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. 

A list of faculty office hours will be availalbe during the active semester. But are subject to changes per semester. Link to Spring 2024 Office Hour Directory

Learn more about our tenured/tenure-track faculty, lecturers, and emeritus faculty.  SJSU ScholarWorks Gallery links are accessible on the faculty members name. 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.zhang@sjsu.edu

• Lecturer Faculty

  • Agroia, Harit
    harit.agroia@sjsu.edu

    Bartlett, Russ
    russell.bartlett@sjsu.edu

    Doyle, Catherine
    catherine.doyle@sjsu.edu

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

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

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

    Knight, Robert
    robert.knight@sjsu.edu

    Mai, Lienanah
    lienanh.mai@sjsu.edu

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

    Noonis, Felicia
    Advisor
    felicia.noonis@sjsu.edu

    Paterson, Soly
    soly.paterson@sjsu.edu

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

    Rivera, Susan
    susan.rivera@sjsu.edu

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

    Santiago, Amor
    amor.santiago@sjsu.edu

    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 

• 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)

    E.B. Troast, MPH (2021)

    Helen S. Ross, EdD, MPH (2016)