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. 

Leticia Márquez-Magaña

Leticia Márquez-Magaña

Professor of Biology

Office Phone: (415) 338-3289

Email: marquez@sfsu.edu

As a Professor of Biology and Director of the Health Equity Research Lab and SF BUILD project, Leticia Márquez-Magaña works with transdisciplinary teams of scientists, health professionals and policy makers to make changes aimed at achieving equity and inclusion in health and science.

Areas of Expertise:

Educational and health disparities

Structural racism

STEM workforce development

Highest Degree:

Ph.D., Biochemistry, University of California, Berkeley


Marc Martin

Marc Martin

Lecturer of Communication Studies

Office Phone: (415) 338-1597

Email: mamartin@sfsu.edu

Marc Martin is an expert in the fields of family, workplace, organizational mediation, arbitration and negotiation and meeting facilitation.

Areas of Expertise:

Conflict resolution

Highest Degree:

Ph.D., Humanistic Psychology, Saybrook University


David Matsumoto

David Matsumoto

Professor of Psychology

Office Phone: (415) 338-1114

Email: dm@sfsu.edu

David Matsumoto's work on emotion and facial expressions includes research that suggests facial expressions are innate. His research on how emotion can be used to incite hostility among ideologically-based groups is funded by the U.S. Department of Defense's Minerva Initiative.

Areas of Expertise:

Facial expressions of emotion

Non-verbal behavior and gestures

Cross-cultural communication and cultural adjustment

Highest Degree:

Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, University of California, Berkeley


Joseph McBride

Joseph McBride

Professor of Cinema

Office Phone: (415) 405-2169

Email: joemac809@gmail.com

Joseph McBride is an internationally recognized film historian, journalist and screenwriter. He has written or edited 17 books, including critically acclaimed biographies of Frank Capra, Steven Spielberg and John Ford. He has written three books on Orson Welles, and co-wrote the part for and appeared as a film critic in Welles' film "The Other Side of the Wind." His book on screenwriting, "Writing in Pictures: Screenwriting Made (Mostly) Painless" was published in 2012. His most recent book, "Into the Nightmare: My Search for the Killers of President John F. Kennedy and Officer J. D. Tippit," is the result of McBride's more than three decades of personal investigation into the 1963 Kennedy assassination and the fatal shooting that same day of Dallas Police Officer J.D. Tippit. McBride served as a reporter, reviewer and columnist for "Daily Variety in Hollywood" for many years. His screenwriting credits include co-writing the cult-classic punk rock musical "Rock 'n' Roll High School" and five American Film Institute Life Achievement Award specials on CBS-TV. He has received a Writers Guild of America Award and four other WGA nominations, two Emmy Award nominations and a Canadian Film Awards Nomination.

Areas of Expertise:

Film history

Screenwriting

Orson Welles

Highest Degree:

Ph.D. equivalency, San Francisco State University


Jason McDaniel

Jason McDaniel

Associate Professor of Political Science

Office Phone: (415) 338-2736

Email: mcdaniel@sfsu.edu

Jason McDaniel is an expert in urban politics and voting behavior, with a particular emphasis on the influence of contextual effects on political behavior. McDaniel frequently comments in the media on issues surrounding political elections and electoral reform.

Areas of Expertise:

Urban politics

San Francisco politics

California state politics

Highest Degree:

Ph.D., Political Science, University of Southern California


Jan Millsapps

Jan Millsapps

Professor Emerita of Cinema

Office Phone: (415) 338-2518

Email: janm@sfsu.edu

Jan Millsapps is an expert in online and digital cinema. Millsapps' films have been shown at the Smithsonian Institute and de Young Museum among others.

Areas of Expertise:

Digital cinema

Interactive cinema

Animation

Highest Degree:

Ph.D. Composition and Discourse, University of South Carolina


Masahiko Minami

Masahiko Minami

Professor of Modern Languages & Literatures

Office Phone: (415) 338-7451

Email: mminami@sfsu.edu

Masahiko Minami is an expert in first and second language acquisition and learning and socio-cultural and computer-assisted approaches to language.

Areas of Expertise:

Japanese

Psycho- and socio- linguistics

Narrative and discourse

Highest Degree:

Ph.D., Human Development and Psychology, Harvard University


Julia Miyaoka

Julia Miyaoka

Professor of Decision Sciences

Office Phone: (415) 338-6082

Email: jmiyaoka@sfsu.edu

Julia Miyaoka is an expert in supply chain management, who worked in manufacturing and industrial engineering positions at Applied Imaging, Baxter International and Raychem Corporation prior to coming to SF State.

Areas of Expertise:

Supply chain management

Highest Degree:

Ph.D. Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University