Advisors and Schedules

Faculty Academic Advisors

Advising for Spring begins January 29th, 2024. If you need advising help over the winter break, 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. - 12 p.m., and by appointment. Playwriting
Nona Caspers ncaspers@sfsu.edu HUM 268  

Wednesday 3:30 - 5 p.m. & Thursday 10:30 - 11:40 a.m. in person, and virtually by appointment.

Fiction
Joseph Cassara josephcassara@sfsu.edu HUM 550    Wednesday 1- 3 p.m. virtually, by appointment. Creative Nonfiction, Fiction
May-lee Chai chai@sfsu.edu HUM 563   Tuesday 11 a.m .- 12 p.m. virtually, & by appointment. Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation
Caro De Robertis caro@sfsu.edu HUM 349 (415) 338-1550 Thursday 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. virtually, by appointment. Fiction, Literary Translation
Tonya M. Foster tmfoster@sfsu.edu HUM 260   Monday 1 - 2:30 p.m. virtually, by appointment. Poetry, Creative Nonfiction
Paul Hoover viridian@sfsu.edu HUM 447 (415) 338-3157

Available Tuesday 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. 

Literary Translation, Poetry
Andrew Joron ajoron@sfsu.edu HUM 233 (510) 990-5186 Tuesday 12 - 1:30 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., and virtually by appointment. Fiction
Chanan Tigay tigay@sfsu.edu HUM 545   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 Thursday 11:20 - 12:20 p.m.  C W 301.01
Matthew Clark  Davison davison@sfsu.edu (415) 
338-
3084
HUM 451 Tuesday & Thursday 10 a.m. - 11 a.m. via Zoom.

Undergraduate Advisor & C W 101.01, C W 101.02, C W 512GW.01, C W 606.01

Donna De La  Perrière donnadlp@sfsu.edu Please
email
HUM 561 Monday 5:30 - 6:30 p.m., Thursday & 8:30 - 9:30 p.m.  C W 507.01, C W 601.01
Anne Galjour agaljour@sfsu.edu (415) 
338-
3081
HUM 364

Monday 3:30 -  5:30 p.m.

Prof. Galjour's Zoom link
Password: meeting

C W 600.01, C W 605.01, C W 825.01

Hasti Jafari hjafarijozani@mail.sfsu.edu    HUM 275
Wednesday 3:30 - 5 p.m. 
C W 101.03
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 511GW.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 675.01, C W 875.01
Adam Sussman adam.l.sussman@gmail.com   HUM 275 Wednesday 5:50 - 6:50 p.m. C W 825.01
Elodie Townsend etownsend@sfsu.edu N/A HUM 275 Monday 11 - 12 p.m.  C W 101.04

 

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!