Relations
Office Phone: (415) 338-7498
E-mail: sclavier@sfsu.edu
Other Languages Spoken: French
Areas of Expertise: World affairs issues, international law, international criminal law, immigration policies of France, and human rights issues and the courts
Highest Degree: Ph.D., International Law, University of Paris
William Cochlan
Senior Research Scientist for the Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies
Office Phone: (415) 338-3541
E-mail: cochlan@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Marine biology and marine microbiology, ecological roles of phytoplankton in equatorial, temperate and polar regions, harmful algae “blooms” in Northern and Southern California coastal waters, and marine viruses affecting pelagic aquatic bacteria
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Oceanography, University of British Columbia
Barbara Cochrane
Director of the Labor Studies Program
Office Phone: (415) 338-2885
E-mail: bcoch@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Labor issues and women and work issues
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Sociology, University of Oregon
Sarah Cohen
Assistant Professor of Biology
Office Phone: (415) 338-3750
E-mail: sarahcoh@sfsu.edu
Other Languages Spoken: Spanish, French
Areas of Expertise: Marine population biology, marine conservation, and population genetics
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Zoology, University of Washington
Robert Keith Collins
Assistant Professor of American Indian Studies
Office Phone: (415) 338-1054
E-mail: rkc@sfsu.edu
Other Languages Spoken: English, Norwegian, Spanish, German, Choctaw, etc.
Areas of Expertise: American Indian Cultural Changes; Africans in Indian Country; African and Native American Interactions in North and South America; Identity Public and Private Selves; and, Identity Formation, The Directive Forces Behind Self-Understanding.
Highest Degree: Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles, Anthropology.
Caran Colvin
Professor of Psychology
Office Phone: (415) 338-6197
E-mail: ccolvin@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Industrial and organizational psychology
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Pennsylvania State University
Roy Conboy
Associate Professor of Creative Writing and Theatre Arts and Chair of Theatre Arts
Office Phone: (415) 338-3085
E-mail: rconboy@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: The art of playwriting and contemporary theatre, modern Chicano theatre, and business/production aspects of playwriting
Highest Degree: M.F.A., Acting/Directing, University of California, Irvine
Christopher Concolino
Assistant Professor of Foreign Languages and Literatures
Office Phone: (415) 338-3124
E-mail: conco@sfsu.edu
Other Languages Spoken: Italian
Areas of Expertise: Italian language, culture, and literature (especially 20th century literature)
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Italian, University of California, Berkeley
Edward Connor
Professor of Biology
Office Phone: (415) 338-6997
E-mail: efc@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Insect ecology, insect communities, conservation, evolution, population dynamics, and biogeography
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Biology, Florida State University
Andres J. Consoli
Associate Professor of Counseling
Office Phone: (415) 338-6415
E-mail: consoli@sfsu.edu
Other Languages Spoken: Spanish
Areas of Expertise: Access and utilization of mental-health services by Latinas in the United States, training of mental-health service providers, values in psychotherapy, and psychotherapy treatment of depression
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Counseling Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara
Jamal A. Cooks
Assistant Professor of Secondary Education
Office Phone: (415) 338-2065
E-mail: jcooks@sfsu.edu
Web: http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~jcooks/
Areas of Expertise: Building expository writing skills, using music and sports as a teaching tool in the classroom, and hip-hop culture
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Literacy Education, University of Michigan
Jeff Cookston
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Office Phone: (415) 405-2133
E-mail: cookston@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Family functioning during divorce, father involvement, prevention/intervention/program evaluation, social constructions of parenthood, and marital conflict
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Educational Psychology - Human Development and Education, University of Texas, Austin
Adrienne Cool
Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Office Phone: (415) 338-6450
E-mail: cool@stars.sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Globular star clusters, blue stragglers, and white dwarf stars
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Astronomy, Harvard University
Carlos B. Cordova
Professor of Raza Studies
Office Phone: (415) 338-2419
E-mail: cordova@sfsu.edu
Other Languages Spoken: Spanish
Areas of Expertise: Central America - Society, Culture, Politics; Migrations to the US Latino Culture, Religion and Spirituality; Latino Arts in US; Latinos in the US - Culture, Demographics, Migration, Settlement Patterns, Politics
Highest Degree: Ed.D., Multicultural Education, University of San Francisco
Jose Cuellar
Professor of Raza Studies
Office Phone: (415) 338-6045; (415) 338-2700
E-mail: josecuel@sfsu.edu
Other Languages Spoken: Spanish
Areas of Expertise: Sociocultural issues facing the Chicano/Latino community
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles
Sarah Curtis
Assistant Professor of History
Office Phone: (415) 338-5520
E-mail: scurtis@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: French history and culture
Highest Degree: Ph.D., History, Indiana University
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Anthony D’Agostino
Professor of History
Office Phone: (415) 338-7535
E-mail: dagostino@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Russian international relations and the diplomatic history of the 20th century
Highest Degree: Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Rene Dahl
Professor and Coordinator of Child and Adolescent Development
Office Phone: (415) 338-7575
E-mail: rdahl@sfsu.edu
Web: http://bss.sfsu.edu/edelman/bios/rene.htm
Areas of Expertise: Evaluation and assessment of youth programs, cultural diversity in use of parks and open space, and sociological perspectives on recreation
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Sociology of Education, Stanford University
Yvonne Daley
Associate Professor of Journalism
Office Phone: (415) 338-7432
E-mail: ommar@stanford.edu
Areas of Expertise: Investigative reporting, journalism ethics, narrative journalism, writers and writing, environmental issues and policy, native species, bird identification and behavior, and botany
Highest Degree: M.F.A., Writing, Vermont College
Barbara Damashek
Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts
Office Phone: (415) 338-1341
E-mail: damashek@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Musical theatre
Highest Degree: M.F.A., Drama, Yale University
Wei Ming Dariotis
Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies
Office Phone: (415) 338-2698
E-mail: dariotis@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Asian and Pacific Americans of mixed heritage, mixed heritage studies, and Asian and Pacific American arts, culture, and literature
Highest Degree: Ph.D., English, University of California, Santa Barbara
Jerry Davis
Professor of Geography and Human Environmental Studies and Director of the Multidisciplinary Geographic Information Systems Center
Office Phone: (415) 338-2983
E-mail: jerry@sfsu.edu
Web: http://bss.sfsu.edu/jdavis/
Areas of Expertise: Geographic information systems trends and issues, karst geomorphology, natural resource management, and watershed restoration
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Geography, University of Georgia
Harvey Davis
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Office Phone: (415) 338-1578
E-mail: hardavis@sfsu.edu
Web: http://www.nursing.sfsu.edu/Faculty/skip_davis.htm
Areas of Expertise: Alcohol and drug addiction, detoxification, treatment issues, and sleep disturbances
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Philosophy of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco
Kurt Daw
Dean, College of Creative Arts
Office Phone: (415) 338-7618
E-mail: kurtdaw@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Arts and economic development, Public Policy on the Arts, Education, especially arts and creativity in education, Theatre and opera performance and production, and First Amendment issues.
Highest Degree: PhD, Higher Education Adminnistration, The Union Institute and University
Gail Dawson
Assistant Professor of Art
Office Phone: (415) 338-6518
E-mail: gdawson@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Painting, drawing, and new media
Highest Degree: M.F.A., Painting, University of Texas, Austin
Richard DeLeon
Professor Emeritus of Political Science
Office Phone: (415) 338-7526
Alternate Phone: (510) 581-4472
E-mail: rdeleon@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: San Francisco electoral politics, urban politics and policy formation, research methods, and policy analysis
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Political Science, Washington University
Wilfred F. Denetclaw
Associate Professor of Biology
Office Phone: (415) 338-1784; (415) 338-1548
E-mail: w8109640@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Membrane cell biology and intracellular signaling, vertebrate embryo skeletal muscle development, and American Indian views of western science and medicine.
