Faculty Experts
From the discovery of new planets to the work of noted criminologists, SF State offers a wide variety of scholars who are the most distinguished in their fields. This directory identifies academics who possess insight and knowledge of diverse subjects and who are willing to work with journalists whenever possible. The faculty experts directory is compiled by the Office of Strategic Marketing and Communications.
If you need immediate assistance finding an expert, please call (415) 338-1665 or email pubcom@sfsu.edu.
Richard LeGates
Professor Emeritus of Urban Studies and Planning
Office Phone: (415) 338-6176
Email: dlegates@sfsu.edu
Richard LeGates is an urban planning expert whose work examines the use of geographic information systems (GIS) in social science research.
Areas of Expertise:
Urban growth management
City planning
Geographic Information Systems
Highest Degree: J.D., University of California, Berkeley
Chris Wen-Chao Li
Professor of Modern Languages & Literature
Office Phone: (415) 338-1034
Email: wenchao@sfsu.edu
Chris Wen-Chao Li is an expert in Chinese linguistics and language change.
Areas of Expertise:
Chinese
Chinese translation
Chinese Romanization systems
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Linguistics, Oxford University
Martin Linder
Professor Emeritus of Design and Industry
Office Phone: (415) 338-6525
Email: mlinder@sfsu.edu
Martin Linder is an expert on design for the health care industry. Linder also serves as the executive director of the International Design Outreach Project (iDO), which promotes education through design in schools in the Bay Area.
Areas of Expertise:
Airport security explosive detection
Health care industry design
Seating design
Highest Degree: M.F.A., Industrial Design, Cranbrook Academy of Art
Karen Lovaas
Associate Professor and Chair of Communications Studies
Office Phone: (415) 338-1713
Email: klovaas@sfsu.edu
Karen Lovaas is an expert in critical theory, rhetoric of gender, ecology and criminality and punishment.
Areas of Expertise:
Representation of prisoners in media
Representation of gender in media
Highest Degree: Ph.D., American Studies, University of Hawaii
Mary Beth Love
Professor and Chair of Health Education
Office Phone: (415) 338-2708
Email: love@sfsu.edu
Mary Beth Love is an expert on educating communities prone to particular heath problems including asthma and HIV.
Areas of Expertise:
Health beliefs
Public perception of public health programs
Asthma and HIV
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Community Health Education, University of South Carolina
Amanda Lueck
Professor Emerita of Special Education
Office Phone: (415) 338-3118
Email: amandal@sfsu.edu
Amanda Lueck is an expert on visual impairment, particularly the effects of early brain injury on vision in children and its educational consequences.
Areas of Expertise:
Blindness
Low vision
Cerebral visual impairment
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Education, University of California, Berkeley
Sandra Rudnick Luft
Professor Emerita of Humanities
Office Phone: (415) 338-2165
Email: srluft@sfsu.edu
Sandra Rudnick Luft is an expert on the philosophy of history, the history of ideas and the philosophers Giambattista Vico, Hannah Arendt and Martin Heidegger.
Areas of Expertise:
16th – 20th centuries European thought
Highest Degree: Ph.D., History of Ideas, Brandeis University
Daniel Macallair
Lecturer in Criminal Justice Studies
Office Phone: (415) 621-5661 x111
Email: dmacallair@cjcj.org
Daniel Macallair is an expert on community correction programs and incarceration alternatives that provide rehabilitation for youth offenders.
Areas of Expertise:
Juvenile justice
Adult criminal justice policy
Incarceration
Highest Degree: M.P.A., San Jose State University