People

Faculty & Academic Advisors

Please review our Advisors and Schedules page for a list of office hours. Office hours for Spring 2024 begin on Monday January 29th, 2024. For winter advising, please reach out to cwriting@sfsu.edu and you will be directed to the available advisor.

Carter Michelle
Michelle Carter
Professor
Advisor, Thesis Reader.
mcarter@sfsu.edu
Nona Caspers reads from a book, sitting on the lawn of an old house, surrounded by chickens
Nona Caspers
Professor
Advisor
ncaspers@sfsu.edu
Joseph Cassara
Joseph Cassara
George and Judy Marcus Endowed Chair, Assistant Professor
Advisor, Thesis Reader. On Leave for Fall 2025
josephcassara@sfsu.edu
Professor May-lee Chai
May-lee Chai
Professor - On leave for Fall 2024
Advisor & Thesis Reader.
chai@sfsu.edu
(415) 338-1118
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Caro De Robertis (They/Them/Theirs)
Professor
Advisor, Thesis Reader.
caro@sfsu.edu
(415) 338-1550
Tonya Foster
Tonya M. Foster
George and Judy Marcus Endowed Chair, Assistant Professor
Advisor, Thesis Reader.
tmfoster@sfsu.edu
Paul Hoover
Paul Hoover (He/Him/His)
Professor
Advisor. On leave for Spring 2025.
viridian@hotmail.com
(415) 338-3157
Andrew Joron
Andrew Joron
Associate Professor, Graduate Coordinator Fall 24
Advisor, Thesis reader, Acting Chairperson
ajoron@sfsu.edu
510-990-5186
Michael David Lukas
Michael David Lukas
Assistant Professor
Advisor, Thesis Reader.
mdlukas@sfsu.edu
(415) 338-6986
Chanan Tigay
Chanan Tigay (He/Him/His)
Department Chairperson
Advisor, Thesis Reader.
tigay@sfsu.edu

Lecturer Faculty

Matthew Clark Davison
Matthew Clark Davison
Lecturer Faculty
Advising for classes, only!
davison@sfsu.edu
(415) 338-3084
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Denise Donaldson
Graduate Teaching Associate
Advising for Winter C W 101 and Spring C W 101.04
denise.donaldson@gmail.com
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Laird Harrison
Graduate Teaching Associate
C W 101.03
lharrison@sfsu.edu
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Ferdos Heidari
Graduate Teaching Associate
C W 101.04
fheidari@sfsu.edu
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Tadeh Kennedy
Lecturer Faculty
Advisor and Instructor for C W 540 Transfer Magazine
tkennedy@sfsu.edu
Instructor Peter Nachtrieb
Peter Nachtrieb
Lecturer Faculty
peter.nachtrieb@gmail.com
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Tracy Shapiro
Graduate Teaching Associate
C W 301.01
tshapiro@sfsu.edu
Adam Sussman in a striped shirt
Adam Sussman (He/Him/His)
Lecturer Faculty
adam.l.sussman@gmail.com
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Maria Thomas
Graduate Teaching Associate
C W 302.01
mthomas17@sfsu.edu

Staff

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Jane George
Academic Office Coordinator
Creative Writing
jgeorge1@sfsu.edu
(415) 338-1810
Katherine Kwid, smiling in a green dress on a sunny day
Katherine Kwid (She/Her/Hers)
Academic Services Coordinator
kkwid@sfsu.edu
(415) 338-1891