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Zoology - Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Berkeley
Dennis Desjardin
Professor of Biology
Office Phone: (415) 338-2439; (415) 338-7679
E-mail: ded@sfsu.edu
Web: www.mycena.sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Mycology (study of fungi), mushroom taxonomy, toxic mushrooms, botany, and house molds and dry rot
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Botany, University of Tennessee
Brian De Vries
Associate Professor and Director of Gerontology
Office Phone: (415) 338-3559
Alternate Phone: (415) 338-1684
E-mail: bdevries@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Grief, bereavement, widowhood, end of life issues, friendships, life review and life stories, gay and lesbian aging, and caregiving
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Lifespan and Social Development, University of British Columbia
Jane DeWitt
Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Office Phone: (415) 338-1895
E-mail: dewitt@sfsu.edu
Web: http://lewis.sfsu.edu/dewitt
Areas of Expertise: Bioremediation of chemical contaminants using plants and heavy-metal accumulation in plants
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Chemistry, Stanford University
Rafael M. Díaz
Professor of Human Sexuality Studies and Ethnic Studies and Director of the César E. Chávez Institute
Office Phone: (415) 522-5808
E-mail: rmdiaz@sfsu.edu
Other Languages Spoken: Spanish
Areas of Expertise: Sexuality, social inequality, and health and sociocultural factors leading to HIV risk in Latino gay men
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Developmental Psychology, Yale University
Marc Dollinger
Professor of Jewish Studies and Richard and Rhoda Goldman Chair in Jewish Studies and Social Responsibility
Office Phone: (415) 338-3160
E-mail: mdolling@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Jews and American politics, Jewish social responsibility, American Jewish history, American Zionism, Jews in the 1960s, history of California Jews, and 20th century American ethnic history
Highest Degree: Ph.D., History, University of California, Los Angeles
Carmen Domingo
Associate Professor of Biology
Office Phone: (415) 338-6995; (415) 338-6998
E-mail: cdomingo@sfsu.edu
Web: http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~cdomingo
Areas of Expertise: Embryology and skeletal system development in amphibians
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley
Lorraine Dong
Professor of Asian American Studies
Office Phone: (415) 338-7590
E-mail: ldong@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Chinese American community in the Bay Area and California, Asian images in Hollywood, and Asian American history and culture
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Asian Languages and Literatures, University of Washington
Stacy Doris
Assistant Professor of Creative Writing
Office Phone: (415) 338-3155
E-mail: sdoris@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Poetry and French literature
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Art History, City University of New York
Paul Dreyfuss
Professor of History
Office Phone: (415) 338-1625
E-mail: pdreyfus@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: California and the West and labor and environmental history
Highest Degree: Ph.D., American History, City University of New York
Richard Dugdale
Adjunct Professor of Biology and Senior Research Scientist for the Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies
Office Phone: (415) 338-3518
E-mail: rdugdale@sfsu.edu
Web: http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~phytopl/
Areas of Expertise: Biological and equatorial oceanography, distribution and effects of nutrients on phytoplankton, biological dynamics of upwelling along the Pacific Coast, and El Niño
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Zoology, University of Wisconsin
Jerry Duke
Professor of Dance
Office Phone: (415) 338-1990
E-mail: jcduke@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Ethnology of dance, folk and historical choreography, and dance folklore
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Research/Performing Arts, Texas Woman's University
Clay Dumont
Associate Professor of Sociology
Office Phone: (415) 338-7502
E-mail: cdumont@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Native American culture, the environment, and social issues and social psychology
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Sociology, University of Oregon
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James G. Edwards
Professor of Design and Industry
Office Phone: (415) 338-7896; (415) 338-1264
E-mail: jge@sfsu.edu
Web: http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~jge/Main2000/MainFrame.html
Areas of Expertise: Manufacturing/design technology (emphasis on plastics technology and applications for design)
Highest Degree: Ed.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Charles Egan
Associate Professor of Foreign Languages and Literatures
Office Phone: (415) 338-7797
E-mail: chega@sfsu.edu
Other Languages Spoken: Chinese
Areas of Expertise: Chinese language and literature, classical Chinese poetry, and medieval Chinese studies
Highest Degree: Ph.D., East Asian Studies/Chinese Literature, Princeton University
Larry Eilenberg
Professor of Theatre Arts
Office Phone: (415) 338-1884
E-mail: leilenbe@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Contemporary theatre, comedy, and American playwriting
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Theatre Arts, Yale University
Meredith Eliassen
Archives Specialist and Curator of J. Paul Leonard Library
Office Phone: (415) 405-4073
E-mail: eliassen@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: History of San Francisco State University, Marguerite Archer Collection of Historic Children's Materials, history of children's literature in America, San Francisco history during the gold rush era, and television broadcasting history in San Francisco
Highest Degree: M.S. Library and Information Science, Simmons College, Boston, MA
Linda Ellis
Professor and Director of Museum Studies
Office Phone: (415) 338-1612
E-mail: ellisl@sfsu.edu
Other Languages Spoken: Romanian
Areas of Expertise: All legal issues regarding museums and their collections, censorship of museum exhibitions, Balkan culture, history, ethnic conflict and recent wars, Eastern European culture, history and ethnic conflict, archaeology in Eastern Europe and the Balkans, Romanian history, politics, archaeology and ethnic conflict, and anthropology of the Roman Empire
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Anthropology, Harvard University
Elahe Enssani
Associate Professor of Engineering and Computer Science
Office Phone: (415) 338-6581
E-mail: enssani@a-t-s.com; enssani@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Homeland security technology, infrastructure and water protection, vulnerability assessment methodologies, water quality and lab analysis, environmental engineering, women in engineering, and science and technologies
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
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Jose Ramon Fernandez-Peña
Director of Welcome Back Initiative
Office Phone: (415) 405-0488
E-mail: jrfp@sfsu.edu
Other Languages Spoken: Spanish, French
Areas of Expertise: Racial and ethnic disparities in health, cross-cultural communication in health, foreign-trained health professionals and health workforce development
Highest Degree: M.D., National Autonomous University of Mexico
Mariana Ferreira
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Office Phone: (415) 338-2046
E-mail: mariana@sfsu.edu
Other Languages Spoken: Portuguese, Spanish
Areas of Expertise: Indigenous people, social causes of illness, human rights, diabetes and indigenous people of North and South America, and anthropology of mathematics
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Medical Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley
Charlotte Ferretti
Professor of Nursing and Director of Marian Wright Edelman Institute for Children, Youth and Families
Office Phone: (415) 338-1578
E-mail: ferretti@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: School-based and school-linked health programs and managed care for underserved populations
Highest Degree: Ed.D., University of San Francisco
Glenn Fieldman
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
Office Phone: (415) 405-2431
E-mail: glenn@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Domestic and international climate policy
Highest Degree: Ph.D., International Studies, University of Denver
David Fischer
Diplomat in Residence
Office Phone: (415) 405-0325
E-mail: examb@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Foreign policy analysis, diplomatic relations, and arms control
Highest Degree: B.A., History, Brown University
Penelope V. Flores
Assistant Professor of Education
Office Phone: (415) 338-2695
E-mail: pflores@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Philippine American issues and use of cultural events, facts, and stories to teach mathematics
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Comparative Education, University of Chicago
Megumi Fuse
Assistant Professor of Biology
Office Phone: (415) 405-0728
E-mail: fuse@sfsu.edu
Web: http://www.sfsu.edu/~biology/Grads/pages/fuseg.html
Areas of Expertise: Insects, neurobiology, physiology, and endocrinology
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Insect Physiology and Neurobiology, University of Toronto
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Connie Marie Gaglio
Associate Professor of Management and Co-Director of Ohrenschall Center for Entrepreneurship
Office Phone: (415) 338-7490
E-mail: cmgaglio@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Entrepreneurship, opportunity recognition, innovation and social influences, marketing analysis, and consumer behavior
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Psychology, University of Chicago
Oswaldo Garcia
Professor of Geosciences
Office Phone: (415) 338-2798
E-mail: ogarcia@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Meteorology, atmospheric effects of past El Niño patterns in the Pacific, and air-sea interactions
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Atmospheric Sciences, State University of New York, Albany
Velia Garcia
Associate Professor and Chair of Raza Studies
Office Phone: (415) 338-6160
E-mail: veliag@sfsu.edu
Web: http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~veliag/
Other Languages Spoken: Spanish
Areas of Expertise: Latino youth and the criminal justice system, U.S.-Mexico relations, Latino community organizations, and the Latino community in California
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Social Cultural Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley
Newell (Toby) Garfield
Associate Professor of Geosciences
Office Phone: (415) 338-3713; (415) 338-1209
E-mail: garfield@sfsu.edu
Web: http://rtc.sfsu.edu/toby.htm
Areas of Expertise: Physical oceanography, remote sensing of currents, ocean currents in coastal regions and over continental shelves and slopes, and California undercurrent and San Francisco Bay
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Physical Oceanography, University of Rhode Island
Kristen Marie Gates
Lecturer of Design and Industry and Technical and Professional Writing
Office Phone: (415) 405-3493
E-mail: kgates@sfsu.edu
Web: http://online.sfsu.edu/~kgates
Areas of Expertise: Industrial arts, plastics technology, Web site design and management, multimedia studies, and software
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Education, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Sheldon Gen
Assistant Professor of Public Administration
Office Phone: (415) 405-2482
E-mail: sgen@sfsu.edu
Other Languages Spoken: Chinese (Cantonese)
Areas of Expertise: Policy analysis, environmental policy, and water policy
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology
Alex Gerould
Lecturer of Criminal Justice
Office Phone: (415) 338-3335
E-mail: gerould@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Crime causation theories; criminal profiling and criminal motivation; criminal law
Highest Degree: J.D., University of San Francisco
Trevor Getz
Associate Professor of History
Office Phone: (415) 338-7561
E-mail: tgetz@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Histories of Africa the Atlantic. Civil rights struggles in the United States and Africa. African Art. Apartheid. Transitional Justice and Reconciliation. World history.
Highest Degree: Ph.D., University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies.
Sam Gill
Professor and Chair of Information Systems
Office Phone: (415) 338-1311
E-mail: sgill@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Information systems strategy, application modeling, information technology architecture, Microsoft Enterprise solution, and .NET framework
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Information Systems, University of California, Berkeley
Robert Glück
Associate Professor of Creative Writing
Office Phone: (415) 338-3078
E-mail: rgluck@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Gay and lesbian issues, contemporary literature and poetry, writing, visual art, and the Bay Area literary community
Highest Degree: M.A., Creative Writing, San Francisco State University
Arek Goetz
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Office Phone: (415) 405-0305
E-mail: goetz@sfsu.edu
Web: http://calculus.sfsu.edu/
Other Languages Spoken: Polish, Russian, French
Areas of Expertise: Dynamical systems; Ajax Web design; teaching with technology; online courses; calculus; computer computations.
