Experts Guide
Faculty Emeritus
SFH Downtown Campus, Room 226
Expertise: Public Policy,
Organizational Systems and Development,
Social Psychology,
Management Theories and Practice
Professor Larry Brewster is an educator, author, and professional consultant with areas of specialization that include public policy, organizational systems and development, social psychology, management theories and practice. Dr. Brewster is the co-author of A Primer of California Politics and The Public Agenda: Issues in American Politics.
With unparalleled commitment to his students and fellow faculty, Dr. Brewster has served in high-tier administrative appointments as Dean, Associate Dean,…
Program Director
Expertise: Catholic social thought,
Critical feminist theory and theology,
Ecclesiology
Erin Brigham directs the Joan and Ralph Lane Center for Catholic Social Thought and the Ignatian Tradition and teaches in the department of Theology and Religious Studies. She also directs the St. Ignatius Institute, a living-learning community rooted in academics, spirituality, and solidarity. Passionate about theological research, her most recent books include Church as Field Hospital: Toward an Ecclesiology of Sanctuary and Women Engaging the Catholic Social Tradition: Solidarity Toward the…
Associate Professor
Harney Science Center 404
Expertise: Speech Processing,
Applications of Machine Learning
David is an associate professor at the University of San Francisco. His research interests are natural language processing, machine learning, and databases — specifically on the personal and cultural/demographic information transmitted during speech and typing. This research may lead to more accurate speech recognition systems.
Prior to joining USF, David was a research assistant in the Speech Lab at Queens College and an instructor at Hunter College. He has previously worked for the City of…
Professor
Harney Science Center 406
Expertise: Artificial Intelligence,
Machine Learning,
Multiagent Systems,
Computing and Social Justice
Christopher Brooks is a professor in the Department of Computer Science at USF, with a joint appointment in the Department of Engineering. He joined USF in 2002 after completing a PhD in computer science at the University of Michigan. He also holds an MS in computer science from San Francisco State University, and a BA and JBA in English and journalism, respectively, from the University of Wisconsin.
From 2010-2019, Professor Brooks served as associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences…
Professor
Harney Science Center 107D
Expertise: High-temperature superconductivity,
Sensory biophysics,
History of science,
Science communication,
Fundraising
Brandon R. Brown pursued doctoral training in superconductivity and low-temperature physics, with postdoctoral work in science communication. Once at the University of San Francisco, he shifted his research focus to sensory biophysics. He and his collaborators and students explored the electric and magnetic sensory abilities of a variety of creatures. Brandon served as associate dean for sciences, during which time the university completed planning stages for the Lo Schiavo Center for Science…
Adjunct Professor
Expertise: Administrative Law
Carol Brown has litigation experience in both the private and public sector and recently retired as an administrative law judge (ALJ) with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). As an ALJ, she was primarily assigned to energy procurement proceedings for the California gas and electric utilities, with the responsibility for cases authorizing the electric utilities to acquire electricity following the failed deregulation experiment. Ms. Brown was also appointed to matters that drove…
Faculty Emeritus
Kalmanovitz Hall 473
Expertise: Shakespeare and psychoanalytic theory
Carolyn Brown received her PhD in English from the University of California–Davis. Her specialization is Shakespeare and Renaissance / Early Modern literature, from a feminist, psychoanalytic, historicist, and /or political perspective. She has published in several anthologies on Shakespeare and the following journals: Studies in English Literature 1500–1900; Texas Studies in Literature and Language; Studies in Philology; American Imago; Literature and Psychology; Clio: A Journal of Literature,…
Director, Immigration and Deportation Defense Clinic & Associate Professor
Kendrick Hall 202
Expertise: Immigration law,
Asylum law,
Family law
Jacqueline Brown is an Associate Professor and Director of the Immigration and Deportation Defense Clinic. Jacqueline began her career in immigration law in 2005 at the SF Immigration Court as an attorney advisor through the DOJ Honors Program. There, she wrote hundreds of orders and written decisions for the Immigration Judges. When working at her firm, she dedicated a significant part of her private practice to providing pro bono legal representation to children in removal proceedings. She has…