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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

Web: http://www.axler.net/

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

Web: http://online.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

Web: www.e-welcomeback.org

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

Web: http://bss.sfsu.edu/guo/

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

Web: http://bss.sfsu.edu/sguo

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

Web: http://www.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

Web: http://listen.to/hafez

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


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