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. 

• Department Chair

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

    Link to Bio

• Tenure Line Faculty

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Lecturer Faculty

  • Aghaei, Atefeh, PhD, MS 
    public-health-recreation@sjsu.edu

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

    Bartlett, Russ, MPH 
    russell.bartlett@sjsu.edu

    Betka, Jasmine, MPH
    jasmine.betka@sjsu.edu    

    Castle, Arden, MPH
    MPH Accreditation Coordinator
    arden.castle@sjsu.edu   

    Collopy, Caryn, MS
    caryn.collopy@sjsu.edu 

    Duong, Cindy, MA
    cindy.duong01@sjsu.edu  

    Doyle, Catherine, MPH
    catherine.doyle@sjsu.edu

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

    Duplaisir, Heather, MS
    heather.duplaisir@sjsu.edu 

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

    Gloner, Mary, MPH, MBA
    mary.gloner@sjsu.edu 

    Gonzalez, Lizbeth, MS
    lizeth.gonzalez@sjsu.edu    

    Hillman, JoAnna, MPH
    master-public-health@sjsu.edu    

    Johal, Jennifer, MD, MPH, CHES
    jennifer.johal@sjsu.edu     

    Johnson, Jennifer, MPH
    public-health-recreation@sjsu.edu     

    Khodaskar Khapare, Neha, BDS, MDS, MPH
    neha.khodaskarkhapare@sjsu.edu     

    Lam, Jesse, MA, PsyD
    jesse.lam@sjsu.edu   

    Lee, Jasmine, DrPH, MPH
    public-health-recreation@sjsu.edu  

    Lee, Kevin, DrPH, MPH
    public-health-recreation@sjsu.edu 

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

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

    Morgan, Lisa, MPH
    lisa.morgan@sjsu.edu 

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

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

    Paterson, Soly, MBA
    soly.paterson@sjsu.edu

    Pollett, Lenea, MPH, 
    public-health-recreation@sjsu.edu 

    Prabhakaran, Mahima, BDS, MPH 
    mahima.prabhakaran@sjsu.edu  

    Puckett, Melissa, MPH
    melissa.puckett@sjsu.edu   

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

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

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

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

    Sherry, Brooke, MPH 
    public-health-recreation@sjsu.edu 

    Shields, Scott, MPH
    scott.shields@sjsu.edu   

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

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

    Tirumalai, Evelyn, MPH, RN, PHN 
    public-health-recreation@sjsu.edu  

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

    Trainor, Nikole, MPH, MCHES
    nikole.trainor@sjsu.edu  

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

    Vasanth, Sahana, MPH
    sahana.vasanth@sjsu.edu

    Williams, Naomi, MPH
    naomi.williams@sjsu.edu

    Williams, Schantel, MPH, MHA
    schantell.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)

    Kevin Roe, MPH (2025)

    Helen S. Ross, EdD, MPH (2016)

    E.B. Troast, MPH (2021)