43 faculty and 0 courses in Communication at San Diego State University.
- Wayne Beach, Professor Emeritus h-index 22
Notable: “Transitional regularities for ‘casual’ “Okay” usages” (1993) · 558 citations
- Billy Fallon, Lecturer
- Brian Spitzberg, Professor Emeritus
- Chandler Alford, Lecturer
- Charles Goehring, Lecturer
Rhetorical theory and criticism, visual rhetoric, social movements, and feminist criticism. Awards & Honors Top Paper for the Rhetoric and Public Address Division at the Western States Communication Association annual convention
- Courtney Meissner, Lecturer
Communication Studies Interests Academic: Interpersonal Communication and International Education Responsibilities Lecturer and Associate Director of Forensics Awards & Honors Former Fulrbight Grantee Back to T
- Daniel Young, Lecturer
Public Speaking, Rhetoric, Art, Pop Culture, Social Commentary Interests Art, Music, Film, Comedy, Language, Sports, Gaming, Travel, Food Languages English; conversational Spanish Back to Top Courses Oral Communication, Oral Communication
- Devanie Ottalagano, Lecturer
- Eduardo Gonzalez, Assistant Professor
- George Dionisopoulos, Professor Emeritus
- Godfried Asante, Associate Professor
- Heather Canary, School Director, Professor
Organizational, family, and health communication. Dr. Canary’s research has been supported by the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. Her recent funded projects include mapping cancer genetics communic
- Jan Andersen, Professor Emeritus
- Jason Crane, Lecturer
- Jeffrey Klubeck, Lecturer
1:1 Coaching Leadership Training Strategic Staffing Team Building Business Development and Sales Training Presentations Skills Critical Thinking and Paradigm Shift Facilitation Accountability Training Motivation and Employee Engagement Beha
- John Loo, Lecturer
- Kathleen Czech, Lecturer
Organizational Communication, Leadership and Communication in Higher Education, and Research Methodology specializing in Quantitative Methods. Interests Traveling, playing music, scuba diving, and hiking Back to Top
- Katrina Pariera, Associate Professor
- Kendra Straub, Lecturer
Banking Systems Strategy and Change Health Communication Quantitative Research Methods The Application of the Health Belief Model in Understanding Health Behavior Adoption Back to Top Presentations Record, R. A., Straub, K., & Stump
- Kyle E. Gutzmer, Lecturer
- Lamarr Blackshire, Lecturer
- Larry Samovar, Professor Emeritus
- Lindsay Smith, Lecturer
- Lori Bednarchik, Lecturer
Interpersonal Communication Relational Communication Health Communication Sexual Communication and Consent Research Methods Health Behavior Theory Public Health Certifications Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) Back to Top Courses
- Lourdes S. Martinez, Professor
Es broadly on the intersection between social psychology, communication, and public health, has received external funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and appears in published articles of several journals including the Amer
- Matthew Savage, Professor
Focus on the intersection of health, interpersonal, and mass communication. Dr. Savage’s scholarship is conducted within the context of creating and supporting health communication campaigns aimed to deter negative and risky behaviors among
- Michael Downs, Lecturer
- Michael McHan, Lecturer
- Michael Rapp, Lecturer
Center on Interviewing, Public Speaking, Interpersonal Skills, and Communication Competence. Michael also serves as a Consultant/Independent Contractor to various Consulting groups and organizations around San Diego County. Back to Top 619
- Myron Lustig, Professor Emeritus
Intercultural, group, and interpersonal communication theories, methods, and processes. Dr. Lustig has written 10 books or book revisions, over 40 scholarly research articles, and over 70 conference papers. He has also gained additi
- Nathaniel Borie, Lecturer
- Naza Jaff, Lecturer
- Patricia Geist-Martin, Professor Emeritus
Focus on narrative and negotiating identity, ideology, & control in organizations, particularly in health and illness. She is author of four books including the forthcoming Storied health and illness: Communicating personal, cultu
- Peter Andersen, Professor Emeritus
- Rachael A. Record, Professor
Mixed research methods, tobacco prevention, public health campaigns & interventions, behavior change Certifications Health Communication, Statistics Awards & Honors SDSU Senate Distinguished Professor for Excellence in Teaching Back
- Rati Kumar, Associate Professor
Es on centering the cultural knowledge of marginalized communities within mainstream health spaces as agents of structural and policy change. Dr. Kumar’s recent scholarship focuses on refugees and migrant-workers, and in communities and fam
- Raymond Co, Lecturer
- Rebecca de Souza, Associate Director, Professor
- Ryan Montez, Lecturer
- Sydney Stafford, Lecturer
- Tiffany Dykstra-DeVette, Associate Professor
- Yashu Chen, Lecturer
- Yea-Wen Chen, Director of Graduate Studies, Professor
Intercultural Communication, Qualitative Research, and Communication and Education Awards & Honors 2025 – Journal of Communication Pedagogy’s Article of the Year Award, Central States Communication Association 2024 – Diversity Excellenc
Roster/catalog compiled from the college’s public directory. Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Data as of 2026-07-02.