
Meet Our Faculty & Staff
Department Chair
Glen McClish
Office: Storm Hall West 148
Phone: (619) 594-2204
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
Phone: (619) 594-1161
Email: [email protected]
Undergraduate Adviser
Suzanne Bordelon
Office: Storm Hall 112B
Phone: (619) 594-7098
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
Phone: (619) 594-2211
Email: [email protected]
Linn Bekins
Associate Professor; Director of the Certificate in Professional Writing
Office: Storm Hall West 107
Phone: (619) 594-2211
Email: [email protected]
Suzanne Bordelon
Professor; Undergraduate Adviser
Office: Storm Hall 112B
Phone: (619) 594-7098
Email: [email protected]
Richard Boyd
Associate Professor
Office: Storm Hall West 130
Phone: (619) 594-2773
Email: [email protected]
Dustin Edwards
Assistant Professor
Office: Storm Hall West 109
Email: [email protected]
Glen McClish
Professor; Department Chair
Office: Storm Hall West 148
Phone: (619) 594-2204
Email: [email protected]
Cezar Ornatowski
Professor
Office: Storm Hall West 111
Phone: (619) 594-7933
Email: [email protected]
Consuelo Salas (Off Campus)
Assistant Professor
Office: Storm Hall West 105
Email: [email protected]
Jennifer Sheppard
Assistant Professor; Graduate Adviser
Office: Storm Hall West 103
Phone: (619) 594-2696
Email: [email protected]

Associate Professor; Director of the SDSU Writing Center
Office: LLA-1103B and Storm Hall West 132
Phone: (619) 594-3537
Email: [email protected]
Chris Werry
Associate Professor; Upper Division Writing Coordinator
Office: Storm Hall 114C
Phone: (619) 594-3882
Email: [email protected]
Amber Anaya (Off Campus)
Business Writing Coordinator
Office: Storm Hall 120B
Email: [email protected]
Hasan Autman
Office: Storm Hall 130
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]
Linda Borgen
Office: Storm Hall 108A
Email: [email protected]
Louie Centanni
Office: Storm Hall 110D
Email: [email protected]
Sean Cissel
Office: Storm Hall 114A
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]
René De los Santos
Office: Storm Hall West 113
Email: [email protected]
Alex Farugia
Office: Storm Hall 106B
Email: [email protected]

Interim Dir., Lower Division Writing Program
Office: Storm Hall 106C
Email: [email protected]
Josh Hall
Office: Storm Hall 114D
Email: [email protected]
Bree Hawkins (Fall)
Office: Storm Hall 108A
Email: [email protected]
Jacob Hubbard
Office: Storm Hall West 108
Email: [email protected]
Jason Phillips (Fall)
Office: Storm Hall West 120
Email: [email protected]
Dylan Pliskin (Fall)
Office: Storm Hall West 144
Email: [email protected]
Andrew Powers (Fall)
Office: Storm Hall West 115
Email: [email protected]
Monika Sokolowska Birch (Fall)
Office: Storm Hall West 135
Email: [email protected]
Aaron Styza (Fall)
Office: Storm Hall West 135
Email: [email protected]
Janet Tempelton
Teaching Associate Program Director
Office: Storm Hall West 134
Phone: (619) 594-5238
Email: [email protected]
Caitlyn Thompson (Fall)
Office: Storm Hall 106D
Email: [email protected]
Michael Underwood
Office: Storm Hall West 114
Phone: (619) 594-5776
Email: [email protected]
Brett Warnke (Fall)
Office: Storm Hall 108A
Email: [email protected]
Zachary Bernstein
Email: [email protected]
Angie Brenner
Email: [email protected]
Emily Buchanan
Email: [email protected]
Lauren Chun
Email: [email protected]
Matthew Farris
Email: [email protected]
Rachel Fernandes
Email: [email protected]
Mikayla Garcia
Email: [email protected]
Anna Gasaway
Email: [email protected]
Nicole Golden
Email: [email protected]
Thomas Gustafson
Email: [email protected]
Anthony Haines
Email: [email protected]
Eirein Harn
Email: [email protected]
Abigail Hora
Email: [email protected]
Alicia Leon
Email: [email protected]
George Liao
Email: [email protected]
Matthew Louie
Email: [email protected]
Andrés Loya-Estrada
Email: [email protected]
Jacob Maguire
Email: [email protected]
Mariah Marquez
Email: [email protected]
Angela Mendoza
Email: [email protected]
Elizabeth Murray
Email: [email protected]
Talia Nasr
Email: [email protected]
Danielle Nouriazad
Email: [email protected]
David Ornelas
Email: [email protected]
Jason Phillips
Email: [email protected]
Dylan Pliskin
Email: [email protected]
Jay Ramos
Email: [email protected]
Daniel Rodriguez
Email: [email protected]
Jeffrey Shutt
Email: [email protected]
Monika Sokolowska Birch
Email: [email protected]
Melanie Taing
Email: [email protected]
Sara Tufekci
Email: [email protected]
Nabeal Twereet
Email: [email protected]
Haley Young
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]