Dr. Lourdes Martinez
Professor
Interim Director
School of Communication
College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts
SDSU
Primary Email: [email protected]
Building/Location
Communication - 220
5500 Campanile Drive
San Diego,
CA
92182-4560
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Bio
Dr. Lourdes S. Martinez is an Associate Professor in the School of Communication at San Diego State University (SDSU), where she serves as Associate Director of the School and Director of Undergraduate Studies. She is also an Associate Director in the Center for Human Dynamics in the Mobile Age (HDMA). Dr. Martinez received her B.A. (2004) in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University and M.A. (2008) and Ph.D. (2011) in Communication from the University of Pennsylvania. Her research focuses broadly on the intersection between social psychology, communication, and public health, has received external funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and appears in published articles of several journals including the American Journal of Public Health, Communication Methods and Measures, Cyberpsychology, Behavior, & Social Networking, Journal of Communication, Journal of Health Communication, Health Communication, Patient Education and Counseling, and Social Media & Society..
Courses Taught:
COMM 420: Quant Methods in Comm
COMM 422: Politics in Health Comm
COMM 424: Health Comm and Relationships
COMM 425: Theory and Research in Health Comm Campaigns
COMM 426: Communication in Health Risk and Crisis
COMM 492: Persuasion
COMM 750: Special Topics: Social Network Analysis
COMM 752: Seminar in Dark Side Communication
COMM 792: Seminar in Persuasion