Highest Degree: Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago, Mathematics
Michael Goldman
Professor of Biology
Office Phone: (415) 338-7671
E-mail: goldman@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Molecular genetics, human genetics and ethics, ethics of stem cell research, cloning and human cloning, developmental biology, and gene expression
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Biological Sciences, Purdue University
Ricardo Gomes
Professor and Chair of Design and Industry
Office Phone: (415) 338-2229
E-mail: ricgomes@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Global design and cultural identity, design for community development and mentoring, design for social responsibility, sustainable design, and universal design
Highest Degree: M.F.A., Industrial Design for Low-Income Economies, University of California, Los Angeles
Yukihiro Goto
Professor of Theatre Arts
Office Phone: (415) 338-7780
Alternate Phone: (415) 585-6535
E-mail: ygoto@sfsu.edu
Web: http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~ygoto/
Other Languages Spoken: Japanese
Areas of Expertise: Asian theatre and theatre acting and directing
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Asian Theatre, University of Hawaii, Manoa
Jaimes Guerrero
Associate Professor of Women Studies
Office Phone: (415) 338-3146
E-mail: jaimes@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Environmental justice, American Indian and ethnic studies, women studies, native womanism, indigenism, global genocide, and biocolonialism
Highest Degree: Ed.D., Arizona State University
Qian Guo
Assistant Professor of Geography and Human Environmental Studies
Office Phone: (415) 338-1314
E-mail: qguo@sfsu.edu
Other Languages Spoken: Chinese (Mandarin)
Areas of Expertise: Rural sustainable development of China, geopolitical strategies of China, and geography of northwest China
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Geography, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Sujian Guo
Associate Professor of Political Science
Office Phone: (415) 338-7523
E-mail: sguo@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Chinese and East Asian politics, U.S.-China relations, human rights, theory and politics of democratic transition, and communist and post-communist studies
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Political Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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Joshua Habermann
Assistant Professor of Music
Office Phone: (415) 338-7761
E-mail: josh@sfsu.edu
Other Languages Spoken: Spanish
Areas of Expertise: Vocal and choral music
Highest Degree: D.M.A., University of Texas, Austin
John Hafernik
Professor Biology
Office Phone: (415) 338-1740
E-mail: hafernik@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Entomology, bees, damsel flies and butterflies, and ecology and evolutionary biology
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Entomology, University of California, Berkeley
Ann Hallum
Professor of Physical Therapy and Dean of Graduate Studies
Office Phone: (415) 405-3533
E-mail: glider@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Physical therapy and the impact of parents caring for a physically dependent and severely disabled adult-age child
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Counseling and Health Psychology, Stanford University
Andrew Hanami
Professor of International Relations
Office Phone: (415) 338-6438
E-mail: ahanami@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: U.S.-Japan relations and U.S. foreign policy
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Political Science, University of California Berkeley
Kamal Harb
Health Educator for Student Health Service
Office Phone: (415) 338-2191
E-mail: harbk@sfsu.edu
Other Languages Spoken: Arabic
Areas of Expertise: Health education
Highest Degree: M.A., Public Health, San Jose State University
Grace Hardie
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Office Phone: (415) 405-0484
E-mail: ghardie@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Asthma, ethnic differences in reporting constriction of the airway, and ethnicity impacts on access to care
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Pulmonary Physiology (Nursing), University of California, San Francisco
Jason Harris-Boundy
Assistant Professor of Management
Office Phone: (415) 405-0959
E-mail: jchb@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Leadership for creativity and innovation; entrepreneurial thinking; social entrepreneurship, including microcredit
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Management, University of Washington
Richard Harvey
Assistant Professor of Health Education, Holistic Health
Office Phone: (415) 338-3478
E-mail: rharvey@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Personal courage development, stress psychophysiology, tobacco use research, high-risk youth, epidemiology
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Psychology and Social Behavior/Health Psychology, University of California, Irvine
Laura D. Head
Professor of Black Studies
Office Phone: (415) 338-2309
E-mail: lhead@sfsu.edu
Web: http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~lhead/
Areas of Expertise: Black psychology (including IQ, language and mental health), racism, socioeconomic factors affecting African American women, and school vouchers
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Developmental Psychology, University of Michigan
Gerard Heather
Professor and Chair of Political Science
Office Phone: (415) 338-1019
E-mail: gh@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Religion and ethics of politics
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Political Science, Syracuse University
Jason Henderson
Assistant Professor of Geography and Human Environmental Studies
Office Phone: (415) 405-2483
E-mail: jhenders@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Urban transportation, land use and sprawl, bike-pedestrian transit, automobile parking, and environmental and social aspects of transportation
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Geography, University of Georgia
Gilbert Herdt
Professor and Director of Human Sexuality Studies and Director of the National Sexuality Resource Center
Office Phone: (415) 405-3574
E-mail: gherdt@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Gender, health, society, sexuality, culture, mental health, and sexual orientation (especially among youth)
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Anthropology, Australian National University
Ellen Hines
Assistant Professor of Geography and Human Environmental Studies
Office Phone: (415) 405-0921
E-mail: ehines@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Marine mammal conservation and geographic information systems
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Geography, University of Victoria
Amy Hittner
Professor of Counseling
Office Phone: (415) 338-7642
E-mail: ahittner@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Jobs, education, training and placement, violence intervention, and counseling for gay, lesbian, and bisexual families
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Counseling, University of California, Berkeley
K. Mig Hofmann
Information Security Officer
Office Phone: (415) 338-3018
E-mail: mig@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Information security
Highest Degree: M.S., IT Security, Seattle Pacific University
Ezra Holland
Director of the Pacific Leadership Institute and Lecturer of Recreation, Parks, and Tourism
Office Phone: (415) 405-3737
E-mail: ezra@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Youth development and leadership, adventure and recreation, behavior management and conflict resolution, and motivational speaking
Highest Degree: M.S., Recreation Administration, San Francisco State University
Barbara Holzman
Associate Professor of Geography and Human Environmental Studies
Office Phone: (415) 338-7506
E-mail: bholzman@sfsu.edu
Web: http://bss.sfsu.edu/holzman
Areas of Expertise: Environmental issues, biogeography, and resource management
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Wildland Resource Science, UC Berkeley
Marlon Hom
Professor and Chair of Asian American Studies
Office Phone: (415) 338-2698
E-mail: mhom@sfsu.edu
Other Languages Spoken: Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin)
Areas of Expertise: Chinese American issues and Chinese literature
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Chinese Language and Literature, University of Washington
Karen Hossfeld
Professor of Sociology
Office Phone: (415) 338-7059
E-mail: hossfeld@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Gender and society, family and society, and female workers in high technology
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Sociology, UC Santa Cruz
Ralf Hotchkiss
Senior Research Scientist and Technical Director of Wheeled Mobility Center/Whirlwind Wheelchair International
Office Phone: (415) 338-7734
E-mail: ralf_h@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Wheeled mobility devices, wheelchair design and manufacture, and wheelchairs for Third World countries
Highest Degree: B.A., Physics, Oberlin College
Summer Hsia
Associate Professor of Special Education
Office Phone: (415) 338-2502
E-mail: Summerh@sfsu.edu
Other Languages Spoken: Chinese (Mandarin)
Areas of Expertise: Early-childhood special education
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Early-childhood special education, University of Oregon
Barbara Hubler
Director of Financial Aid
Office Phone: (415) 338-2611
E-mail: bhubler@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Federal and state financial aid and financial aid issues
Highest Degree: M.A., College Administration, Ball State University
Rosemary Hurtado
Associate Professor of Elementary Education
Office Phone: (415) 338-3442
E-mail: kd@sfsu.edu
Other Languages Spoken: Spanish
Areas of Expertise: Language arts, bilingual education, and second-language acquisition
Highest Degree: Ed.D., University of San Francisco
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Dina Ibrahim
Assistant Professor of Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts
Office Phone: (415) 338-1788
E-mail: ibrahimdinaa@yahoo.com
Other Languages Spoken: Arabic
Areas of Expertise: Middle Eastern politics and Middle Eastern media
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Journalism, University of Texas
Subin Im
Assistant Professor of Marketing
Office Phone: (415) 338-6292
E-mail: subinim@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: New product and innovation management, high-tech marketing, and entrepreneurship
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Marketing, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Frederick Isaacson
Associate Professor of Speech and Communication Studies
Office Phone: (415) 338-2921
E-mail: isaacson@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Political rhetoric and debate
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Speech Communication, University of Denver
William Issel
Professor of History
Office Phone: (415) 338-2250
E-mail: bi@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: American urban history, history of the western United States, history of the United States since 1945, thought and culture in America, and San Francisco history (culture, politics, social change, and economy) since 1848
Highest Degree: Ph.D., American Civilization, University of Pennsylvania
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Seth Jacobowitz
Assistant Professor of Japanese Literature
Office Phone: (415) 338-1169
E-mail: sjacob@sfsu.edu
Other Languages Spoken: Japanese
Areas of Expertise: Japanese literature, film, theater, manga and anime; contemporary thought and philosophy; Brazilian art, literature and film.
Highest Degree: PhD, East Asian Literature, Cornell University
Jeff Jacoby
Assistant Professor of Audio and Radio
Office Phone: (415) 338-2772
E-mail: jjacoby@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Radio, audio, sound art and alternative education.
