Department Chair 
Kathryn Valentine
Office: Storm Hall West 148
Phone: (619) 594-3537
Email: [email protected]

Administrative Support Coordinator (budget, payroll, contracts) 
Karen Keene 
Office: Storm Hall West 140
Phone: (619) 594-5477
Email: [email protected]

Administrative Support Coordinator (academic affairs)
Claudia Gracio 
Office: Storm Hall West 144 
Phone: (619) 594-0925 
Email: [email protected]

Administrative Support Assistant (office front desk)
Isaac Castillo
Office: Storm Hall West 141
Phone: (619) 594-6514
Email: [email protected]

Lecturer (course schedule, enrollment management)
Jamie Madden 
Office: Storm Hall West 142
Email: [email protected]

Interim Undergraduate Adviser
Emma Lee Whitworth
Office: Storm Hall West 123
Email: [email protected]

Graduate and Adv. Certificate in Teaching Writing Adviser
Jennifer Sheppard 
Office: Storm Hall West 103
Phone: (619) 594-2696 
Email: [email protected]

Certificate in Professional Writing Adviser
Linn Bekins
Office: Storm Hall West 107
Email: [email protected]

Linn Bekins
Associate Professor; Director, Certificate in Professional Writing
Office: Storm Hall West 107
Email: [email protected]

Suzanne Bordelon
Professor; On sabbatical spring 2024
Office: Storm Hall 112B
Email: [email protected]

Dustin Edwards
Assistant Professor; Director, SDSU Writing Center
Office: LLA-1103B and Storm Hall West 109
Email: [email protected]

Glen McClish
Professor Emeritus
Office: Storm Hall West 132
Phone: (619) 594-2204
Email: [email protected]

Cezar Ornatowski
Professor Emeritus
Office: Storm Hall West 111
Email: [email protected]

Jennifer Sheppard
Assistant Professor; Graduate Adviser 
Office: Storm Hall West 103
Phone: (619) 594-2696 
Email: [email protected]

Amber Anaya (Off Campus)
Office: Storm Hall 120B
Email: [email protected]

Hasan Autman
Office: Storm Hall West 135
Email: [email protected]

Lea Baker
Writing Mentors Program Co-Coordinator
Office: Storm Hall West 121
Email: [email protected]

Gretchen Barksdale
Office: Storm Hall 106A
Email: [email protected]

Louie Centanni
Office: Storm Hall 110D
Email: [email protected]

Allie Cook
Office: Storm Hall 106B
Email: [email protected]

Matt Copeland
Office: Storm Hall West 124
Email: [email protected]

Matthew Costello
Office: Storm Hall 106C
Email: [email protected]

Alex Farugia
Office: Storm Hall 106B
Email: [email protected]

Matt Feigner
Office: Storm Hall 106D
Email: [email protected]

Al Gardella (Fall)
Office: Storm Hall West 118
Email: [email protected]

Josh Hall
Office: Storm Hall 114D
Email: [email protected]

Cali Linfor
Email: [email protected]

Nolana Nerhan
Office: Storm Hall 112C
Email: [email protected]

Sydney Sullivan

Writing Mentors Program Co-Coordinator
Office: Storm Hall West 118
Email: [email protected]

Sarah Tanori
Office: Storm Hall West 122
Email: [email protected]

Robert Dagnall
Email: [email protected]

Danielle Davis
Email: [email protected]

Percy Forester
Email: [email protected]

Noah Goldbloom
Email: [email protected]

Manuel Gonzalez Velasco
Email: [email protected]

Hailey Gross
Email: [email protected]

Sophia Hejran
Email: [email protected]

Molly Honce
Email: [email protected]

Jasmin Humildad Ruvalcaba
Email: [email protected]

Jesse Jewell
Email: [email protected]

Nishi Khodaria
Email: [email protected]

Joey King
Email: [email protected]

George Liao
Email: [email protected]

Melanie Manuel
Email: [email protected]

Grace Mathews
Email: [email protected]

Demree McGhee
Email: [email protected]

Nathan Nugent
Email: [email protected]

Rose Padilla
Email: [email protected]

Natalie Ponce
Email: [email protected]

Lydia Rojratanakiat
Email: [email protected]

Joey Rougas
Email: [email protected]

Carson Sandell
Email: [email protected]

Rema Shbaita
Email: [email protected]

Rosalind Shoopmann
Email: [email protected]

Warren Stoddard
Email: [email protected]

Em Teaze
Email: [email protected]

Zea Van Der Elsken
Email: [email protected]

Danna Yunis
Email: [email protected]

Richard Boyd
Years of Service: 1996-2020
Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
Email: [email protected]

Liane Bryson 
Years of Service: 1996-2016
M.A., University of California, San Diego
Email: [email protected]

Geoffrey Chase 
Years of Service: 2001-2015 
Ph.D., 20th-Century American and British Literature, University of Wisconsin--Madison 
Email: [email protected]

Carl Fielden
Years of Service: 1985-2022
M.A. in Linguistics, San Diego State University
M.A. in Education, Concentration in Special Education, Specialization in Learning Handicaps, San Diego State University
M.S. in Rehabilitation Counseling, Concentration in Clinical Rehabilitation and Clinical Mental Health Counseling, San Diego State University
Email: [email protected]

Jane E. Hindman
Years of Service: 1996-2007
Ph.D., University of Arizona

Ann M. Johns
Years of Service: 1975-2002
Ph.D., University of Southern California
Email: [email protected]

Patricia Morgan
Years of Service: 1985-2016 
M.A., San Diego State University
Email: [email protected]

Deborah Poole
Years of Service: 1989-2020
Ph.D., University of Southern California
Email: [email protected]

Ellen Quandahl
Years of Service: 1994-2016
Ph.D., English, University of Iowa
Email: [email protected]

Jane Robinett
Years of Service: 1993-2010
Ph.D., 20th Century American Literature, University of Notre Dame
Email: [email protected]

Carol O. Sweedler-Brown
Years of Service: 1975-2005
Ph.D., University of California, San Diego

Julie Williams
Years of Service: 1995-2020
M.A. in English (American Literature), San Diego State University
M.A. in Linguistics (Applied Linguistics/TESOL), San Diego State University
Email: [email protected]