Advising

Open Advising Schedule

Open advising is held in a shared Zoom link, with this password 412922, for all open advising hours.

The open advising schedule is updated each Friday with the following week's information. If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out via email to comm@sfsu.edu.

Friday, September 15th

  • No open advising on this day

Monday, September 18th

  • No open advising on this day

Tuesday, September 19th

  • 8 – 11 a.m. with Fatima Alaoui

Wednesday, September 20th

  • No open advising on this day

Thursday, September 21st

  • No open advising on this day

Friday, September 22nd

  • 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Samuel McCormick
Woman behind laptop advising another student as they both look at screen

Undergraduate Advising

Learn more about Undergraduate Advising Center
Woman advising another student

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

 

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 Undergraduate Advising Coordinator By request from comm@sfsu.edu COMM Advisor
Fatima Alaoui Associate Professor By request from comm@sfsu.edu COMM Advisor
Teddy Albiniak Forensics Director albiniak@sfsu.edu  
Kat Arnolfo Lecturer Faculty karnolfo@sfsu.edu  
James Boyd Lecturer Faculty jwboyd@sfsu.edu  
Erik Christianson Lecturer Faculty erikcore@mail.sfsu.edu  
Allen Conkle Lecturer Faculty aconkle@sfsu.edu  
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
Deborah Farris Lecturer Faculty dfarris@mail.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
Vivian Huang Assistant Professor vhuang@sfsu.edu COMM Advisor
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  
Karen Lovaas Associate Professor klovaas@sfsu.edu  
Xander Lovelace Lecturer Faculty xlovelace@sfsu.edu  
Marla Lowenthal Lecturer Faculty mlowenth@sfsu.edu  
Francisco Martin Lecturer Faculty fmartin6@mail.sfsu.edu  
Paloma Mathern Internship Director amolap@sfsu.edu COMM Advisor
Samuel McCormick Professor mccrmck@sfsu.edu COMM Advisor
Gerianne Merrigan Professor merrigan@sfsu.edu  
Rebeca Moran Lecturer Faculty rmoran@sfsu.edu  
Angelina Moles Lecturer Faculty amoles@sfsu.edu  
Miranda Olzman Lecturer Faculty molzman@sfsu.edu  
Ivan Ornelas Lecturer Faculty ivanornelas@sfsu.edu  
Nico Peck Lecturer Faculty nicopeck@sfsu.edu  
Anastasia Prentiss Lecturer Faculty prentiss@sfsu.edu  
Suzanne Pullen Lecturer Faculty spullen@sfsu.edu  
Charles Rope Lecturer Faculty chass@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  
Pati Shojaee Lecturer Faculty pshojaee@sfsu.edu  
Badu Smith Assistant Professor lsmith1914@sfsu.edu  
Douglas Spielman Lecturer Faculty spielman@sfsu.edu  
Orion Steele Lecturer Faculty osteele@sfsu.edu  
Ana Terminel Iberri Assistant Professor atermineliberri@sfsu.edu  
Nereyda Valdez Lecturer Faculty nmonteci@sfsu.edu  
Karen Vang Lecturer Faculty kvang@sfsu.edu  
Leah Wingard Graduate Coordinator wingard@sfsu.edu COMM Advisor
Timothy Wolcott Lecturer Faculty twolcott@sfsu.edu  
Gust Yep Professor gyep@sfsu.edu COMM Advisor