Highest Degree: MFA, Sound Art, The Art Institute at Lesley University
J.T. Johnson
Professor of Journalism
Office Phone: (415) 338-7431
E-mail: tom@jtjohnson.com
Areas of Expertise: Analytic journalism, computer-assisted reporting, newsroom management, Central America, and Mexico
Highest Degree: M.Phil., American Studies, University of Kansas
Mark Johnson
Professor of Art and Director of Fine Arts Gallery
Office Phone: (415) 338-1017
E-mail: gallery@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Asian American art history and California and Bay Area art history
Highest Degree: M.F.A., Painting, University of California, Berkeley
Karen C. Johnson-Brennan
Assistant Professor and Associate Director of Undergraduate Programs, School of Nursing
Office Phone: (415) 338-2315
E-mail: kcjb@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Nursing and adult health
Highest Degree: Ed.D., University of California, San Francisco
David L. Jones
Assistant Professor of Hospitality Management
Office Phone: (415) 338-6238
E-mail: djones@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Hotel management and marketing, tourism and travel, Internet marketing, and visitors’ studies
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Philosophy, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Linda Juang
Associate Professor of Psychology
Office Phone: (415) 338-1030
E-mail: ljuang@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Adolescent development, acculturation, Asian issues, and immigrant families
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Developmental Psychology, Michigan State University
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Rachele Kanigel
Assistant Professor of Journalism and Media Analysis
Office Phone: (415) 338-3134
E-mail: kanigel@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Journalism ethics, newspapers, magazines, college student press, and general news media
Highest Degree: M.S., Journalism, Columbia University
Jassi Kaur
Lecturer of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Office Phone: Call University Communications or use e-mail
E-mail: jkaur@sfsu.edu
Other Languages Spoken: Punjabi and Hindi
Areas of Expertise: Food chemistry and safety, chemical analysis of foods, quality assurance, nutrition consulting and food service systems management
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Food Science and Technology, Oregon State University, Ore
Santhi Kavuri-Bauer
Assistant Professor of Art
Office Phone: (415) 338-6511
E-mail: santhi@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Asian art and South Asian art history
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Asian Art History, University of California, Los Angeles
Sherry Keith
Associate Professor of Social Science
Office Phone: (415) 338-1669
E-mail: skeith@sfsu.edu
Other Languages Spoken: Spanish, Portugese
Areas of Expertise: International economic policy and women, including the IMF, World Bank, WTO and UN; women and education; women and environmental issues; women's participation in politics and grassroots social movement
Highest Degree: Ph.D. International Development Education, Stanford
Amy Kilgard
Assistant Professor of Speech and Communication Studies
Office Phone: (415) 338-2245
E-mail: akkilgard@yahoo.com
Areas of Expertise: Performance studies, performance art, performances of identity, and intersections of directing, collage and communication
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Performance Studies and Theatre/Directing, Southern Illinois University
Mi-Sook Kim
Assistant Professor of Kinesiology
Office Phone: (415) 405-0478
E-mail: kimms@sfsu.edu
Web: http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~kimms/
Areas of Expertise: Positive experience through sport, coping strategies, and stress and motivation in sport and exercise settings
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Philosophy, Purdue University
Wim Kimmerer
Senior Research Scientist for the Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies
Office Phone: (415) 435-7118; (415) 338-3515
E-mail: kimmerer@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Marine ecology, impact of introduced “exotic” species on San Francisco Bay, interaction of physics and biology, salmon populations, estuarine ecology, and human impact on estuarine and marine ecosystems
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Biological Oceanography, University of Hawaii
Karen Kingsbury
Director of New Student Programs and Retention
Office Phone: (415) 338-1304
E-mail: kkingsby@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: University orientation, retention, new students, “First Year Experience” course, and remediation issues
Highest Degree: M.A., English, San Francisco State University
Max C. Kirkeberg
Professor Emeritus of Geography and Human Environmental Studies
Office Phone: (415) 338-1702
E-mail: gabemax@rcn.com
Areas of Expertise: Gentrification and cultural and regional geography of San Francisco
Highest Degree: Advanced study, Geography, University of Wisconsin and University of California, Los Angeles
Jim Kitses
Professor of Cinema
Office Phone: (415) 338-1192
E-mail: jkmovie@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Western films and mainstream Hollywood films
Highest Degree: B.A., English Literature, Harvard University
Denise Kleinrichert, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Management/Ethics
Office Phone: (415) 338-7486
E-mail: dk@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Sustainable business, corporate social responsibility, business Ethics.
Highest Degree: PhD, Philosophy, University of South Florida
Liz Dunbar Knox
Assistant Professor of Social Work
Office Phone: (415) 338-2146
E-mail: edknox@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Social work, children, families, and child welfare
Highest Degree: Ed.D., University of California, San Francisco
Jamie C. Kooser
Manager of the San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
Office Phone: (415) 338-3703
E-mail: jkooser@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Estuaries, wetlands, wetland preservation and restoration, coastal zone management, and marshes
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Geography, University of California, Berkeley
Steve Kovacs
Professor of Cinema
Office Phone: (415) 338-6521
E-mail: stevkov@aol.com
Areas of Expertise: History and culture of film, mainstream Hollywood films, and film production
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Art History, Harvard University
Mohammad Kowsar
Professor of Theatre Arts
Office Phone: (415) 338-1329
E-mail: mksr@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Theatre history, dramatic literature, acting, and theatre directing
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Theatre Arts, Cornell University
Michael Krasny
Professor of English
Office Phone: (415) 338-2118
E-mail: krasny4@aol.com
Areas of Expertise: 20th century American literature
Highest Degree: Ph.D., 20th Century American Literature, University of Wisconsin
Judith Kysh
Assistant Professor of Secondary Education and Mathematics
Office Phone: (415) 338-2121
E-mail: jkysh@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Teaching and learning of mathematics from kindergarten to college, preparation for mathematics teachers, teacher research, and curriculum development in mathematics
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Mathematics Education, University of California, Davis
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Marie-Paule Laden
Assistant Professor of Foreign Languages and Literatures
Office Phone: (415) 338-7449
E-mail: mpladen@sfsu.edu
Other Languages Spoken: French
Areas of Expertise: 18th century French literature and culture and British literature and culture
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Comparative Literature, Brown University
Volker Langbehn
Assistant Professor of Foreign Languages and Literatures
Office Phone: (415) 338-7422
E-mail: langbehn@sfsu.edu
Other Languages Spoken: German
Areas of Expertise: 18th to 20th century German literature and philosophy, and German language
Highest Degree: Ph.D., German literature, University of Minnesota
Mai Nhung Le
Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies
Office Phone: (415) 338-6161
E-mail: mainhung@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Vietnamese American culture and Vietnamese American female health issues
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Community Health and Science, University of California, Berkeley
Gretchen LeBuhn
Assistant Professor of Biology
Office Phone: (415) 405-0729
E-mail: lebuhn@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Conservation biology, pollination, oak woodland conservation, and plant phenology
Highest Degree: Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
George Lee
Professor of International Business
Office Phone: (415) 338-1038
E-mail: glee@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Free economic zones in China and the former Soviet Republics, U.S.-China economic and political relations, and monopolies’ and oligopolies’ manipulation of the supply/demand curve
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Economics, University of Hawaii
Ming-Yeh Lee
Assistant Professor of Administration and Interdisciplinary Studies
Office Phone: (415) 338-1081
E-mail: mylee@sfsu.edu
Other Languages Spoken: Chinese (Mandarin)
Areas of Expertise: Adult education and lifespan development
Highest Degree: Ed.D., University of Georgia
Wanda M.L. Lee
Dean of Faculty
Office Phone: (415) 338-1684
Alternate Phone: (415) 405-3533
E-mail: walee@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Multicultural counseling and women’s issues in psychology
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Psychology, University of Oregon
Richard LeGates
Professor of Urban Studies and Planning
Office Phone: (415) 338-6176
E-mail: dlegates@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Housing affordability, urban growth management, city planning, and use of geographic information systems in social science research
Highest Degree: J.D., University of California, Berkeley
Bérénice LeMorchand
Assistant Professor of Foreign Languages & Literature
Office Phone: (415) 338-7419
E-mail: blemarch@sfsu.edu
Other Languages Spoken: French
Areas of Expertise: Early modern fairy tales, French culture & civilization, French food & gastronomy, and travel in France
Highest Degree: Ph.D., French, Vanderbilt University
Barry A. Levine
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Office Phone: (415) 338-1661
E-mail: levine@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Computing in developing countries and digital distance learning
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Computer Science, Oregon State University
Julia Lewis
Professor of Psychology
Office Phone: (415) 338-7545
E-mail: jmlewis@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Divorce and its effects on children
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles
Chris Wen-Chao Li
Assistant Professor of Foreign Languages and Literatures
Office Phone: (415) 338-1034
E-mail: wenchao@sfsu.edu
Other Languages Spoken: Chinese
Areas of Expertise: Chinese linguistics, English-Chinese/Chinese-English translation and interpretation, Chinese romanization systems, and language change
Highest Degree: D.Phil., Linguistics, Oxford University
Martin Linder
Assistant Professor of Design and Industry
Office Phone: (415) 338-6525
E-mail: mlinder@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Airport security explosive detection solutions
Highest Degree: M.F.A., Industrial Design, Cranbrook Academy of Art
Robyn S. Lock
Associate Professor of Kinesiology
Office Phone: (415) 338-3882
E-mail: rlock@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Physical education programs in schools, youth fitness, and professional development for teachers
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Administration and physical education/athletics, University of Iowa
Paul K. Longmore
Professor of History
Office Phone: (415) 338-6498
E-mail: longmore@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Early American history, disability history/disability studies, and disability rights
Highest Degree: Ph.D., History, Claremont Graduate School
Karen Lovaas
Assistant Professor of Speech and Communication Studies
Office Phone: (415) 338-1713
E-mail: klovaas@igc.org
Web: http://www.sfsu.edu/~speech/lovaas.htm
Areas of Expertise: Speech and communication studies, critical theory, conflict and communication, and gender, sexuality, and culture
Highest Degree: Ph.D., American Studies, University of Hawaii
Mary Beth Love
Professor and Chair of Health Education
Office Phone: (415) 338-2708
E-mail: love@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Health education, public health administration, asthma, and normative health beliefs
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Community Health Education, University of Massachusetts
Amanda Lueck
Associate Professor of Special Education
Office Phone: (415) 338-1080
E-mail: amandal@sfsu.edu
Web: http://online.sfsu.edu/~amandal/welcome.htm
Areas of Expertise: Blindness, low vision, and visual impairment education
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Education, University of California, Berkeley, and San Francisco State University
Sandra Rudnick Luft
Professor of Humanities
Office Phone: (415) 338-1830
E-mail: srluft@sfsu.edu
Web: http://online.sfsu.edu/~srluft
Areas of Expertise: Philosophy, history of ideas, philosophy of history, and Italian philosopher Giambattista Vico
Highest Degree: Ph.D., History of Ideas, Brandeis University'
Debra Luna
Assistant Professor of Education
Office Phone: (415) 338-2415
E-mail: dluna@sfsu.edu
Other Languages Spoken: Spanish
Areas of Expertise: Second-language acquisition and learning and multicultural education
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Microbiology, Stanford University
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Dan Macallair
Lecturer of Criminal Justice and Sociology
Office Phone: (415) 621-5661
E-mail: dmacallair@cjcj.org
Web: www.cjcj.org
Areas of Expertise: Juvenile justice, adult criminal justice policy, and incarceration
Highest Degree: M.P.A., San Jose State University
Mary Madden
Web Developer for Multimedia Studies Program (College of Extended Learning)
Office Phone: (415) 405-7745
E-mail: marymad@sfsu.edu
Web: www.marymadden.com/cybersex/
Areas of Expertise: Online adult entertainment
Highest Degree: M.A., Social Psychology, San Francisco State University
Humaira Mahi
Assistant Professor of International Business
Office Phone: (415) 338-2183
E-mail: hmahi@sfsu.edu
Other Languages Spoken: Hindi, Telugu
Areas of Expertise: Business issues in India, business issues in South Asia/Asia-Pacific region, globalization in emerging markets, consumer behavior in emerging markets, retailing in India.
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Marketing, University of Minnesota
Bruce Manning
Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Office Phone: (415) 338-1292
E-mail: bmanning@sfsu.edu
Web: http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~bmanning/
Areas of Expertise: Environmental chemistry of pollutants in soil and water, toxic metals (arsenic, selenium, chromium, and lead), chemical analysis of metal pollutants, and remediation of metal contaminants in soil and water
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Environmental Chemistry, University of California, Davis
Mitchell Lee Marks
Assistant Professor of Business Management
Home Phone: (415) 436-9066
E-mail: marks@sfsu.edu
Web: http://cob.sfsu.edu/cob/directory/faculty_profile.cfm?facid=431
Areas of Expertise: Business, employee relations, mergers and acquisitions, corporate downsizings and restructurings, and corporate culture
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Organizational Psychology, University of Michigan
Leticia Marquez-Magana (Magaña)
Professor of Biology
Office Phone: (415) 338-3289
E-mail: marquez@sfsu.edu
Other Languages Spoken: Spanish
Areas of Expertise: Women and minorities in science, mentoring, and molecular biology
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Biochemistry, University of California, Berkeley
Marc Martin
Lecturer of Speech and Communication Studies and Financial Aid Counselor
Office Phone: (415) 338-2587
E-mail: mamartin@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Conflict resolution, workplace negotiation, and negotiation
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Human Science Conflict Analysis, Saybrook Graduate School
Ronald Marzke
Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Office Phone: (415) 338-2955
E-mail: marzke@stars.sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Cosmology, galaxy formation and evolution, and expansion of the universe
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Astronomy, Harvard University
David Matsumoto
Professor of Psychology
Office Phone: (415) 338-1114
E-mail: dm@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Cross-cultural communication, intercultural communication and adjustment, emotion, and judo instruction
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, University of California, Berkeley
Hiroshi (Ted) Matsumoto
Assistant Professor of Foreign Languages and Literatures
Office Phone: (415) 338-3122
E-mail: hiroshi.matsumoto@att.net; hiroshim@sfsu.edu
Other Languages Spoken: Japanese
Areas of Expertise: Japanese (as a second) language acquisition research for American university students and Japanese (as a second) language teaching methods
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Pedagogy and Second Language Acquisition, University of Washington
Joseph McBride
Assistant Professor of Cinema
Office Phone: (415) 405-2169
E-mail: mac809@earthlink.net
Areas of Expertise: Film history, film industry trends, filmmaking and screenwriting, film criticism, and baseball
Richard McCline
Associate Professor of Management and Co-Director of Ohrenschall Center for Entrepreneurship
Office Phone: (415) 338-7886
E-mail: drmccline@msn.com
Web: http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~rmccline/
Areas of Expertise: Entrepreneurial strategy, socially responsible entrepreneurship, social capital, and small businesses
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Organizational Behavior, Tulane University
Vijay Mehrotra
Assistant Professor of Decision Sciences
Office Phone: (415) 338-2743
E-mail: vjm@sfsu.edu
Other Languages Spoken: Hindi and French
Areas of Expertise: Customer service, call centers, organizational development, management consulting, and simulation
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Operations Management, Stanford University
Gerianne Merrigan
Professor and Chair of Speech and Communication Studies
Office Phone: (415) 338-1597
E-mail: merrigan@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Organizational communication processes, employee empowerment, conflicts in the workplace, quantitative research methodology, teacher preparation, and development of community college and university teachers
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Speech Communication, University of Washington
Laurie L. Meschke
Assistant Professor of Child and Adolescent Development
Office Phone: (415) 405-3705
E-mail: LMeschke@sfsu.edu
Other Languages Spoken: German
Areas of Expertise: Adolescent development, adolescent substance use, adolescent sexual health and pregnancy, and prenatal alcohol use
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Human Development and Family Studies, Penn State
Jan Millsapps
Professor of Cinema
Office Phone: (415) 338-2518
E-mail: janm@sfsu.edu
Web: http://www.cinema.sfsu.edu/futurecine/
Areas of Expertise: Online cinema/multimedia and animation
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Composition and Discourse, University of South Carolina
Masahiko Minami
Associate Professor of Foreign Languages and Literatures
Office Phone: (415) 338-7451
E-mail: mminami@sfsu.edu
Web: http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~mminami/
Other Languages Spoken: Japanese
Areas of Expertise: First- and second-language acquisition and learning, narrative and discourse, sociocultural approaches to language, computer-assisted language learning, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, linguistic theory, and language and culture
Highest Degree: Ed.D., Human Development and Psychology, Harvard University
Nancy Raquel Mirabal
Associate Professor of Raza Studies
Office Phone: (415) 338-6804
E-mail: nmirabal@sfsu.edu
Web: http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~nmirabal/
Other Languages Spoken: Spanish
Areas of Expertise: Latina/o history and experience, Cuban-American and Caribbean communities in the U.S., identity of Afro-Latina/os, and Latina/o displacement in San Francisco
Highest Degree: Ph.D., History, University of Michigan
Julia Miyaoka
Assistant Professor of Decision Sciences
Office Phone: (415) 338-6082
E-mail: jmiyaoka@sfsu.edu
Web: http://online.sfsu.edu/~jmiyaoka/
Areas of Expertise: Supply chain management
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University
Nathalie D. Mizelle
Assistant Professor of Counseling
Office Phone: (415) 338-1718
E-mail: nmizelle@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Multicultural issues in counseling, alcohol issues in counseling, resiliency in African-American families, and fetal alcohol syndrome
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Rehabilitation Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Hafez Modirzadeh
Associate Professor of Music and Co-Director of Jazz and World Music Studies
Office Phone: (415) 338-3883
E-mail: fezmo@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: World music, jazz music, and cross-cultural aspects of jazz
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Ethnomusicology, Wesleyan University
Bert Monroy
Instructor of Multimedia Studies (College of Extended Learning)
Office Phone: (415) 524-9412
E-mail: bert@bertmonroy.com
Web: http://www.bertmonroy.com
Areas of Expertise: Digital art and painting and Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator
Kenneth P. Monteiro
Professor of Psychology
Office Phone: (415) 405-0434
E-mail: monteiro@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Diversity in higher education and public institutions, human relations and diversity in higher education, African American psychology, HIV/AIDS in the African American community, and African American same-gender relationships
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Stanford University
Kenneth P. Monteiro
Professor of Psychology
Office Phone: (415) 405-0434
E-mail: monteiro@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Diversity in higher education and public institutions, human relations and diversity in higher education, African American psychology, HIV/AIDS in the African American community, and African American same-gender relationships
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Stanford University
Ezequiel Morsella
Assistant Professor of Social Cognitive Neuroscience
Office Phone: (415) 405-2198
E-mail: morsella@sfsu.edu
Other Languages Spoken: Spanish
Areas of Expertise: Action, brain, consciousness, cognition, psycholinguistics, unconscious action
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Psychology, Columbia University
Joanna Moss
Professor of Economics
Office Phone: (415) 338-7515
E-mail: jgmoss@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Macroeconomics, globalization, international trade, free trade agreements, the dollar and the international economy
Highest Degree: Ph.D., New School for Social Research
Hideo Muranaka
Lecturer of Foreign Languages and Literatures
Office Phone: (415) 338-3118
E-mail: muraoak@pacbell.net
Web: www.sfsu.edu/~japanese/Faculty/Muranaka.html
Areas of Expertise: Japanese calligraphy and fine arts
Highest Degree: B.F.A., Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
James F. Murphy
Professor and Chair of Recreation, Parks, and Tourism
Office Phone: (415) 338-1531
E-mail: jfmurphy@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Community recreation, sociological and psychological perspectives of leisure, and private enterprise management
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Education, Oregon State University
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Katherine Naff
Professor of Public Administration
Office Phone: (415) 338-3344
E-mail: kcnaff@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Federal bureaucracy, government employment, and equal employment in the federal government
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Political Science, Georgetown University
Jacob Needleman
Professor of Philosophy
Office Phone: (415) 338-2216
E-mail: jneedle@sfsu.edu
Web: http://www.jacobneedleman.com
Areas of Expertise: American values and ideals, Founding Fathers of the United States, religion, and meaning of money
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Philosophy, Yale University
Francis Neely
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Office Phone: (415) 338-1522
E-mail: fneely@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Political theory, political ethics and morality, and American political thought
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Political Science, State University of New York
Bill Nichols
Professor of Cinema
Office Phone: (415) 338-6192
E-mail: wnichols@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: American documentaries and films as evidence (law, medicine, etc.), film directors, recent U.S. and foreign films, documentaries, and ethnographic cinema
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Film Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
Wade Nobles
Professor of Black Studies
Office Phone: (415) 338-6806
E-mail: wnblkstd@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: The African American family and African American culture
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Psychology, Stanford University
Jan Null
Adjunct Professor of Meteorology
Office Phone: (408) 379-7500
E-mail: jnull@ggweather.com
Areas of Expertise: El Niño, La Niña, California weather trends and patterns, flooding, and heat hazards in automobiles
Highest Degree: M.A., Geography/Climatology, San Jose State University
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Theophile J. Obenga
Professor and Chair of Black Studies
Office Phone: (415) 338-2702
E-mail: kmobenga@sfsu.edu
Web: www.sfsu.edu/~ethnicst/obenga.html
Areas of Expertise: African American culture, African studies, and ancient Egypt
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Sciences and the Humanities, University Paul Valery
Kathy O'Donnell
Chair and Professor of Marketing
Office Phone: (415) 338-2281
E-mail: odonnell@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Advertising, including Super Bowl ads, popular culture, shopping behaviors and coolness
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Business, Kent State University
Abdiel Onate
Associate Professor of History
Office Phone: (415) 338-6177
E-mail: onate@sfsu.edu
Web: http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~onate/
Other Languages Spoken: Spanish
Areas of Expertise: History and culture of Mexico, Cuban studies, Caribbean culture, and modern history of Latin America
Highest Degree: Ph.D., History, El Colegio de Mexico
Jim Orenberg
Professor and Chair of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Office Phone: (415) 338-1288
E-mail: orenberg@sfsu.edu
Web: http://lewis.sfsu.edu/orenberg/
Areas of Expertise: Chemistry of Mars
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Analytical Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University
Peter Orner
Assistant Professor of Creative Writing
Office Phone: (415) 338-3082
E-mail: peterorner@aol.com
Areas of Expertise: Fiction writing, criminal law, and international human rights law
