Faculty

The Department of Public Health and Recreation (PHR) at SJSU has the legacy of influential contributions to and having meaningful impacts on our diverse students, alumni, and community at large.  Our faculty are experts in their fields and dedicated to learning, research, and service, and producing the next generation of public health and recreation leaders and professionals. 

Learn more about our tenured/tenure-track faculty, lecturers, and emeritus faculty.

• Emeritus Faculty

  • The programs within the SJSU Department of Public Health and Recreation (PHR) were founded and shaped by a group of visionary faculty. Much of who we are and how we work together was forged by these pioneers. They imagined academic programs founded on the core principles of our fields - public health and recreation - integrating community-based learning, and infused with professional development and leadership opportunities for students, alumni, and community/industry partners. Long before they became part of our professional vocabulary, these department leaders understood cultural humility, health equity, authentic meaningful engagement, service-learning, and social justice, among others. We will always be grateful for their vision and decades of hard work. Many years later, we are still inspired deeply by their choices and their lives as our proud legacy.

    Emeritus Faculty include:

    Anne L. Demers, EdD, MPH

    B. Burt Gerstman, PhD, MPH, DVM

    Edward Mamary, DrPH, MS

    Daniel P. Perales, PhD, MPH

    Kathleen Roe, DrPH, MPH

    Helen S. Ross, EdD, MPH

    Kim S. Uhlik, PhD

• Faculty in Memory

  • Jennifer C. Hartle, DrPH, MHS, CIH 

     Dan McClure, MA (2023)

    Jana Ruijgrok Neubauerova, MUP, MA (2023)

    E.B. Troast, MPH (2021)

• Department Chair

  • Allen, Monica
    DrPH, MPH, Department Chair
    monica.allen@sjsu.edu  Link to Bio

• Tenure Faculty

  • Baur, Joshua, PhD, Recreation Program Coordinator
    joshua.baur@sjsu.edu

    Berkowitz, Rachel, DrPH, MPH
    rachel.l.berkowitz@sjsu.edu Link to Bio

    Buckner, Anji, EdD, Undergraduate Public Health Program Coordinator
    anji.buckner@sjsu.edu

    Carter, Andrew, PhD
    andrew.carter@sjsu.edu

    Dougan, Marcelle, ScD, MPH, MEng
    marcelle.dougan@sjsu.edu

    Gomez, Vicky, DrPH
    vicky.gomez@sjsu.edu

    Park, Charles, DrPH
    charles.park@sjsu.edu  Link to Bio

    Ross, Susan, PhD
    susan.ross@sjsu.edu 

    Worthen, Miranda, PhD
    miranda.worthen@sjsu.edu

    Zhang, Ni (Jennie), PhD
    ni.zhang01@sjsu.edu

• Faculty

  • Agroia, Harit
    harit.agroia@sjsu.edu

    Baur, Joshua, PhD, Recreation Program Coordinator
    joshua.baur@sjsu.edu

    Bartlett, Russ
    russell.bartlett@sjsu.edu

    Berkowitz, Rachel, DrPH, MPH
    rachel.l.berkowitz@sjsu.edu  Link to Bio

    Buckner, Anji, EdD, Undergraduate Public Health Program Coordinator
    anji.buckner@sjsu.edu

    Carter, Andrew, PhD
    andrew.carter@sjsu.edu

    Dougan, Marcelle Taylor, ScD, MPH, MEng
    marcelle.dougan@sjsu.edu

    Doyle, Catherine
    catherine.doyle@sjsu.edu

    Duphily, Monique PhD
    monique.duphily@sjsu.edu

    Duplaisir, Heather
    heather.duplaisir@sjsu.edu

    Eilts, Amy MPA
    amy.eilts@sjsu.edu

    Ghione, Chris MS
    christopher.ghione@sjsu.edu

    Gomez, Vicky, DrPH
    vicky.gomez@sjsu.edu

    Grosvenor, B.J. MS
    billiejo.grosvenor@sjsu.edu

    Jones, Julieanne
    julieanne.jones@sjsu.edu

    Knight, Robert
    robert.knight@sjsu.edu

    Martin, Sarah
    sarah.n.martin@sjsu.edu

    Mai, Lienanah
    lienanh.mai@sjsu.edu

    Moore, Matthew
    matthew.d.moore@sjsu.edu

    Noonis, Felicia
    felicia.noonis@sjsu.edu

    Park, Charles, DrPH
    charles.park@sjsu.edu  Link to Bio

    Paterson, Soly
    soly.paterson@sjsu.edu

    Rinck, Robert
    robert.rinck@sjsu.edu

    Rivera, Susan
    susan.rivera@sjsu.edu

    Roe, Kevin, MPH Program Coordinator
    kevin.roe@sjsu.edu

    Ross, Susan, PhD
    susan.ross@sjsu.edu

    Santiago, Amor
    amor.santiago@sjsu.edu  Link to Bio

    Sapp, Amy
    amy.sapp@sjsu.edu

    Shah, Roshni
    roshni.shah@sjsu.edu

    Shaw, Alissa
    alissa.shaw@sjsu.edu

    Toney, Philly MS
    philrene.toney@sjsu.edu

    Trainer, Nikole
    nikole.trainor@sjsu.edu

    Worthen, Miranda, PhD
    miranda.worthen@sjsu.edu

    Zhang, Ni (Jennie), PhD
    ni.zhang01@sjsu.edu