Several USD faculty members are available for news media interviews. Availability varies by professor based on their teaching and research schedule. Search our faculty experts database by area of expertise or name.
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John Alejandro
Director of Sustainability
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Scott Anders
Administrative Director, EPIC
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Rae M. Robertson Anderson, PhD
Professor, Physics & Biophysics
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Adriana Arcia, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor
Areas of expertise: Health communication, information visualization
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Claudia Avila, PhD
Assistant Professor, Environmental and Ocean Sciences
Areas of expertise: Soil Biogeochemistry
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Caroline Baillie, PhD
Professor, Integrated Engineering and Academic Director of MESH
Areas of expertise: engineering and social justice, waste recycling, community development, forest school pedagogy
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Craig Barkacs
Professor of Business Law
Areas of expertise: business, law, politics, ethics, international business, workplace discrimination, pregnancy discrimination, psychology of power and influence, negotiation
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Linda Barkacs
Professor of Business Law
Areas of expertise: Management, Social and Legal Research
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Nikolas Behar
Adjunct Faculty
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Lauren Benz, PhD
Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Areas of expertise: Inorganic Chemistry
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Darbi Berry
Director of Climate and Environmental Programs
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Andrew Biros
Associate Director of Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship
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Rachel Blaser, PhD
Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Cognition and Behavior
Areas of expertise: Comparative Psychology
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Kate Boersma, PhD
Associate Professor, Biology
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Bradley Bond, PhD
Professor, Communication
Areas of expertise: media psychology, media effects, identity development, empirical research methods
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Michel Boudrias, PhD
Associate Professor, Environmental and Ocean Sciences
Areas of expertise: climate change, environmental issues, pollution, water quality, marine ecology, sustainability in Baja California Sur and Jamaica
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Jonathan Bowman, PhD
Professor, Communication
Areas of expertise: Interpersonal Communication
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Nicholas Boyd
Assistant Professor
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Roy L. Brooks
Warren Distinguished Professor of Law
Areas of expertise: Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, International Human Rights, Employment and Labor Law, Employment Discrimination, Federal Courts, Jurisprudence and Legal Theory, Public Interest/Public Law and Regulation, Race and Gender Identity
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Lauren Bruaski
Tele-mental Health Training Clinic Director
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Laura Calderon
Grants and Gifts Administrator
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Wendell Callahan
Professor of Practice; Executive Director, USD Telemental Health Training Clinic & USD Catholic Institute for Mental Health Ministry;
Areas of expertise: Counseling and mental health services for school age children and parents impacted by homelessness, educationally related mental health services (ERMHS) for incarcerated youth, juvenile court schools and alternative schools, psychological and educational testing
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Colin Campbell
Associate Professor of Marketing
Areas of expertise: Social Media Advertising, Analytics, Video Advertising, Influencer Marketing, Subversive Collectives, Consumer Psychology
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Victor Carmona, PhD
Associate Professor of Theology and Religious Studies, Core Curriculum Director
Areas of expertise: Theological ethics, Catholic Latinx theologies, Catholic social thought, Immigration Ethics, theologies of migration, Catholic Church and migration.
