Thais Alves
College of Engineering
Dr. Alves is a professor of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering whose research centers on lean construction, which aims to minimize waste and maximize value in the construction process.
Chamu Sundaramurthy
College of Business
Dr. Sundaramurthy is a professor of Management whose research centers on the governance of large public companies, entrepreneurial and family businesses, and social enterprises.
Marjorie F. Olney
College of Education
Dr. Olney is a professor of Administration, Rehabilitation, and Postsecondary Education whose work looks at improving employment opportunities for individuals with psychiatric and developmental disabilities.
Carol Mackersie
College of Health & Human Services
Dr. Mackersie is a professor of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences who studies perceptual consequences of hearing loss and hearing amplification.
Denitsa Bliznakova
College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts
Dr. Bliznakova leads the Design and Technology Program in the School of Theatre, Television and Film. Her work has been seen in theaters accross the nation.
Robert Zeller
College of Sciences
Dr. Robert Zeller is a professor of Biology whose research looks at development of the central and peripheral nervous systems in marine organisms.
Kurt Lindemann
College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts
Dr. Linderman is a professor of communication who studies communicative performances of identity in organizational and mediated contexts, with a focus on gender in sport.
Rebecca Lewison
College of Sciences
Dr. Lewison is a professor of biology whose research focuses on vulnerable wildlife populations that live in both terrestrial and aquatic environments and face pressing conservation issues.
Norma Iglesias-Prieto
College of Arts & Letters
Dr. Iglesias-Prieto is a professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies whose scholarship draws on the creativity potential as a mechanism to resist oppression and express human dignity, as well as on the role of the arts in the reconfiguration of the social fabric.
C. Janie Chang
College of Business
Dr. Chang is a professor of accountancy who studies cross-cultural issues that impact professional judgments and decisions made by auditors.
Allen Plotkin
College of Engineering
Dr. Plotkin is a professor of engineering who studies the blending of analytical and computational techniques to solve flow problems, including fluid jets, airfoil and hydrofoil theory, ground effect, separation and vortex modeling..
Mark Reed
College of Health & Human Services
Dr. Reed is a professor of social work whose research focuses on alcohol use etiology and prevention..
Lisa Lamb
College of Education
Dr. Lamb is a professor of mathematics education who studies K-12 students' conceptions of math, helped write the specific concentration for K-8 math education and co-founded the Aztec Science Camp.
Georg Matt
College of Sciences
Dr. Matt is a professor of psychology who studies human exposure to tobacco smoke toxicants and evaluates policies aimed at protecting nonsmokers from their harmful effects.
Ronald King
College of Arts & Letters
Dr. King is a professor of political science who has authored four books, including major studies of U.S. taxation policy and welfare entitlements.
Tracy Love-Geffen
College of Health and Human Services
Dr. Love-Geffen is the director of the School of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences. She studies language processing in language impaired and language unimpaired children and adults.
Gustaaf Jacobs
College of Engineering
Dr. Jacobs is a professor of aerospace engineering who studies how air and water particles interact with everyday life and with vehicles and aircraft in motion.
Bongsik Shin
Fowler College of Business
Dr. Shin is professor of management information systems at the Fowler College of Business. His research concerns cybersecurity and he works with the U.S. Navy.
Randy Reinholz
College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts
Dr. Reinholz is a professor of theatre, television and film and the founder of Native Voices, a Los Angeles theater company that produces new work by indigenous playwrights.
Piotr Jankowski
College of Arts and Letters
Dr. Jankowski has authored two books, 78 articles, and 25 book chapters. His research spans subfields of geography, computer science and planning. He recently received a Fulbright Scholar Award to examine the impact of Geographic Information Systems in urban planning issues in Poland.
Thomas Rockwell
College of Sciences
Dr. Rockwell has been teaching at SDSU since 1983. He is a widely quoted expert on earthquakes and tectonic activity in Southern California and has developed an internationally recognized research program. He is a member of the board of directors of the Southern California Earthquake Center.
Bey-Ling Sha
College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts
Dr. Sha is director of the School of Journalism and Media Studies and co-author of an internationally recognized public relations textbook. She is also editor of the Journal of Public Relations Research.
Murray Jennex
Fowler College of Business
Dr. Jennex is an expert in cybersecurity and has been recognized for research that determined how human traffickers were using a series of emojis as code in online classified ads.
Nancy Frey
College of Education
Dr. Frey is a prolific researcher and co-author of 40-plus books. She has mentored many doctoral students in educational leadership and secured more than $1 million in grants to support the study of educational issues.
Hala Madanat
College of Health and Human Services
As director of the School of Public Health, Dr. Madanat has strengthened critical relationships with the San Diego County Department of Health and Human Services and other local partners. For example, she worked with a leading Tijuana-based university, UABC, to develop a research-based “Obesity on the Border” course for students.
Chris Rasmussen
College of Sciences
Larry Verity
College of Health and Human Services
Larry Herzog
School of Public Affairs
Dr. Herzog is recognized internationally for his research, teaching, and consultant work on urban planning and environmental policy solutions along the U.S.-Mexico border. His prolific output includes 10 books and 100+ journal articles.
Huma Ghosh
College of Arts and Letters
Dr. Ghosh has shaped the emerging global field of research on the lives of Muslim women. She recently received a prestigious Fulbright award to study the effects of religious tensions on young adults in India.
Satish Kumar Sharma
College of Engineering
Dr. Sharma established an Antenna and Microwave Research Lab with industry support and developed seven new engineering courses. He received a prestigious IEEE Antenna and Propagation Society award for his research.