Faculty Engaged in Sustainability Related Research

FACULTY IN EXPERTS DIRECTORY DEPARTMENT SUSTAINABILITY RELATED RESEARCH TOPIC Alan Mobley Public Affairs Criminal Justice, law and society, community-based service learning, restorative justice, social sustainability. Elisa (EJ) Sobo* Anthropology Medical anthropology, medical tourism, healthcare quality improvement, children with special health care needs, medical traditions, reproductive health, nutrition and body image, health education, coping with HIV/AIDS, health-related risk perception. Matthew Lauer Anthropology Population, ecology, environmental studies, indigenous rights and sustainability issues in Latin America and the Paciic Ramona Perez* Anthropology Mexico, Oaxaca, tourism and development, gender and political economy, peri-urban development, ethnicity and national identity, migrant networks and social identity, community policing and Mexican communities, ethnic groups and higher education Seth Mallios Anthropology Anthropology, archaeology, San Diego cemeteries, San Diego history, Historic preservation Andrew J. Bohonak Biology Evolutionary biology, population genetics, freshwater insects & crustaceans, conservation genetics, population genetics, genetics of managed populations, estimating movement with genetic markers, vernal pools, the endangered San Diego fairy shrimp. Biodiversity, endangered species. Brian Hentschel Biology Coastal dead zones, pollution, conservation. Biology, oceanography, Marine invertebrates, benthic ecology, larval ecology, complex life cycles, ontogenetic niche shifts, organism- low interactions Rebecca Lewison Biology Conservation ecology, wildlife ecology, extinction, isheries, sea turtles, seabirds, hippos, endangered species in San Diego Bay; effect of Gulf Oil Spill on marine wildlife. Rulon Clark Biology Animal Behavior and communication, Herpetology, Conservation Genetics, Habitat Fragmentation, Reptiles, Amphibians, Snakes, Rattlesnakes. Rulon Clark Biology Animal Behavior and communication, Herpetology, Conservation Genetics, Habitat Fragmentation. Conservation of animals, and the effects of habitat fragmentation on animal populations. Stanley Maloy Biology Sustainability, microbiology, microbial genetics, physiology, pathogenesis, salmonella, bacterial viruses, emerging infectious diseases Walt Oechel Biology Climate change, global warming, ecology, arctic regions, cold climates, biodiversity, carbon controls. Isidro Ortiz*,** Chicana & Chicano Studies Social justice, minority rights, community building, Contemporary political activism among Latinos in San Diego Govindarajalu KrishnamoorthyCivil, Construction and Environmental degradation, environmental engineering, Environmental Engineering recycling Janusz Supernak Civil, Construction and Civil engineering program, environmental and construction Environmental Engineering engineering Alberto Ochoa*, ** Cross-Cultural Education Educational inequality. Social and political factors contributing to the K-12 achievement gap between white and low-income students, biliteracy in K-12 California schools, demystifying the K-university process, parental leadership. Geoffrey Chase Division of Undergraduate Student learning, undergraduate curricula, sustainability Studies James Gerber Economics Regional trade agreements (NAFTA, FTAA, CAFTA, EU), the border economy, economic reform in Latin America, inancial crisis in Latin America, California integration with Mexico. Economic inequality, sustainable development. Ed Beighley Engineering Human impact on environment, soil erosion, effects of rainfall on landscapes, including ire-damaged areas, water resources related to storm water and urban runoff. Kenneth D. Walsh Engineering Civil, construction and environmental engineering; architectural history, infrastructure, construction safety, construction accidents, construction processes, construction methods, construction of landmarks, impacts of construction, built environment. Steven J. Sacco*,** European Studies On-line learning communities, cultural learning. European studies, international business, international education Matthew Rahn** Field Stations Program Wildires, wildire impact, research, Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve. Rahn is director of research and education at SDSU's Field Stations Programs. John Kim Field Stations Program Habitat, conservation. Wildire danger warning system, wildire emergency notiication. Kim is the ecoinformatics manager at SDSU's Field Stations Program in the Santa Fernando Bosco Geography Political, urban and social geography of Latin American countries; Argentina, Southern Cone, Latin American social movements and their geographic dimensions, development of transnational networks, relation between place and identity politics, human rights movement, relation between place and memory. John R. Weeks** Geography Population, census, spatial statistics, demographics. Social justice, migration. Ming-Hsiang Tsou Geography Geography, internet mapping, GIS applications, mobile GIS and wireless communication, multimedia cartography, habitat conservation, homeland border security Paul Ganster History California-Baja border region, border politics, quality of life indicators for the San Diego-Tijuana region, U.S.-Mexican border environmental indicators, management of human and natural systems in the binational Tijuana River watershed. Sarah Elkind History Historical perspectives on urban and environmental politics and policy (water resources, sanitation and sewerage, urban politics, domestic oil production, Colorado River and Hoover Jess Ponting Hospitality and Tourism Sustainable tourism, community development, suring tourism, Management cross cultural interactions in tourism, volunteer tourism

