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Experts Directory

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Yea-Wen Chen

Yea-Wen Chen

ProfessorCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsSchool of CommunicationÉ«ÇéÊÓƵ[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Intercultural communication, critical communication pedagogy, social justice, Pan-Asian organizing, immigrant women faculty experiences and cultural identities.

Grace Cheng

Grace Cheng

Director of the Center for Human RightsCollege of Arts and LettersÉ«ÇéÊÓƵ[email protected]347-806-1215

Area of Expertise

Human rights, refugees, international politics, Asia-Pacific politics, conflict and post-conflict transition.

Kai-Chung Cheng

Kai-Chung Cheng

Assistant ProfessorSchool of Public HealthÉ«ÇéÊÓƵ Imperial Valley[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Indoor Air Quality; Human Exposure; Secondhand Smoke; Machine Learning

Stephen Cho Suh

Stephen Cho Suh

Assistant ProfessorAsian American StudiesCollege of Arts and LettersÉ«ÇéÊÓƵ[email protected]AL 469

Area of Expertise

Asian Americans, Korean Diaspora, Korean Americans, Asian-American Chefs, Asian-American food, Return Migration

Zohir Chowdhury

Zohir Chowdhury

Associate ProfessorCollege of Health and Human ServicesSchool of Public HealthÉ«ÇéÊÓƵ[email protected]619-594-8085

Area of Expertise

Measurement of air pollution, air pollution in developing countries (focused on Bangladesh, India, China, Guatemala), air pollution measurement from cookstoves, source apportionment of particulate matter, atmospheric chemistry, particle monitor development

Beth Chung

Beth Chung

ProfessorFowler College of BusinessManagementÉ«ÇéÊÓƵ[email protected]619-594-2699

Area of Expertise

Customer service, ethnic diversity in the workplace, executive management/behavior, human resources

Rulon Clark

Rulon Clark

ProfessorCollege of SciencesBiologyÉ«ÇéÊÓƵ[email protected]619-594-1527

Area of Expertise

Animal Behavior and communication, Herpetology, Conservation Genetics, Habitat Fragmentation, Reptiles, Amphibians, Snakes, Rattlesnakes

Clarissa Clo

Clarissa Clo

Professor and ChairCollege of Arts and LettersEuropean StudiesÉ«ÇéÊÓƵ[email protected]619-594-1131

Area of Expertise

Italian culture, literature, film, music, and language; Mediterranean Studies; migration and postcolonial studies in Italy and Europe; Italian American studies; feminist and queer studies; popular culture; youth cultures; fanfiction and fandoms; cultures of globalization.

Brad Cohen

Brad Cohen

Lecturer, Dual Language and English Learner Education (DLE)College of EducationÉ«ÇéÊÓƵ[email protected]

Area of Expertise

ASL Education, L2/Ln language learners, Students’ motivation, Students’ retention, pedagogy, curriculum, Assessment tool.

Angela Coker

Angela Coker

Associate ProfessorWomen's StudiesCollege of Arts and LettersÉ«ÇéÊÓƵ[email protected](619) 594-1025AL 317

Area of Expertise

Black Feminist Thought, Black Feminism, Counseling, Mental Health, Mental Health Counseling, Cultural Diversity

Lauren Collins

Lauren Collins

Assistant ProfessorCollege of EducationDepartment of Special EducationÉ«ÇéÊÓƵ[email protected]

Area of Expertise

School violence; reading instruction and intervention; Special education; emotional and behavioral disorders; evidence-based practice.

Stephen Colston

Stephen Colston

Professor EmeritusCollege of Arts and LettersHistoryÉ«ÇéÊÓƵ[email protected]619-594-4716

Area of Expertise

The history of Spanish-Mexican California and the Southwest, book culture of California and the Southwest Borderlands, and Aztec history and culture

Andrew Cooksy

Andrew Cooksy

ProfessorCollege of SciencesChemistry and BiochemistryÉ«ÇéÊÓƵ[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Combustion chemistry, interstellar chemistry, computational chemistry, chemical synthesis, biochemistry, reactive intermediates in combustion, laser spectroscopy, spectroscopic theory and computational quantum mechanics.

