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Sonja Pruitt-Lord

Sonja Pruitt-Lord

Professor, Interim Vice Provost & Director, Child Language, Development, Disorders, and Disparities LabCollege of Health and Human ServicesÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­[email protected]619-594-8651

Area of Expertise

Child language disorders, specific language impairment, culturally and linguistically diverse populations, poverty and language development, assessment principles. improving methods of assessment for children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds to prevent misdiagnosis of language disorders and reduce health and educational disparities with the aim to equip families, students, educators, community agencies, and policy makers with the tools needed to facilitate children’s language and cognitive development.

Byron Purse

Byron Purse

Associate ProfessorChemistry and BiochemistryCollege of SciencesÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Physical organic chemistry, organic chemistry, chemical biology, nucleic acids chemistry, chemistry of DNA, RNA, and gene expression, fluorescent molecular probes, molecular recognition and molecular self-assembly.

John Putman

John Putman

Professor, Associate DeanHistoryCollege of Arts and LettersÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­[email protected]619-594-4888

Area of Expertise

Historian of the modern American West and California History; Political and Cultural History of post-Civil War United States, especially post World War 2; Expert in Star Trek also as I teach a course on recent US history and Star Trek.

Amy Quandt

Amy Quandt

Assistant ProfessorGeographyÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Environmental planning and policy, geography of food and food systems, political ecology, social-ecological systems and livelihoods.

Penelope Quintana

Penelope Quintana

ProfessorSchool of Public HealthCollege of Health and Human ServicesÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­[email protected]619-594-1688

Area of Expertise

She has a research focus on exposure assessment and environmental justice, especially environmental exposures to children and vulnerable populations at the US-Mexico border.

Juan Carlos Ramírez-Pimienta

Juan Carlos Ramírez-Pimienta

ProfessorSpanish and Portuguese Languages and LiteraturesCollege of Arts and LettersÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ Imperial Valley[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Corrido studies, US-Mexico border literary and cultural studies. Narcoculture, violence in mexican music.

Kristin Rebien

Kristin Rebien

Associate ProfessorEuropean StudiesCollege of Arts and LettersÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­[email protected]

Area of Expertise

German culture, politics, literature, and language; Germany and the European Union; European integration; German reunification; East Germany and the GDR; East-West relations in Germany and Europe

Rachael Record

Rachael Record

ProfessorSchool of CommunicationCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Health communication, campaigns, tobacco, interventions, community outreach, behavior change, persuasion, social media, thirdhand smoke and translation.

Daniel Reinholz

Daniel Reinholz

ProfessorMathematics and StatisticsCollege of SciencesÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Data analytics, equity, faculty development

Randy Reinholz

Randy Reinholz

ProfessorSchool of Theatre, Television, and FilmCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­[email protected]619-594-0229

Area of Expertise

Producer, director, playwright, actor, and activist. Playwright retreats, director, producer, Native Voices, perfroming arts, community engagement and innovative programs.

Bruce Reinig

Bruce Reinig

ProfessorManagement Information SystemsFowler College of BusinessÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­[email protected]619-594-3032

Area of Expertise

IT group decision making, IT strategy, virtual strategic planning.

Stephanie Ries

Stephanie Ries

Associate Professor, Director, Laboratory for the Brain Dynamics of LanguageSpeech, Language, and Hearing SciencesCollege of Health and Human ServicesÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Neuroscience, Language, Electrophysiology, and Aphasia

Erin Riley

Erin Riley

ProfessorAnthropologyCollege of Arts and LettersÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­[email protected]619-594-8628

Area of Expertise

Primate behavior & ecology, ethnoprimatology, macaques, human-wildlife interactions, primate conservation, human-animal relationships, wildlife conservation, field primatology ethics, Sulawesi, Wallacea, Indonesia and Silver River macaques (Florida, USA).

Mike Roberts

Mike Roberts

ProfessorSociologyCollege of Arts and LettersÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­[email protected]619-594-4245

Area of Expertise

Sociology (sports, pop culture, rock & roll), labor relations, unions, movements, social theory, and culture and history of surfing.

Thomas Rockwell

Thomas Rockwell

ProfessorEarth and Environmental SciencesCollege of SciencesÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­[email protected]619-594-4441

Area of Expertise

Earthquakes, fault systems, histories of major faults in southern California and Baja California, Tectonic geomorphology, neotectonics, soils stratigraphy, forecasting earthquakes

Nathian Rodriguez

Nathian Rodriguez

Associate ProfessorSchool of Journalism and Media StudiesCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Latinx/e media; new media technologies; social impact of media; identity and gender representations; LGBTQ representation; pop culture; entertainment media; Selena; Bad Bunny; podcasting; Media, Identity, & Communication Innovation Research Lab

Forest Rohwer

Forest Rohwer

ProfessorBiologyCollege of SciencesÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­[email protected]619-594-1336

Area of Expertise

Genomic analysis of marine phage, opportunistic infections and coral disease, diversity of coral-associated bacteria, viruses, mircobes, coral, coral reef health

Tyler Rolling

Tyler Rolling

Health EducatorWell-being & Health PromotionÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­[email protected]619-594-2869

Area of Expertise

Nutrition education, Intuitive Eating, meal planning, eating healthy on campus, navigating food environments. As a Registered Dietitian and Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor

Anna Rosen

Anna Rosen

Assistant ProfessorAstronomyCollege of SciencesÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Astronomy & astrophysics, computational astrophysics, theoretical astrophysics, star formation, massive stars and stellar feedback, and multi-wavelength observations of astrophysical phenomena (e.g., massive star forming regions with an emphasis on studies of stellar feedback).

Esther Rothblum

Esther Rothblum

Professor EmeritusWomen's StudiesCollege of Arts and LettersÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­[email protected]619-594-6662

Area of Expertise

Women's mental health, same-sex relationships, stigma of weight, sexual orientation, fat studies

Kate Rubin

Kate Rubin

Associate ProfessorAstronomyCollege of SciencesÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Galaxy formation and circumgalactic medium.

Lori Ryan

Lori Ryan

Professor, Ralph V. Whitworth Chair in Corporate GovernanceManagementFowler College of BusinessÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­[email protected](619) 594-5314

Area of Expertise

Business ethics and corporate governance; roles, characteristics and responsibilities of institutional and individual investors.

Isabelle Sacramento-Grilo

Isabelle Sacramento-Grilo

LecturerEarth and Environmental SciencesCollege of SciencesÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­[email protected]619-594-5607

Area of Expertise

Natural disasters, earthquake, volcano, tsunami, landslide, flood, wildfire, hurricane, tornado, space impact, meteor, mass extinction

Fernando Sales

Fernando Sales

Associate ProfessorGeographyCollege of Arts and LettersÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­[email protected]619-594-1888

Area of Expertise

Regional climate and weather; wildfire and surface climate; the impacts of global warming on water resources and crop productivity.  Deforestation and sustainability in the tropics.

James Sallis

James Sallis

DirectorÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ Research FoundationÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­[email protected]619-260-5535

Area of Expertise

Physical activity, active living; policy and environmental influences on physical activity, nutrition and obesity; health improvement program, childhood obesity

Eric Sandquist

Eric Sandquist

Professor, Department ChairAstronomyCollege of SciencesÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­[email protected]619-594-2694

Area of Expertise

Astronomy, astrophysics, stars, star clusters, ages of stars, star collisions, planets consumed by stars

William Sannwald

William Sannwald

LecturerManagementFowler College of BusinessÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­[email protected]619-594-3012

Area of Expertise

Former Library Director and Design & Development Director at the San Diego Public Library, library building projects consultant

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