Experts Guide
Associate Professor
Malloy Hall, Room 401
Associate Professor Moira Gunn is a former NASA scientist, engineer and software programmer. Gunn is internationally recognized for her work with global biotechnology business and emerging global information systems. Her pioneering research continues to investigate and inform the next generation of conscientious developers and leaders in biotechnology and information systems.
As one of the leading drivers behind the Business of Biotechnology Program, Gunn teaches classes on the legal, ethical…
Professor
Masonic 206
Roberto Gutiérrez Varea began his career in theater in his native Argentina. His research and creative work focuses on live performance as means of resistance and peacebuilding in the context of social conflict and state violence. Varea's stage work in the United States includes directing premieres of works by Migdalia Cruz, Ariel Dorfman, Cherríe Moraga, and José Rivera, among others. He is the founding artistic director of Soapstone Theatre Company, a collective of male ex-offenders and women…
Adjunct Professor
Expertise: Hebrew instruction,
Hebrew cooking classes,
Develop Hebrew curriculum,
Content writing,
Group facilitating
Dalit Gvirtsman was born and raised in Israel, where she studied at Tel Aviv University and received her BA in general and interdisciplinary studies in the faculty of humanities. She has been an educator and a Hebrew language instructor in the Bay Area for the past 20 years, and developed curriculum for advanced Hebrew learners at Jewish Day Schools grades K-8, as well as for high school students and adult learners.
Dalit has been teaching in the Hebrew San Francisco Ulpan at USF since 2016.…
Professor
Malloy Hall 225
Professor Joohyung Ha teaches accounting grounded in the Jesuit principles of educating the whole person with the aim to develop business leaders with high ethical standards. Dr. Ha’s research interests include financial reporting, valuation, market anomaly, and agency costs. She has taught financial and managerial accounting at various universities throughout the country.
Dr. Ha’s current interests are focused on the impact of accounting information on capital markets. Her work focuses on the…
Adjunct Professor
Kalmanovitz Hall G55
Expertise: ADHD,
Global mental health,
Evidence-based mental health services
Lauren Marie Haack, PhD is a licensed clinical psychologist with interests focused on 1) cultural influences to mental health conceptualization, assessment, and treatment, 2) accessible and culturally attuned evidence-based services for traditionally underserved youth and families worldwide, and 3) behavioral health provider experience, training, and consultation. In addition to teaching courses at USF since 2013, she serves as director of the STRIVE lab (strivelab.ucsf.edu) and associate…
Professor
Kalmanovitz Hall 160
Aaron J. Hahn Tapper, the Mae and Benjamin Swig Professor in Jewish Studies and the founding Director of the Swig Program in Jewish Studies and Social Justice, has been at USF since 2007. An educator for more than two decades, his primary academic interest is the intersection between identity formation, social justice, and marginalized groups.
Aaron completed his PhD in the Religious Studies Department at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he studied the History of Religions,…
Assistant Professor
Expertise: Deep Learning,
Algorithms
Mustafa Hajij is an assistant professor at the MSDS program at University of San Francisco. He received his masters in Computer Science, PhD in Mathematics from Louisiana State University and postdoctoral training at the computer science departments at University of South Florida and Ohio State University. Before joining MSDS program he was an assistant professor at the department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Santa Clara University. Prior to SCU, he spent a year as an AI research…
Adjunct Professor
Expertise: Criminal law
Shawn Halbert has practiced criminal defense for most of her career, primarily in federal court. She worked at the Federal Public Defender's Office (N.D. Cal.) for many years, and since that time has continued to represent people who cannot afford to hire an attorney, through the Criminal Justice Act Panel. Shawn has represented clients charged with crimes including murder, racketeering enterprise conspiracies, terrorism, firearms and narcotics trafficking, immigration law violations, health…
Adjunct Professor
Kalmanovitz Hall 388
Beatrice Hallier is an adjunct Professor at the University of San Francisco who enjoys teaching language, culture and conversation. She received BA and MA degrees in French at the University of California Berkeley and completed course work in the doctoral program (ABD) in French Literature at the University of California, Davis.
In May 1999 she received the University of San Francisco College Service Award presented by the College of Arts and Sciences in recognition of her dedication and…
Adjunct Professor
Expertise: Mathematics
Mary attended UC Berkeley as an engineering major right after high school, but due to circumstances both in and beyond her control dropped out. She went on to do many other things: office administrator, office manager, construction manager and for over 30 years an on again, off again bartender. She felt school was no longer important, but when the opportunity presented itself, returned in her late 30s to complete something she had started.
Mary got her BA and MA in Mathematics from SFSU. While…