Highest Degree: M.F.A., Creative Writing, University of Iowa
Ö zgür Özlük
Assistant Professor of Decision Sciences
Office Phone: (415) 338-1107
E-mail: ozgur@sfsu.edu
Web: http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~ozgur/
Other Languages Spoken: Turkish
Areas of Expertise: Spreadsheet engineering, revenue management practices, and applications of mathematical programming
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Operations Research, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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Gary Pahl
Professor of Anthropology
Office Phone: (415) 338-3004
E-mail: gpahl@sfsu.edu
Web: http://bss.sfsu.edu/anthro
Other Languages Spoken: Spanish, Mandarin, German
Areas of Expertise: Archaeology of China, Archaeology of the ancient Maya, ancient writing systems (especially theory and China/Maya), Folklore and mythology, and California archaeology
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles
Pete Palmer
Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Office Phone: (415) 338-7717
E-mail: palmer@sfsu.edu
Web: http://lewis.sfsu.edu/palmer/
Areas of Expertise: Mass spectrometry, air-quality monitoring (Mir Space Station, Bayview-Hunters Point), and chemical contamination of artifacts
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Analytical Chemistry, Michigan State University
Ayse Pamuk
Assistant Professor of Urban Studies and Planning
Office Phone: (415) 338-7045
E-mail: pamuk@sfsu.edu
Web: http://bss.sfsu.edu/pamuk/
Areas of Expertise: Housing and urban policy, demographic analysis with census data, and spatial analysis with geographic information systems
Highest Degree: Ph.D., City and Regional Planning, University of California, Berkeley
Thomas Parker
Professor of Biology
Office Phone: (415) 338-2375; (415) 338-6406
E-mail: parker@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Plant, fire, and marsh ecology, plant management and restoration, and old-growth forests in California
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Ecology, University of California, Santa Barbara
Neesha Patel
Assistant Professor of Counseling
Office Phone: (415) 405-2141
E-mail: npatel@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Multicultural counseling and Asian-American mental health
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Counseling Psychology, Ohio State University
Julyana Peard
Associate Professor of History
Office Phone: (415) 338-1280
E-mail: jpeard@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: History and culture of Latin America (especially Brazil) and history of women in Latin America
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Latin American history, Columbia University
Isabel Thuy Pelaud
Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies
Office Phone: (415) 338-7592
E-mail: ipelaud@sfsu.edu
Other Languages Spoken: French
Areas of Expertise: Vietnamese-American culture and arts and Asian American literature
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Comparative Ethnic Studies, University of California, Berkeley
Anabel O. Pelham
Professor of Gerontology and Coordinator of Urban Elders Program
Office Phone: (415) 338-1684
E-mail: apelham@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Aging, geriatric care management, and community-based long-term care
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Medical Sociology/Gerontology, University of California, San Francisco
Erik Peper
Professor of Holistic Health and Director of Institute for Holistic Healing Studies
Office Phone: (415) 338-7683
E-mail: epeper@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Computer-related disorder, repetitive stress injury, stress management, breathing, biofeedback, and self-regulation
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Psychology, Union Graduate School
Bill Perttula
Professor of Marketing
Office Phone: (415) 338-7481
E-mail: perttula@sfsu.edu
Web: http://online.sfsu.edu/~perttula/
Areas of Expertise: E-commerce and Internet marketing
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Business Administration, Golden Gate University
Raymond Pestrong
Professor of Geology
Office Phone: (415) 338-2080
E-mail: rayp@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Geomorphology, engineering of geology, geosciences and the arts, and geosciences education
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Geology, Stanford University
Dragutin Petkovic
Professor and Chair of Computer Science
Office Phone: (415) 338-1008
E-mail: dpetkovic@cs.sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Practical software engineering, artificial intelligence, multimedia and image processing, multimedia for the life sciences, and user-interface usability
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Biomedical Imaging, University of California, Irvine
Mark Phillips
Professor of Secondary Education and Director of School Relations and Educational Outreach
Office Phone: (415) 338-3464
E-mail: markps@sbcglobal.net
Areas of Expertise: Alternative and charter schools, reaching and teaching at-risk adolescents, parental involvement in schools, and teacher emotional intelligence
Highest Degree: Ed.D., University of Massachusetts
Irene Poon-Andersen
Slide Curator for the Art Department
Office Phone: (415) 338-1166
E-mail: andersen@sfsu.edu
Web: www.sfsu.edu/~artdept/Andersen.html
Areas of Expertise: Black and white photography and contemporary Asian American art
Highest Degree: M.A., Art, San Francisco State University
Michael Potepan
Associate Professor of Economics
Office Phone: (415) 338-2648
E-mail: mpotepan@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Employment and economics in San Francisco, housing prices, migration between metropolitan areas, and urban economics
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Economics, University of California, Davis
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Jim Quesada
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Office Phone: (415) 338-1633
E-mail: jquesada@sfsu.edu
Other Languages Spoken: Spanish
Areas of Expertise: Peoples and cultures of Central America, cross-cultural racism, medical anthropology, political economy of health, and social and cultural anthropology (especially Nicaragua)
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Medical Anthropology, University of California, San Francisco, and University of California, Berkeley
Isabel N. Quita
Associate Professor of Elementary Education
Office Phone: (415) 338-3416
E-mail: quita@sfsu.edu
Web: http://online.sfsu.edu/~quita
Areas of Expertise: Science curriculum and instruction for kindergarten through eighth grade, teaching science to diverse groups of children, exploration of multicultural students’ conceptions and understandings of scientific concepts and phenomena
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Elementary Science Education, University of Illinois
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Sandra Ann Radtka
Associate Professor of Physical Therapy
Office Phone: (415) 338-6967
E-mail: sradtka@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Physical therapy evaluation and treatment for pediatric and adult neurologically impaired patients; and physical therapy education for patients, families, students and health professionals
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Higher Education, University of California, Berkeley
Marcia Raggio
Professor of Special Education
Office Phone: (415) 338-7653
E-mail: mraggio@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Audiology, hearing aids, aural rehabilitation, and cochlear implants and the brain
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Speech and Hearing Science, University of California, San Francisco
Sonja Rashid
Assistant Professor of Social Work
Office Phone: (415) 405-2459
E-mail: srlenz@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Substance abuse and adolescent/young adult mental health
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Social Work, University of California, Berkeley
Dina Redman
Assistant Professor of Social Work
Office Phone: (415) 405-2458
E-mail: dinar@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Trauma, incarceration and criminal justice, substance abuse, and international social work
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley
Belinda L. Reyes
Assistant Professor of Raza Studies
Office Phone: (415) 338-3493
E-mail: reyesb@sfsu.edu
Languages: Spanish and English
Areas of Expertise: Latino Policy Issues, such as education, immigration, health, socioeconomic progress, Immigration and Immigration Policy, California Race and Ethnic Groups, Demographics and Policy
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Economics, University of California, Berkeley
Johnetta Richards
Professor of Black Studies
Office Phone: (415) 338-7589
E-mail: tatenda@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: African American culture, the black woman in America, and Zimbabwe culture
Highest Degree: Ph.D., American History, University of Cincinnati
Raquel Rivera-Pinderhughes
Professor of Urban Studies and Planning
Office Phone: (415) 338-2875
E-mail: rrp@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Green collar jobs, Social inequality, socioeconomic issues, urban poverty, Latino poverty in the United States, environmental justice and racism, family policies, and Latino populations in the United States
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Sociology, Graduate Center of New York
Mark Roberge
Assistant Professor of English Language and Literature
Office Phone: (415) 338-2059
E-mail: roberge@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: English as a second language, and education of immigrant children
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Education, University of California, Berkeley
Nina S. Roberts
Assistant Professor of Recreation, Parks, and Tourism/Project Director for the Pacific Leadership Institute
Office Phone: (415) 338-7576
E-mail: nroberts@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Outdoor programming and leadership; adventure education and youth development; recreation land management; race, culture and gender issues in recreation; wilderness studies
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Natural Resource Education and Tourism, Colorado State University
Nancy B. Robinson
Assistant Professor of Special Education
Office Phone: (415) 405-2170
E-mail: nancyr@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Early intervention for children with special needs, argumentative and alternative communication, and innovative teaching approaches in higher education
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Education/Early Childhood Special Education, University of Washington
Todd Roehrman
Associate Professor of Theatre Arts
Office Phone: (415) 338-7781
E-mail: roehrman@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Costume design, construction, and history
Highest Degree: M.F.A., Costume Design, California Institute of the Arts
Erik Rosegard
Assistant Professor of Recreation, Parks, and Tourism
Office Phone: (415) 405-0911
E-mail: rosegard@sfsu.edu
Web: http://online.sfsu.edu/~rosegard/
Areas of Expertise: Leisure time, social-psychological aspects of leisure and recreation, community service learning, wellness, and quality of life issues
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Recreation and Leisure Studies, University of Utah
Sandra Rosen
Professor of Special Education and Coordinator of Orientation and Mobility Program
Office Phone: (415) 338-1245
E-mail: srosen@sfsu.edu
Web: http://online.sfsu/~mobility
Areas of Expertise: Orientation and mobility for people with visual impairments and sensor motor development of children with visual impairments
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Education and Human Development, Vanderbilt University
Cristina Ruotolo
Associate Professor of Humanities
Office Phone: (415) 338-1295
E-mail: ruotolo@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: 19th and 20th-century American literature, music and culture; literature and music of the African diaspora
Highest Degree: Ph.D., English Literature, Yale University
Caitlin Ryan
Director of Adolescent Health Initiatives for the César E. Chávez Institute
Office Phone: (415) 522-5558
E-mail: caitlin@cpcug.org
Web: http://familyproject.sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth and families; health and mental health issues for LGBT adolescents; and sexual orientation and sexuality
Highest Degree: M.S.W., Clinical Social Work, Smith College; Ph.D., Public Policy / Health Policy, Virginia Commonwealth University
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Christina Sabee
Assistant Professor of Communication Studies
Office Phone: (415) 338-7443
E-mail: csabee@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Conflict Resolution and Mediation Health, Communication Research Methodologies (Qualitative and Quantitative), Interpersonal Communication.
Highest Degree: PhD, Communication Studies, Northwestern University
Mohammad Salama
Assistant Professor of Foreign Languages and Literatures and Arabic Program Coordinator
Office Phone: (415) 338-1338
E-mail: mrsalama@sfsu.edu
Other Languages Spoken: Modern Standard Arabic and Egyptian Arabic
Areas of Expertise: The Arab world, Islam, Arabic language and literature, Middle Eastern studies, and Egypt's modern intellectual, political, and cultural history
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Comparative Literature, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Jillian Sandell
Assistant Professor of Women Studies
Office Phone: (415) 338-1388
E-mail: sandell@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Women studies and popular culture, masculinity in film, representations of race and gender in American popular culture, and Hong Kong cinema (especially from an American perspective)
Highest Degree: Ph.D., English, University of California, Berkeley
Jeff Saperstein
Lecturer of Business Communications
Office Phone: (415) 383-7435
E-mail: sapermktg@earthlink.net
Areas of Expertise: Regional marketing strategy development, new economy, and high-tech marketing
Highest Degree: M.A., Denver University
Yumi E. Satow
Assistant Professor of Consumer and Family Studies
Office Phone: (415) 338-6848
E-mail: yes@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Nutrition and weight management, restaurant management, food culture and history, food as medicine, and cooking and recipes
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Nutrition, University of California, Davis
Joel Schechter
Professor of Theatre Arts
Office Phone: (415) 338-1331
E-mail: jschech@sfsu.edu
Web: http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~jschech
Areas of Expertise: Circuses and clowns, popular theatre, and political satire
Highest Degree: D.F.A., Drama, Yale University
Erin Scholnick
Lecturer of Political Science
Office Phone: (415) 405-2472
E-mail: erinsf@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Student community service participation and voting among youth; the advantages of attending an ethnically diverse University
Highest Degree: M.A., Political Science, San Francisco State University
Gary Selnow
Professor of Business
Office Phone: (415) 338-6084
E-mail: gselnow@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Internet and computer use in Third World countries, effects of television on viewers, interactive computer use in education, and political communication via the Internet
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Mass Media, Michigan State University
Sanjit Sengupta
Professor and Chair of Marketing
Office Phone: (415) 338-1016
E-mail: sengupta@sfsu.edu
Web: http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~sengupta/
Areas of Expertise: Business-to-business marketing, strategic alliances, high-tech marketing, and e-business
Highest Degree: Ph.D, Education, University of California, Berkeley
Matthew Shenoda
Lecturer of Ethnic Studies
Office Phone: (415) 338-3490
E-mail: shenoda@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Arab and Arab American literature, post-colonial Arab and diasporic studies, media representation and ethnic/Arab-American community activism, and contemporary ethnic American poetry
Highest Degree: M.F.A., Creative Writing, University of Arizona
Paul Sherwin
Dean of the College of Humanities
Office Phone: (415) 338-1541
E-mail: psherwin@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Liberal education, trends and issues in the humanities, issues of literacy and quality of student writing, and public higher education
Highest Degree: Ph.D., English, Yale University
Anita Silvers
Professor of Philosphy
Office Phone: (415) 338-2420
E-mail: asilvers@sfsu.edu (note: e-mail is preferred method of contact)
Areas of Expertise: Disability issues, medical ethics, genetics, ethics, and law, physician-assisted suicide, employment discrimination, and affirmative action in higher education
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University
Roblyn Simeon
Professor of International Business
Office Phone: (415) 338-6298
E-mail: rsimeon@sfsu.edu
Web: http://online.sfsu.edu/~rsimeon/
Other Languages Spoken: Japanese, French, and Spanish
Areas of Expertise: Comparative management, corporate governance, business trends and issues in the U.S., Europe and Japan, organizational learning, Internet business strategies, and Internet marketing
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Business Administration, University of California, Berkeley
Leonard Sklar
Assistant Professor of Geosciences
Office Phone: (415) 338-1204
E-mail: leonard@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Environment, rivers, floods, dams, landslides, and international development
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Geology, University of California, Berkeley
Christopher Smith
Assistant Professor of Biology
Office Phone: (415) 405-2505
E-mail: smithcd@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Molecular biology, chromosomes (telomeres and centromeres), bioinformatics, genomics, insect behavior
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Molecular Biology, University of San Francisco
Erna Smith
Professor of Journalism
Office Phone: (415) 338-3162
E-mail: ersmith@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Issues in journalism, people of color in journalism, and fair media coverage of minorities
Highest Degree: B.A., Journalism, University of Texas, Austin
Miriam Smith
Associate Professor of Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts
Office Phone: (415) 338-1611
E-mail: miriam@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Intellectual property law (copyrights and trademarks), Internet law, business and management aspects of electronic media, and ethics and responsibility in the electronic media
Highest Degree: J.D., Brigham Young University
Robert C. Smith
Professor of Political Science
Office Phone: (415) 338-7524
E-mail: rcs@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: The African American vote in California and the United States, national politics, the American presidency, and dynamics and history of African American politics
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Political Science, Howard University
C. Sarah Soh
Professor of Anthropology
Office Phone: (415) 338-2655
E-mail: soh@sfsu.edu
Web: http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~soh/
Areas of Expertise: Japan’s wartime “comfort women,” cultural anthropology, anthropology of gender and human sexuality, Korean culture and society, and women in Korean politics
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Hawaii
Dianthe "Dee" Spencer
Professor of Music and Co-Director of Jazz and World Music Studies
Office Phone: (415) 338-1566
E-mail: deejazz@aol.com
Areas of Expertise: Jazz performance and improvisation, piano performance, electronic music synthesis, and jazz education and history
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Education, University of San Francisco
Greg Spicer
Professor of Biology
Office Phone: (415) 338-6756; (415) 338-2497
E-mail: gs@sfsu.edu
Web: http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~gs/index.html
Areas of Expertise: Molecular systematics
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Evolutionary Biology, University of Chicago
Carol S. Stevenson
Assistant Professor, Child and Adolescent Development
Office Phone: (415) 405-3564; (415) 405-3975
E-mail: carols@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Early Care and Education -- regulation, funding; Preschool for All in San Francisco; law and policy regarding services for children.
Highest Degree: J.D. Hastings College of the Law
Dean Suzuki
Associate Professor of Music
Office Phone: (415) 338-1065
E-mail: dsuzuki@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: History of rock ‘n’ roll, experimental classical music, experimental rock music, and contemporary pop music
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Musicology, University of Southern California
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David H. Tabb
Professor of Political Science
Office Phone: (415) 338-2736
E-mail: dtabb@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Municipal and statewide elections, urban politics and policy, public opinion surveys, and African American and Hispanic politics in California
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Political Science, University of North Carolina
Kimberly D. Tanner
Assistant Professor of Biology
Office Phone: (415) 405-3438
E-mail: kdtanner@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Science education, biology education, scientist-teacher collaborations, and science educational reform efforts
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Neurobiology, University of California, San Francisco
Patrick Tierney
Professor of Recreation, Parks, and Tourism
Office Phone: (415) 338-1818
E-mail: ptierney@sfsu.edu
Web: http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~ptierney
Areas of Expertise: Bay Area and California tourism, eco-tourism, resort issues, trends in travel, and travel Web site analysis
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Recreation Resources, Colorado State University
Jassen Todorov
Assistant Professor of Violin
Office Phone: (415) 338-7760
E-mail: jassen@hotmail.com; todorov@sfsu.edu
Web: http://www.jassentodorov.com
Other Languages Spoken: Bulgarian
Areas of Expertise: Violin
Highest Degree: D.M.A., Eastman School of Music
Andrei P. Tsygankov
Assistant Professor of International Relations
Office Phone: (415) 338-7493
E-mail: andrei@sfsu.edu
Other Languages Spoken: Russian
Areas of Expertise: Russian foreign policy, former Soviet Union, and Russian-American relations
Highest Degree: Ph.D., International Relations, University of Southern California
Sheila R. Tully
Lecturer of Anthropology, Labor Studies, and Human Sexuality Studies
Office Phone: (415) 338-7497
E-mail: tullyclaymor@igc.org
Areas of Expertise: Motherhood, marriage, family, histories of terror, the mothers of the disappeared in Latin America, gendered impacts of globalization, history of medicine, uses of technology, and standardized testing in public education
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Medical Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley
Joseph Tuman
Professor of Communication Studies
Office Phone: (415) 338-1813
E-mail: joetuman@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Political debate, campaign rhetoric, political communication, and free-speech issues
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Constance Ulasewicz
Assistant Professor of Consumer and Family Studies
Office Phone: (415) 338-7086
Email: cbu@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Sustainable fashion, textiles and retail development, social entrepreneurship and community engagement
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Material Culture and Semiotics, Fielding Graduate Institut
Gerardo "Buddy" Ungson
Professor and Y.F. Chang Chair of International Business
Office Phone: (415) 405-3749
E-mail: bungson@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Business policy, organizational design, and management of change in the Philippines and Korea
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Organizational Theory, Pennsylvania State University
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Ilona Vandergriff
Associate Professor of Foreign Languages and Literatures
Office Phone: (415) 338-1106
E-mail: vdgriff@sfsu.edu
Other Languages Spoken: German
Areas of Expertise: German language and linguistics
Highest Degree: Ph.D., German, University of California, Berkeley
Daniel C. Vencill
Professor of Economics
Office Phone: (510) 655-3080
E-mail: dvencill@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Macroeconomics, recession, the Great Depression, monetary theory/policy, economics of crime, labor economics
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Stanford
Benito M. Vergara
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Office Phone: (415) 338-3491
E-mail: bvergara@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Asian American immigration, colonialism, post-colonialism, and Filipino American newspapers
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Anthropology, Cornell University
Lucia Volk
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Office Phone: (415) 405-2468
E-mail: lvolk@sfsu.edu
