Experts Guide
Professor
Harney Science Center, 440F
Expertise: Assessment of Water Quality in Coastal California Streams
John M. (Jack) Lendvay was born and raised near Cleveland, Ohio. Since an early age, he has been interested in environmental issues as one of his childhood memories is the Cuyahoga River Fire of 1969. This interest and his love of science led him to study Chemistry as an undergraduate student at Hiram College, where he graduated in 1983. After college, he joined the US Navy as a Nuclear Submarine Officer and served predominantly on USS Simon Bolivar until 1988. After working in industry for a…
Adjunct Professor
Adjunct Professor Michael Edward Lenert has 25 years’ experience teaching law, communications, and journalism at the University level, including to MA and PhD-level students. He is a licensed attorney in California with 30 years’ experience and has taught communications law and other classes at the University of San Francisco since 2009. He is a graduate of UC Berkeley and earned his Ph.D. from The University of Texas and his law degree from Georgetown Law School. From 2005-2009, he held the…
Associate Professor
Cowell 405
Expertise: Adolescent Health,
Reproductive Health, HIV and STIs,
Health Communication and Design,
New Media and Technologies,
Substance Use,
Interventions,
Global Health and Populations,
mHealth
Dr. Kelly L’Engle, associate professor and director of the MPH-Behavioral Health concentration, is a social and behavioral health scientist with 25 years experience in research and program development in the health sector.
She joined the faculty of the Population Health Sciences Department in the School of Nursing and Health Professions at the University of San Francisco in August 2015. She has served as department chair and program director and teaches classes in program planning and…
Hamill Family Professor of Law and Psychology
Expertise: Criminology,
Criminal procedure,
False confessions,
Police interrogation,
Police investigations,
Social psychology,
Wrongful convictions
Richard A. Leo, PhD, JD, is the Hamill Family Professor of Law and Psychology at the University San Francisco School of Law. He was previously a tenured professor of psychology and criminology at U.C. Irvine for a decade (1997-2006), and a professor of sociology and adjunct professor of law at the University of Colorado, Boulder (1994-1997).
Dr. Leo is one of the leading experts in the world on police interrogation practices, the impact of Miranda, psychological coercion, false confessions, and…
Adjunct Professor
Professor Leon Guerrero is entering her 16th year teaching in San Francisco's public schools. She has taught in an elementary special day class, as a 4th-8th grade Inclusion specialist, and is currently a reading intervention teacher for middle school students. She’s coached new special education teachers and tenured K-12 teachers, provided professional development to teachers, and served as an instructor for special education teachers in an alternative certification program. She has a passion…
Adjunct Professor
Expertise: Poetry,
Creative non-fiction,
Queer literature
T.S. Leonard is the author of God Save the Queens! (Irrelevant Press, 2022) and poems published in Post Road, Fourteen Poems, Foglifter, Frontera, & Change, and The San Franciscan. Leonard’s work explores queerness, loss, and community at the intersection of disco music and time travel. His essays on art and music have been published in Missouri Life and The New Territory. Originally from Kansas City, Missouri, Leonard has lived in Los Angeles, Portland, and San Francisco. Leonard was a…
Adjunct Professor
Dr. Joseph Leonetti (USF Chemistry degree) went to U.C. Santa Barbara for his Ph.D. with Professor Dan Little doing di-radical chemistry and organic electrochemistry. He did post-doctoral work at U. Cambridge synthesizing proton conducting polymer membranes with applications for fuel cells. He has worked for several US companies and is now Project Manager at Genentech managing teams making new drugs. His research interests lie at the interface of organic, polymer, and biochemistry. Dr.…
Adjunct Professor
Expertise: Litigation,
Appeals,
Criminal defense,
White collar defense
Ellen Leonida is Co-Chair of the Criminal Defense Practice Group at Sideman & Bancroft, San Francisco. She is an experienced trial lawyer specializing in white collar criminal defense and investigations and complex commercial litigation. With over 20 years of litigation experience, she has first chaired more than 80 jury trials in state and federal courts. She has also conducted internal investigations and counseled clients regarding government investigations and subpoena compliance. Ms.…
Academic & Bar Exam Success Faculty Fellow
Expertise: Legal research and writing,
Academic support,
Bar exam preparation
Sebastian Letheule has been a member of the Academic and Bar Exam Support (ABES) team for the past 5 years, through which they have mentored students throughout their law school careers as well as in preparation for the California Bar Exam.
Professor
Kalmanovitz Hall 246
Genevieve Leung is the academic director of the Asian Pacific Studies MA program and director of the Asian Pacific American Studies minor. She has a BA in linguistics from UC Berkeley and dual MA degrees in linguistics (TESOL) and education (Language and Literacy) from UC Davis. She received her PhD in Educational Linguistics from the University of Pennsylvania. She has taught high school English in Japan, as well as English writing, effective communication, and reading and vocabulary courses at…