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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
Phone: (619) 594-1161
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
Phone: (619) 594-2211
Email: [email protected]
Linn Bekins
Associate Professor; Director, Certificate in Professional Writing
Office: Storm Hall West 107
Phone: (619) 594-2211
Email: [email protected]
Suzanne Bordelon
Professor; On sabbatical spring 2024
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; 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
Office: Storm Hall West 111
Phone: (619) 594-7933
Email: [email protected]
Consuelo Salas
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; Department Chair
Office: Storm Hall West 148
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)
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]
Assistant Director, Lower Division Writing Program
Office: Storm Hall 110B
Email: [email protected]
Cali Linfor
Email: [email protected]
Nolana Nerhan
Office: Storm Hall 112C
Email: [email protected]
Writing Mentors Program Co-Coordinator
Office: Storm Hall West 118
Email: [email protected]
Sarah Tanori
Office: Storm Hall West 122
Email: [email protected]
Director, Lower Division Writing Program
Office: Storm Hall West 134
Phone: (619) 594-5238
Email: [email protected]
Robert Dagnall
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Danielle Davis
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Percy Forester
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Noah Goldbloom
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Manuel Gonzalez Velasco
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Hailey Gross
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Sophia Hejran
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Molly Honce
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Jasmin Humildad Ruvalcaba
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Jesse Jewell
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Nishi Khodaria
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Joey King
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George Liao
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Melanie Manuel
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Grace Mathews
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Demree McGhee
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Nathan Nugent
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Rose Padilla
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Natalie Ponce
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Lydia Rojratanakiat
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Joey Rougas
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Carson Sandell
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Rema Shbaita
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Rosalind Shoopmann
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Warren Stoddard
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Em Teaze
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Zea Van Der Elsken
Email: [email protected]
Danna Yunis
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]