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
Professor
Advisor, Thesis Reader.
Joseph Cassara
George and Judy Marcus Endowed Chair, Assistant Professor
Advisor, Thesis Reader. On Leave for Fall 2025
Professor May-lee Chai
Professor - On leave for Fall 2024
Advisor & Thesis Reader.
(415) 338-1118
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Caro De Robertis (They/Them/Theirs)
Professor
Advisor, Thesis Reader.
(415) 338-1550
Tonya Foster
George and Judy Marcus Endowed Chair, Assistant Professor
Advisor, Thesis Reader.
Paul Hoover
Paul Hoover (He/Him/His)
Professor
Advisor, Thesis Reader.
(415) 338-3157
Andrew Joron
Associate Professor, Graduate Coordinator Fall 24
Advisor, Thesis reader, Acting Chairperson
510-990-5186
Michael David Lukas
Assistant Professor
Advisor, Thesis Reader. Fall 2023 office hrs. begin on August 21, 2023. For summer advising please reach out to cwriting@sfsu.edu and you will be directed to the available advisor.
(415) 338-6986
Chanan Tigay
Chanan Tigay (He/Him/His)
Department Chairperson
Advisor, Thesis Reader.

Lecturer Faculty

Lecturer Faculty Ben Black
Lecturer Faculty
Matthew Clark Davison
Lecturer Faculty
B.A. Advising in Spring and Fall. Please email cwriting@sfsu.edu for winter or summer advising.
(415) 338-3084
Steve Dickison
Retired Lecturer Faculty
Retired Director of the Poetry Center and American Poetry Archives.
Anne Galjour
Retired Lecturer Faculty
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Graduate Teaching Associate
C W 101.03
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Graduate Teaching Associate
C W 101.04
Tadeh_Kennedy_Lecturer
Lecturer Faculty
Advisor and Instructor for C W 540 Transfer Magazine
Junse Kim
Retired Lecturer Faculty
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Graduate Teaching Associate
C W 301.01
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Graduate Teaching Associate
C W 302.01

Staff

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Academic Office Coordinator
Creative Writing
(415) 338-1810
Katherine Kwid, smiling in a green dress on a sunny day
Katherine Kwid (She/Her/Hers)
Academic Services Coordinator
(415) 338-1891