Miro Copic

Miro Copic

LecturerFowler College of BusinessMarketingÉ«ÇéÊÓƵ[email protected]619-594-0941

Area of Expertise

International marketing, media business, branding, consumer marketing, holiday marketing Black Friday/Cyber Monday, social networking, marketing, consumer behavior, branding products, Japan business/marketing, Latin American business/marketing

Linda Copp

Linda Copp

LecturerCollege of Health and Human ServicesExercise and Nutritional SciencesÉ«ÇéÊÓƵ[email protected]619-247-4397

Area of Expertise

Nutrition, weight management, sports nutrition, child nutrition, eating disorders.  Copp is a registered dietician.

J. Corlett

J. Corlett

ProfessorPhilosophyÉ«ÇéÊÓƵ[email protected]619-594-6251

Area of Expertise

ethics; race; racism; reparations; racial/ethnic identity; responsibility; punishment; rights; sports doping; drug criminalization; free speech; civil disobedience and terrorism.

Molly Costello

Molly Costello

Undergraduate AdvisorCollege of Arts and LettersGeographyÉ«ÇéÊÓƵ[email protected]619-594-5476

Area of Expertise

River restoration, dams, flooding, water resources and policy; geomorphology and natural hazards; severe weather, climate change

Richard Cripps

Richard Cripps

ProfessorCollege of SciencesBiologyÉ«ÇéÊÓƵ[email protected]

Area of Expertise

CRISPR, muscle, development, heart muscular dystrophy and congenital heart disease.

John Crockett

John Crockett

Associate Vice President of Research AdvancementDivision of Research and InnovationÉ«ÇéÊÓƵ[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Team science, faculty diversity initiatives and É«ÇéÊÓƵ research ambitions.

Terry Cronan

Terry Cronan

ProfessorCollege of SciencesPsychologyÉ«ÇéÊÓƵ[email protected]619-594-5793

Area of Expertise

Health psychology, chronic illness, fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis, cancer screening, literacy interventions, community psychology, prevention as healthcare reform strategy

Gregory Daddis

Gregory Daddis

Professor and Director, Center of War and Society and USS Midway Chair in Modern U.S. Military HistoryCollege of Arts and LettersHistoryÉ«ÇéÊÓƵ[email protected]

Area of Expertise

US national security, grand strategy, Cold War, Vietnam, War and Society

Hassan Davani

Hassan Davani

Assistant ProfessorCollege of EngineeringCivil, Construction, and Environmental EngineeringÉ«ÇéÊÓƵ[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Water resources engineering, Stormwater management, Satellite methods for flood identification, Community-based and green infrastructure for climate change adaptation. Field sites in the US-Mexico Border, Imperial Beach, Imperial-Mexicali Valley, San Francisco Bay Area.

Rebecca de Souza

Rebecca de Souza

Assistant ProfessorCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsSchool of CommunicationÉ«ÇéÊÓƵ[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Food justice, hunger and food insecurity, food assistance, stigma, racism/ antiracism, health communication, identity, intercultural communication and neoliberalism.

David DeBoskey

David DeBoskey

ProfessorFowler College of BusinessCharles W. Lamden School of AccountancyÉ«ÇéÊÓƵ[email protected]619-594-2376

Area of Expertise

Accounting, auditing, executive decision making, financial reporting, SEC reporting, sports accounting, sports financial management, executive salaries/compensation

Alex DeNoble

Alex DeNoble

Professor and Director, Lavin Entrepreneurship CenterFowler College of BusinessManagementÉ«ÇéÊÓƵ[email protected]619-594-4890

Area of Expertise

Investor relations, corporate responsibility, entrepreneurship, technology commercialization.

Thierry Devos

Thierry Devos

ProfessorCollege of SciencesPsychologyÉ«ÇéÊÓƵ[email protected]619-594-6911

Area of Expertise

Diversity, multiculturalism, ethnic and national identities, social identity, intergroup relations, prejudice, stereotypes, discrimination, implicit (automatic or unconscious) biases