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.  SJSU ScholarWorks Gallery links are accessible by clicking on the faculty members name below. Please be advised not all faculty have a gallery profile. But you can view their work using the "Search" option.

• Department Chair

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

    Link to Bio

• Tenure Line Faculty

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

    Berkowitz, Rachel, DrPH, MPH
    Assistant Professor
    rachel.l.berkowitz@sjsu.edu 

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

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

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

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

    Park, Charles, DrPH
    Assistant Professor
    charles.park@sjsu.edu

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

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

    Zhang, Ni, PhD
    Associate Professor
    ni.zhang01@sjsu.edu

• Lecturer Faculty

  • Agroia, Harit, DrPH, MPH
    harit.agroia@sjsu.edu

    Bartlett, Russ, 
    russell.bartlett@sjsu.edu

    Doyle, Catherine
    catherine.doyle@sjsu.edu

    Duphily, Monique, PhD
    monique.duphily@sjsu.edu

    Foster, Megan
    megan.foster@sjsu.edu 

    Garcia, Isabella, MPH
    isabella.t.garcia@sjsu.edu 

    Ghione, Chris, MS
    christopher.ghione@sjsu.edu

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

    Knight, Robert
    robert.knight@sjsu.edu

    Mai, Lienanh, MPH
    lienanh.mai@sjsu.edu

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

    Lisa Morgan
    lisa.morgan@sjsu.edu

    Lo, Timothy, MPH
    timothy.lo@sjsu.edu  

    Noonis, Felicia, MPH
    Advisor
    felicia.noonis@sjsu.edu

    Nouiouat, Ayam, MPH
    ayam.nouiouat@sjsu.edu

    Oropeza, Eliana, MPH
    eliana.oropeza@sjsu.edu   

    Paterson, Soly
    soly.paterson@sjsu.edu

    Rinck, Robert, PhD, MPH
    MPH Fieldwork Coordinator
    robert.rinck@sjsu.edu 

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

    Sarath, Athira, MBBS, MPH
    athira.sarath@sjsu.edu 

    Shah, Roshni, MPH
    roshni.shah@sjsu.edu

    Shaw, Alissa, MLA
    alissa.shaw@sjsu.edu

    Sherrod, Dana, MPH
    dana.sherrod@sjsu.edu  

    Shimada, Shannon, MPH
    shannon.shimada@sjsu.edu 

    Tippins, LeeAnn, MPH, CHES
    leeann.timbrook@sjsu.edu 

    Toney, Philly, MS
    philrene.toney@sjsu.edu

    Umi, Shukura, MPH
    shukura.umi@sjsu.edu

    Vasanth, Sahana
    sahana.vasanth@sjsu.edu

    Vogan, Stacy, MPH
    stacy.vogan@sjsu.edu

    West, Nikole
    nikole.trainor@sjsu.edu 

    Williams, Naomi
    naomi.williams@sjsu.edu

• 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

    Kim S. Uhlik, PhD

• In Memorium

  • Jennifer C. Hartle, DrPH, MHS, CIH (2022)

    Dan McClure, MA (2023)

    Jana Ruijgrok Neubauerova, MUP, MA (2023)

    Sam Radelfinger, EdD, MPH (2024)

    Helen S. Ross, EdD, MPH (2016)

    E.B. Troast, MPH (2021)