Faculty Experts

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

  • Profile photo of Scott Anders

    Scott Anders

    Administrative Director, EPIC

  • Profile photo of Rae M. Robertson Anderson

    Rae M. Robertson Anderson, PhD

    Professor, Physics & Biophysics

  • Profile photo of Adriana Arcia

    Adriana Arcia, PhD, RN, FAAN

    Professor

    Areas of expertise: Health communication, information visualization

  • Profile photo of Claudia Avila

    Claudia Avila, PhD

    Assistant Professor, Environmental and Ocean Sciences

    Areas of expertise: Soil Biogeochemistry

  • Profile photo of Caroline Baillie

    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

  • Profile photo of Craig Barkacs

    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

  • Profile photo of Linda Barkacs

    Linda Barkacs

    Professor of Business Law

    Areas of expertise: Management, Social and Legal Research

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    Nikolas Behar

    Adjunct Faculty

  • Profile photo of Lauren Benz

    Lauren Benz, PhD

    Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry

    Areas of expertise: Inorganic Chemistry

  • Profile photo of Darbi Berry

    Darbi Berry

    Director of Climate and Environmental Programs

  • Profile photo of Andrew Biros

    Andrew Biros

    Associate Director of Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship

  • Profile photo of Rachel Blaser

    Rachel Blaser, PhD

    Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Cognition and Behavior

    Areas of expertise: Comparative Psychology

  • Profile photo of Kate Boersma

    Kate Boersma, PhD

    Associate Professor, Biology

  • Profile photo of Bradley Bond

    Bradley Bond, PhD

    Professor, Communication

    Areas of expertise: media psychology, media effects, identity development, empirical research methods

  • Profile photo of Michel Boudrias

    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

  • Profile photo of Jonathan Bowman

    Jonathan Bowman, PhD

    Professor, Communication

    Areas of expertise: Interpersonal Communication

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    Nicholas Boyd

    Assistant Professor

  • Profile photo of Roy L. Brooks

    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

  • Profile photo of Victor Carmona

    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.