Experts Guide

Rob Halvaks teaches the Managing Sport in Dynamic Environment course at the Orange County campus and is one of the faculty mentors for the master's project. Professor Halvaks is the retired deputy commissioner and chief financial officer of the Big West Conference and has participated on a number of NCAA governance committees, including the Championships and Administration Cabinets and the Playing Rules Oversight Panel. Prior to joining the Big West, Mr. Halvaks served as associate executive…

Dan Hammer is the Chief Data Scientist at The Earth Genome and a Fellow at the Berkeley Institute for Data Science. He was a 2014 Presidential Innovation Fellow, working with the NASA CTO and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy to help build api.nasa.gov, an API inventory for the agency. Previously, Dan was the Chief Data Scientist at the World Resources Institute, where he directed the Data Lab at WRI and worked on the tech behind Global Forest Watch, which won the 2014 UN…

Michael Hammond received an MA in English from Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago and has taught and tutored rhetoric, composition, and literature in both Chicago and San Francisco. At USF, his classes emphasize a curious exploration of big picture topics from a local perspective based on the belief one can "change the world from here."

Professor Keith Hand brings more than 25 years of experience in private practice, government, and academia to his teaching and research.  His research focuses on legal reform in Greater China, with particular attention citizen legal mobilization and the expansion of Chinese domestic law as a tool of foreign policy.   Professor Hand holds a JD and an MA in China Studies from the University of Washington.  After law school, he joined Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, where his…

Margaret Hansen, Associate Professor, teaches in the School of Nursing at the University of San Francisco. She received her undergraduate nursing degree from Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey, in 1978. In 1997 she completed her Masters in Nursing Science from San Jose State University with an emphasis in nursing education. She holds a post-masters certificate in Nursing Informatics from Duquesne University. Her doctoral degree is from the School of Education at the University of…

Ken attended SF’s Lowell high school and began his career in the golf business working at Harding Park GC. After taking a few upper division math classes from Dr Paul Zeitz in 1993 he decided to change course and pursue a degree in mathematics. To date he has taught over 400 units of mathematics at USF via 9 different mathematics courses. He enjoys teaching mathematics and empowering young people, and still plays golf quite regularly carrying a 4 handicap. Ken is a lifelong learner with his…