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.
![Professor May-lee Chai](/sites/default/files/styles/sf_state_250x250/public/images/Chai_May.lee_.crop_.jpg?h=13a4b40e&itok=DTAKubCr)
Professor, Graduate Coordinator
Advisor & Thesis Reader. Fall 2023 office hrs. began on August 21, 2023. For summer advising please reach out to cwriting@sfsu.edu and you will be directed to the available advisor.
(415) 338-1118
![Professor Maxine Chernoff](/sites/default/files/styles/sf_state_250x250/public/images/Chernoff.jpg?h=3949ef3f&itok=t-g-BYo-)
Professor
Retired Poetry Professor; this contact is being left up in case you need to consult with Maxine about a grade from a previous term.
![Tonya Foster](/sites/default/files/styles/sf_state_250x250/public/images/Foster%20300%20x%20300.jpg?h=6c83441f&itok=epz6J70w)
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.
![Andrew Joron](/sites/default/files/styles/sf_state_250x250/public/images/Joron_300x300.jpg?h=6c83441f&itok=1WkLYHyc)
Associate Professor, Acting Chairperson
Advisor, Thesis reader, Acting Chairperson
510-990-5186
![Michael David Lukas](/sites/default/files/styles/sf_state_250x250/public/images/Michael_David_Lukas_by_Iren_Young_300x300.jpg?h=6c83441f&itok=IkkXnnNi)
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](/sites/default/files/styles/sf_state_250x250/public/images/Tigay_300x300.jpg?h=6c83441f&itok=zNjP1u07)
Chanan Tigay (He/Him/His)
Associate 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.
Lecturer Faculty
![Matthew Clark Davison](/sites/default/files/styles/sf_state_250x250/public/images/Davison_300x300.jpg?h=6c83441f&itok=ZnkyXlSI)
Lecturer Faculty
B.A. Advising in Spring and Fall. Please email cwriting@sfsu.edu for winter or summer advising.
(415) 338-3084
![Steve Dickison](/sites/default/files/styles/sf_state_250x250/public/images/Steve_Dickison_300x300.jpeg?h=6c83441f&itok=lQ6ZEWps)
Lecturer Faculty
Director of the Poetry Center and American Poetry Archives. 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) 338-2227
![Hasti Jafari](/sites/default/files/styles/sf_state_250x250/public/images/Jafari_Faculty.jpg?h=caf26d13&itok=czjPEGB4)
Graduate Teaching Associate
Advisor and Instructor for C W 101.03
![People Placeholder Image](/sites/default/files/styles/sf_state_250x250/public/images/People_Placeholder_Yellow_0_0.png?h=038a9462&itok=HdxMgSW8)
Graduate Teaching Associate
Advisor and Instructor for C W 101.02