Advising

Open Advising Schedule

Open advising will resume the first week of the Spring semester. If you need help earlier, please contact comm@sfsu.edu. For general education questions, please contact the ARC (for sophomores, juniors, and seniors) or the Undergraduate Advising Center (for first-year students).

Karen Rubin with computer and smiling while advising

Undergraduate Advising

First-year Students are advised by the Undergraduate Advising Center
Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors are advised by the Advising Resource Center (ARC)

Learn more about Undergraduate Advising

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.

See the Registrar’s Guide to your Degree Progress Report

Advising Resource Center

The College of Liberal & Creative Arts established the student Advising Resource Center (ARC) to provide multiple support services to students. You can receive information regarding requirements for your degree, petitions, financial aid, tutoring, student clubs, events, careers and much more.

Visit the Advising Resource Center

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	Email	Advisor Status
Shadee Abdi	Assistant Professor	By request from comm@sfsu.edu	COMM Advisor
Fatima Alaoui	Graduate Coordinator	By request from comm@sfsu.edu	COMM Advisor
Teddy Albiniak	Forensics Director	albiniak@sfsu.edu
Kat Arnolfo	Lecturer Faculty	karnolfo@sfsu.edu
Robert Boller	Lecturer Faculty	boller@sfsu.edu
James Boyd	Lecturer Faculty	jwboyd@sfsu.edu
Andrea Brown	Lecturer Faculty	andreabrown@sfsu.edu
Kaitlin Cannava	Lecturer Faculty	kcannava@sfsu.edu
Erik Christianson	Lecturer Faculty	erikcore@mail.sfsu.edu
Allen Conkle	Lecturer Faculty	aconkle@sfsu.edu	COMM Advisor
Victor Coronado	Lecturer Faculty	vcoronad@mail.sfsu.edu
Cherakah Cunningham	Lecturer Faculty	cherakac@mail.sfsu.edu
Ashmi Desai	Assistant Professor	ashmidesai@sfsu.edu	Conflict Resolution Advisor
Philip Enguancho	Lecturer Faculty	penguanc@mail.sfsu.edu
Deborah Farris	Lecturer Faculty	dfarris@mail.sfsu.edu
Roe Gallo	Lecturer Faculty	roegallo@sfsu.edu
Ruth Gildea	Lecturer Faculty	rgildea@sfsu.edu
Constance Gordon	Assistant Professor	cgordon@sfsu.edu	COMM Advisor
Alexandra Hinck	Assistant Professor	ahinck@sfsu.edu	COMM Advisor
Kyle Johnson	Lecturer Faculty	kdjohnson@sfsu.edu
Mark Jones	Lecturer Faculty	clever1@sfsu.edu
Jennifer Kammeyer	Lecturer Faculty	kammeyer@sfsu.edu
Amy Kilgard	Department Chair	akilgard@sfsu.edu
Christopher Koenig	Associate Professor	cjkoenig@sfsu.edu	COMM Advisor
Omar Kudsi	Lecturer Faculty	kudsi@sfsu.edu
Ryan Lescure	Lecturer Faculty	rlescure@sfsu.edu
Ben Linzer	Lecturer Faculty	blinzer@sfsu.edu
Karen Lovaas	Associate Professor	klovaas@sfsu.edu	COMM Advisor
Xander Lovelace	Lecturer Faculty	xlovelace@sfsu.edu
Marla Lowenthal	Lecturer Faculty	mlowenth@sfsu.edu
Lijia Lumsden	Lecturer Faculty	llumsden@sfsu.edu
Marc Martin	Lecturer Faculty	mamartin@sfsu.edu
Paloma Mathern	Internship Director	amolap@sfsu.edu	COMM Advisor
Samuel McCormick	Professor	mccrmck@sfsu.edu	COMM Advisor
Cole McLean	Lecturer Faculty	cmclean@mail.sfsu.edu
Gerianne Merrigan	Professor	merrigan@sfsu.edu	COMM Advisor
Angelina Moles	Lecturer Faculty	amoles@sfsu.edu
Meagan Nance	Lecturer Faculty	megnance@sfsu.edu
Miranda Olzman	Lecturer Faculty	miranda.d.olzman@gmail.com
Ivan Ornelas	Lecturer Faculty	ivanornelas@sfsu.edu
Danielle O’Leary	Lecturer Faculty	dnoleary@sfsu.edu
Nico Peck	Lecturer Faculty	nicopeck@sfsu.edu
Anastasia Prentiss	Lecturer Faculty	prentiss@sfsu.edu
Suzanne Pullen	Lecturer Faculty	spullen@sfsu.edu	COMM Advisor
Ashiyan Rahmani-Shirazi	Lecturer Faculty	ashrahmani@sfsu.edu
Matthew Ringard	Lecturer Faculty	mringard@sfsu.edu
Charles Rope	Lecturer Faculty	chass@sfsu.edu
Sage Russo	Lecturer Faculty	srusso@mail.sfsu.edu
John Ryan	Lecturer Faculty	jbr@sfsu.edu
Jeff Saperstein	Lecturer Faculty	sapermkt@sfsu.edu
Pati Shojaee	Lecturer Faculty	pshojaee@sfsu.edu
Douglas Spielman	Lecturer Faculty	spielman@sfsu.edu
Orion Steele	Lecturer Faculty	orion.steele@gmail.com
Joseph Tuman	Professor	joetuman@sfsu.edu	COMM Advisor
Jade Tumazi	Lecturer Faculty	jtumazi@mail.sfsu.edu
Paul Wangsvick	Lecturer Faculty	paulwangsvick@sfsu.edu
Eric Weidner	Lecturer Faculty	eweidner@sfsu.edu
Leah Wingard	Undergraduate Advising Coordinator	wingard@sfsu.edu	COMM Advisor
Timothy Wolcott	Lecturer Faculty	twolcott@sfsu.edu
Gust Yep	Professor	gyep@sfsu.edu	COMM Advisor

Open Advising Schedule

Undergraduate Advising

Degree Progress Report

Advising Resource Center

Faculty Office Hours and Contact Information

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