Other Languages Spoken: German, French, Spanish, Lebanese, and Arabic
Areas of Expertise: Middle Eastern studies, Civil War, nation building, public administration, and political science
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Social Anthropology, Harvard University
Jo Volkert
Associate Vice President of Enrollment Planning and Management
Office Phone: (415) 338-7264
E-mail: jvolkert@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Enrollment trends and statistics, California State University admissions policies, and demographics of SFSU student population
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Administration and Policy Analysis, Stanford University
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Venise Wagner
Associate Professor and Chair of Journalism
Office Phone: (415) 338-2094
E-mail: vwagner@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Mass media trends, media deregulation, and diversity issues in the media
Highest Degree: M.A., International Policy Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies
Christopher R. Waldrep
Professor of History and Jamie and Phyllis Pasker Chair in American History
Office Phone: (415) 338-2982
E-mail: cwaldrep@sfsu.edu
Web: http://bss.sfsu.edu/waldrep/
Areas of Expertise: Hate crimes in America (especially lynching), history of violence in America, and U.S. constitutional and legal history
Highest Degree: Ph.D., History, Ohio State University
David S. Walsh
Assistant Professor of Kinesiology
Office Phone: (415) 338-7866
E-mail: dwalsh@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: At-risk and underserved youth, youth development, and physical education
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Education, University of Illinois
Kenneth Michael Walsh
Associate Director and Lecturer of Criminal Justice
Office Phone: (415) 338-1312
E-mail: kwalsh@sfsu.edu
Web: http://bss.sfsu.edu/cjustice
Areas of Expertise: Law, crime, and society, race and class issues of criminology, victomology, incarceration, crime trends, and investigation
Highest Degree: M.A., Interdisciplinary Studies (social science emphasis in law and society), SFSU
Linda Wanek
Associate Professor of Physical Therapy
Office Phone: (415) 338-1939
E-mail: lwanek@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Orthopedic physical therapy, back pain in adolescents, improving body mechanics, and physical therapy services in university student health centers
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Southern California
Rhonnie Washington
Associate Professor of Theatre Arts
Office Phone: (415) 338-2057
E-mail: rhonnie@sfsu.edu
Web: http://online.sfsu.edu/~rhonnie
Areas of Expertise: Acting and directing
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Directing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Shawn Whalen
Coach of Speech and Debate/Forensics Team
Office Phone: (415) 338-1097
E-mail: swhalen@sfsu.edu
Web: http://www.sfsu.edu/~speech/whalen.htm
Areas of Expertise: Argumentation theory and practice, political debates, education and public policy debate, public speaking, legal argumentation, and academic debate
Highest Degree: M.A., Speech Communication, San Diego State University
Lisa White
Professor and Chair of Geosciences
Office Phone: (415) 338-2061
E-mail: lwhite@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Micropaleontology, paleoceanography, stratigraphy, historical geology, and middle- and high-school geosciences education
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Geology, University of California, Santa Cruz
Gail Whitaker
Associate Vice President for Academic Program Development and Dean of the College of Extended Learning
Office Phone: (415) 338-2789
E-mail: whitaker@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Academic program development
Highest Degree: Ed.D., University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Helene Whitson
Special Collections Librarian and Archivist for J. Paul Leonard Library
Office Phone: (415) 338-6217
E-mail: hwhitson@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: History of San Francisco State University (emphasis on student strike of 1968-1969), history of television news in the San Francisco Bay Area, and preservation of rare books
Highest Degree: M.L.S., University of California, Berkeley
Frances Wilkerson
Lecturer of Biology and Senior Research Scientist for the Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies
Office Phone: (415) 338-3519
E-mail: fwilkers@sfsu.edu
Web: http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~phytopl/
Areas of Expertise: Marine biology, nutrient flux in oceanic phytoplankton, and nutrient dynamics of upwelling along the Pacific Coast
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Botany, University of Bristol
Nancy Wilkinson
Professor and Chair of Geography and Human Environmental Studies
Office Phone: (415) 338-1439
E-mail: nancyw@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: California water history, development, dams and resources, and environmental attitudes and perceptions
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Geography, University of Oregon
Stephen Wilson
Professor of Art
Office Phone: (415) 338-2291
E-mail: swilson@sfsu.edu
Web: http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~swilson/
Areas of Expertise: Conceptual and information arts and art and technology
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Educational Psychology/Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, University of Chicago
Yumi Wilson
Assistant Professor of Journalism
Office Phone: (415) 338-1550
E-mail: yumiwilson@yahoo.com and ywilson@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Inter-racial issues, newspaper ethics, Bay Area and California politics, and domestic violence
Highest Degree: B.A., Print Journalism, University of Southern California
Eva Sheppard Wolf
Assistant Professor of History
Office Phone: (415) 338-7544
E-mail: shepwolf@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Early American life (up to 1830), emancipation of slaves in early America, and slavery in America
Highest Degree: Ph.D., History, Harvard University
Michelle Wolf
Professor of Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts
Office Phone: (415) 338-1334
E-mail: mawolf@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Social effects of mass media and self-concept and sexual identity in the mass media
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Communication/Mass Communication Theory, University of Texas, Austin
Pamela J. Wolfberg
Assistant Professor of Special Education
Office Phone: (415) 338-7651
E-mail: wolfberg@sfsu.edu
Web: www.wolfberg.com
Other Languages Spoken: German
Areas of Expertise: Children with autism spectrum disorders, peer culture and inclusion, and play development
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Education, University of California, Berkeley, and San Francisco State University
Bernard P. Wong
Professor of Anthropology
Office Phone: (415) 338-7518
E-mail: bernardw@sfsu.edu
Web: http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~bernardw/
Areas of Expertise: Urban and economic anthropology, ethnicity issues, family and kinship, entrepreneurship and globalization, Chinese diaspora communities, anthropology of China, and immigration
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Yim-Yu Wong
Professor of International Business
Office Phone: (415) 338-2255
E-mail: yywong@sfsu.edu
Web: http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~yywong/
Other Languages Spoken: Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin)
Areas of Expertise: International businesses and joint ventures, diversification, and cultural differences in the workplace
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Strategic Management, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Chris Wright
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Office Phone: (415) 338-1465
E-mail: cwright@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Human resource selection, training and performance appraisal, and job analysis
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Industrial/Organizational Psychology, University of South Florida
Elizabeth C. Wright
Professor Emerita of Foreign Languages and Literatures
Office Phone: (415) 338-7419
E-mail: ewright@sfsu.edu
Other Languages Spoken: French
Areas of Expertise: French Medieval and Renaissance literature and the role of dance in teaching in early modern Europe
Highest Degree: Ph.D., French Language and Literature, New York University
Weiming Wu
Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Office Phone: (415) 338-1436
E-mail: wuw@sfsu.edu
Web: http://lewis.sfsu.edu/wu/
Areas of Expertise: Elucidation of enzyme mechanisms, design and synthesis of enzyme substrate analogues, innovations in drug design using organic synthesis, and use of analogues as possible medicinal agents/anti-carcinogens
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Chemistry, University of Illinois
Yenbo Wu
Director of International Programs
Office Phone: (415) 338-6377
E-mail: ywu@sfsu.edu
Other Languages Spoken: Chinese (Mandarin)
Areas of Expertise: International education, cross-cultural communication, Chinese cultural education programs and comparative education, and second-language acquisition
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Comparative and International Education, State University of New York, Buffalo
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Qingwen Xu
Assistant Professor of Social Work
Office Phone: (415) 405-0944
E-mail: qxu@sfsu.edu
Web: http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~qxu/
Areas of Expertise: Welfare policy, community development, and international social work
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Social Work, University of Denver
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Aguibou Yansane
Professor of International Relations
Office Phone: (415) 338-2495
E-mail: aymouke@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: African nations and foreign policy analysis, developing nations, and economics and the African American community
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Sociology of Education, Stanford University
Darlene Yee
Professor of Gerontology, Coordinator of Long-Term Care Administration, and Director of Health, Mobility and Safety Laboratory
Office Phone: (415) 338-3558
E-mail: dyee@sfsu.edu
Web: http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~dyee/
Areas of Expertise: Educational gerontology, gerontological health promotion, long-term care administration, minority elders as research subjects, older drivers and safety research, and research on older women’s health
Highest Degree: Ed.D., Health Education, Columbia University
Gustavo Yep
Professor of Speech and Communication Studies
Office Phone: (415) 338-2268
E-mail: gyep@sfsu.edu
Web: http://www.sfsu.edu/~speech/yep.htm
Areas of Expertise: Cultural identity, homophobia, heterosexism, and heteronormativity, HIV/AIDS education and prevention (particularly among Asian Americans, Latinos, and transgender communities), class, gender, sexuality, and communication
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Philosophy, University of Southern California
Grace Yoo
Associate Professor of Asian American Studies
Office Phone: (415) 338-3491
E-mail: gracey@sfsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Korean American community and aging in the Asian American community
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Medical Sociology, University of California, San Francisco
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Lena Zhang
Assistant Professor of Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts and Director of Institute for International Media Communications
Office Phone: (415) 338-1780
E-mail: lzhang@sfsu.edu
Other Languages Spoken: Chinese (Mandarin)
Areas of Expertise: Chinese and Chinese American media, media aesthetics, international and intercultural communication, and new media
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Mass Communication, University of Georgia, Athens
Susan Zieff
Associate Professor of Kinesiology
Office Phone: (415) 338-6574
E-mail: susangz@sfsu.edu
Web: http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~susangz/index.htm
Areas of Expertise: History and philosophy of sports, sports and society, movement, and human biodynamics
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Human Biodynamics, University of California, Berkeley
