Open Advising Schedule
If you are seeking advising this summer, the Undergraduate Advising Center (UAC) offers specialized advising services with wide availability. If you have questions that the advisors in the UAC can’t answer about the major, you may then reach out to Communication Studies advisors. Advising during the Summer Session is available via email from the following advisors during the listed dates
Advisors for R1 (Jun 2, 2025 - Jul 3, 2025):
Fatima Alaoui, comm@sfsu.edu
Paloma Mathern, amolap@sfsu.edu
Badu Smith, lsmith1914@sfsu.edu
Advisors for R3 (Jul 7, 2025 - Aug 8, 2025):
Paloma Mathern, amolap@sfsu.edu
Samuel McCormick, mccrmck@sfsu.edu
Leah Wingard, wingard@sfsu.edu
Degree Progress Report
The Degree Progress Report (DPR) for self advising is a great resource for students to self-advise.The DPR tracks your current progress toward meeting the requirements for General Education and the COMM major. Color coding indicates which requirements are complete, in progress, and not yet complete.
Faculty Office Hours and Contact Information
Please consult class syllabi or contact faculty directly for office hours.
Major and minor advising is only offered by faculty indicated as "COMM Advisor" in the far right cell.
Name |
Title |
|
Advisor Status |
| Shadee Abdi | Undergraduate Advising Coordinator | By request from comm@sfsu.edu | COMM Advisor |
| Fatima Alaoui | Associate Professor | By request from comm@sfsu.edu | COMM Advisor |
| Ashmi Desai | Assistant Professor | ashmidesai@sfsu.edu | Conflict Resolution Advisor |
| Constance Gordon | Assistant Professor | cgordon@sfsu.edu | COMM Advisor |
| Alexandra Hinck | Assistant Professor | ahinck@sfsu.edu | COMM Advisor |
| Vivian Huang | Associate Professor | vhuang@sfsu.edu | COMM Advisor |
| Amy Kilgard | Department Chair | akilgard@sfsu.edu | |
| Christopher Koenig | Professor | cjkoenig@sfsu.edu | COMM Advisor |
| Karen Lovaas | Associate Professor | klovaas@sfsu.edu | COMM Advisor |
| Paloma Mathern | Internship Director | amolap@sfsu.edu | COMM Advisor |
| Samuel McCormick | Professor | mccrmck@sfsu.edu | COMM Advisor |
| Angelina Moles | Lecturer Faculty | amoles@sfsu.edu | |
| Miranda Olzman | Lecturer Faculty | molzman@sfsu.edu | |
| Suzanne Pullen | Lecturer Faculty | spullen@sfsu.edu | |
| Sage Russo | Lecturer Faculty | srusso@mail.sfsu.edu | |
| John Ryan | Lecturer Faculty | jbr@sfsu.edu | |
| Christina Sabee | Professor | csabee@sfsu.edu | COMM Advisor |
| Susan Shimanoff | Professor | shimanof@sfsu.edu | COMM Advisor |
| Badu Smith | Assistant Professor | lsmith1914@sfsu.edu | COMM Advisor |
| Orion Steele | Lecturer Faculty | osteele@sfsu.edu | |
| Ana Terminel Iberri | Assistant Professor | atermineliberri@sfsu.edu | COMM Advisor |
| Leah Wingard | Graduate Coordinator | wingard@sfsu.edu | |
| Gust Yep | Professor | gyep@sfsu.edu |