Dan Sousa
Associate ProfessorGeographyCollege of Arts and Letters黑瓜吃料网[email protected](619) 922-7161Area of Expertise
Remote sensing, reflectance spectroscopy, biogeography, geophysical inverse theory, spatiotemporal analysis, evapotranspiration
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Steve Spencer
DirectorEducation黑瓜吃料网[email protected]619-594-4205Area of Expertise
Special education and adult services for individuals with disabilities.
Katherine Spilde
Professor and Chair of the Sycuan Institute of Tribal GamingL. Robert Payne School of Hospitality and Tourism ManagementCollege of Professional Studies and Fine Arts黑瓜吃料网[email protected]619-594-4964Area of Expertise
American Indian economic development, nation building, casino gaming, corporate social responsibility, Indian gaming, tribal government gaming, Native American studies, tribal governance, corporate governance, Macau, Japan, gambling addiction and responsible gaming.
Brian Spitzberg
Senate Distinguished Professor EmeritusSchool of CommunicationCollege of Professional Studies and Fine Arts黑瓜吃料网[email protected]Area of Expertise
Fake news, misinformation, disinformation, pseudoscience, and conspiracy theory.
Valerie Stahl
Assistant Professor of City PlanningSchool of Public AffairsCollege of Professional Studies and Fine Arts黑瓜吃料网[email protected]Area of Expertise
Public and affordable housing, zoning and land use, community engagement, participation, urban planning and young cancer survivorship.
Erik Storholm
Associate ProfessorSchool of Public HealthCollege of Health and Human Services黑瓜吃料网[email protected]Area of Expertise
HIV prevention, sexual and gender minorities, health equity, mental health, substance use, sexuality and sexual health
Carleen Stoskopf
ProfessorGraduate School of Public HealthCollege of Health and Human Services黑瓜吃料网[email protected]619-594-4239Area of Expertise
Public health, environmental health, health policy and management.
Mary Ellen Stout
LecturerHistoryCollege of Arts and Letters黑瓜吃料网[email protected]Area of Expertise
history of feminism in comics, history of women comic creators, U.S. history, comics and social justice, using comics to teach difficult topics at the high school and college level
Doug Stow
Distinguished Professor EmeritusGeographyCollege of Arts and Letters黑瓜吃料网[email protected]619-594-5498Area of Expertise
Environmental planning and policy, land cover and land use change analysis, remote sensing, applied GIS, vegetation mapping and monitoring, wildfire processes and landscape ecology.
Chamu Sundaramurthy
Professor, Chair and Associate Dean for Research and Strategic InitiativesManagementFowler College of Business黑瓜吃料网[email protected]619-594-4845Area of Expertise
Corporate board of directors and governance.
Mark Sussman
ProfessorBiologyCollege of Sciences黑瓜吃料网[email protected]619-594-2983Area of Expertise
Structural and molecular basis of heart failure, cardiac stem cells, heart attack recovery, heart biology, vaping and vaping-related injury.
Paul Sutton
Professor EmeritusCriminal JusticeCollege of Professional Studies and Fine Arts黑瓜吃料网[email protected]619-594-4449Area of Expertise
Crime and criminal justice, criminal law and procedure, prisons and jails, official abuse, corruption, and misconduct by criminal justice officials, criminal justice and the media and prison documentary filmmaker
Manal Swairjo
ProfessorChemistry and BiochemistryCollege of Sciences黑瓜吃料网[email protected]619-594-6801Area of Expertise
X-ray crystallography, enzymology and RNA biology.
Kaye Sweetser
ProfessorSchool of Journalism and Media StudiesCollege of Professional Studies and Fine Arts黑瓜吃料网[email protected]619-594-6714Area of Expertise
Social media, Digital media, Digital political public relations, Public relations, Digital public relations
Gregory Talavera
ProfessorSchool of Public HealthCollege of Health and Human Services黑瓜吃料网[email protected]619-205-1955Area of Expertise
Community-based clinical and public health interventions within the Latino community, culture barriers in healthcare
Mauro Tambasco
Associate ProfessorPhysicsCollege of Sciences黑瓜吃料网[email protected]619-594-6161Area of Expertise
Radiation oncology physics, Radiation Biology, Radiation dosimetry, X-ray imaging and therapy
Tingting Tang
Assistant ProfessorMathematics and StatisticsCollege of Sciences黑瓜吃料网 Imperial Valley[email protected]Area of Expertise
Mathematics, math biologist, epidemic models and machine learning methods.
