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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
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
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