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Faculty & Academic Advisors

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Please review our Advisors and Schedules page for a full list of office hours. 

Carter Michelle
Michelle Carter
Professor
Advisor, Thesis Reader.
mcarter@sfsu.edu
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Nona Caspers
Professor
Advising Only for CW 859 Practicum in Teaching, Spring 2025
ncaspers@sfsu.edu
Joseph Cassara
Joseph Cassara
George and Judy Marcus Endowed Chair, Assistant Professor
Advisor, Thesis Reader. On Leave for Spring 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, Associate 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, ON LEAVE FALL 2025
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

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Ben Calvert
Graduate Teaching Associate
Instructor for C W 302.01
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Celeste Colaric-Gonzalez
Graduate Teaching Associate
Instructor for C W 301.01
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Jade Zora Dean (She/They)
Graduate Teaching Associate
Instructor for C W 101.02
jdean@sfsu.edu
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Trinh Le
Graduate Teaching Associate
Instructor for C W 511GW.01
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Georgina Morales
Graduate Teaching Associate
Instructor for C W 101.01
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Charlie Oldham
Graduate Teaching Associate
Instructor for C W 101.03
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Geetanshi Sharma
Graduate Teaching Associate
Instructor for C W 101.04
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Sean Stanford
Graduate Teaching Associate
Instructor for C W 640.01

Staff

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Jane George
Academic Office Coordinator
Creative Writing
jgeorge1@sfsu.edu
(415) 338-1810
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Katherine Kwid (She/Her/Hers)
Academic Services Coordinator
kkwid@sfsu.edu
(415) 338-1891