Michael J. Capone Marketing Green marketing and environmental technology. Customer relationship management (CRM), marketing technology, loyalty, afinity, 1-to-1 marketing, Sam Shen Mathematics & Statistics Global climate change assessment, agroclimate, climate observation network design, estimation of climate change uncertainties, climate modeling, wildires, nonlinear water waves, mathematical methods applied to climate sciences. Asfaw Beyene Mechanical Engineering Energy systems, renewables, eficient power sources with emphasis on combined heat and power applications, cycle and energy analyses, mathematical modeling, and simulation. Darrel Moellendorf Philosophy Global justice, climate change and morality, war and morality, environmental ethics Alan Sweedler Physics Energy use; interactions between energy, the environment and the economy; international security and arms control. J.T. Smith Political Science Democracy, trust and social justice, American politics. James F. Sallis Psychology Physical activity, active living; policy and environmental inluences on physical activity, nutrition and obesity; health improvement program, childhood obesity Linda Gallo* Psychology Latino health, socioeconomic and ethnic disparities in physical and mental health, psychosocial factors and health outcomes in patient populations, culturally-tailored interventions for reduction of health disparities, Lawrence Herzog Public Affairs Urban/community planning and environmental design with an emphasis on Mexico, the Mexico-United States border and Latin America Salvador Espinosa*,** Public Affairs Local government inances and budget policy, transborder institutions and regional development, Mexican inances and foreign policy Sherry Ryan Public Affairs City planning, urban planning, transportation planning, civil engineering, public administration system analysis, policy analysis, land use interactions, sustainable travel Carleen Stoskopf Public Health Public health, environmental health, health policy and management Elva Arredondo*, ** Public Health Health disparities, cancer, childhood obesity, obesity prevention. Emmanuel Rudatsikira* Public Health Global emergency preparedness, refugee health, disaster management, tobacco control, violence prevention, H1N1/swine lu. John P. Elder* Public Health Childhood obesity, behavior modiication applied to health promotion and prevention of chronic disease risk factors in children/adolescents, Latino community health, child survival and infectious disease control in underdeveloped countries, diet/nutrition and physical activity. Richard Gersberg Public Health Water contamination and pollution, health risks of contaminated waters, including after rainfall. Aquatic toxicity testing and ecological risk assessment for contaminants in water and sediments, restoration of the Venice Lagoon in Italy; transboundary water pollution concerns for the U.S.-Mexico border, including the Tijuana River and New River watersheds Tom Novotny** Public Health Epidemiology, biostatistics, environmental impacts of tobacco use, global health, tobacco control, health systems, non- communicable disease control, health diplomacy, H1N1/swine lu Zohir Chowdhury** Public Health Measurement of air pollution, air pollution in developing countries (focused on Bangladesh, India, China, Guatemala), air pollution measurement from cook stoves, source apportionment of particulate matter, atmospheric chemistry, particle monitor development Enrico Marcelli** Sociology International migration, health/labor/urban economics, social epidemiology, urban sociology, social demography. Illegal/legal immigration from Mexico, healthcare and immigrants, crime and immigrants.

