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.
Jim Dudley
Lecturer in Criminal Justice
Office Phone:
Email: Dudley@sfsu.edu
Dudley's areas of expertise include Criminal Justice, Policing, Special Operations (SWAT Homeland Security), Event Security, and Community Policing.
Areas of Expertise:
Highest Degree: Masters Degree Criminology from UC Irvine
Richard Dugdale
Adjunct Professor of Biology and Senior Research Scientist for the Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies
Office Phone: (415) 338-3518
Email: rdugdale@sfsu.edu
Richard Dugdale co-directs a phytoplankton ecology laboratory at the Romberg Tiburon Center at San Francisco State University. The main focus of the lab is to understand inorganic nutrient (nitrate, ammonium, phosphate and silicate) inputs and fluxes into the coastal ocean and estuaries and how these nutrients affect phytoplankton populations and processes. The lab is involved in a variety of projects around the world, exploring nutrient and phytoplankton dynamics and how they shape ocean primary production and global climate.
Areas of Expertise:
Biological and equatorial oceanography
Distribution and effects of nutrients on phytoplankton
Biological dynamics of upwelling along the Pacific Coast
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Zoology, University of Wisconsin
Clay Dumont
Professor Emeritus of Sociology
Office Phone: (415) 338-7502
Email: cdumont@sfsu.edu
Clay Dumont is an expert on the historical and cultural conceptions of knowing and knowledge, and his work focused on the debates between scientists and Native Americans over the meaning of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990.
Areas of Expertise:
Philosophy of social science
Post-structuralism
The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 (NAGPRA)
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Sociology, University of Oregon
Larry Eilenberg
Professor of Theatre Arts
Office Phone: (415) 338-1884
Email: leilenbe@sfsu.edu
Larry Eilenberg is an expert in contemporary theatre and comedy. He has worked extensively throughout professional theatre and formerly served as Artistic Director at The Magic Theatre, a major theatrical company in San Francisco. He also has taught a number of summer courses for the CSU Summer Arts Program.
Areas of Expertise:
Contemporary theatre
Comedy
American playwriting
Highest Degree: Ph.D Theatre Arts, Yale University
Linda Ellis
Professor Emerita of Museum Studies
Office Phone: (415) 405-0599
Email: ellisl@sfsu.edu
Linda Ellis specializes in Eastern European culture and archaeology, having conducted archeological, anthropological and socio-political research in this region for over 30 years. Areas of expertise include Ukraine, Moldova, Bulgaria Romania, the Black Sea region and Roman Empire anthropology.
Areas of Expertise:
Eastern European culture
Eastern European archaeology
Museum collection and legal issues
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Anthropology, Harvard University
Kevin Eschleman
Associate Professor of Psychology
Office Phone: (415) 338-1030
Email: kesch@sfsu.edu
Eschleman is an expert on employee wellbeing and job performance. He studies how taking part in self-exploration and creative activities outside of the workplace may affect employee performance and resilience to stress.
Areas of Expertise:
Employee wellbeing
Stress in the workplace
Deviance in the workplace
Highest Degree: Ph.D. Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Wright State University
Jose Ramon Fernandez Pena
Emeritus Professor of Health Education
Office Phone: (415) 405-0488
Email: jrfp@sfsu.edu
Jose Ramon Fernandez Pena is the nationally recognized founder of the Welcome Back Program, an innovative program that helps medical professionals who immigrate to the U.S. obtain the necessary training and credentials to practice in this country.
Areas of Expertise:
Racial and ethnic disparities in health
Foreign trained health professionals
Health workforce development
Highest Degree: M.D., National Autonomous University of Mexico
Mariana Ferreira
Professor of Liberal Studies
Office Phone: (415) 338-2046
Email: mariana@sfsu.edu
Mariana Ferreira is a medical anthropologist who studies the social causes of illnesses — how poverty, violence and displacement affect physical health. Her research includes Type 2 diabetes among indigenous peoples and the distribution of breast cancer in the Bay Area.
Areas of Expertise:
Human rights
Indigenous people's rights
Diabetes among indigenous peoples
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Medical Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley