Brian Spitzberg

Brian Spitzberg is Senate Distinguished Professor Emeritus at SDSU, specializing in interpersonal communication, dark side communication patterns, and meme diffusion. Recipient of NCA's Distinguished Scholar Award and author of 'The Dark Side of Relationship Pursuit', his research examines stalking behaviors, communication competence, and information distortion in media. Current projects analyze technology-mediated communication in crisis contexts including the COVID-19 infodemic.

Research involves large-scale analysis of social media dynamics, developing models for meme diffusion and misinformation spread. Recent publications focus on declining face-to-face interaction and AI integration in organizational teams.