Melinda Hohman is a Professor at the School of Social Work, at San Diego State University, where she has taught since 1995.

Dr. Hohman coordinates the Undergraduate program where she teaches Practice and Research. She also teaches a substance abuse elective in the graduate program. Prior to joining SDSU, she worked for 15 years in adolescent substance abuse treatment and for juvenile probation.

Dr. Hohman's areas of research interests include women and substance abuse treatment, and cross-disciple work with child welfare. She is a certified Motivational Interviewing trainer, having participated in the Training for Trainers in Albuquerque, NM in 1999.