Advisors and Schedules

Faculty Academic Advisors

Advising for Fall begins Monday August 21st, 2023. If you need advising help over the summer, please reach out to cwriting@sfsu.edu and you will be directed to the available advisor.

Looking for class schedules? Try the Class Schedule - SF State University (sfsu.edu), or review our Creative Writing Class Schedule page for department specific information.

Academic Advisors
Name Email Room Phone Office Hours Genre
Michelle Carter mcarter@sfsu.edu HUM 562   Monday 11 a.m. - 1 p.m., and by appointment. Please email for phone or Zoom advising. Playwriting
Nona Caspers ncaspers@sfsu.edu HUM 268  

Undergraduate Advisor!
Wednesday & Thursday 2 - 4 p.m. Please email ncaspers@sfsu.edu for a new Zoom link, for a phone call, or try  Prof. Casper's Zoom link

Fiction
Joseph Cassara josephcassara@sfsu.edu HUM 550    Wednesday 1- 3 p.m. by appointment on Zoom. Creative Nonfiction, Fiction
May-lee Chai chai@sfsu.edu HUM 563 (415) 338-1102 Monday 11 - 12:30 p.m. by email arrangement. Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation
Maxine Chernoff chernoff@sfsu.edu HUM 422 (415) 338-2091 Wednesday & Thursday 10:30 - 12 p.m.  Fiction, Literary Translation, Poetry
Carolina De Robertis caro@sfsu.edu HUM 349 (415) 338-1550 Tuesday 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. (HUM 349), Thursday 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. (virtual) Fiction, Literary Translation
Tonya M. Foster tmfoster@sfsu.edu HUM 260   Tuesdays, 11am - 1pm (virtual, by appointment) Poetry
Paul Hoover viridian@sfsu.edu HUM 447 (415) 338-3157

Available Tuesday 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. virtually, and by appointment.

Literary Translation, Poetry
Andrew Joron ajoron@sfsu.edu HUM 233 (510) 990-5186 Tuesday 11:30 - 12 p.m. in HUM 233, 12 - 1 p.m. in HUM 575 Fiction, Literary Translation, Poetry
Michael David Lukas mdlukas@sfsu.edu HUM 365 (415) 
338-
6986
Wednesday 2 - 4 p.m.  Fiction
Chanan Tigay tigay@sfsu.edu HUM 545 (415) 338-3155 Thursday 2 - 4 p.m.  Creative Non-fiction, Fiction

Please note: B.A. students: Application for Award of Baccalaureate Degree review and signatures available from all of the above professors.

 

Adjunct Faculty

Course Duty Advising
Name Email Phone Room Office Hours Courses/Duties (as applicable)
Moxie Carlblom ecarlblom@sfsu.edu   HUM 275 Wednesday 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.  C W 101.04
Matthew Clark  Davison davison@sfsu.edu (415) 
338-
3084
HUM 451 On leave for Fall 2023. 

 

Donna De La  Perrière donnadlp@sfsu.edu Please
email
HUM 561 Monday 8:30 - 9 p.m., Thursday 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. & 8:30 - 9:00 p.m.  C W 507.01, C W 511.01GWAR, C W 601, C W 820
Steve Dickison steved@sfsu.edu (415) 
338-
3401
HUM 511 Thursday 3 - 4 p.m. or by arrangement. C W 301.02
Anne Galjour agaljour@sfsu.edu (415) 
338-
3081
HUM 364

Monday 1:45 - 3:45 p.m.

Prof. Galjour's Zoom link
Password: meeting

C W 302.01, C W 600.01, C W 605.01, C W 825.01

Hasti Jafari hjafarijozani@mail.sfsu.edu    HUM 275 Tuesday 3:30 - 4 p.m. C w 101.03
Miah Jeffra miah.jeffra@gmail.com   HUM 561 Wednesday 3:50 - 4:50 p.m.  C W 860
Tadeh Kennedy tkennedy@sfsu.edu   HUM 561 Wednesday 12:50 - 1:50 p.m.  C W 640
Karla Khine kkhine@mail.sfsu.edu   HUM 275 Monday 2:50 - 3:50 p.m.  C W 101.01
Junse Kim junsekim@sfsu.edu (415) 
338-
3084
HUM 451

Wednesday 5:55 - 6:55 p.m., C W 880
Thursday 11:25 - 12:25, C W 603
Thursday 3:20 - 3:55 p.m., C W 810

C W 603.01, C W 803.01, C W 880.03
Aggie Librodo alibrodo@sfsu.edu N/A N/A Thursday 1 - 2 p.m.  C W 101.02, Summer
Elodie Townsend etownsend@sfsu.edu N/A HUM 275 Thursday 2 - 3 p.m.  C W 101.02

 

Staff, Magazines and Campus Affiliates

Staff, Magazines and Campus Affiliates
Name Phone Room Email Office Hours Duties
Michaela Chairez N/A HUM 373   N/A Graduate Assistant, Co Editor-in-Chief of Fourteen Hills Magazine
Fourteen Hills (415) 338-3083 HUM 373 hills@sfsu.edu N/A Literary Magazine
Jane George (415) 338-1810 HUM 574 jgeorge1@sfsu.edu Monday - Friday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Fiscal, Class Scheduling, Scholarships, Faculty assistance
Chris Jones N/A HUM 373   N/A Graduate Assistant, Co Editor-in-Chief of Fourteen Hills Magazine
Katherine Kwid - Creative Writing Department Office (415) 338-1891 HUM 573

kkwid@sfsu.edu

cwriting@sfsu.edu

Monday - Thursday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. HUM 573, Remote Friday 9 - 5 p.m.

Front Office, Reception, Website, Student Petitions/Forms

Poetry Center (415) 338-2227 HUM 512 poetry@sfsu.edu   RSO, Poetry Readings, Archives
Transfer (415) 338-3148 HUM 372 transfermagazine@gmail.com   Literary Magazine

Please Note:

During this period of remote instruction in response to COVID-19, academic advising remains available via email, phone, and Zoom.  Reach out to us for continued support!