RESEARCH CENTER OR INSTITUTE AFFILIATED FACULTY Todd Anderson Biology, Coastal and Marine Marine ecology: population and community ecology of coastal Institute ishes; processes that inluence recruitment success; interactions between habitat structural complexity and demographic processes; the role of individual condition and performance on predator-induced mortality; trophic interactions Stuart H. Hurlbert Biology, Center for Inland Ecology and restoration of the Salton Sea, California, Ecology Waters and conservation of the South American lamingos, Statistics, experimental design, and mathematical ecology. Tom Zink Biology, Soil and Ecology Role of microorganisms in the nutrient cycling processes of Restoration Group arid and semiarid soils and its practical application in desert restoration Maurizio Antoninetti City Planning, Center for City history, universal design, qualitative and mixed Interdisciplinary Studies of methodologies, phenomenology, healthy communities, and Youth and Space sustainable neighborhood design. Kate Swanson Geography, Center for Urban restructuring and exclusion, Begging and informal Interdisciplinary Studies of sector strategies, Labor migration, Youth identities and Youth and Space childhood, Racialization of indigenous peoples, Gender and public space. Stephen Schellenberg Geological Sciences, Edwin Paleobiology and paleoecology of invertebrates and protists, C. Allison Center for Earth Mesozoic and Cenozoic paleoceanography, Applications of System History isotopic and elemental chemistry to biological, ecological, and environmental research Guadalupe X. Ayala Public Health, Center for Sociocultural and environmental determinants of Latino health Health Equity Research and Policy (CHERP) Vinod Sasidharan Recreation and Tourism Global tourism trends, sustainable tourism, geotourism, Management ecotourism, cultural tourism, grassroots tourism development, and cross-cultural, analysis of tourism and recreation behaviors. Brian K. Finch Sociology, Center for Health Social demography, social epidemiology, and medical sociology, Equity Research and Policy population health disparities speciically socioeconomic and (CHERP) racial/ethnic disparities in health outcomes

Pascale Joassart Urban Studies, Geography, Low-wage labor markets and informal economic activities, Center for Interdisciplinary Immigration and the geography of integration, Nonproits and Studies of Youth and Space state restructuring, Parks and health, Alternative food practices.

SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES PROGRAMS Margaret Field American Indian Studies Linguistics and American languages, indigenous cultures of the Southwest, American Indians, Kuymeyaa/Kamaia language

Matthew Lauer Anthropology Population, ecology, environmental studies, indigenous rights and sustainability issues in Latin America and the Paciic Frederick Conway Anthropology Applied anthropology, sustainable development, political ecology, religion; Caribbean, Latin America Erin P. Riley Anthropology Primate ecology and behavior, primate conservation, ethnoprimatology, anthropology of conservation and natural resource management, human ecology; Southeast Asia Elizabeth Dinsdale Biology Metagenomics of Microbial Communities in Marine Ecosystems Sandra Alcosser Creative Writing Poetry, iction, and feminist poetics. Formerly the director of Central Park's Poets-in-the-Park program in New York City, author of Except By Nature Renatte K. Adler Economics Environmental and Natural Resources Edmund M. Balsdon Economics Environmental and Natural Resources Mark Thayer Economics Environmental and Natural Resources, Extensive experience integrating environmental and energy related matters into decision making at the state and federal level. Edmund Balsdon Natural resource use and development economics Samuel F. Herrick Economics Fishing industry economics, National Marines Fisheries Service. Published numerous academic papers in journals such as the Marine Fisheries Review, Marine Policy, and Marine Christiana Hilmer Economics Environmental Economics James Gerber Economics Economic history, development economics, and international economics Shahrokh Shahrokhi Economics Oil markets and environmental consequences of development of nonrenewable resources. Trent Biggs Geography Effects of land cover change on hydrology and stream biogeochemistry, Watershed analysis for multi-scale characterization of land cover change, Irrigation and the water and energy balance of large river basins, Use of human geographic theory for regional biogeochemistry. Allen S. Hope Geography Hydrologic modeling of river lows in Mediterranean-type ecosystems, Using remotely sensed data in models to predict river lows and water quality, Monitoring vegetation using digital imagery from aircraft and satellites, invasive plants