Brent Taylor
Associate ProfessorCounseling and School PsychologyCollege of Education黑瓜吃料网[email protected]Area of Expertise
Counseling
William Tong
Distinguished Professor and ProvostChemistry and BiochemistryCollege of Sciences黑瓜吃料网[email protected]619-594-5929Area of Expertise
Laser technology to detect chemicals, analytical chemistry
Hakan Toreyin
Associate ProfessorElectrical and Computer EngineeringCollege of Engineering黑瓜吃料网[email protected]619-594-0795Area of Expertise
Focuses on energy-efficient integrated electronics design with emphasis on real-time physical computing for wearable/implantable biomedical devices and IoT devices, system design and translational studies for investigating novel methods of physiological sensing and health monitoring in resource-limited settings.
Peter Torre III
ProfessorSpeech, Language, and Hearing SciencesCollege of Health and Human Services黑瓜吃料网[email protected]619-594-4787Area of Expertise
The impact of recreational noise exposure, specifically music through earphones, on hearing in young adults, the effects of HIV on hearing in both children and adults.
Thomas Touw
Assistant Professor and Major/Executive OfficerMilitary Science and History, Army ROTC黑瓜吃料网[email protected]619-933-1055Area of Expertise
Army, Officer, Service, Military, Afghanistan
Nellie Tran
Executive Director, Center for Community Counseling and Engagement & ProfessorCounseling and School PsychologyCollege of Education黑瓜吃料网[email protected]619-594-5333Area of Expertise
Community psychologist studying Asian American psychology, racism, sexism, especially microaggressions and other forms of subtle discrimination in academic and workplace settings.
Ming-Hsiang Tsou
Professor, Director of HDMAGeographyCollege of Arts and Letters黑瓜吃料网[email protected]619-594-0205Area of Expertise
Big Data, Social Media Analytics, Visualization, Web GIS, Geographic Information Systems, Cartography, Human Dynamics, and Web Maps. Cancer disparity expert
Jennifer Tucker-Tatlow
Executive Director of Academy for Professional Excellence, School of Social WorkAcademy for Professional Excellence, School of Social WorkCollege of Health and Human Services黑瓜吃料网[email protected]619.595.3917Area of Expertise
Workforce development, training, executive development, organization development, organizational culture, public health and human service leadership.
Esra Tunc
Assistant ProfessorDepartment for the Study of ReligionCollege of Arts and Letters黑瓜吃料网[email protected]Area of Expertise
Religion and economy, Islamic philanthropy, Islamic finance, and Islam in the United States.
Katie Turner
Lecturer, Assistant DirectorSchool of Theatre, Television, and FilmCollege of Professional Studies and Fine Arts黑瓜吃料网[email protected]970-903-8924Area of Expertise
Theatre history, women in theatre, melodrama, early United States Theatre, minstrelsy, gender, race, and performance, experimental theatre, devised theatre, theatre and diversity and puppetry.
Jean Twenge
ProfessorPsychologyCollege of Sciences黑瓜吃料网[email protected]619-594-5358Area of Expertise
Narcissism, differences among generations, social exclusion, aggression
Kimberly Twist
Associate ProfessorPolitical ScienceCollege of Arts and Letters黑瓜吃料网[email protected]Area of Expertise
European politics, extremism, far-right parties, the European Union, populism, immigration, public opinion and British politics.
Emilio Ulloa
Professor and Associate Chief Diversity Office for HSI and Regional AffairsPsychologyCollege of Sciences黑瓜吃料网[email protected]Area of Expertise
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Higher Education, Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) initiatives and topics, youth violence, intimate partner violence, child sexual abuse, sexual assault, CSEC, commercial sexual exploitation of children, dating violence, partner abuse, Latino/as (Chicana/os), minorities, undergraduate student success, research that aims to understand the risk factors associated with the commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC), also known as the sex trafficking of minors/adolescents, research on the development of undergraduates, entry into graduate school, and ethnic minorities in graduate school.