Diana Richardson Geography Culture Regions, United States Geography, Environmental and Natural Resource Conservation, Land Use Analysis Doreen Mattingly Geography Women's labor on the Mexican border and in a wider global sphere, including domestic labor, mobility, immigrant policy, and local markets Douglas A. Stow Geography Health, Poverty and Place: Modeling Inequalities in Accra Using Remote Sensing and GIS, Remote sensing and image processing, Land-cover and land-use change analyses. Jane Thorngren Geography Environmental and Natural Resource Conservation John F. O'Leary Geography Biogeography and vegetation ecology (particularly of Mediterranean-type ecosystems) with special emphases upon spatial and temporal patterns of species diversity, community composition, post-disturbance resilience, and habitat John R. Weeks Geography Population, census, spatial statistics, demographics. Social justice, migration. Molly Costello Geography Geomorphology, particularly luvial geomorphology and river restoration, meteorology, and natural resource management. Kathleen Farley Geography Combined analysis of the socioeconomic, policy, and ecological components of environmental change, Environmental policy, Effects of land-use change on ecosystem services. Li An Geography Landscape ecology: concepts, methods, and applications in environmental and natural resource conservation and policy- making, Methodology of quantitative modeling in land- use/cover, wildlife habitat, and biodiversity dynamics, Population, development, and their environmental effects in relation to human health, natural disaster, and biodiversity dynamics, especially in developing countries. Kathryn W. Thorbjarnarson Geology Groundwater resource and pollution issues. These studies include tracer testing to characterize pollutant movement in the subsurface, interactions of groundwater with surface water and use of groundwater basins for storage and use of treated wastewater. Sarah Elkind History Historical perspectives on urban and environmental politics and policy (water resources, sanitation and sewerage, urban politics, domestic oil production, Colorado River and Hoover Dam, national water resources planning, environmental justice); Gulf oil spill. David Larom ISCOR and Asian Studies Southeast Asian environmental security; local and Asian sustainability issues; food justice, food security, permaculture and ecoagriculture; water conservation and rural development Peter Atterton Philosophy Environmental ethics. Continental Philosophy, with a focus on Levinas. Evolutionary psychology, animal rights, and the empathy-altruism hypothesis. Darrel Moellendorf Philosophy Global justice, climate change and morality, war and morality, environmental ethics David Carruthers Political Science Latin American environmental politics and policy; peasant movements; political economy and the environment in developing nations Samy S. Swayd Religious Studies Islamic studies, comparative mysticism, American religious diversity. Sthaneshwar Timalsina Religious Studies Diversity, Religions of India, Tantra, Religion and the Body. Enrico Marcelli Sociology International migration, health/labor/urban economics, social epidemiology, urban sociology, social demography. Illegal/legal immigration from Mexico, healthcare and immigrants, crime and immigrants. Norma Ojeda Sociology Population Studies, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte Pascale Joassart Urban Studies, Geography, Low-wage labor markets and informal economic activities, Center for Interdisciplinary Immigration and the geography of integration, Nonproits and Studies of Youth and Space state restructuring, Parks and health, Alternative food practices. Bonnie Kime Scott Women's' Studies Feminist re-vision of literary modernism. Environment in literature, Virginia Woolf's uses of nature.

SUSTAINABLE TOURISM MANAGEMENT PROGRAM Vinod Sasidharan Recreation and Tourism Global tourism trends, sustainable tourism, geotourism, Management, Recreation ecotourism, cultural tourism, grassroots tourism development, and and cross-cultural, analysis of tourism and recreation Tourism Management behaviors. Program Jess Ponting Hospitality and Tourism Sustainable tourism, community development, suring tourism, Management cross cultural interactions in tourism, volunteer tourism

2010 CRS INSTITUTE FACULTY Carol F. Venable Accountancy Business ethics, corporate governance, auditing, systems, taxation, professional responsibility, regulatory and management controls, and communication for accountants. Kimberly Feilen Child and Family Learning theory, sustainability through the arts, with a focus on Development, Service community practices of intergenerational dialogue. Kurt Lindemann CommunicationLearning Communication of gender, culture and disability in organizational settings, including non-proits, sports teams, and the college classroom. Communication, disability, sports, gender, social media, narratives, storytelling, public speaking, debate Patricia Geist-Martin Communication Organizational Communication (Stories, Identity, Spirituality, Voice, Wellness, Sexual Harassment), Health Communication (Provider-Patient Communication; Personal, Cultural, Political Complexities, Illness Narratives, Narrative Medicine, Holistic Health Communication) Valerie Renegar* Communication Rhetorical theory and practice, feminist theory and criticism, postmodern theory and criticism, and the work and theory of Kenneth Burke Veronica Shapovalov* European Studies Russian Studies Patricia Cue Graphic Design Art and Design as Agents for Social Development, Environmental Sustainability, and Cultural Identity Afirmation in Mexico Fred Raafat Information and Decision Perishable inventory modeling and organizational issues Systems related to the introduction of new technology David Larom ISCOR and Asian Studies Southeast Asian environmental security; local and Asian sustainability issues; food justice, food security, permaculture and ecoagriculture; water conservation and rural development

Heather Honea Marketing Consumers' psychological reactions to direct response marketing activities and interactive consumption experiences; the other examines rational versus nonrational (emotional) determinants of consumption and loyalty. Impacts of green and decentralized technologies on business, society, and consumer behavior. Thomas J. Impelluso Mechanical Engineering Bone modeling, surgical simulations and the technology of physics based virtual reality. Larry Beck Recreation and Tourism Effectiveness of online learning, optimal experience theory, Management communication theory, environmental interpretation, and the symbolism and management of protected areas

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